The Mercedes-Benz driver line-up for the 2010 DTM season is complete: Nine drivers from five countries will race the AMG Mercedes C-Class, thus representing the Stuttgarters’ colours on this year’s DTM grid. Apart from the new idol of the public, David Coulthard, China’s CongFu Cheng is the latest signing for the Mercedes-Benz DTM squad. They both will race the 2008 spec of the AMG Mercedes C-Class.
The 2009-spec AMG Mercedes C-Class will be raced by: Gary Paffett (29, Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C-Class), 2005 DTM-Champion, DTM runner-up in 2009 as well as test and reserve driver for the Formula 1 team Vodafone McLaren Mercedes; Paul Di Resta (23, AMG Mercedes C-Class), 2006 Formula 3 Euro Series Champion, DTM runner-up in 2008 and test and reserve driver for the Formula 1 team Force India Mercedes; Ralf Schumacher (34, Laureus AMG Mercedes C-Class) and Bruno Spengler (26, Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG C-Class), DTM runner-up in 2006 and 2007.
Susie Stoddart (27, TV Spielfilm AMG Mercedes C-Class); Jamie Green (27, Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes C-Class), 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series Champion and Maro Engel (24, GQ AMG Mercedes C-Class) will race 2008-spec C-Class vehicles.
At the DTM Launch held this Sunday at Wiesbaden, Mercedes-Benz is going to publicly present its driver squad for the first time. Paffett and Di Resta, who are in China as test and reserve drivers for Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and Force India Mercedes respectively, will arrive in Wiesbaden only on Sunday morning at 06:00hrs. While Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Director Norbert Haug and David Coulthard who also works as TV commentator for the British BBC, stay in Shanghai but will join the press conference via a live connection.
