The new cooperation between ME Motorsport and H&R The Junior Team! enables a seamless transition from the ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup to the ADAC GT4 Germany. The special thing about it: The drivers are already taking part in GT4 Germany in the first season and accompanying the team during the races. A young driver now has the chance to join the program and test before the start of the season at the end of April.
For ambitious young drivers, Kai Jordan (H&R The Junior Team!) and Markus Eichele (ME Motorsport) has developed an attractive funding program: Young, talented drivers aged 14 and over (born in 2010) can advance directly from the ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup to the ADAC GT4 Germany without changing teams.
In order to enable drivers to prepare perfectly, they are integrated into the GT4 team during their training in the ADAC Junior Cup: They accompany the ADAC GT4 Germany race weekends, take part in engineering meetings and are integrated into the team structure at an early stage. This seamless transition can be a decisive advantage in the highly competitive GT4 scene. Swiss Kiana Naude has been confirmed as the first driver of the new cooperation.
A special highlight: Anyone who manages to finish in the top 5 overall standings in the ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup will receive a free test on one of the two currently brand-new BMW M4 GT4 Evo models.
In the medium term, the program offers the opportunity for national and international GT4 appearances — an important intermediate stage on the ADAC “Road to DTM” and a springboard into the GT3 scene.
Funding program with system
First funding pilot created by H&R Das Juniorteam! and the support from H&R has successfully made the leap into GT4, is Linus Hahne. After three years in the ADAC Tourenwagen Junior Cup, in which he developed into a championship candidate as a career changer and fought for the title in the junior league in 2022 and 2023, he joined the GT4 scene with ME Motorsport in 2024 and promotion to GT4 Germany in 2025.
“The ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup was the most important step in my career. I've learned a great deal on and off the track in the three years and had the junior team with H&R! The right people and sponsors around Kai Jordan at my side. H&R still supports me today in GT4 Germany and I'm happy to have gone down this path,” explains Hahne.
ME Motorsport has been in the ADAC GT4 Germany since 2024 and already drew attention in its debut season: Philip Wiskirchen and Thomas Rackl finished fifth and ninth in the junior classification, while team boss Markus Eichele finished third in the trophy classification.
For 2025, the team has further expanded its structures and, in addition to the German GT4 series, is also taking part in the ADAC RAVENOL 24h race at the Nürburgring, including preparation races.
From the 2025 season, the team will prepare and support the two VW up! GTI at the racetrack, Kai Jordan will continue as team principal and mentor of the junior team from H&R, which from now on as a satellite team under the name “H&R The Junior Team! by ME Motorsport” starts in the ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup.
The ADAC Touring Car Junior Cup kicks off at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben on the weekend of 25-27 April as part of the DTM.
Anyone interested in a driver's position in the H&R The Junior Team training program! by ME Motorsport, is happy to contact Kai Jordan directly.
