Since 2014, participants have been collecting points by means of their race participations with the SLS AMG GT3, Mercedes-AMG GT3 or Mercedes-AMG GT4 throughout the season and they are honoured at the end of the season. Amateur drivers separated from the professionals: this makes the Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Customer Racing Championship particularly interesting for ambitious privateer drivers. Moreover, there are separate categories for the best GT3 and GT2/GT4 teams. To ensure a maximum chance equality, points are attributed with weighing factors, taking into account, among others, the type and distance of the races.

During the 2022/2023 competition period, over 400 drivers and 100 teams were represented in the Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship.

Classification

For the classification of the 2023/2024 Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship, all drivers and teams participating in national and international motor races and/or race series with Mercedes-AMG customer sports cars are eligible. The new competition period started on 25th October 2023, the end will be announced at a later stage.

The Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship has been divided into eleven categories: PRO-DRIVER, DRIVER, TEAM GT3, TEAM GT2, TEAM GT4, PRO-DRIVER GT3, DRIVER GT3, PRO-DRIVER GT2, DRIVER GT2, PRO-DRIVER GT4 and DRIVER GT4. The three respectively five best-placed participants in each classification receive attractive non-cash prizes according to their achievements.

Points' allocation

There are seperate classifications for GT3, GT2 and GT4 cars, so their points are being allocated in different classes (individual ranking).

Moreover, there is a general ranking for each of the classes in which the points scored are integrated as well. Here, the points for GT3, GT2 and GT4 cars are also scored separately. 

In every point-scoring race, points are attributed for 1st to 10th place according to the familiar scheme 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, multilplied by a pre-determined factor depending on the type and duration of the race.

Drivers

Driver categorisation

The Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship differentiates between PRO DRIVER and DRIVER. Categorisation of the participants is done by Mercedes-AMG Motorsport.

In the process, all drivers listed as Platinum, Gold or Silver to FIA standards are categorized as PRO DRIVER. Accordingly, drivers with FIA Bronze standard are categorized as DRIVER.

Participation

Eligible to participate are all drivers of full age who have achieved a result from a race participation in the 2023/2024 season with an SLS AMG GT3, a Mercedes-AMG GT3, a Mercedes-AMG GT2 or a Mercedes-AMG GT4. These are automatically entered for the Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship.

Prizes

In the Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championships, extraordinary achievements are rewarded. Aditionally, all winners receive a “Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship” trophy.

The prizes for the new competition period, together with the new regulations, will be published on the Customer Service Portal (CSP) within the next weeks.

The various laureates will be announced at the end of the 2024 season during the traditional end-of-season celebration. This will also include an awards ceremony with a symbolic handover of the prizes. The high-quality prizes will be delivered to the laureates after the event. 

Teams

Next to the drivers, our five most successful GT3, GT2 and GT4 teams are rewarded with prize money. Moreover, each of the honoured teams receives a high-quality “Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship” trophy.

On top of that, the five best-placed teams in both categories will be presented with the sustainability prize. Since the 2021/2022 competition period, Mercedes-AMG has compensated all the kilometres completed by the teams that can therefore show a carbon-neutral footprint.

The 2022/2023 prize-winners were announced on 11 November during the traditional end-of-season celebration “Champions United” in Valencia. Prize-winners were honoured by Michael Schiebe (CEO Mercedes-AMG GmbH), Christoph Sagemüller (Head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport) and Stefan Wendl (Head of Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing), among others. This year, the exclusive special prizes were donated by cooperation partners IWC, MSI, PUMA and RAVENOL.

George Kurtz came out on top in the DRIVER overall category and therefore and was presented with the main prize, a Mercedes-AMG C 63 S E PERFORMANCE (combined fuel consumption: 10.8 l/100 km | combined CO₂ emission: 247 g/km*), by Michael Schiebe and Jochen Hermann (Member of the Management Board of Mercedes-AMG GmbH). In the year that has ended, the US-American had his biggest achievements in his home country and together with his teammate Colin Braun, he was crowned as the Fanatec GT World Challenge America powered by AWS Pro-Am champion. Moreover, George Kurtz came out on top in the DRIVER GT3 category.

In the PRO-DRIVER category for those drivers that have platinum, gold or silver status according to the categorisation by the global motoring federation FIA, Timur Boguslavskiy (FIA) secured first place this year. With the AKKODIS ASP Team, he won two championship titles in the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS and finished runner-up in the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps. Moreover, Timur Boguslavskiy came out on top in the PRO-DRIVER GT3 category. Michai Stephens (USA) ended up in first place of the PRO-DRIVER GT4 standings. He scored five class wins in GT4 America and became runner-up in the Silver Cup standings. Chris Hart and Stephen Walton (both GBR) emerged as the winners in the DRIVER GT4 standings. They raced in the British GT Cup Championship together and were crowned champions in the GTH class.

In the TEAM GT3 standings, the programme of the Haupt Racing Team paid off. By virtue of title wins in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, the class win in the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps or the ADAC GT Masters teams’ title, the crew collected sufficient points to end up in first place. In the TEAM GT4 standings, NM Racing Team is the winner. The team from the Barcelona region predominantly competed in Spanish race series. From a total of 68 race participations with the Mercedes-AMG GT4, the team scored eight class wins and 17 further podium results. On top of that, NM Racing Team also scored a pair of class podium finishes in its first outing with the Mercedes-AMG GT2.

*Mercedes-AMG C 63 S E PERFORMANCE | WLTP: weighted fuel consumption, combined: 6.9 l/100 km | weighted CO₂ emissions, combined: 156 g/km | weighted power usage, combined: 11.7 kWh/100 km | amg4.me/DAT-Leitfaden-electric

All details about the Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship can be found on our Customer Service Portal (CSP).

 Next to terms and conditions, detailed overviews and latest information related to the Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship, the CSP also provides latest championship points’ standings and all the race results achieved worldwide. Registration of the participants in the Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship and the achieved results is also handled through the Customer Service Portal (CPS).

Since its inaugural edition in 2014, the Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship has enjoyed greatest popularity among everyone involved. Numerous teams and drivers from the customer sports programme were already rewarded with attractive non-cash prizes from Mercedes-AMG partners and the number of participants continues to increase.