Mercedes AMG Customer Racing took time to look back on Friday evening at a 2025 season that has, so far, produced 49 championships and 59 race victories at their annual ‘Champions United’ event.
Representatives of the teams, drivers and sponsoring partners gathered at the Mercedes-AMG company headquarters in Affalterbach to celebrate the closing of the 15th season since the Customer Racing programme was established.
On stage, Christoph Sagemüller (Head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport) and Stefan Wendl (Head of Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing) congratulated the award winners in attendance.
The evening began with the presentation of the Winners of the Seasonrewarding all drivers and teams who have won a championship or endurance race in the current season with a Mercedes AMG Customer Racing car. These achievements were awarded with an exclusive Winner’s Jacket in a special AMG design.
This was followed by the highlight of the evening, the award ceremony for the brand’s internal Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship and then a sneak peek at the new Concept car which will form the basis of Mercedes AMG’s next generation GT3 machine.
Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship
All teams and adult drivers who competed in official races with a Mercedes-AMG GT3, GT4 or GT2 between 29 October 2024 and 20 October 2025 were eligible to participate in the Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship. This meant that over 400 drivers and around 100 teams took part in the 2024/25 evaluation period. Entries with extended factory support were not taken into account.
Awards were presented in a total of ten categories. The basis was the proven 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 points system, which was additionally multiplied by a defined factor depending on the competition and race format.
In the drivers’ standings, separate classifications were announced for entries with GT3, GT4 and GT2 class vehicles.
The PRO DRIVER categories took into account drivers who have platinum, gold or silver status according to the FIA classification.
The DRIVER competitions were aimed at participants with bronze status.
The categories for the teams were divided into a GT3 classification and a combined GT2 and GT4 classification. The top three drivers and the top five teams each received a trophy and a high-quality prize from the cooperation partners adidas, IWC, MSI, RAVENOL and the Racing Force Group with its two brands BELL Helmets and OMP.
Jay Mo Härtling and Rinat Salikhov win main categories
This year’s top prize for the winner of the PRO DRIVER category went to Jay Mo Härtling. The 23-year-old won the drivers’ and junior championship in ADAC GT4 Germany together with Enrico Förderer. He completed a total of 28 races for SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm during the evaluation period, securing eight race wins and 17 podium finishes.
His prize was a Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 4MATIC+ Coupé.
The keys to the 330 kW (449 hp) two-door car were handed over by Christoph Sagemüller, Head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport.
Rinat Salikhov took first place in the DRIVER ranking. The 39-year-old achieved top results in the GT World Challenge Europe, the 24 Hours of Dubai, the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi and the Asian Le Mans Series. He has a total of ten podium finishes in 21 races to his name.
GetSpeed and NM Racing Team defended their titles from the previous year. GetSpeed emerged victorious in the TEAM GT3 classification, securing five class victories in the International GT Open alone and completing a total of 90 race entries in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 during the evaluation period. The Spanish NM Racing Team won the TEAM GT2/GT4 classification for the third time in a row. The long-standing Customer Racing Team competed 19 times with the Mercedes-AMG GT2 and 68 times with the Mercedes-AMG GT4, achieving 15 class victories and 21 further podium finishes.
Winners of the 2024/25 Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Championship
- PRO DRIVER – Jay Mo Härtling
- DRIVER – Rinat Salikhov
- PRO DRIVER GT3 – Russell Ward
- DRIVER GT3 – Rinat Salikhov
- PRO DRIVER GT2 – Nil Montserrat Simó
- DRIVER GT2 – Jesus Alberto de Martin Muñoz
- PRO DRIVER GT4 – Jay Mo Härtling
- DRIVER GT4 – Olivier Jouffret
- TEAM GT3 – GetSpeed
- TEAM GT2/GT4 – NM Racing Team
Christoph Sagemüller, Head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport:
“Celebrating this year’s end-of-season gala ‘Champions United’ at our company headquarters in Affalterbach – the heart of Mercedes-AMG – is something very special. Especially in this anniversary year, marking 15 years of Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing, I am proud to welcome so many valued customers and partners here. Some of them have been part of our motorsport family since day one. This season, we have again experienced some great sporting moments and set an important course for the future. My thanks go to all the champions and award winners of the Customer Racing Championship.”
Stefan Wendl, Head of Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing:
“49 championships and 59 race victories are an impressive record and demonstrate how excellently the Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing Teams have represented us worldwide again this year. At ‘Champions United’, we were able to celebrate these successes in a festive setting. My thanks go to the more than 400 drivers and around 100 teams who competed worldwide with our customer sports vehicles this season. Congratulations to all the award winners.”
