Mercedes-AMG has revealed its provisional factory driver line-up for 2025. It features 10 drivers and includes two new names who have signed contracts with the German brand: Maxime Martin and Jayden Ojeda.
The news of Belgian ace Martin’s move comes just five days after his departure from BMW was announced. He is the first driver confirmed for the Iron Lynx FIA WEC LMGT3 programme and will also compete in the opening round of the 2025 IMSA season at Daytona with GetSpeed.
This new deal came together rapidly for Martin in the aftermath of his initial decision to leave BMW. He confirmed to DSC earlier today that his talks with Stefan Wendl – the head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport customer racing – began after the 2024 FIA WEC season came to a close last month.
25-year-old Australian Ojeda meanwhile, gains works driver status with AMG after making a handful of GT3 appearances for the brand in 2024 in the Intercontinental GT Challenge and Asian Le Mans Series.
His transition to GT racing comes after spending four seasons competing in Supercars between 2020 and 2023 with Garry Rogers Motorsport, Walkinshaw Andretti and Matt Stone Racing.
Elsewhere, Jules Gounon has been retained for 2025 and Daniel Juncadella has been released.
Gounon will continue to compete as a works driver for both Mercedes-AMG and Alpine, as part of an agreement between the two brands which will ensure he can continue to race with Alpine in the FIA WEC’s Hypercar class.
And Juncadella, who is also a Corvette contracted driver, will no longer remain part of AMG’s factory squad due to an expansion of his F1 simulator commitments.
The full 2025 Mercedes-AMG driver roster can be found below:
- Ralf Aron (Estonia)
- Philip Ellis (Switzerland)
- Maro Engel (Germany)
- Maximilian Gotz (Germany)
- Jules Gounon (Andorra)
- Mikaël Grenier (Canada)
- Maxime Martin (Belgium)
- Jayden Ojeda (Australia)
- Fabian Schiller (Germany)
- Luca Stolz (Germany)
However, there is more to come on this. According to Mercedes, the driver line-up above will “gradually be extended” in due course.
