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luglio 28, 2021 - Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

Tales from the paddock: Maximilian Buhk: "You have to drive, drive and drive as fast as you can"

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It's just one huge occasion after another in motor #racing at the moment: Following two podium finishes for Mercedes-EQ in London and two wins for the Mercedes-AMG GT3 at the Lausitzring, we move straight on to the Hungaroring and Spa-Francorchamps.

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This is what happened: Results and facts

  • Formula E: A podium for the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team in each of the two London rounds
  • DTM: Philip Ellis and Maximilian Götz win both races at the Lausitzring
  • DTM Trophy: One win and an additional podium for the Mercedes-AMG GT4 at the Lausitzring
  • GT4 France: Mercedes-AMG GT4 one-two in the first race at Spa-Francorchamps, plus another Top Three finish in race two
  • International GT Open: One win and one podium on the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari at Imola

Hungary, here we come: The Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend (30 July ‑ 1 August) is also the last track outing before the summer break. It will be the 36th time that the Hungaroring has hosted a Formula One race. Lewis Hamilton has lifted the winner's trophy at the circuit on the outskirts of Budapest in each of the past three years. His tally of eight victories also makes him the most successful contestant in this particular fixture ahead of Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna on four and three wins respectively. In the 2013 season, Lewis enjoyed his first success in a works Silver Arrow at the Hungaroring, and before that in 2009, he registered an historic maiden F1 victory for a hybrid engine driving a McLaren-Mercedes. Lewis also holds the track record of 1:13.447 minutes (achieved in 2020) as well as the record for the fastest race lap (1:16.627 minutes, also from the 2020 season). The most successful outfit in the Hungarian Grand Prix is McLaren who have eleven winners' trophies on display at team HQ, ahead of Williams and Ferrari on seven each. The Mercedes works team has won five times at the Hungaroring so far.

Facts & figures from London: The penultimate race weekend of the 2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship took the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team to London last weekend. Rounds 12 and 13 of the season were contested on the new ExCeL Circuit. After a recent run of disappointing results, the London E-Prix saw the team back on the podium in both races. Nyck de Vries took the runner-up spot on Saturday and on Sunday, securing his fourth and fifth podium finishes in the all-electric #racing series. His team-mate was meanwhile experiencing a frustrating day. On Sunday, Stoffel Vandoorne started the second race from pole position and led the E-Prix until the midway point, when he was hit by Oliver Rowland's car and subsequently dropped back to 15th place. The team's UK home race in London is followed by another home fixture in Germany, the double-header in Berlin on the weekend of 14 ‑ 15 August. Ahead of the season finale, Virgin #racing lead the team standings by seven points ahead of Mercedes-EQ in second place. Nyck tops the drivers' standings, six points ahead of second-placed Robin Frijns. So everything is still open in both championships as we head to the season finale.

Double triumph takes Mercedes to the top of the #dtm manufacturers' championship: As early as the opening weekend of the campaign, Mercedes-AMG Team WINWARD and Mercedes-AMG Team HRT had chalked up Top Three finishes to ensure a successful return to the #dtm for the brand. In the second fixture on the 2021 calendar hosted by the Lausitzring, the teams did even better. Philip Ellis (SUI) secured his first #dtm victory on Saturday in the number 57 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Mercedes-AMG Team WINWARD. For Mercedes-AMG Motorsport, it also constituted the first triumph in the #dtm since 25 August 2018. This was followed on Sunday by Maximilian Götz (GER) in the number 4 car of Mercedes-AMG Team HRT recording his first ever victory in the #dtm and ensuring that Mercedes came away from the weekend with both wins. The teams fielding Mercedes-AMG GT3s delivered no fewer than seven Top Ten finishes in the two races. On the basis of these solid results, Mercedes-AMG now leads the manufacturers' standings in the series by a margin of 27 points.

An Affalterbach-built car also crossed the finish line first in the #dtmtrophy, staged as part of the supporting programme. William Tregurtha (GBR) driving the number 48 Mercedes-AMG GT4 of CV Performance Group won the second race on Sunday. Together with his P3 on Saturday, the result was enough to take Tregurtha to the top of the drivers' standings.

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