Audi states “Thank you quite and all the very best, Nico Müller”, Audi Sport 2022
Neuburg an der Donau, September 14, 2022
- Swiss racing motorists with brand-new objectives and Formula E
- Early termination of agreement at the end of the 2022 season
- Last #DTM flight for Audi in the last at Hockenheim
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The DTM last in Hockenheim on October 8 and 9, 2022 will be Nico Müller’s last look for the time being under the indication of the 4 rings. #Audi #Sport and the Swiss racing driver have actually consented to end the agreement early at the end of the 2022 season.
” Like René Rast, Nico Müller was initially planned to be our LMDH task driver,” states Head of Audi Motorsport Rolf Michl. “Nico seriously got ready for the #racing design by completing in the LMP2 class. Formula E, Nico sees his future in Le Mans and model racing. We can’t provide him that today, that’s why we chose with a heaviness of heart to let him go and offer him the chance to satisfy his dream.”
” That was a really tough choice,” states Nico Müller. “Audi offered me the chance to get in the vehicle market. I owe a lot to the business and I am a huge fan of the brand name and its cars. The cooperation with Audi in Switzerland was constantly fantastic and something extremely unique for me. I still have objectives in motorsport which regrettably can not be accomplished by Audi. By getting in Formula 1, there are now other concerns at Audi. That is why I am really grateful to Rolf Michl for providing me the chance to establish even more.”
Nico Müller signed up with the Audi DTM driver team in 2014 at the age of 22 through the youth choice. In 2016 he commemorated the very first of an overall of eleven success in the well-known exploring automobile racing series at the Norisring. In 2019 and 2020 he attained the vice champion in the Audi Sport Abt Sportsline Team. In 2020 he drove together with 3-time DTM Champion René Rast. In the end, he lost out on the title.
” I will always remember my very first DTM race with Audi,” states Müller. “As a kid I rested on the grandstand at the DTM last in Hockenheim and amazed Audi motorists like Mattias Ekström. Being on the beginning grid with them a couple of years later on was a difficult time.”
In addition to the DTM, Nico Müller has actually likewise been frequently racing for Audi Sport consumers in the Audi R8 LMS GT3– 2022 in the DTM and with #motorcycle legend Valentino Rossi in the GT World Challenge.
” The most unique minute in my profession was winning the 24 hour race at the #Nürburgring in 2015– not just due to the fact that I needed to go bald since of a bet,” states Müller.
As a test driver and advancement driver, Nico Müller was likewise a fundamental part of Audi’s Formula E job. In 2023, the Swiss will begin for the ABT Sportsline group in the electrical racing series.
” We will miss out on Nico not just as a terrific racing driver, however likewise as an enjoyable, faithful individual and brand name ambassador,” states Rolf Michl. “We want him all the very best in his brand-new task.”
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