Another DTM comeback: Christian Vietoris completes driver line-up for the 2018 season as test and reserve driver
- Christian has six years of experience in the DTM, twice finishing fourth in the drivers’ classification
- Christian Vietoris: “After a year's absence, I'm obviously delighted to be back in motorsport, and as a member of the Mercedes family.”
- Ulrich Fritz: “We’ve known Christian for a long time now. He’s a very fast racing driver and a terrific team player.”
The
opening round of the 2018 DTM season in Hockenheim is fast
approaching. The Mercedes-AMG Motorsport DTM Team has completed its
squad of drivers for the upcoming special anniversary season with the
signing of DTM race winner Christian Vietoris. He will provide back-up
for the team at all ten race weekends as a test and reserve driver and
will take the place of one of the six drivers if needed.
“After
a year's absence, I'm obviously delighted to be back in motorsport,
and as a member of the Mercedes family,” said Christian, who is the
third driver returning to the DTM in this year’s squad along with
Daniel Juncadella and Pascal Wehrlein. “My batteries are fully charged,
and I'm ready to step in as substitute driver in the DTM. After six
years in the DTM with Mercedes, I have a lot of experience and I'm
ready whenever the team needs me.”
Christian lined up for six
years with Mercedes-AMG Motorsport in the DTM from 2011 to 2016. During
this time, he secured one win, three pole positions, nine podiums and
two fastest laps. He had his two most successful seasons in 2013 and
2014 when he was the team’s best driver, finishing fourth in the
drivers’ standings in both years.
His maiden win in Oschersleben in
2014 remains one of the highlights of his DTM career to date when,
thanks to deploying the right strategy, he finished on the top spot of
the podium in difficult, variable weather conditions from 16th on the
grid.
“We’ve known Christian for a very long time. He’s a very fast racing
driver and a terrific team player,” said Head of Mercedes-AMG
Motorsport DTM Ulrich Fritz. “He knows the team and the way we do
things and has several years of DTM experience.
It’s exactly these
qualities you want in a reserve driver, who needs to be ready to jump
into the car at short notice and perform well. We know what we’ve got
in Christian and are pleased to have found an experienced driver to
complete our squad.”
The first weekend of the new 2018 DTM
season begins with a home race for the team in Hockenheim on the
weekend of 4th - 6th May.
Source: Daimler
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