Defending champion and three other Porsche aces join the Timo Bernhard team. Küs Team Bernhard has brought in René Rast's former crew chief for the 2021 season. Two young Porsche specialists will complete the Küs Team Bernhard team in the ADAC GT Masters, Jannes Fittje and Porsche Supercup runner-up Dylan Pereira will complete the team, Team owner Timo Bernhard looks to young talents who already have a lot of experience with the "911" and you cant get better than two-time Le Mans winner and the FIA German GT Champion. The ADAC GT Masters starts the new season from May 14th to 16th in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.

"I think it's super exciting that with our number 74 we will be launching a real 'junior car' with two promising talents," says team boss Timo Bernhard, whose racing team with ADAC GT Masters defending champion Christian Engelhart and Porsche -Factory driver Thomas Preining had already announced a strong first driver duo. “We saw a great development at Jannes last season. With fifth place in the rainy qualifying at the Lausitzring, he showed what he can do under the most difficult conditions, and there is more to come. In Dylan we have an absolute young star who has shown very, very strong performances in the Porsche one-make cups, and I have high hopes from him too. I like the homogeneity in our team, also on the driving side,

For Jannes Fittje it is the second season in the ADAC GT Masters. In 2020 he narrowly missed winning the Pirelli Junior classification as runner-up. The former sponsored driver of the ADAC Sports Foundation had already gained experience with the Porsche 911: He contested his first season in the “911” in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, which this year also competes five times in the German GT Championship. “I think it is very important to be able to drive in the same team for a second year and to be able to continue the good cooperation,” says Fittje. “Now we can improve all the things that we achieved and worked out together over the past season and implement them even more effectively in order to achieve one or the other really good result. We have a very good line-up again this year, with which we can be successful. I think we will definitely fight for the junior title. I'm looking forward to the first test. So slowly it is almost unbearable not to drive. It can't start early enough. "

Partner Dylan Pereira has made a name for himself in the Porsche one-make cup in recent years. The Luxembourger started several seasons in the Porsche Carrera Cup and the Porsche Supercup. In 2020 he finished second overall there. “I am very happy that I can compete in the ADAC GT Masters,” said Pereira happily. “Of course, it's great that I can join Küs Team Bernhard, the team of Porsche legend Timo Bernhard. I think we will work well together. I hope that we will be successful together and that we can fight for victories, preferably for the title. "

With Max Messidat, the Bernhard team has also hired an experienced crew chief. As coordinator, he takes care of all programs and vehicles used by the team. Messidat comes from the DTM, where he looked after René Rast's car, with which he won the title in 2017, 2019 and 2020.