FIA Motorsport Games: Germany wins FIA New Star Trophy 31.10.2022: - 4th place for DMSB team in medal table - - Two gold medals in car slalom and kart slalom ensure victory in the junior and mass sport competitions - Next FIA Motorsport Games 2024 in Valencia

- 4th place for DMSB team in medal table

- Two gold medals in car slalom and kart slalom ensure victory in the junior and mass sport competitions

- Next FIA Motorsport Games 2024 in Valencia




Motorsport Team Germany won the FIA New Star Trophy at the second edition of the FIA Motorsport Games last weekend in Marseille. With two gold medals in autoslalom and kart slalom, the German team secured first place in the junior and grassroots competitions. In the medal table, the German delegation shares fourth place with the Netherlands, behind winners Italy, France and Belgium.



On Sunday morning, the young talents Annika Spielberger and Sebastian Romberg drove to gold in the kart slalom and beat Belgium by 16 seconds in the final. In the afternoon, Claire Schönborn and Marcel Hellberg secured the second gold medal for Motorsport Team Germany in the car slalom against Slovakia. Already on Saturday, Valentin Pierburg and Fabian Schiller won the silver medal for Germany in the GT Cup for GT3 cars behind France.




National squad athletes show strong performances



Three national squad athletes travelled to Marseille for Motorsport Team Germany and performed convincingly in their competitions. Maximilian Schleimer competed in the senior kart sprint and secured fourth place in the strong field of the 32-lap race.



Valentin Kluss started from third position in the Formula 4 qualifying race and dropped back to 22nd place after a collision. In the main race, he then managed to move up to sixth place with a great race to catch up. Samuel Drews showed his skills with best times in the qualifying runs in the Junior Cross Car, but then had to settle for sixth place in the race.





Motorsport Team Germany convinces in all disciplines


Tim Braumüller started in the senior cross car and finished his race in 13th place. With a very high international level of performance in the starting field of the kart sprint juniors, Mathilda Paatz was able to fight her way up from starting position 24 to 13th place.



Gerson Junginger was unable to start in the drift competition due to a technical defect. In rallying, Björn Satorius and Hanna Ostlender started in the Rally2 field (8th place), Siegfried and Renate Mayr finished fourth in the historic rally. Constantin Tscharf showed a strong race in SimRacing in the underperforming Mercedes-AMG and finished the final heat in 11th place. Luca Stolz then finished the event in fourth place in the GT sprint race.



"The victory in the FIA New Star Trophy, in which the junior and grassroots competitions were included in the scoring, underlines the German ambitions in promoting young talent and the strong grassroots sport in Germany," said a delighted Jürgen Hieke, DMSB Executive Committee member and team boss at the FIA Motorsport Games.


"With the overall very convincing team performance, we can already look forward to the next FIA Motorsport Games, which will take place in Valencia in 2024."



 In total, the successful multidisciplinary event, which is unique in motorsport, attracted more than 42,000 spectators to Circuit Paul Ricard in southern France over four days. The diverse programme ranged from high-performance GT cars and spectacular drift cars to technical challenges in car and kart slalom.





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