Mercedes-AMG: Two Swiss in GT factory squad

The top-class line-up of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport for 2022 thus comprises a total of 17 drivers who will support the international customer and performance teams in selected racing events. A mix of experienced veterans and promising talents will be relied upon.

The first win of the season in the bag
Thus, the Germans Maximilian Buhk, Maro Engel, the reigning DTM champion Maximilian Götz, Thomas Jäger and Luca Stolz, the Frenchman Jules Gounon, the Spaniard Dani Juncadella and Raffaele Marciello from Ticino (gallery left) will once again compete as performance drivers in the world's most demanding GT series, as before, driving the sophisticated Mercedes-AMG GT3.

Marciello, who will no longer race under the Italian flag in 2022 and was born in Switzerland, won the 9 Hours of Kyalami in South Africa a week ago with Gounon and a Bulgarian customer.

Reward for outstanding performance
The Mercedes squad is supplemented by Philip Ellis (gallery, right). The 29-year-old from Zug was still active as a junior in Mercedes-AMG's Customer Racing program last year and is now moving up to become a performance driver.

Ellis recommended himself for this career leap last year with his DTM victory at the Lausitzring and, before that, with his triumph at the 24 Hours of Daytona.

Philip Ellis: "I am enormously happy that I was able to sign a two-year contract. Having driven with Mercedes since 2019 and shared successes have been possible, I feel right at home with this brand. I thank everyone who has been part of this journey so far."

Ellis' last year's DTM teammate at Winward Racing Lucas Auer now also joins the circle of performance drivers. While Auer (still) and newcomer Maxi Götz will form the German-Texan team's DTM duo, Ellis will compete in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship with his U.S. partner Russell Ward (son of the Winward team owner).

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