GT Masters: Mücke with Schmidt and Rogivue
BERLINER DREIWAGENTEAM As in the previous year, two Swiss drivers will contest the ADAC GT Masters in Audi R8s from Mücke Motorsport. In addition to Jeffrey Schmidt, who already enjoyed success with Mücke in 2018, Nikolaj Rogivue joins the team. Jeffrey Schmidt moved to Mücke Motorsport a year ago from Land Motorsport, where he was still competing in the 24 Hours of Daytona. [...]
Jeffrey Schmidt moved to Mücke Motorsport a year ago from Land Motorsport, where he was still competing in the 24 Hours of Daytona. The German Christopher Haase, who shared the Mücke Audi last year with Ricardo Feller, who is moving to Land in 2019, will be the Liestaler's new but best-known partner.
Schmidt already formed a powerful duo with the Audi works driver at Land in 2017 and is undoubtedly one of the favorites for the championship title thanks to his experience. The prerequisite is that the new Audi R8 LMS is not rated too poorly in the Balance of Performance.
Haase is one of the veterans of the ADAC GT Masters. He was the series' first champion in 2007 and his eleven victories put him in third place in the all-time leaderboard. Schmidt claimed his first victory with Mücke in 2018.
Rogivue aims for first race win and junior title
Nikolaj Rogivue is the second Swiss driver to join the team in place of Ricardo Feller. For the 22-year-old with Swedish roots, Mücke Motorsport is his third team in four years (2016/17 Zakspeed-Mercedes, 2018 Aust-Audi), with which he is now hoping to secure his first race win and win the Junior classification for drivers under 25.
His partner is Stefan Mücke, the son of team principal Peter Mücke, who won with Schmidt in Most (CZ) in 2018 and otherwise competes in the World Endurance Championship with Ford Chip Ganassi Racing.
Criticism from the team boss
Although this puts his team in a very good position, Peter Mücke does not hold back in his criticism of the organizing ADAC.
Peter Mücke: "Even if we have three top cars and six top drivers, we can't automatically expect to win. In this series, the moment is decisive. For me, the ADAC GT Masters is the strongest GT series in the world. At the same time, despite all the sunshine, there are also clouds. It's questionable how long the series can survive like this, because it's becoming far too expensive. There is a lack of support from the organizer, the factories and the sponsors. The teams themselves can no longer bear the costs alone. It's time to set the course for the future."
