A new season and a new team-mate, but still the same tried and tested team: In the upcoming ADAC GT Masters season (starts end of April), Andreas Wirth will be challenging for the title once again in a Corvette Z06.R GT3 entered by Callaway Competition. The Heidelberg-based driver, who is about to embark on his fourth full campaign in the German sports car series, will be sharing the cockpit of the Corvette which has been optimised for 2013 with former GT3 European Champion Christian Hohenadel. "The 2012 ADAC GT Masters was the first season in which I haven´t won a race," says Wirth, "so there is obviously some work to do this year, but I feel sure that we will be making a fair number of podium appearances."

With almost two months to go before the season opener at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben near Magdeburg, which also happens to be Wirth's 50th ADAC GT Masters race, the anticipation is already high: "I can´t wait for the season to start. I´ll be partnering Christian Hohenadel who won the European Championship with Callaway three years ago. Christian knows both the team and the car; I´ve had some real scraps with him over the past few ADAC GT Masters seasons, so I know how fast he is. I´m convinced that we will complement each other perfectly for this year´s ADAC GT Masters and that we are a pairing who the opposition will be taking seriously."

With four ADAC GT Masters race wins to his credit, there was never any doubt in his mind that he would sign up for a second season with Callaway Competition: "I feel incredibly at home in this team. Last year we had some bad luck, but we have learnt from these experiences. The team is like a family: for everyone involved, success in racing is much more important than making money. Callaway is a small band of specialists who do their utmost to achieve success. This is what impressed me so much last year."

Wirth is upbeat about his second season with Callaway Competition: "Callaway have used the winter break to iron out some flaws in the Corvette. With the changes we have made for this season, I´m convinced that we´re going to have a lot of fun."