27-year-old Marvin Kirchhöfer has joined McLaren Customer Racing as their latest Factory GT Driver.
Kirchhöfer switched to GT racing following a successful single-seater career, which included winning the ADAC Formula Masters and ATS Formula 3 Cup titles in his native Germany.
Graduating to the international level, he twice finished third overall in the GP3 series and recorded a career-high of second place at the Monaco GP2 event in 2016.
Kirchhöfer made the switch to GT racing in 2017 and has since then has taken Pro-AM class victories in the Spa 24 Hours and GT World Challenge, before finishing in the top ten in this year’s ADAC GT Masters standings aboard a variety of GT3 machinery.
In addition to his set-to-be-announced 2022 racing programme, Marvin will join the rest of the McLaren Factory Driver line-up with the development of McLaren’s motorsport products and driving activities including the Pure programme.
Marvin Kirchhöfer, McLaren Factory Driver: “Joining the McLaren family is really special. I’m incredibly proud to be racing and representing McLaren as a Factory Driver. I want to thank everyone involved who helped me to join such an amazing brand. Words can’t describe how happy I am right now!”
Ian Morgan, Director of Motorsport, McLaren Automotive: “It’s tremendously exciting for us to welcome Marvin onboard. For several seasons he has shown exceptional talent, speed, and the correct team mentality required in GT racing.”
Further changes are expected in the roster with at least one long established McLaren driver set to race elsewhere in 2022.
