ADAC GT Masters
Auto racing championship in Germany
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| 2025 | Signed with HRT Ford Performance for Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. |
| 2025 | Manthey Racing announced their 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship campaign with two cars: one backed by 1st Phorm with Richard Lietz, Riccardo Pera, and Ryan Hardwick; the other backed by Iron Dames with Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting, and Célia Martin. |
| 2025 | Added Salzburgring as a new racing venue. |
| 2024 | Manthey Racing returned to the FIA World Endurance Championship, with the #92 car clinching the drivers' and teams' championships at the 6 Hours of Fuji, and securing a 1-2 in the LMGT3 teams' standings. |
| 2024 | Manthey Racing secures a 2nd place podium finish at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. |
| 2024 | Manthey Racing won the Bathurst 12 Hour endurance race outright with drivers Matt Campbell, Ayhancan Güven, and Laurens Vanthoor in the #912 entry, and also won the Pro-Am class with the #911 entry. |
| 2024 | Manthey Racing returns to the FIA World Endurance Championship, winning the drivers' and teams' championships in the LMGT3 class, with a class win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. |
| 2024 | Tom Kalender from Germany and Elias Seppänen from Finland win the ADAC GT Masters championship, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for Landgraf Motorsport team. |
| 2024 | Returned to Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Circuit Zandvoort, and added Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps to racing venues. |
| 2024 | Competed in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with Mercedes-AMG Team HRT, finishing 7th overall. |
| 2024 | Finished 3rd in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup with 1 win. |
| November 2024 | Lola takes over Abt's Formula E entrants' licence, with Abt continuing to run the team operationally. |
| April 2024 | Abt Cupra's powertrain deal with Mahindra ends, with plans to use Lola-Yamaha powertrains for the 2024-25 season. |
| 2023 | Abt Cupra leaves the Extreme E racing series. |
| 2023 | Manthey won the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) drivers' and teams' championships with Thomas Preining and Dennis Olsen. |
| 2023 | Raced at Norisring and continued races at Sachsenring. |
| 2023 | Finished 2nd in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze Cup. |
| 2023 | Continued racing with Mercedes-AMG Haupt Racing Team in the DTM series. |
| 2022 | Abt Sportsline leaves the FIA Formula E World Championship. |
| 2022 | Final year of racing at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and Lausitzring before a brief hiatus. |
| 2022 | Competed in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with Mercedes-AMG Team HRT, finishing 19th overall. |
| 2022 | Maini switched to Mercedes-AMG Haupt Racing Team and achieved two 4th-place finishes during the DTM season. |
| May 2022 | Abt announces return to Formula E for the 2022-23 season with Cupra, using Mahindra Racing powertrains. |
| March 10 2022 | BMW officially announced its intention to acquire Alpina, marking a significant milestone in the company's history. On the same day, BMW confirmed the official acquisition of the Alpina brand. |
| 2021 | Mercedes-AMG began sharing the role of official Safety Car supplier in the Formula One World Championship with Aston Martin. |
| 2021 | Abt Sportsline concludes their team participation under the Audi Sport banner in the FIA Formula E World Championship. |
| 2021 | Abt partners with Cupra to enter the Extreme E electric off-road racing series as Abt Cupra XE. |
| 2021 | Alpina introduced the B8 Gran Coupé, a high-performance variant based on the BMW M850i and M8 Gran Coupé, featuring an Alpina-tuned 4.4L V8 Bi-Turbo engine and custom suspension with Comfort+ and Sport+ driving modes. |
| 2021 | Manthey Racing takes the overall victory at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring after just nine hours of racing. |
| 2021 | Manthey Racing becomes a full motorsport partner with Porsche, further solidifying their long-standing collaborative relationship. |
| 2021 | Ricardo Feller from Switzerland and Christopher Mies from Germany win the ADAC GT Masters championship, driving an Audi R8 LMS Evo for Montaplast by Land-Motorsport team. |
| 2021 | Arjun Maini joined the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) racing series, driving for Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed, and achieved a historic milestone by securing the first podium finish by an Indian driver in the DTM at the Norisring. |
| 2021 | Competed in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with Mercedes-AMG Team Getspeed, finishing 12th overall. |
| 2020 | Michael Ammermüller and Christian Engelhart from Germany win the ADAC GT Masters championship, driving a Porsche 911 GT3 R for SSR Performance team. |
| 2020 | Lausitzring circuit was reintroduced to the championship. |
| 2019 | A new Alpina B7 was introduced based on the G11/G12 BMW 7 Series, featuring a 4.4L V8 with improved performance, capable of accelerating from 0-60 in 3.6 seconds and reaching a high top speed. |
| 2019 | Patric Niederhauser from Switzerland and Kelvin van der Linde from South Africa win the ADAC GT Masters championship, driving an Audi R8 LMS Evo for Rutronik Racing team. |
| 2019 | The championship featured vehicles including Porsche 911 GT3 R, Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo, Ferrari 488 GT3, Corvette C7 GT3-R, BMW M6 GT3, Lamborghini Huracan GT3, Mercedes-AMG GT3, Aston Martin Vantage GT3, and Honda NSX GT3 EVO. |
| 2019 | Replaced Dorian Boccolacci at Campos Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship at Spielberg, racing in six races before being replaced by Marino Sato. |
| 2019 | Maini participated in the European Le Mans Series with RLR M SPORT team, competing in endurance racing. |
| 2019 | Arjun Maini competed in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, marking his transition from single-seater racing to endurance racing. |
| 2019 | Won his first race in the Asian Le Mans Series at the Shanghai International Circuit, demonstrating his skill in endurance racing. |
| February 2019 | Alpina unveiled the face-lifted B7 model with improved performance, featuring a faster 0-60 mph acceleration time of 3.6 seconds and a delimited worldwide top speed. |
| 2018 | Mathieu Jaminet from France and Robert Renauer from Germany win the ADAC GT Masters championship, driving a Porsche 911 GT3 R for HTP-Winward Motorsport team. |
| 2018 | Introduced Autodrom Most as a racing venue. |
| 2018 | Signed with Trident Racing for the FIA Formula 2 Championship, partnering with Santino Ferrucci. |
| 2018 | Maini continued in his role as a development driver for Haas F1 Team throughout the entire year. |
| 2018 | Complained over team radio about car performance at Circuit Paul Ricard, resulting in the team analyzing data and obtaining a new engine for Maini. |
| 2018 | Experienced deliberate on-track incidents with teammate Santino Ferrucci at Silverstone Circuit, including being run off track and crashed into after the race. |
| March 2018 | Alpina XD3 made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring an Alpina-modified BMW B57 diesel inline-six engine with quad-turbo and bi-turbocharged configurations. |
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