NEWS

The Mercedes-AMG Team HRT has started the 2022 DTM season with a podium finish. Luca Stolz (GER) drove his blue and yellow #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of team partner Bilstein to second place overall in the season opening race at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, Portugal. He also secured the additional point for the fastest race lap. In Sunday's heat, Stolz was less fortunate: due to a puncture following a collision caused by a competitor, the 26-year-old had to park his car shortly after the start of the race. His teammate Arjun Maini (IND) drove the blue and white PAUL Mercedes-AMG GT3 with the #36 to P17 on Saturday. In the second heat – starting from P25 after a difficult Qualifying – he showed a strong performance and eventually crossed the finish line in P13.

Haupt Racing Team has entered into a strategic collaboration with Swiss group Merbag. The Mercedes-Benz dealer has branches throughout Europe and, as official mobility partner, will now support the successful GT3 motorsport team from Meuspath with various Mercedes-Benz team cars. Furthermore, additional joint projects and corporate events are also planned, including the building of a customer service centre at the new HRT site at the Nürburgring.

HRT’s first season in the DTM could not have reached a more successful conclusion: The final round at the Norisring could hardly have been more exciting and saw HRT driver Maximilian Götz (GER) clinch the drivers’ title in this prestigious series, which was held according to GT3 regulations for the first time. HRT has set itself high goals and will be competing with two new drivers when the 2022 DTM season gets underway this weekend: Mercedes-AMG Performance Driver Luca Stolz (GER) and Junior Driver Arjun Maini (IND) will do battle for points and podiums in the two Mercedes-AMG GT3s of Haupt Racing Team.

Haupt Racing Team achieved a top ten finish at the third round of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) – with one more rehearsal before the 24h Nürburgring, the 24h Nürburgring qualifiers. Manuel Metzger and Luca Stolz (both GER) drove the blue and yellow Mercedes-AMG GT3 #12, which competed with the "Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein" entry, to tenth place after starting from 27th position. Nico Bastian (GER), Philip Ellis (SUI) and Hubert Haupt (GER) also showed a good performance in the sister car #6 by nu concept, in the design of team partner PAUL: Starting from P25, the driver trio drove further and further forward, but eventually had to retire the car after 22 laps because of a contact.

Maximilian Götz (GER), at the wheel of the Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3, was crowned 2021 DTM champion at his home race at the Norisring – the team from Meuspath could not have enjoyed a more successful rookie season in the prestigious German sprint series. Ahead of the opening round of the 2022 season on 30th April, TV show ‘ran’ will look back at how the incredible story unfolded in a three-part documentary. 

HRT will again field two cars in the third race of this season’s Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS). The team not only has its sights set on a good result, but will also use the race weekend as preparation for the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring at the end of May.

The Haupt Racing Team has made a successful start into the new GT World Challenge Europe season. At Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, the #5 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of nu concept showed a strong race and secured third place in the newly created Gold Cup. The #777 of Al Manar Racing by HRT, in the colors of Al Manar Financial Investments, was on course for a podium finish in the Silver Cup for a long time, but had to settle for fifth place in class after an unfortunate time penalty. The sister car with the starting number four, in the design of team partner PAUL, crossed the finish line in P13 in the Silver Cup.

Haupt Racing Team presents the new designs of the two Mercedes-AMG GT3s, with which the team will go in pursuit of points and podiums when the DTM season gets underway at the end of April. As announced in February, the cars will be driven by Arjun Maini (IND) and Luca Stolz (GER).

The new GT World Challenge Europe season gets underway this weekend for Haupt Racing Team. Imola (Italy) stages the first of the five events that make up the Endurance Cup within this prestigious racing series. HRT will line up at every one of the endurance races with three Mercedes-AMG GT3.

The Haupt Racing Team has opened the 2022 Nordschleife season with the first race of the Nürburgring Endurance Series. The #12 HRT car, which had entered the competition as "Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein", secured the fourth overall position after a strong catch-up performance. The #6 sister car had to make a prolonged pit stop halfway through the 4-hour race and eventually crossed the finish line in P15 in the SP9 Pro class.