Landgraf Motorsport and Mercedes-AMG continue to work together / ADAC GT Masters

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport and LANDGRAF Motorsport want to celebrate success together again this year. Both have competed in 98 races together in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 since 2017. The last race they started together was the FIA ​​GT World Cup in Macau in November, where the team was crowned winner. Klaus Landgraf and his team start the 2024 motorsport season at the ADAC GT Masters in Oschersleben this weekend (April 26th to 28th Team LANDGRAF Motorsport completes the grid for the 18th ADAC GT Masters season as the reigning Mercedes-AMG GT3 champions). In the final held in Hockenheim last October, Salman Owega (GER) and Elias Seppänen (FIN) became the youngest championship duo in the history of the traditional GT series to win the title. LANDGRAF Motorsport achieved something new, as it was the first time in the history of the ADAC GT Masters that the team was able to defend the drivers’ title.

The team would like to continue this success story in the 2024 season and win its third driver’s title in the ADAC GT Masters. The LANDGRAF Motorsport team starts the new season with starting number #1. The driver line-up for the title defense mission is made up of Tom Kalenda (GER) and last year’s champion Elias Seppänen. Tom Kalenda, who is only 16 years old, is competing in his first season in GT racing. He is the youngest driver ever to compete in the ADAC GT Masters. The young driver from Hamm/Sieg started his karting career. In 2023 he will compete in Formula 4 France. Tom’s Calendar is part of the German Motorsport Team – a funding program of the ADAC Sports Foundation and the DMSB (German Sports Federation). Elias Seppänen enters his third season in GT racing. The 20-year-old has been racing regularly with LANDGRAF Motorsport since 2022. In addition to real racing, Finn also regularly draws attention to himself in the esports scene.

In addition, LANDGRAF Motorsport, together with Mercedes-AMG, trains drivers on the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife. Under the name Mercedes-AMG LANDGRAF Team, the team from Gensingen competes in NLS 3 races: 69th ADAC Westfalenfahrt (June 22), NLS4: 6th ADAC Ruhr Cup Race (August 3) and NLS6: 56th Prize of ADAC Barbarossa (November 16) Performance Standards. Mercedes-AMG Motorsport is using this partnership to prepare in advance for the 2025 Nordschleife season.

«LANDGRAF Motorsport is a very fundamental part of the Mercedes-AMG Motorsport family. I am very happy that with Klaus Landgraf we were able to incorporate very focused and important concepts into our motorsport program. Mercedes-AMG driver training on the Nürburgring Nordschleife is very important to the strategic direction and success of our customer racing program,” says Stefan Wendl, Head of Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing.

“We are very proud of the partnership with Mercedes-AMG Motorsport. In Oschersleben we are competing in the 99th and 100th races of our joint partnership, we won the FIA ​​GT World Cup in Macau as well as being champions of the ADAC GT Masters twice in a row – these are great events very much that we can look back on with satisfaction. I am happy that we will continue this partnership in the future,” adds Klaus Landgraf, owner of the LANDGRAF Motorsport team.