Ferdinand Habsburg on Aston Martin in DTM

After formalizing Paul di Resta et Jake dennis last week, R-Motorsport announced this morning the recruitment of Ferdinand Habsburg, in accordance with what we announced this week in AUTOhebdo (see Ah n°2204).

« Driving in one of the most renowned professional championships represents a big challenge, underlines the 21-year-old Austrian. It won't be easy for a rookie, especially since I will be competing alongside world-class touring drivers (Paul di Resta and most certainly Daniel Juncadella. Editor’s note). My goal will be to learn as quickly as possible and raise my level of play race after race. »

Seen in various Formula championships Renault, he was promoted to the FIA ​​European Championship F3 in 2017, the year in which he finished fourth in the Macau F3 Grand Prix. Last year he was also seen in IMSA and in GT Open.

The press release released this morning also confirms that the Aston Martin should indeed be in the game from the opening round of the DTM, in Hockenheim, May 4 and 5.