The countdown for the world’s biggest car race has started: from May 26 till 29, 2016, the GT racing elite will be out to compete in the ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen Nürburgring, including nine Mercedes-AMG GT3, run by Performance Teams AMG-Team BLACK FALCON, AMG-Team HTP Motorsport, HARIBO Racing Team-AMG and Customer Sport Teams BLACK FALCON and MANN-FILTER Team ZAKSPEED. After a successful preparation stage, the driver line-ups have now been finalised. High-class formations in the cockpit promise motorsport at the highest level.
Following the 1-2 in the ADAC Qualifikationsrennen 24h-Rennen and the podium finishes in the first two VLN rounds, the Mercedes-AMG GT3 are boosted for the 44th running of the Nürburgring 24 Hours. Seven of the nine Mercedes-AMG GT3 entered for the race are run by AMG Performance Teams with additional support by AMG. Three cars will be run by AMG-Team HTP Motorsport while AMG-Team BLACK FALCON and HARIBO Racing Team-AMG will be running two cars each. Moreover, the field of approximately 160 cars includes two additional Mercedes-AMG GT3. They will be run by AMG Customer Sport Teams BLACK FALCON and MANN-FILTER Team ZAKSPEED.
The high-class line-up of the AMG Performance Teams for the 24-hour race include AMG Drivers Dominik Baumann, Maximilian Buhk, Yelmer Buurman, Adam Christodoulou, Maro Engel, Christian Hohenadel, Thomas Jäger, Bernd Schneider and Jan Seyffarth. With Maximilian Götz and Christian Vietoris, two drivers from the current Mercedes-AMG DTM Team will be racing as well. Eight further Nordschleife experts have been drafted in to strengthen the AMG Performance Teams for the endurance event at the Nürburgring in particular: Uwe Alzen, Lance David Arnold, Hubert Haupt, Manuel Metzger, Stefan Mücke, Dirk Müller, Marco Seefried and Renger van der Zande.
The driver line-ups of the Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the 24-hour race*:
Starting number Team Drivers (in alphabetical order)
#4 AMG-Team BLACK FALCON
Adam Christodoulou (GBR), Maro Engel (GER), Manuel Metzger (GER), Bernd Schneider (GER)
#8 HARIBO Racing Team-AMG Uwe Alzen (GER), Lance David Arnold (GER), Maximilian Götz (GER), Jan Seyffarth (GER)
#9 AMG-Team BLACK FALCON Yelmer Buurman (NED), Hubert Haupt (GER), Dirk Müller (GER), Maro Engel (GER)
#14 BLACK FALCON Abdulaziz Al Faisal (KSA), Indy Dontje (NED), Rob Huff (GBR), Gerwin Schuring (NED)
#29 AMG-Team HTP Motorsport Christian Hohenadel (GER), Marco Seefried (GER), Christian Vietoris (GER), Renger van der Zande (NED)
#30 AMG-Team HTP Motorsport Dominik Baumann (GER), Maximilian Buhk (GER), Thomas Jäger (GER), Stefan Mücke (GER)
#31 AMG-Team HTP Motorsport Maximilian Buhk (GER), Stefan Mücke (GER), Christian Vietoris (GER), Renger van der Zande (NED)
#75 MANN-FILTER Team ZAKSPEED Sebastian Asch (GER), Kenneth Heyer (GER), Daniel Keilwitz (GER), Luca Ludwig (GER)
#88 HARIBO Racing Team-AMG Uwe Alzen (GER), Lance David Arnold (GER), Maximilian Götz (GER), Jan Seyffarth (GER)