Peugeot: Nico Müller moves to the Lions
FAREWELL AND A NEW START The DTM finale at Hockenheim will be Nico Müller's last race under the sign of the four rings for the time being. Next season, Nico Müller will already be competing with the Peugeot Lion.
Audi Sport and the successful driver have agreed to terminate their contract at the end of the season. Just like René Rast, Nico Müller was originally intended as a driver for the LMDh project. Nico Müller has prepared intensively for prototype racing with stints in the LMP2 class. In addition to Formula E, the Swiss sees his future in Le Mans and prototype racing.
Big fan of the brand and its cars
Nico Müller: "That was a very difficult decision. Audi gave me the chance to enter professional motorsport. I owe a lot to the company and am a big fan of the brand and its cars. Also, the collaboration with Audi in Switzerland has always been great and very special for me. I still have goals in motorsport that unfortunately can't be realized with Audi. By entering Formula 1, there are now other priorities at Audi."
2016 the first victory at the Norisring
Nico Müller joined Audi's DTM driver squad in 2014 as a 22-year-old through a young driver selection program. In 2016, he celebrated the first of a total of eleven victories in the popular touring car racing series at the Norisring. In 2019 and 2020, he secured the runner-up championship in Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline. In 2020, he raced on a par with three-time DTM Champion René Rast. In the end, he only narrowly missed out on the title.
Development driver in the Formula E project
Nico Müller: "I'll never forget my first DTM race with Audi. As a kid, I sat in the stands at the DTM finale at Hockenheim and admired the Audi drivers like Mattias Ekström. Standing on the grid together with them a few years later was a goosebump moment."
In addition to the DTM, Nico Müller was also repeatedly in action for Audi Sport customer racing in the Audi R8 LMS GT3 - in 2022 in the DTM and together with motorcycle legend Valentino Rossi in the GT World Challenge.
As a test and development driver, Nico Müller was also an important part of Audi's Formula E project. In 2023, the Swiss will also compete for Team ABT Sportsline in the electric racing series.
Read tomorrow: This is what Nico Müller wants to achieve with the Peugeot team.
