Mercedes-AMG, the high-performance subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, has reorganized its motorsport division and established a new subsidiary, Affalterbach Racing. This new company will oversee all conceptual and technical customer sport activities, including the development of the next-generation Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Affalterbach will focus on developing the successor to the Mercedes-AMG GT3, leveraging the technical expertise and specialist knowledge of the new subsidiary. This effort, according to AMG, aims to create synergies with various development areas of AMG road vehicles, facilitating a more in-depth technological exchange.
Michael Schiebe, chairman of the board of management of Mercedes-AMG, said, “We continue to see a growing interest in GT3 vehicles and are therefore working intensively on our successor model. In order to utilize our in-house expertise even more effectively, we’ve strategically strengthened the motorsport division with the new business unit at the Affalterbach site and set an important course for the future. With Affalterbach Racing, we will now be able to act even more flexibly and quickly.”
As part of this reorganization, Mercedes-AMG plans to acquire part of its long-standing partner HWA. Both companies have signed a letter of intent for this acquisition, which aims to expand the high standard of Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing. This includes international customer service at racetracks and spare parts support in Europe, the US, China and Australia.
Christoph Sagemüller, head of Mercedes-AMG motorsport, added, “I’m very pleased to be reaffirming our long-term and sustainable commitment to customer racing with the establishment of Affalterbach Racing. With it, we seek to further expand our extremely successful global GT customer sport program. As a first step, the new subsidiary is focusing on the development of the new GT3 racing car so that we can continue to offer our international customers a safe, reliable vehicle that is capable of winning.”
