Seven podiums and third overall made for Maro Engel’s strongest DTM campaign yet, 16 years on from his debut. The leading light of Mercedes’ GT roster led its four-strong contingent home in nine of 16 races as it clinched the manufacturers’ crown, while in GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup he never finished lower than fifth to secure the title with Lucas Auer.
Treading a track limits tightrope he’d been handed by Auer to hold off Dries Vanthoor at Hockenheim was a triumph every bit as special as his Macau GT World Cup success. Jeddah Endurance Cup win secured overall GTWCE honours.
