The 20-year-old will join reigning champion Maximilian Gotz and seven-time race winner Lucas Auer at Winward Racing, which finished third in last year’s teams’ standings behind AF Corse and Abt Sportsline.
The announcement follows Schumacher’s appearance in Mercedes’ young driver test at Paul Ricard in November, when the German driver got his first opportunity to drive the Mercedes-AMG GT3 he will race full-time in 2022.
Schumacher enters the DTM with over four years of single-seater experience, having most recently finished 11th in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 standings with a maiden victory at the Red Bull Ring.
He follows in the footsteps of his father and ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher, who was a part of Mercedes’ factory DTM line-up between 2008-12, and uncle Michael Schumacher, who made select appearances in the DTM with the Stuttgart-based brand in 1990-91.
“I am aware that I have to learn a lot to hold my own in this unbelievably high-class race series,” said…
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