Dempsey-Proton Racing has announced their 2017 driver line-up.
The FIA World Endurance Championship GTE-Am team with number 77 on the car will have Christian Ried, Matteo Cairoli, and Marvin Dienst behind the wheel.
Christian Ried is part-owner of the team, so he is secured every seat that he wants, but he has chosen to have new co-drivers.
Matteo Cairoli finished second in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup and has shown impressive speed even though he’s only 20 years old. Now he will be driving in the most prestigious GT Championship in the world.
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Marvin Dienst won the ADAC Formula 4 Championship in 2015, before he participated in ADAC GT Masters in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup for bigFM Racing Team Schütz Motorsport, where he finished 14th in the Championship. The Porsche cars had a hard time in that particular championship, and especially that team had many difficulties. But with a ADAC Formula 4 Championship on his CV, 20 year old Dienst has already proven his speed.
The team hasn’t announced if they will race with a 2015 or 2016 version of the car. That is still open, since both models are allowed in the FIA WEC GTE-Am Championship.
The first official appearance of the new driver line-up will be a the Prologue at Monza in the first weekend of April.
