Mücke Motorsport is an
auto racing
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.
Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
team based in
Germany
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, which is also known as ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg.
History
Single-seaters
Mücke Motorsport was formed by Peter Mücke in 1998 to run his son
Stefan Mücke
Stefan Mücke (born 22 November 1981) is a German professional racing driver.
Racing career
Born in Berlin, Mücke started his racing career in 1998, when he won the Formula BMW ADAC series, with his father's Mücke Motorsport team, also making ...
in the German
Formula BMW
Formula BMW was a junior racing formula for single seater cars. It was positioned at the bottom of the motorsport career ladder alongside the longer established Formula Ford category. Like Formula Ford, it was intended to function as the young ...
ADAC series, in which they were champions.
Stefan and the team moved to
German Formula Three in 1999, where the driver finished runner-up in 2001. Also in 2001,
Markus Winkelhock joined the team. After Stefan left Formula 3 for the DTM in 2002, Winkelhock was joined by Sven Heidfeld and Marcel Lasée. The team moved to the new
Formula Three Euroseries
The Formula 3 Euro Series was a European-based junior single seater formula for Formula Three chassis that was launched (in its current form) in 2003 as a merger of the French Formula Three Championship and German Formula Three Championship. The ...
in 2003, where
Christian Klien
Christian Klien (born 7 February 1983) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. In total he has scored 14 points in Formula One. Klien currently competes full-time in the GT World Challenge Europe for JP Motorsport.
Racing career
Bor ...
finished runner-up.
Mücke competed in Formula BMW ADAC from 1998 to 2007.
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel (; born 3 July 1987) is a German racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2022 for BMW Sauber, Toro Rosso, Red Bull, Ferrari, and Aston Martin. Vettel is one of the most successful drivers in Formula One histo ...
won the title for the team in 2004.
For 2010, Peter Mücke's partnership with
Ralf Schumacher sees the RSC Mücke Motorsport team enter the newly formed
GP3 Series. Dutchman
Renger van der Zande spearheads the driver line-up alongside compatriot
Nigel Melker and German
Tobias Hegewald
Tobias Hegewald (born 3 August 1989 in Neuwied) is a German racing driver.
Career
Karting
Hegewald spent three seasons racing in professional karting, including a 5th place in the 2002 Junior Monaco Kart Cup at ICA Junior level, racing agains ...
.
Since 2015, the team competes in the
ADAC Formula 4 and
Italian F4 Championship.
DTM
The team began running
Mercedes in the
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a grand touring car series sanctioned by ITR e.V. who have been affiliated to the DMSB- FIA since 1984. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The s ...
in
2005
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with Stefan Mücke and
Alexandros Margaritis
Alexandros "Alex" Margaritis ( el, Αλέξανδρος Μαργαρίτης; born 20 September 1984) is a Greek-German racing driver who is best known for competing in the German-based Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters touring car championship. Prio ...
as drivers. Mücke remained with the team in 2006 and was joined by
Daniel la Rosa and
Susie Stoddart. In 2007 Stefan Mücke left the team and was replaced by
Mathias Lauda
Mathias Lauda (born 30 January 1981) is an Austrian racing driver currently racing for Aston Martin Racing as a factory driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He is the son of the late three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lau ...
. La Rosa, Stoddart and Lauda left the team for 2008, and were replaced by
Ralf Schumacher and
Maro Engel
Maro René Engel (born 27 August 1985) is a German professional racing driver based in Monaco. He is a long-time Mercedes-AMG factory driver, FIA GT World Cup Champion, Nürburgring 24 hour winner, DTM race winner, Suzuka 10h winner, Macau G ...
.
Lauda returned to partner Engel in 2009.
Current series results
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
DTM Trophy
Former Series Results
Italian F4 Championship
*He only drove for Mücke Motorsport in 3 of the 20 races.
ADAC Formula 4
Formula 4 UAE Championship
GP3 Series
D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
European Formula 3
D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
ADAC Formel Masters
The team competed as ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg in 2010,2013-2014
Timeline
Notes
References
External links
*
Team profile on the DTM website*
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German auto racing teams
1998 establishments in Germany
Auto racing teams established in 1998
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters teams
GP3 Series teams
Formula BMW teams
Formula 3 Euro Series teams
FIA Formula 3 European Championship teams
British Formula Three teams
German Formula 3 teams
ADAC GT Masters teams
Mercedes-Benz in motorsport