Engelhart, who cut up with Toksport WRT after the primary half of the 2023 marketing campaign, will crew up with Clemen Schmid within the pair of races at Hockenheim on October 21-22, changing Andrea Caldarelli in Grasser’s two-car line-up.
Caldarelli, who was referred to as in by Grasser to participate on the Crimson Bull Ring to take the second seat that was beforehand occupied by Mick Wishofer after which Maximilian Paul, is unable to compete at Hockenheim as a consequence of clashing LMDh testing commitments with Lamborghini.
Engelhart has an extended historical past with GRT throughout his time as a manufacturing facility Lamborghini driver, with the 2 successful a complete of 14 races collectively in all kinds of championships around the globe, with a GTD success within the 2019 Daytona 24 Hours the spotlight of their partnership.
The German has been out of drive since his shock cut up with Porsche outfit Toksport after Nurburgring, which marked the tip of a brief however profitable stint that yielded victory within the second race at Oschersleben.
Engelhart thanked Porsche for letting him compete for rival producer Lamborghini, given the 2 are at the moment locked in a decent scrap for the championship with their respective works drivers Thomas Preining and Mirko Bortolotti.
“Returning to my Grasser Racing household for Hockenheim is a good feeling!,” stated the 36-year-old. “Now we have already celebrated nice successes collectively previously. Now to compete collectively within the DTM is a spotlight for us.
“On the identical time, my particular thanks go to Porsche, who gave me the inexperienced mild for this mission. The problem to get used to the brand new Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 in a really brief time is gigantic, so I’m now totally targeted on the job forward.”
Andrea Caldarelli, Grasser Racing Workforce Lamborghini Huracán EVO GT3
Photograph by: Alexander Trienitz
Grasser has loved restricted success in DTM since downscaling its programme from 4 automobiles to 2 this 12 months and shedding star driver Bortolotti to SSR Performance, however the squad claimed a powerful win on the Nurburgring with Paul on the wheel of its Huracan GT3.
Workforce boss Gottfried Grasser stated of Engehlart’s appointment: “We’re very pleased to contest the season finale with Christian and it means lots to us to have GGMT Revolution on board once more as a associate at Hockenheim.
“Now we have achieved improbable milestones with Christian and he had been a part of the Lamborghini household for a very long time. Now we have all the time maintained a pleasant relationship even after our years collectively and it’s nice to see him again in our automotive.
“We’re positively optimistic in regards to the weekend as a result of we all know that our drivers are sturdy at Hockenheim. With Christian, we received there a number of occasions within the ADAC GT Masters and Clemens did rather well within the DTM final 12 months.”