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Mercedes driver Gounon to switch Stolz for DTM debut at Hockenheim
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Mercedes driver Gounon to switch Stolz for DTM debut at Hockenheim

By Miles Cooper October 30, 2024
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Manufacturing facility Mercedes driver Jules Gounon will make his DTM debut on this weekend’s remaining spherical at Hockenheim, changing Luca Stolz at HRT.

Double Spa 24 Hours winner Gounon has been drafted into the #4 HRT Mercedes AMG GT3 on the last-minute after Stolz needed to withdraw from the Hockenheim races resulting from well being causes.

No additional info was supplied about 29-year-old Stolz, who was resulting from see out his third full season with the group within the German GT3-based collection.

A press release from HRT learn: “Luca Stolz (GER) of Mercedes-AMG Group HRT has been compelled to withdraw from this weekend’s DTM finale at Hockenheim for well being causes.

“The 29-year-old’s place within the #4 Mercedes-AMG GT3 will likely be taken by Jules Gounon (AND).

“The Haupt Racing Group thanks Jules for stepping in at brief discover and desires Luca a speedy restoration.”

Gounon brings with him a wealth of expertise of GT racing, having received the Bathurst 12 Hour on three events and scored class victories in main IMSA SportsCar Championship enduros together with Daytona 24 Hours and Petit Le Mans.

His illustrious CV contains two titles in GT World Problem Europe Endurance Cup with Mercedes, in addition to the 2017 GT Masters title on the wheel of a Corvette C7.

Mercedes driver Gounon to switch Stolz for DTM debut at Hockenheim

Luca Stolz, Mercedes-AMG Group HRT Mercedes-AMG GT3

Photograph by: Alexander Trienitz

This 12 months has seen the second-generation driver increase his horizons into prototype racing, competing in three rounds of the World Endurance Championship with Alpine within the Hypercar class.

After making his first look within the DTM in Germany on 18-20 October, he will likely be again behind the wheel of the Alpine A424 LMDh within the Bahrain 8 Hours WEC finale on 2 November.

The HRT outfit he’s becoming a member of within the DTM at the moment sits fifth within the groups’ standings, two spots behind fellow factory-supported Mercedes group Winward.

The squad’s greatest runner within the standings is Arjun Maini in eighth on 128 factors, whereas Stolz is positioned only one spot behind in ninth after scoring a primary win of 2024 on the Sachsenring final month.

Each drivers are out of the championship struggle, though one other Mercedes driver Maro Engel (Winward) stays firmly within the hunt in third place, 20 factors behind championship chief Mirko Bortolotti of SSR Lamborghini.

Engel’s team-mate Lucas Auer, the final remaining driver within the four-strong Mercedes roster, sits twelfth within the drivers standings.

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