Mercedes-AMG has revealed its provisional factory driver line-up for the 2025 racing season. It features 10 drivers and includes two new names: Maxime Martin and Jayden Ojeda.
The news of Le Mans class-winner Martin’s move comes just five days after the Belgian’s departure from BMW’s works stable was announced. With this move, he has also become the first driver confirmed for the new Iron Lynx FIA WEC LMGT3 program with the Mercedes-AMG GT3. RACER understands he will also compete in the opening round of the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Daytona with GetSpeed in GTD PRO.
This new deal came together rapidly for Martin. He confirmed to RACER today that his talks with Stefan Wendl — the head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport customer racing — began after he had made his decision to walk away from BMW.
25-year-old Australian Ojeda, meanwhile, gains works driver status with AMG after making a handful of GT3 appearances for the brand in 2024 in the Intercontinental GT Challenge and Asian Le Mans Series. His transition to GT racing comes after spending four seasons competing in Supercars between 2020 and ’23 with Garry Rogers Motorsport, Walkinshaw Andretti and Matt Stone Racing.