German race team SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm will step into GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS next season as the team pivots away from domestic competition. The squad will also contest the GT4 European Series powered by RAFA Racing Club, marking a full switch to SRO championships after years anchored in the German GT ladder.

“Road to DTM is not working for us”

The decision closes a six-season chapter that delivered major success in ADAC GT Masters, ADAC GT4 Germany, and GTC Race. The team’s 2025 campaign alone produced three ADAC GT4 Germany titles, including the overall championship, yet the door to professional opportunities failed to open.

Team boss Thomas Angerer explained the strategic shift as a response to that stagnation. “Unfortunately, despite all our successes and titles in Germany in recent years, we have not been able to make the leap into professional motorsport,” he said. “Even Enrico Förderer, despite maximum sporting success and great financial support, has not managed to join Motorsport Team Germany. This means that the ‘Road to DTM’ concept is not working for us.”

He pointed to the achievements of the team’s youngest drivers as a sign of the system’s limitations. “When drivers between the ages of 16 and 18 finish all championships with titles and victories and still fail to make the step up despite maximum discipline and enormous personal commitment, our only option is to try our luck on the international stage.”

A new path through SRO competition

Angerer hopes that the move will create clearer opportunities for the next generation. “I hope and wish that one of our young drivers will make the leap into a professional league, and I will do everything I can to pave the way for these young wild ones,” he said. “If there are any supporters for young German talent in the international arena, they are welcome to contact me. We are now going to break new ground!”

Further details of SR Motorsport by Schnitzelalm’s GT World Challenge Europe and GT4 European Series programmes will follow in the coming weeks.