MANN-FILTER Motorsport: Beast Mode - ON!
10 years of Mamba with cult status!
We at MANN-FILTER love the smell of success. Sometimes the typical smell of burnt tire rubber comes up and we all immediately know that: perseverance, passion, professionalism and perfection, are coming with it. In the recent years we have become a well-known player in motorsports with our MANN-FILTER Mamba.
From first small motorsport steps which were made back in 2012 with single logo stickers on various racing cars and driver suits, to today's world-famous yellow-green glowing MANN-FILTER Mamba with snakeskin patterns and sharp teeth, which shows across all the world why it fully lives up to its name.
Premiere! In May 2015, spectators at the legendary 24-hour race at the Nürburgring witnessed the first MANN-FILTER Mercedes-AMG SLS car in the eye-catching yellow-green colors. Since then the MANN-FILTER Mamba has developed into a true GT3 motorsport darling and is proudly celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
2025? The Year of the Snake in the Chinese calendar couldn't be more fitting. In motorsport, it is well known that it doesn't hurt to believe in a certain amount of luck in order to get that nerve-wracking millisecond that often decides on entire championships. Another exciting year of GT3 motorsport full of adrenaline and passion with the MANN-FILTER Mamba is about to begin.
In 2025 it's time again: MANN-FILTER - Beast Mode - ON!!!
DTM 2025
With 8 race weekends, 16 races, 8 teams and five brands, the DTM will be organized under the leadership of the ADAC.
DTM 2025 offers a strong field of drivers and a supporting program with fan experience for families, friends and petrol heads. For the premium filter brand MANN-FILTER this will be the second year competing in the DTM.
New season, new old partner. With WINWARD Racing we have a strong partner for 2025. Together we will be on the grid in yellow-green this year with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo with the #48, piloted by Jules Gounon.
The clear for the Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER - full throttle into the DTM season 2025 with the Beast Mode - ON!
Our Team
The roots of WINWARD Racing go back to the 1980s. The history of the German-Texan racing team began with the merger of the racing teams IPS Racing and Mass-Schons Racing. Persson Motorsport was already in action as a Mercedes semi-works team in the “old DTM” and later in the FIA GT1 World Championship.
After 2011, a German Motorsport Consultant took over the team, which in 2013 joined forces with HTP Motorsport team via the “intermediate stage” HEICO Motorsport. Operating from the new team headquarters in Altendiez near Limburg, the racing team has since reaped numerous highlights in close collaboration with Mercedes-AMG. In its debut year in 2013, HTP Motorsport celebrated impressive successes.
A partnership with the American racing team WINWARD Racing around the father-son duo Bryce and Russell Ward from Houston resulted in a merger at the end of 2019. The German-Texan dream team has been operating ever since with ex-racing driver Christian Hohenadel leading the fortunes of WWR in Europe.
Our DTM Driver
Jules Gounon
Birthday 31. December 1994
Domicile Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Greatest Achievements
2023 Winner 24H of Daytona GT PRO 2023
Winner 12h Bathurst overall
Winner Petit Le Mans GTD PRO 2023
Champion GTWC endurance
Champion IMSA GT PRO Endurance
2022 Winner 24H of SPA overall
Winner 12h Bathurst overall
Champion GT World challenge endurance 2022
2021 Winner 9h Kyalami overall
2020 Winner 12h Bathurst overall
2017 Winner 24H of SPA overall
Champion ADAC GT MASTERS
DTM Race Calendar
There are 8 race weekends in the DTM 2025 series at famous tracks: Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, DEKRA Lausitzring, Circuit Zandvoort, Norisring, Nürburgring, Sachsenring, Red Bull Ring and the finale in Hockenheim.
In our fairs & events calendar you can find the upcoming DTM race events.
GT World Challenge Europe 2025
Reserved for cars conforming to GT3 regulations and using SRO Motorsports Group’s globally recognized Balance of Performance (BOP) criteria, Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS can trace its roots back to the creation of the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2011.
The long-distance championship placed equal emphasis on professional and amateur competitors while promoting high standards both on and off the circuit. It quickly attracted strong grids and was followed in 2014 by the addition of a Sprint Series for short-format races, as well as an overall title to recognize the most consistent performers across both disciplines.
Since 2016 the series names were adjusted to the Endurance Cup and Sprint Cup. With the highest number of entries for GT3 vehicles in the world, the GT World Challenge is a series that MANN-FILTER did not want to miss in 2025!
Together with our Partner WINWARD Racing we compete in the GT World Challenge 2025 as Mercedes-AMG Team MANN-FILTER. This will be the second time a MANN-FILTER Mamba is on tracks for this series. The three worldcall drivers Lucas Auer, Matteo Cairoli and Maro Engel will steer the Mamba.
Our GTWC Drivers
GTWC Europe Race Calendar
There are 10 race weekends in the GTWC 2025 at famous tracks all around Europe. In our fairs & events calendar you can find the upcoming GTWC race events.
FIA European Truck Racing Championship
The Goodyear FIA European Truck Racing Championship (ETRC) is one of the biggest, most imposing racing series in the world. The ETRC is a truly unique motor sport spectacle and the pinnacle of global truck racing. This series is a highly popular motorsport series in Europe with around 20 race trucks fighting for victory.
We are happy to support the tankpool24-Racing Team from FAAS Truckracing with its brand-new Freightliner race truck and driver Steffen Faas this year in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship 2025.
In 2020, tankpool24 teamed up with FAAS Truckracing to create a racing truck and thus the tankpool24-Racing Team was born. MANN-FILTER teamed with the tankpool24-Racing Team in 2023 for the first time, thus we are continuing to cooperate this year for the thrid time.
Our ETRC Driver
Steffen Faas
Birthday 10.10.1983
Nationality German
Greatest Achievements
2024 FIA ETRC Chrome Category, 3rd place
2023 FIA ETRC Promoters Cup 2nd place tankpool24-Racing
2018 FIA ETRC Grammer Truck Cup 2nd place tankpool24-Racing
ETRC Race Calendar
There are 8 race weekends in the FIA European Truck Championship 2025, held at famous racetracks across Europe. You can find all upcoming ETRC race events in our fairs & events calendar.
Contact & Social Media
Stay tuned! Don't miss out the #MAMBAMANIA action this year and follow us on our social media channels. If you also switched your Beast Mode - ON and are on a racetrack or want to share your MANN-FILTER motorsports moments with us this year, tag us and use our hashtags - #MannFilterMotorsport #BeastMode #MAMBAMANIA #MannFilterMamba #MannFilter
Any questions? You can also contact us via e-mail:
mann-filter-motorsport@mann-hummel.com
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