Porsche team SSR names Vanthoor, Olsen for DTM campaign

As previously reported by Motorsport.com, factory Porsche man Vanthoor and Olsen will team up at ADAC GT Masters outfit SSR, which announced a full DTM entry late last year following its one-off foray into the series last year at the Nurburgring.

Vanthoor will drive the team's #92 Porsche 911 GT3 R, while Olsen pilots the sister #94 car.

They join Thomas Preining, who was previously confirmed for the one-car Team Bernhard 75 squad, on the roster of Porsche DTM drivers for 2022.

For Vanthoor, the DTM replaces the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship as his primary programme for this year, although he and Olsen shared a car in January's Rolex 24 at Daytona with the KCMG team.

"I'm really looking forward to the season," commented Vanthoor. "The team has made a name for itself in the sport in such a short time and I'm looking forward to working with them now.

"It certainly won't be an easy season because the competition is very strong. Nevertheless, we have the ambition to be successful. It's been a while since I've been alone in the car - so motivation is correspondingly high. As far as I'm concerned, we're ready to go."

 

Olsen, who becomes the first-ever Norwegian DTM racer, said: "I'm really looking forward to the DTM! For me, it's a great challenge to compete in such a strong field of drivers."

SSR managing director Stefan Schlund described himself as "extremely satisfied" with the drivers Porsche has allocated to his team for its first-ever full campaign in the DTM.

He added: "I am convinced that we have an effective squad and can successfully compete with both the #92 and the #94."

2022 DTM grid so far:

Manufacturer	Team	Driver
Audi	Abt Sportsline	Rene Rast
		Kelvin van der Linde
		Ricardo Feller
	Team Rosberg	Nico Muller
		Dev Gore
	Attempto Racing	Marius Zug
BMW	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Marco Wittmann
		Esteban Muth
	Schubert Motorsport	Sheldon van der Linde
		Philipp Eng
Mercedes	Winward Racing	Maximilian Gotz
		Lucas Auer
		David Schumacher
	Haupt Racing Team (HRT)	Luca Stolz
		Arjun Maini
	GruppeM	Mikael Grenier
		Maro Engel
	Mucke Motorsport	Maximilian Buhk
Lamborghini	Grasser Racing Team	Mirko Bortolotti
		Clemens Schmid
		Alessio Deledda
		Rolf Ineichen
	T3 Motorsport	Esmee Hawkey
Porsche	Team Bernhard 75	Thomas Preining
	SSR Performance	Laurens Vanthoor
		Dennis Olsen
Ferrari	AF Corse (Red Bull)	TBA
		TBA

Total cars confirmed so far: 28