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Nurburgring 24 Hours: Faultless Verstappen helps team lead Mercedes 1-2

Verstappen Racing leads the sister Winward Mercedes after the F1 world champion delivered a brilliant racing stint

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Nurburgring 24 Hours: Max Verstappen puts Mercedes in lead after masterclass stint

Verstappen Racing leads the sister Winward AMG after the F1 champion starred in mixed conditions

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Why Thomas Preining and Maro Engel have not spoken in four years

This is why Engel has gone from being a role model to essentially a stranger in Preining’s life

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Heavy Le Mans practice crash forces Iron Lynx to change Mercedes chassis

The Iron Lynx team has been forced to change the chassis on its #63 Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 after a sizeable crash for Stephen Grove in Le Mans 24 Hours opening practice.

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Iron Lynx forced to change Mercedes chassis after Grove's hefty Le Mans practice crash

The Iron Lynx team has been forced to change the chassis on its #63 Mercedes-AMG LMGT3 after a sizeable crash for Stephen Grove in Le Mans 24 Hours opening practice.

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Kalender to become youngest DTM driver with Mercedes deal

Reigning GT Masters champion Tom Kalender will become the youngest-ever DTM driver when he lines up on the grid for the 2025 season opener at Oschersleben.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #36 Maro Engel

Seven podiums and third overall made for Maro Engel’s strongest DTM campaign yet, 16 years on from his debut. The leading light of Mercedes’ GT roster led its four-strong contingent home in nine of 16 races as it clinched the manufacturers’ crown, while in GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup…

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The lesser-trodden path Martin is taking in joining Mercedes-AMG

Following last week's announcement of his departure from BMW for a second time, decorated sportscar racer Maxime Martin's move to Mercedes-AMG was announced over the weekend.

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Mercedes driver Gounon to replace Stolz for DTM debut at Hockenheim

Factory Mercedes driver Jules Gounon will make his DTM debut in this weekend’s final round at Hockenheim, replacing Luca Stolz at HRT.

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The bizarre way Verstappen's protege Vermeulen lost a maiden DTM win

Max Verstappen’s protege Thierry Vermeulen lost a likely DTM victory at the Sachsenring because a mechanic left a tyre on the ground in the pitlane to adjust his glasses, incurring a long-lap penalty.

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DTM Sachsenring: Stolz inherits race two win after Vermeulen penalty

HRT Mercedes driver Luca Stolz claimed his first victory of the 2024 DTM season in race two at the Sachsenring on Sunday after long-time leader Thierry Vermeulen was penalised for a pitstop infringement.

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DTM Sachsenring: Aitken claims dominant win, Bortolotti regains title lead

Emil Frey Ferrari driver Jack Aitken led the opening race at Sachsenring from start to finish to claim his third victory of the 2024 DTM season.

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DTM Lausitzring: Preining outsmarts Audi duo to take Sunday win

Manthey EMA’s Preining fell behind both van de Linde and Feller at one stage, but quickly repassed the Abt Audi duo to claim his first win of the 2024 season and move up to second in the standings.

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DTM Oschersleben: Engstler takes unlikely win after Bortolotti pitstop drama

Engstler had been running a steady third behind polesitter Bortolotti and Mercedes rival Luca Stolz in the first part of the race, but an impressive strategy call from Grasser to pull him into the pits just before a Full Course Yellow elevated him to the lead.

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DTM Oschersleben: Aitken capitalises on Wittmann dramas to win season-opener

BMW driver Wittmann was on course to take an unlikely victory from the last row of the grid after timing his pitstop to perfection, with Schubert Motorsport having brought him in for his mandatory stop just before a Full Course Yellow was deployed.

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DTM Oschersleben: Aitken wins season-opener, heartbreak for Wittmann

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Mercedes reduces DTM involvement to four cars in 2024

However, the German manufacturer has retained all three of its full pro drivers for the year, with nine-time race winner Lucas Auer, Nurburgring and Macau GT victor Maro Engel and former GT World Challenge champion Luca Stolz all staying on in the category.

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Bathurst 12 Hour: Porsche beats Mercedes to victory in rain-hit race

A year after Campbell and Jules Gounon fought for the win in the Bathurst 12 Hour, they did it again in 2024 – through this time the factory Porsche driver had the better of the Mercedes-AMG GT3 pilot.

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Aussie Matt Campbell wins second Bathurst 12-hour race

Just weeks after winning the famous 24 Hours of Daytona, Australian endurance star Matt Campbell has won the Bathurst 12-hour event for the second time.

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Gounon returns in unchanged SunEnergy1 Mercedes Bathurst 12 Hour line-up

The most successful driver in the history of the race, having won each of the past three editions in 2020, 2022 and 2023, Gounon will again line up with fellow Mercedes gun Luca Stolz and SunEnergy1 patron Kenny Habul as he begins his defence of the Intercontinental GT Challenge title…

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Mercedes reveals 19-driver factory roster for GT racing in 2024

Although it hasn’t signed a like-for-like replacement for its previous star Raffaele Marciello, who has switched to rival brand BMW, multiple new names will campaign the Mercedes-AMG GT3 in factory capacity across a wide variety of championships this year.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #34 Raffaele Marciello

On his GT3 Mercedes swansong, Marciello was nothing if not consistent. The only driver to qualify in the top three at every GT World Challenge Europe Sprint round earned a record-extending 14th series pole at Misano after his Brands Hatch masterclass.

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Rossi “upset” to lose Gulf 12 Hours victory shot after bizarre pedal issue

Rossi, who was partnered by Nick Yelloly and Dries Vanthoor, was leading the Intercontinental GT Challenge finale going into its final four hours until the pedal box failure occurred as he was handing over to Yelloly.

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DTM Hockenheim: Porsche ace Preining seals title with pole in qualifying

Having already won the penultimate race of the season on Saturday to stretch his advantage to 27 points, Preining wrapped up the title in qualifying on Sunday after beating his title rival Mirko Bortolotti to pole position by 0.006s.

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DTM Hockenheim: Porsche’s Preining closes in on title with Saturday win

Preining didn’t put a foot wrong all day, claiming pole position in his Manthey EMA Porsche before leading every lap outside of the pitstop cycle to bag a maximum haul of 28 points.

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