Mercedes-AMG has revealed its provisional manufacturing unit driver line-up for the 2025 racing season. It options 10 drivers and contains two new names: Maxime Martin and Jayden Ojeda.
The information of Le Mans class-winner Martin’s transfer comes simply 5 days after the Belgian’s departure from BMW’s works secure was introduced. With this transfer, he has additionally grow to be the primary driver confirmed for the brand new Iron Lynx FIA WEC LMGT3 program with the Mercedes-AMG GT3. RACER understands he may even compete within the opening spherical of the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Daytona with GetSpeed in GTD PRO.
This new deal got here collectively quickly for Martin. He confirmed to RACER immediately that his talks with Stefan Wendl — the pinnacle of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport buyer racing — started after he had made his choice to stroll away from BMW.
25-year-old Australian Ojeda, in the meantime, features works driver standing with AMG after making a handful of GT3 appearances for the model in 2024 within the Intercontinental GT Problem and Asian Le Mans Collection. His transition to GT racing comes after spending 4 seasons competing in Supercars between 2020 and ’23 with Garry Rogers Motorsport, Walkinshaw Andretti and Matt Stone Racing.
Elsewhere, French-Andorran racer Jules Gounon has been retained for 2025 and Daniel Juncadella has been launched.
Gounon will proceed to compete as a works driver for each Mercedes-AMG and Alpine. This has been made attainable through an extension to the settlement between the 2 manufacturers to permit him to race with Alpine within the WEC’s Hypercar class. In 2025 Gounon will grow to be a full-season driver for the Alpine Endurance Staff after performing as its reserve this 12 months.
Juncadella, who can also be a Corvette-contracted driver, will not stay a part of AMG’s manufacturing unit squad resulting from an growth of his F1 simulator commitments.
The complete 2025 Mercedes-AMG driver roster is as follows:
Ralf Aron (Estonia)
Philip Ellis (Switzerland)
Maro Engel (Germany)
Maximilian Gotz (Germany)
Jules Gounon (Andorra)
Mikaël Grenier (Canada)
Maxime Martin (Belgium)
Jayden Ojeda (Australia)
Fabian Schiller (Germany)
Luca Stolz (Germany)
There may be extra to come back from Mercedes concerning its manufacturing unit roster, which it says will “step by step be prolonged” sooner or later.
