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The team's first forays into international motorsport came in the [[1962_World_Sprint_Racing_Championship_season|1962 World Sprint Racing season]] when they entered a trio of Mercedes-Benz 300 SLS for the headline grabbing trio of [[Jackie Stewart]], [[Ricardo Rodríguez]] and [[Mauro Bianchi]] for the final two rounds of the season - with Rodríguez being replaced by [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] for the final round in Argentina. Fangio was severely injured in an accident during this final race, fracturing both of his legs and was lucky to escape alive - this would prove to be Fangio's last competitive appearance. | The team's first forays into international motorsport came in the [[1962_World_Sprint_Racing_Championship_season|1962 World Sprint Racing season]] when they entered a trio of Mercedes-Benz 300 SLS for the headline grabbing trio of [[Jackie Stewart]], [[Ricardo Rodríguez]] and [[Mauro Bianchi]] for the final two rounds of the season - with Rodríguez being replaced by [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] for the final round in Argentina. Fangio was severely injured in an accident during this final race, fracturing both of his legs and was lucky to escape alive - this would prove to be Fangio's last competitive appearance. | ||
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, AMG raced in the DRM and DTM series back home in Germany before resurfacing at an international level in [[1991_World_Touring_Car_Masters_season|1991]] when they entered a number of the European rounds of the [[World Touring Car Masters]] series with a pair of Opel Vectras for [[Volker Strycek]] and [[Michael Bartels]]. | Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, AMG raced in the DRM and DTM series back home in Germany before resurfacing at an international level in [[1991_World_Touring_Car_Masters_season|1991]] when they entered a number of the European rounds of the [[World Touring Car Masters]] series with a pair of Opel Vectras, One for [[Volker Strycek]], the other shared between both [[Christian Danner]] and [[Michael Bartels]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 20 February 2021
Not to be confused with AMG, the high performance division of Mercedes-Benz formed in 1967.
Autosport Mannschaft Gelsenkirchen (AMG) is a German racing team best known for its appearances in sportscars and touring car racing. The team was formed in the early 1960s by a group of engineers in Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The team's first forays into international motorsport came in the 1962 World Sprint Racing season when they entered a trio of Mercedes-Benz 300 SLS for the headline grabbing trio of Jackie Stewart, Ricardo Rodríguez and Mauro Bianchi for the final two rounds of the season - with Rodríguez being replaced by Juan Manuel Fangio for the final round in Argentina. Fangio was severely injured in an accident during this final race, fracturing both of his legs and was lucky to escape alive - this would prove to be Fangio's last competitive appearance.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, AMG raced in the DRM and DTM series back home in Germany before resurfacing at an international level in 1991 when they entered a number of the European rounds of the World Touring Car Masters series with a pair of Opel Vectras, One for Volker Strycek, the other shared between both Christian Danner and Michael Bartels.