Motopark Aiming to Become “Leading GT3 Team”

Successful single-seater squad Motopark is planning to expand its sports car operation and has ambitions “to become a leading GT3 team” in the coming years.

The outfit initially entered the GT racing world with an International GT Open program in 2023 and was victorious on its first full race weekend.

Since then, more success has followed, and the team guided Levente Revesz to the overall series title this year in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo and also recently triumphed in the Gulf 12 Hours at Yas Marina with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo driven by Denis Remenyako, Adam Christodoulou and Mikhail Aleshin.

Team boss Timo Rumpfkeil now wants Motopark to become an established GT3 player and offer the first steps for aspiring single-seater drivers making the move into sports cars.

“For this year, we made a few adjustments behind the scenes, including some more senior personnel, which paid dividends,” he told Sportscar365.

“We want to establish a pathway and be the step for guys going into GT3 cars. We develop the drivers in formula cars and help them make the step into higher categories.

“If they drive for the team, there’s a lot of familiar faces because we’re one big operation. It’s a big help if you can make the transition with guys you know and have a stable environment around you rather than learning a new category, a new car and a new environment.”

Motopark has aspirations of becoming a factory-supported squad in the future and joining the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS grid, but Rumpfkeil is cautious of growing too quickly.

He says a full-time GTWC Europe move for 2026 is unlikely but Motopark could make selected appearances as well as entering additional GT3 contests beyond GT Open.

“We can only grow from our own results and revenue, so we need to be a bit careful which steps we make,” added Rumpfkeil.

“We would love to make the step into GT World Challenge Europe, but I don’t see that happening for 2026.

“Our concrete plan is to do the winter stuff, six hours of Abu Dhabi and Dubai 24 Hours as a winter training program for the guys.

“We’re looking to enter more races in 2026 and grow but that has to come step by step.

“Our aim is GTWCE but I think that will probably be for later. We are very results driven and want to be competitive if we go there and for that you need the right package.

“It would be tempting to do a couple of races in the Silver Cup because that’s what Motopark is really about to promote young guys.”

Rumpfkeil believes the Gulf 12H victory underlines how Motopark is progressing as a sports car operation.

The race was just the squad’s second long-distance endurance contest – the first being the Michelin 24H Dubai earlier this year when it crashed out during the opening hours – and Rumpfkeil says the win is another important milestone.

“It was the longest race we had done so far so to get away with a win – I don’t think anyone would’ve counted on a win [beforehand],” he said.

“When you look at most of the other lineups, it’s fair to say we haven’t been the favorites and I think we maximized our package there. We analyzed all the possible scenarios before the race and executed it very well.”