Manthey EMA and Manthey PureRxcing scored a double podium in the FIA WEC LMGT3 class with first and second place finishes in the six-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps.

Manthey EMA kicked off the 2024 DTM season at Oschersleben. Reigning Drivers' Champion Thomas Preining (Austria) moved up six places to tenth in the season opener and finished the second race on Sunday in 13th place, while Ayhancan Güven (Turkey) took two fourteenth-place finishes.

he Porsche 911 GT3 R entered by Manthey EMA and Manthey PureRxcing finished the FIA WEC Six Hours of Imola in third (#92) and 16th (#91). Klaus Bachler, Alex Malykhin and Joel Sturm thus secured their second podium finish of the season further extending their lead in the LMGT3 class.

With a second and a third place, Manthey EMA can look back on two successful four-hour races at the 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers. Thomas Preining and Ayhancan Güven collected valuable race kilometres in consistently sunny as well as day and night conditions in preparation for the endurance season highlight in the Green Hell on 1 June 2024. 

Manthey EMA presented the new driver line-up for the 2024 season for the first time during the DTM Test and Media Days at the Hockenheimring. The two Porsche 911 GT3 R with starting numbers 90 and 91 collected important test kilometres on the 4.574-kilometre track, which will also host the season finale this year.