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Meyle to continue motorsport involvement in 2019

German parts manufacturer, Meyle will continue to sponsor activities in truck racing and in the Drift United racing series in 2019.

In truck racing, drifting and now also in touring car racing, Meyle provides support where vehicles and their parts have to withstand the highest loads under maximum performance.

For the upcoming season, Meyle will support racing driver Sascha Lenz in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship racing series, with its engineers available as technical partners on the race weekends and in the workshops.

This year Meyle expands its activities by a commitment in another professional racing series with the team T3 Motorsport GmbH. Together with Meyle as sponsor, the team will start the 13th edition of the ADAC GT Masters with an Audi R8 LMS GT3. The Meyle engineers will support the team around the young drivers Maximilian Paul and Simon Reicher with technical expertise.

At the same time, Meyle is also supporting T3 Motorsport’s junior development programme, which uses an Audi RS3 LMS TCR and a VW Scirocco Cup. The vehicles and the team will feature in the NES 500 and the 24H Series. The new ADAC GT Masters season starts on April 26 at Oschersleben. The official pre-season test of the ADAC GT Masters will also take place in the Magdeburger Börde on April 9-10.

In addition to these involvements, Meyle will again be the main sponsor of the popular German drift series Drift United in 2019. Through the analysis of installed inserts, valuable findings are collected for the further development of the products. Last year, this collaboration resulted in a prototype of a front axle for an individual drift vehicle. Its development and test operation were carried out hand in hand with Drift United.