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The HRT eSports Team will enter its first race on November 8th. In the FCP Euro GT World Challenge America Esports Championship two Mercedes-AMG GT3s will contest the race at the Nürburgring under the banner of the HRT eSports Team.

Following its successful start at the racetrack, the HAUPT RACING TEAM is now set to reach the next milestone in its young history. Even whilst setting up HRT, the idea of an independent Esports team was firmly on the agenda. HRT is now expanding its activities into virtual motorsport with the HRT eSports Team, and has put together a promising team for this latest venture. Initial plans include outings in the Digital Nürburgring Endurance Series powered by VCO and the SRO E-Sports GT Series.

The #5 Mercedes-AMG GT3 run by HAUPT RACING TEAM with Hubert Haupt (GER), Sergei Afanasiev (RUS), Michele Beretta (ITA) and Gabriele Piana (ITA) secured the Silver Cup victory in the 72nd edition of the Total 24 Hours of Spa. Team owner and driver Hubert Haupt had the honour of crossing the finish line at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchams after demanding 520 laps. The #4 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT entry claimed 7th place overall, as the eventful race was characterized by drive-through penalties and safety car phases towards the end of the Endurance classic.

The Mercedes-AMG Team HRT has secured the third position for the start of the iconic Total 24 Hours of Spa. While placing the #4 on fifth place in the qualifying last night, Maro Engel ensured a start from the second row in tomorrow’s race at Spa-Franchorchamps. The second Mercedes-AMG GT3 will head into the action from P34.  

It is the season highlight of this year's GT World Challenge Europe: the Total 24 Hours of Spa. The debut race of the HAUPT RACING TEAM at the endurance classic in the Belgian Ardennes is a special one. Due to its late date (22-25 October), the race will be held at night for a much longer time.

At the final round of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, the HAUPT RACING TEAM finished the championship on the overall fifth position in its debut season. The #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Maro Engel and Luca Stolz competing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya showed an initial strong on-track performance with a fifth position in the first race but ran out of luck on Sunday.

The finale of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup will be taking place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this weekend with HAUPT RACING TEAM ranking in a promising championship position: Maro Engel and Luca Stolz are only 6.5 points shy of the leaders in the drivers' sprint classification despite having missed the races at the Circuit Zandvoort. With three races to go in Barcelona, the duo driving the #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 still has excellent chances of crowning the HRT debut season with the sprint title in the renowned SRO series. Engel / Stolz will once again be chasing points under the entry Mercedes-AMG Team HRT: with a good result, the duo could also collect valuable points in the teams' sprint championship where HRT currently ranks fourth overall. 

Mercedes-AMG Team HRT came home eighth and ninth to claim two top-ten finishes in an eventful Nürburgring 24 Hours, which was characterised by many set-backs. After the #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 crashed out of the race early on, the two remaining #2 and #6 Mercedes-AMG GT3 took up the mantel, gaining place after place to eventually finish in the top ten. The race was dominated by extremely unsettled weather and heavy rainfall. These adverse conditions forced race control to suspend the race after seven hours, with the action only resuming at 08:00 on Sunday morning.

As dawn broke on Sunday morning, the Mercedes-AMG Team HRT could already look back on an eventful 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. After the pole-sitters in the number 4 car had fallen foul of the adverse weather early on in the race, the remaining Mercedes-AMG GT3 – the number 2 and number 6 cars – launched a rousing fightback. At about 22:30, race control suspended the 48th ADAC TOTAL 24h Race at the Nürburgring, as the heavy rain and standing water on the track made it unsafe to continue racing. The field had to wait until 08:00 before it could take to the track again for a formation lap.

The Mercedes-AMG Team HRT has secured pole position for the 48th staging of the Nürburgring 24 Hours. Top Qualifying saw Maro Engel (GER) ensure that the #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of the Mercedes-AMG Team HRT will start the legendary endurance race in the Eifel Mountains from the front. The number 6 car qualified 19th. The third Mercedes-AMG GT3, the number two car, will start from 20th after a crash in the second qualifying session required extensive repairs.