DTM – ART Grand Prix launches its season in Paris

The team ART Grand Prix, in addition to its usual commitments in car this year (notably with the French Esteban Ocon in GP3), will face a new challenge with the DTM. In the running with its historic partner in F3 Mercedes, the formation of Frederic Vasseur will discover the fierce competitions of German tourism

“We have worked very hard over the last few months to be well prepared for our DTM debut, explains the Team Principal of the French team. I am very happy to organize the launch of our team at the Mercedes Benz gallery on the famous Avenue des Champs-Elysées. The DTM in Paris! A moment to savor which will only be surpassed when the lights finally go out for the start of the race at the beginning of May at Hockenheim. »

ART Grand Prix will field two Mercedes-AMG C63s in 2015, entrusted to the British Gary Paffett, champion in 2005, and to the Austrian and nephew of Gerhard Berger, lucas auer who competed last year in the European F3 Championship. The first DTM event will take place at Hockenheim in Germany, on the weekend of May 3, in a duplicate with the World Rallycross Championship.