The ADAC GT Masters, also known as the "league of super sports cars", has been in existence since 2007. In each of the two races per weekend, two drivers share the cockpit. In total, we have won five drivers' championships in the prestigious sprint series, most recently three times in a row: by Raffaele Marciello (2022), by Salman Owega and Elias Seppänen (2023) and by Tom Kalender and Elias Seppänen (2024).
Further information about the ADAC GT Masters series on the organiser’s home page.
Season 2024
In the 2024 season, the racing calendar comprised six events, four of which were held as part of the DTM supporting programme. A combination of sprint and endurance formats took place for the first time at the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps.
Tom Kalender and defending champion Elias Seppänen won five of the twelve races in the #1 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Landgraf Motorsport and took four more podium finishes. As a result, the duo secured the drivers' championship early in Race 1 at the Hockenheimring. Elias Seppänen was the first driver to successfully defend the ADAC GT Masters title. For us, it was the third drivers' championship in a row. With a total of nine victories for the Mercedes-AMG GT3, it was also our most successful season in the prestigious GT3 competition.
Haupt Racing Team’s Salman Owega and David Schumacher took first place three times in the #2 car. Their team-mates Jannes Fittje and Finn Wiebelhaus also celebrated a race win. Together, they helped HRT to secure its second team championship in a row. In addition to the championship wins, the historic quintuple victory by our Customer Racing Teams in Saturday's race at the Red Bull Ring will be remembered.
Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing in the ADAC GT Masters 2024:
- No.
Team
Drivers
1
LANDGRAF Motorsport
Tom Kalender (GER)
Elias Seppänen (FIN)
2
Haupt Racing Team
Salman Owega (GER)
David Schumacher (GER)
3
Haupt Racing Team
Jannes Fittje (GER)
Finn Wiebelhaus (GER)
5
Haupt Racing Team
Kwanda Mokoena (RSA)
Max Reis (GER)
2024 schedule:
- Track
Date
Event
Oschersleben / GER
26 – 28 April
Race 1 & 2
Zandvoort / NED
7 – 9 June
Race 3 & 4
Nürburgring / GER
12 – 14 July
Race 5 & 6
Spa-Francorchamps / BEL
30 August – 1 September
Race 7 & 8
Red Bull Ring / AUT
27 – 29 September
Race 9 & 10
Hockenheimring / GER
18 – 20 October
Race 11 & 12
2023 - Three teams in a class of their own
The ADAC GT Masters entered the 2023 season with a number of innovations and held the majority of its races as part of the DTM support programme. Over the course of the season, three Customer Racing Teams fielded a total of five Mercedes-AMG GT3. Salman Owega and Elias Seppänen won four races in the #48 Landgraf Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 to become the youngest duo in the series' history to clinch the drivers' championship with an eleven-point lead. Another historic achievement: Landgraf Motorsport became the first team to defend the ADAC GT Masters title. The Haupt Racing Team made its debut in the ADAC GT Masters in 2023 with two Mercedes-AMG GT3 cars. The customer racing team achieved a total of eight podium finishes, including a first place in the triple victory at the season finale at the Hockenheimring. Thanks to the consistent results, HRT won the team championship in its first year, ahead of Landgraf Motorsport in second place. Schnitzelalm Racing achieved several top 5 finishes in their guest appearances.
2022 - A legendary season
In the 2022 ADAC GT Masters season, five Mercedes-AMG GT3s were on the grid. After seven thrilling race weekends, Raffaele Marciello (SUI) and MANN-FILTER Team LANDGRAF secured the drivers’ championship with an impressive total of eight podium results including victory at the Nürburgring. Moreover, the team finished in the points in each of the season’s 14 races. MANN-FILTER Team LANDGRAF was also successful in the end-of-season Teams’ standings by ending up in second place. Drago Racing Team ZVO competed in the race series for the first time and racked up five wins straight away to become the team with the most wins of the season. In the process, Fabian Schiller (GER) and Jules Gounon (FRA) secured four wins while Marvin Dienst and Jan Marschalkowski (both GER) added a further victory.
2021 - Triple victory and many more podium finishes
For the 2021 ADAC GT Masters season, our Customer Racing Teams had again entered a high-class line-up with a total of four Mercedes-AMG GT3s. For the Performance crew of Mercedes-AMG Teams Toksport WRT, Maro Engel and Luca Stolz (both GER) were racing like in the previous year. The duo was at its best in the second half of the season in particular and secured a total of six podium results. At Lausitzring, Team Zakspeed Mobil Krankenkasse Racing, Mercedes-AMG Team Toksport WRT and MANN-FILTER Team LANDGRAF delivered a milestone in Mercedes-AMG Motorsport’s GT Masters history by securing a historic 1-2-3.
2018 - A special end of an era
In 2018, the title for the best team also went to a Mercedes-AMG customer sport team for the first time as well. With Maximilian Buhk, Indy Dontje, Maximilian Götz and Markus Pommer, MANN-FILTER Team HTP racked up two race wins and three further podium finishes, resulting into a deserving teams’ championship title win for the German outfit.
2012 - Impressive ADAC GT Masters start
In the first years for Mercedes-AMG Motorsport, two drivers’ titles were already secured with the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. In 2012, Sebastian Asch and Maximilian Götz won the title while Asch repeated his success in 2015, this time with his new team partner Luca Ludwig.
