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AMG, and the HWA team which grew out of it, is the most successful team in DTM history.
Seven drivers’ titles –1992 and 1994 DTM with Klaus Ludwig, 1995 DTM and ITC plus 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004 DTM with Bernd Schneider – were brought home for Mercedes-Benz by the Affalterbach team. Not to forget victory in the FIA GT championship in 1997 and 1998. This year, HWA enters four AMG-Mercedes C-Class cars.
The team of Hans Werner Aufrecht, whose initials give the company its name, is also responsible for the engineering of the previous year’s CLKs entered by the teams of Ingmar Persson and Keke Rosberg. These teams receive ongoing support from Affalterbach throughout the season. HWA has a workforce of 155 – two thirds of these are involved in the DTM project. The others are responsible for prototype construction for Mercedes-Benz.
HWA is the racing division of AMG. It was hived off in January 1999 when DaimlerChrysler AG acquired the majority of AMG shares. Company director Hans Werner Aufrecht has been active in motor sport for more than 30 years. His first great success as team principal came in 1970: second place for Hans Heyer/Clemens Schickentanz in the 24-hour Spa-Francorchamps race in a Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3. Further prominent rankings include a second place in the 1986 DTM with Volker Weidler in a Mercedes 190. In 1988 AMG became the official Mercedes-Benz partner team in the DTM. In DTM, ITC and FIA GT championship races, AMG/HWA drivers scored a total of 112 race victories and clinched 19 titles
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