Yokohama has signed a partnership agreement with Mercedes-AMG Customer Racing’s Haupt Racing Team (HRT). As part of the Advan Challenge that seeks to maximise sales of Advan tyres, Yokohama is aiming for victories at the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race and Nürburgring Langstrecken Series (NLS) by supplying its Advan racing tyres for the Mercedes-AMG GT3 being entered in those races by HRT.
HRT was founded in July 2020 by racing driver and entrepreneur Hubert Haupt and has quickly established itself as a force to be reckoned with in international GT3 racing. HRT secured the drivers’ championship in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) series in just its second motorsport season. In 2023, the team celebrated its most successful season to date and competed in the DTM, NLS, the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe and the 24-hour races at the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps – in some cases with works support from Mercedes-AMG.
HRT GmbH is based in the Drees industrial estate in the immediate vicinity of the Nürburgring. HRT is also involved in professional sim racing and is a sought-after partner for technical development projects and motorsport events of all kinds.
Over the years, Yokohama has supported many teams participating in the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race, a motorsports event where the world’s leading tyre makers display their tyres’ performance under the most demanding conditions as part of their intense global competition. Cars equipped with Yokohama tyres have won the overall championship three times. In last year’s NLS, cars equipped with Yokohama tyres turned in a dominant performance, winning five of the nine races as well as the NLS Speed Trophy and the NIMEX Team Trophy in the NLS highest SP9 Pro Class.
