HWA adds fifth DTM Mercedes, promotes Pascal Wehrlein
Mercedes has announced its team split for the 2014 DTM season, with flagship squad HWA expanding to five entries
The German firm has increased its DTM line-up from six to seven cars this year.
Formula 1 refugees Vitaly Petrov and Paul di Resta, the latter back in the DTM for the first time since winning the 2010 title with Mercedes, have joined team returnees Gary Paffett, Daniel Juncadella, Christian Vietoris, Robert Wickens and Pascal Wehrlein.
The latter is promoted to the fifth HWA entry, alongside di Resta, Paffett, Vietoris and Wickens.
Petrov slots into Wehrlein's place at Mucke, where he partners Juncadella.
2014 DTM line-up: Phoenix Audi Mike Rockenfeller Timo Scheider Abt Audi Mattias Ekstrom Adrien Tambay Edoardo Mortara Miguel Molina Rosberg Audi Jamie Green Nico Muller Schnitzer BMW Bruno Spengler Martin Tomczyk RMG BMW Maxime Martin Marco Wittmann MTEK BMW Timo Glock Antonio Felix da Costa RBM BMW Augusto Farfus Joey Hand HWA Mercedes Christian Vietoris Paul di Resta Gary Paffett Robert Wickens Pascal Wehrlein Mucke Mercedes Daniel Juncadella Vitaly Petrov
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| Drivers | Pascal Wehrlein |
| Teams | HWA AG |
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