Australian racer Martin Berry is set to join Iron Lynx for all but one of the remaining FIA WEC races this season, filling the third seat in the team’s #61 AMG LMGT3.
Berry takes over from Proton Competition co-owner Christian Ried, who took the wheel at Qatar and Imola as a favour for Iron Lynx, which was forced to get its Mercedes-AMG WEC effort together in rapid time over the off-season.
The deal will see the 47-year-old make his FIA WEC debut at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps next weekend. He will then make his first start at the Le Mans 24 Hours next month, before also competing in the rounds at CoTA, Fuji and Bahrain later in the season.
He will however, miss the race in the 6 Hours of São Paulo in July due to a clashing commitment. Ried is understood to be stepping back in for that race in his absence.
This adds to Berry’s current ELMS LMGT3 programme with Iron Lynx, which got off to a flying start in Barcelona last month when he took class pole for the season opener.
“It’s a dream come true for me and another step on this journey that started just a few years ago. It’s good to be with Iron Lynx too, I feel really good in the car and the team feels like a family,” Berry told DSC.
“I’ve got a 16-year-old son who just started F4 and the big dream is to maybe do Le Mans together one day.”
Featured image courtesy of Iron Lynx
