Emil Frey Racing: New challenge in Germany 🎥
ENTRY INTO ADAC GT MASTERS Emil Frey Racing is breaking new ground. The team from Safenwil is entering the ADAC GT Masters with three Lamborghini Huracán cars and will also contest the five endurance races of the GT World Challenge Europe.
All drivers and the schedule of Emil Frey Racing are briefly presented in the video.
The team will therefore contest twelve race weekends in the 2022 season - two more than in the previous year. The first round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup will take place on the first weekend in April. Three weeks later, the GT Masters season begins at Oschersleben.
Another change for Emil Frey Racing in 2022 will be the starting numbers, with two of the three Huracán GT3 EVOs reflecting Lamborghini's heritage. This year, #19 and #63 will be used, alluding to Lamborghini's founding in 1963, while #14 - the lucky number of Emil Frey Racing team principal Lorenz Frey-Hilti - will remain on the third car.
Fresh challenges and new focus for the season
The team's entry into the ADAC GT Masters is an exciting new challenge for drivers and engineers alike, especially with regard to the tire regulations. Unlike in the GT World Challenge Europe, the tires in the GT Masters may not be preheated. This means that much more emphasis is placed on the optimum setup and the right balance for the drivers, which is crucial for a good result.
While the GT Masters presents new challenges, the team is very familiar with the GT World Challenge Europe, having won the Silver Cup in the drivers' and teams' championships in 2021, as well as claiming the Silver Cup in the Sprint and Endurance Cup.
Still with factory support from Lamborghini
In the 2022 season, Emil Frey Racing will once again be able to draw on the experience and talent of the Lamborghini Squadra Corse factory driver squad and will also receive factory support in other respects.
Mirko Bortolotti and Albert Costa will compete in the GT World Challenge with the number 63 car together with last year's team driver, Jack Aitken. Aitken and Costa will also compete together in the GT Masters in the same car.
Junior driver Arthur Rougier, recently announced for Lamborghini GT3, will remain with Emil Frey Racing for a second season, supported by factory drivers Franck Perera (GT Masters) and Giacomo Altoè (GT World Challenge). Rougier will once again compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Esports championship, which he won last season.
After a breakthrough 2021 season, rising Finnish talent Konsta Lappalainen will compete in both championships with the number 14 car as he looks to build on his success in GT racing. Together with Aitken, the 20-year-old's best finish in GT World Challenge Europe last year was fourth overall and third in the Pro class.
Four new drivers in the 2022 squad
There are four new drivers at Lamborghini Squadra Corse this season: Talented Austrian Mick Wishofer joins Lappalainen in the ADAC GT Masters, while Frenchman Léo Roussel competes with Rougier and Altoè in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.
Wishofer, a former Formula driver, has experience in the GT Masters, where he claimed one victory and two further podium finishes in 2020. Roussel, who was crowned European Le Mans Series champion in the LMP2 class in 2017, switches from Audi after finishing on the podium twice last year.
South African Stuart White, who raced with CMR in a Bentley last year, will also enter his Lamborghini in the GT World Challenge this year. The final driver in the cockpit of the #19 will be announced in due course.
New EFR website now online
Emil Frey Racing presents at the same time with the season announcement their brand new website, which comes in a completely new, modern and sporty look.
