F1Weekly Podcast # 926

THE HOST LOVES THE ALPINE A522 AND NASIR IS SO HAPPY WITH NO MASI!…MOTORSPORTS MONDIAL BRINGS NASCAR NEWS AND ROLLS OUT THE CARPET FOR F1 TESTING TO BEGIN! AND WE HAVE SOME SCHUMACHER NEWS…

2022 DTM: David Schumacher to compete for Mercedes-AMG Team WINWARD

• German-Texan team Mercedes-AMG Team WINWARD has entered a third car
• 20-year-old David Schumacher becomes teammate to DTM champion Maximilian Götz and Lucas Auer
• David Schumacher: “I am aware that I have to learn a lot to hold my own in this unbelievably high-class race series”

Munich/Altendiez (22 February 2022). David Schumacher will be racing in the 2022 DTM for the very first time. The 20-year-old will be competing for german-texan team Mercedes-AMG team WINWARD, based in Altendiez near Limburg. The team is expanding its involvement in DTM for the new season and will be running a total of three Mercedes-AMGs. The son of ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher, who raced a Mercedes in DTM himself from 2008 till 2012, will become teammate to reigning DTM champion Maximilian Götz and seven-time DTM race winner Lucas Auer from Austria. David Schumacher is making the transition from single-seater racing to DTM.

“The two car categories are worlds apart,” says David Schumacher, who already had the opportunity to test a GT race car in November last year and will be having his first test with his new team Mercedes-AMG Team WINWARD at Portimão in Portugal on Wednesday this week.

“Only because of the considerably higher weight, the GT3 requires a much smoother driving style than the single-seater. Initially, the ABS was a real shock for me, I didn’t know that from a race car at all. Still, I quickly felt at ease in the Mercedes-AMG GT3. It really is a joy to drive”, the 20-year-old says. The rookie deliberately isn’t setting his expectations for his maiden DTM season too high: “I am aware that I have to learn a lot to hold my own in this unbelievably high-class race series. My goal for the first year is to get used to the race car and to take in the many details that are important in DTM. With Lucas and Maximilian, I have two vastly experienced teammates towards whom I can orientate myself.”

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