NEWS

Round two in the Endurance Cup of the GT World Challenge Europe: The next race for HRT is set to take place this weekend (28-30 May) at Circuit Paul Ricard. As part of a strong grid featuring 47 cars in total, the team from Meuspath will again field two Mercedes-AMG GT3s.

Following the start of the season on the real racetrack, the Haupt Racing Team is now set to hit the virtual track this weekend. Next up on the schedule for the HRT eSports Team is the opening race of the Endurance Cup within the GT World Challenge Europe Esports Championship.

Mixed Nordschleife dress rehearsal for HRT: The #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the blue and yellow Bilstein livery finished 11th in the Qualification Race for the Nürburgring 24 Hours. The #6 car, featuring the logos of milon and five, came home 12th after six hours of racing in the Green Hell. Over the course of the race weekend, both cars took advantage of the final opportunity to get valuable test kilometres under their belt on the Nordschleife ahead of the iconic 24-hour race (3rd to 6th June).

It is the final test before the legendary 24-hour race at the Nürburgring (3-6 June): With the six-hour qualification race (8-9 May) this weekend, HRT has one last opportunity to collect further important test kilometres at the Nordschleife in order to be perfectly prepared for the 49th edition of the endurance classic.

As well as the races on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, the Haupt Racing Team will also line up with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 sporting the iconic Bilstein livery in the DTM in 2021. This additional commitment sees HRT and Bilstein add another high-profile marketing and communication platform to their successful partnership. The blue and yellow Bilstein GT3 will bear the #5 in the DTM and will be driven by Vincent Abril (FRA).

Mixed start to the Nordschleife season for HRT: Mercedes-AMG Team HRT finished tenth with the number 16 car, in its blue and yellow Bilstein livery. The number six car, in the AutoArenA design, was unable to start the race following a crash in practice.

The Haupt Racing Team returns to the Green Hell with high goals this weekend after the first race of the Nürburgring Endurance Series had been cancelled due to difficult weather conditions. 

Having expanded its racing programme for the 2021 season, the Haupt Racing Team continues to grow structurally too: the team founded last year by businessman and racing driver Hubert Haupt welcomes on board Ulrich Fritz, who takes over the management of Haupt Racing Team GmbH. In his new role, Fritz is responsible for the operational areas of the company’s business and will push ahead with the strategic further development. The joint mission is clearly defined: in the coming years, HRT will develop into a benchmark in international GT racing, as well as positioning itself even more broadly, with new projects, and growing as a company. The successful structures for race outings, with Sean Paul Breslin as team principal, Marvin Wagner as technical director and Renaud Dufour as chief engineer, remain unchanged.

Disappointing start to the season for HRT in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup: An impressive fightback saw Mercedes-AMG Team HRT (#4) lead the high-quality GT3 field at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, before a puncture dashed any hopes of a top result. In the end, the team had to settle for 13th place. The number 5 car fought hard and was on course for a podium finish in the Silver Cup, but eventually had to settle for 22nd place overall and 11th place in its class.

Mercedes-AMG Team HRT can look back on two positive days of DTM testing. The Haupt Racing Team demonstrated impressive early form at the Hockenheimring, where it kicked off the pre-season with a promising one-two: on the Wednesday of the test, Maximilian Götz (#4) set the fastest time of the day in difficult weather conditions. He was followed in second place by team-mate Vincent Abril (#5). Götz and Abril were among the front-runners again on Thursday. Over the course of the two days, the Haupt Racing Team completed valuable test kilometres ahead of the coming DTM season, which gets underway in mid-June in Monza and comprises a total of 16 races.