M?cke Motorsport has confi🍷rmed that it will run a single, privately-entered, 2004-spec AMG-Mercedes C-Class in 𓆉this year's DTM series, with Stefan M?cke at the wheel.

The team will lease its car, and a supply of spare parts, from Mercedes-Benz Motorsport, with the necessary funding coming from sponsorship partnerships formed over the two years in which Mucke has been a part of the DTM field. The former German F3 frontrunner has 30 starts in the seri🦂es to his credit, with a best finish of seventh, achieved at Adria last season while running for the Persson team.

"We wanted to provide the o🅘pportunity for a privately-financed team to participate in the DTM 𒁃at low cost, but with a chance for success," Mercedes motorsport chief Norbert Haug commented, "It was obvious that we did this with the M?cke team, because it has been a successful Mercedes partner in F3 for years."

Team owner Peter M?cke 💛admits that the campaign will not be an easy one, despite having access to one of the better cars in the field.

"To enter the DTM as a pr🧔ivate team is a great challenge," he confirmed, "Here🧸, you don't have a learning year, so we have to do everything right from the beginning. However, we have a reliable team and Stefan is an experienced driver. I'm glad that we got this opportunity to show what we are capable of."

Son St🀅efan is confident that he will be able to score points in 2005, and is looking forward to getting among the 'works' Mercedes🌌 entries.

"Due to modifications in the technical regulations it's a bit easier for the 2004 cars, and the gap behind the new cars will be smaller now," he ꦗinsisted, "My target is to finish among the top-ten as ofte🍰n as possible."

The factory Mercedes squad includes multiple champion Bernd Schneider, as well as 2004 series runner-up Gary Paffett and ex-F1 dri﷽vers Jean Alesi and Mika Hakkinen. Briton Jamie Green joins the Persson line-up after graduating from the F3 E✤uroseries.