Haas Formula 1 test driver Pietro Fittipaldi will compete in ▨the 🅠2019 DTM championship with the WRT Audi squad.

𝔉The grandson of two-time F1 world champion Emerson has signed for a full-season assault on the series having taken𝕴 part in the official pre-season test at the Lausitzring.

Fittipaldi, 22, will partner Formula 3 racer Jonathan Aberdein in the Belgian outfit’s driver line-up for its maiden DT♊M campaign.

Team principal Vincent Vosse said: “We are deღlighted to welcome Pietro alongside Jonathan, and we are now fully geaꦆred to take up the challenge of our maiden season in a fantastic series such as the DTM.

“I want to thank Günther Steiner and Haas F1 Team for allowing Pietro to be with us. At Team WRT, we have a long-standing tradition on betting on youth and give concrete opportunities t𓂃o young, talented and fast drivers, and that has always paid off.

“It makes us proud to joi🤪n the DTM with the youngest pair of drivers of the 2019 field.”

Fittipaldi, who drove for Haas during 2019 F1 pre-season testing in Barcelona, added: “I want to thank Team WRT and Audi Sport for🐼 their support and trust, which are allowing me to join an exciting series such as the DTM.

“It’s probably one of the mo🐼st competitive series in the world, and I can’t think of a more exciting challenge. The test at the Lausitzri🌄ng went very well, we did a good job and tested everything we wanted to test.

“I am very pleased to work with such a great group of people. It was my first time🌼 in Lausitz and my first time with the Audi RS 5 DTM, which is different from anything I have driven so far.

“The sessions were very useful to familiarize with the car and start exploring the limits. We know that we have🍒 a lot of work ahead of us and much to learn, but I am ✨definitely enthusiastic about the package and the project.”

The 2019 DTM♔ seas⛦on begins at Hockenheim on May 4-5.