KÜS Team Bernhard has added a solo Porsche 911 GT3 R for the 2022 DTM with Porsche works driver Thomas Preining confirmed as the driver for the third Porsche (following last week’s announcement of a two-car effort from SSR Performance) to commit to the Championship.
“This is a fully new challenge,” said team co-owner Timo Bernhard. “I am very proud of being allowed to announce our new top-notch programme for the 2022 season. We will be racing in DTM with a Porsche 911 GT3 R. I think that after six years in ADAC GT Masters, we are well prepared for it. With our driver Thomas Preining, we have an important constant factor in our team. I know about his qualities and I am very happy that he is part of our programme.”
The son of a successful motorcycle racer, 23-year-old Thomas Preining from Linz in Austria, won the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland title in 2017 before joining Porsche as a works driver. “I am super excited and motivated for the DTM next year. Since I learned about this, I have been working every day. I want to be prepared for this season in the best possible way in order to get the project off to a good start right away. I have full confidence in the team and everyone involved. I think that we should be definitely taken into account and that we are able to achieve something,” says Preining, who already participated with KÜS Team Bernhard in other race series in 2021 and who will be racing with number #24 in DTM.
KÜS Team Bernhard will also campaign a pair of Porsche Cayman RS Clubsports in the GT4-based DTM Trophy.
Also revealed this morning is that Martin Tomczyk, confirmed as leaving BMW’s works driver roster yesterday, will be DTM Trophy Series Manager for 2022.
