For the third year in a row, SPS automotive performance will be represented with two cars in the 2025 International GT Open. As in recent seasons, the team will again be relying on the Mercedes-AMG GT3 as its race car in the popular GT3 series. Two Mercedes-AMG GT3s from the Willsbach-based team will
be racing for victories and points in the Pro-Am class. Swiss duo Dexter Müller Yannick Mettler will be at the wheel of the #54 car, while German-Austrian pair Valentin Pierburg and Dominik Baumann will share driving duties in the #20 sister car in the new season in the colours of Swiss coffee machine manufacturer Cuisine Barista.
Valentin Pierburg, class winner of the 2022 Spa 24 Hours and Pro-Am champion of the 2018 International GT Open, returns to the cockpit of the #20 Mercedes-AMG GT3 to the delight of the team, sharing it with Dominik Baumann. The Austrian is one of the most experienced drivers in the cockpit of the Mercedes-AMG GT3 and has already celebrated numerous successes with the car in the past, including a class victory in the Bronze category at the Spa 24 Hours last season.
The Swiss duo Dexter Müller and Yannick Mettler will also be fighting for positions in the Pro-Am class in the new season in the sister car #54 under the name CBRX Team by SPS. The bronze medalists of the FIA Motorsport Games 2024 are entering the new season with a lot of momentum.
Stephan Sohn, team principal SPS automotive performance: “We are looking forward to the new season with great anticipation. We expect the races to be just as exciting as last season, especially in the Pro-Am class. This category has become very popular in recent years. We will face this competition again this year and are highly motivated to achieve good results.”
Valentin Pierburg, SPS automotive performance #20: “I'm delighted to be competing in the SPS again this year – right where my racing career began. Together with my team mate Dominik Baumann, I'm highly motivated to fight for the championship in the Pro-Am class. We have a strong team and will give our best to be among the leaders.”
Yannick Mettler, CBRX by SPS #54: “It‘s great to continue the journey with Dexter. We share quite a bit of history together by now, having gone through all the highs and lows of this fascinating sport in recent years. We’ll be joining the GT Open Series again, which has been our home since 2022. I hope that we can keep the uptrend from the end of last year and have some decent races! “