Marciello and Engel might be joined within the occasion on the invoice of the Method 3 Macau Grand Prix on 18/19 November by Daniel Juncadella and Jules Gounon.
It will likely be the primary working of the World Cup on the Guia road circuit within the Chinese language territory since 2019.
The occasion, which was inaugurated in 2015, has not taken place since because of the COVID pandemic and journey restrictions in China.
Marciello, who won the last edition of the World Cup, will race a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the Landgraf crew with which he took the ADAC GT Masters title final 12 months.
Inaugural World Cup winner Maro Engel once more drives for Craft-Bamboo, the crew with which he took victory in the Macau GT Cup last year.
It was the German’s third victory on the three.8-mile Guia monitor: he additionally gained the GT race in 2014, the 12 months earlier than it gained FIA world standing.
Juncadella, who gained the F3 Grand Prix in 2011 aboard a Mercedes-powered Dallara, will race a second Merc run by Craft-Bamboo, which gained the GT World Problem Asia title this 12 months.
Macau rookie Gounon will participate with the Chinese language Climax Racing crew, which additionally competes within the GTWC in Asia.
Podium: #99 TORO Racing Mercedes – AMG GT3 EVO: Raffaele Marciello, #77 Mercedes-AMG Crew Craft-Bamboo Racing Mercedes – AMG GT3 EVO: Maro Engel
Picture by: Mercedes AMG
Mercedes goes into the occasion as probably the most profitable producer in its historical past: it has gained three of the 5 editions of the World Cup to date and can also be on a four-year profitable streak within the GT occasion.
Head of Mercedes-AMG buyer racing Stefan Wendl mentioned: “We’ll ship our most profitable drivers this season, who even have heritage in Macau aside from Jules who might be our rookie.
“After profitable with Lello [Marciello] in 2019 we’ve been a number of years on pause with the World Cup, however at the very least final 12 months Lello and Maro attended the race and we gained it additionally.
“We’ve got one thing to free and we’re going there to win it once more. That’s clearly the goal, understanding that the competitors might be very robust.
“They may all attempt to beat us and that’s the reason we are going to ship out the very best drivers.”
A complete of six Mercedes-AMG GT3s have been entered for the World Cup. Climax has a second automotive for a driver who has but to be nominated, whereas Marchy Lee will race a Merc for Toro Racing.
The FIA GT World Cup will awarded on the finish of a one-hour race forward of the F3 race on Sunday, 19 November.
The grid for the principle race might be determined by a one-hour qualifying race on the Saturday.
The complete entry checklist for the seventieth anniversary Macau occasion is scheduled to be introduced on Wednesday.