DECEMBER 3, 2004

Green joins Mercedes in DTM

Rising British racing star Jamie Green is moving to the DTM series in Germany next year.

Rising British racing star Jamie Green is moving to the DTM series in Germany next year. The 22-year-old driver won the Formula 3 Euroseries this year and has decided to go with Mercedes-Benz in the DTM series although it means switching away from single-seater racing.

Green will find himself a member of the AMG Mercedes-Benz team and will be up against another F1 hopeful Gary Paffett. His opposition will include Mika Hakkinen, Jean Alesi, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Allan McNish, who has joined the Audi team for 2005.

The announcement explains why Green was not one of the young drivers tested by BAR-Honda.