For the 2025 season, ME Motorsport is stepping up its work in the junior sector. The racing team from Schwäbisch Gmünd also wants to be active in the ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup in the future. 14-year-old young athletes can start in the Brand Cup, which is regarded as a platform for advancement to the ADAC GT4 Germany. Markus Eichele's team wants to start a cooperation with H&R — The Junior Team in the future! ME Motorsport wants to act as the junior team. The vehicles start under the advertisement from H&R — The Junior Team! by ME Motorsport.
Markus Eichele and Kai Jordan, the team boss of H&R — The Junior Team! , have known each other for many years. Between 2001 and 2003, the two future team bosses competed against each other in the German Touring Car Challenge (DTC). In the Near Series Touring Car Series, a Friendship Developed Between Eichele and Jordan.
The Cooperation offers young drivers opportunities for advancement in GT4 sport. “If the drivers do well in the ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup, we will test drive with them in our BMW M4 GT4. If this also works well, a start in the ADAC GT4 Germany would also be an option! , explains ME Motorsport team boss Markus Eichele. “Linus Hahne serves as an example here. After driving for three years with Kai Jordan's team, he competed for us in the GTC race last year and is driving in the ADAC GT4 Germany this year.”
Overall, H&R — The Junior Team! By ME Motorsport two VW up! Use the GTI Cup in the ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup. As a cost-effective training device, the 150 hp brand name Cup Racing Car Bridges the Large Gap between Karting and Professional Touring Car and GT Racing. In addition, the championship has a collaboration with the eFuels Forum and, since 2024, is the first ADAC automotive series to start with eFuels and thus plays a pioneering role in German racing.
The H&R — The Junior Team has a driver's place in the ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup! By ME Motorsport is already busy. For the second up! GTI Cup, the team is currently looking for a pilot. Young drivers with interest are invited to contact Markus Eichele via email (info@me-motorsport.de) Contact to record.
At this year's season opener, the race series will start at a DTM event for the first time. On the last weekend in April, the Junior Racing Series starts the new season in Oschersleben. In addition, the Brand Cup will be competing for the first time at the Red Bull Ring and at the Salzburgring — as part of the ADAC GT Masters — in Austria. The season ends in October after six race weekends at the Nürburgring. The Pilots complete two sprint races lasting 20 minutes per event.
ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup 2025 race calendar:
20.03. — Oschersleben (test day)
25.04. — 27.04. — Oschersleben
28.06. — 29.06. — Nürburgring
12.07. — 13.07. — Red Bull Ring (AUT)
05.09. — 07.09. — Salzburgring (AUT)
11.10. — 12.10. — Hockenheimring18.10. — 19.10. — Nürburgring
