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New chapter in Nico Müller’s career: the Bernese racing driver was the Swiss “Mister DTM”, but now he has turned his back on the German Touring Car Championship.
Matthew Dubachreporter sports
He was the Swiss “Mister DTM”, but now racing driver and SRF Formula 1 commentator Nico Müller (30) is opening a whole new chapter in his career. One without the DTM, where the Bernese spent nine years, finished second twice and won eleven races.
“When I read news about the DTM, it feels strange that it no longer affects me,” says Müller. The most successful Swiss DTM driver is now racing into a new life in 2023 with two jobs in Formula E and in the Endurance World Championship.
It’s a comeback at Formula E, which opens the season in Mexico City on Saturday (9 p.m., live Pro7). “I was excited to return. Also because I still have an open bill, »says Müller.
“I still have a score to settle with Formula E.”Racing driver Nico Müller
The background: As Audi’s Formula E reserve driver, the Bernese drove some record times in tests, but never got a chance in the racing team, so from 2019 to 2021 he only had a few electric racing appearances in the small Dragon racing team.
Müller is now driving as the third Swiss battery driver next to ex-world champion Sébastien Buemi (34, team change from Nissan to Envision) and Maserati driver Edoardo Mortara (36) with the German Abt Cupra team again for a small private racing team. “We tested a lot less than the factory teams,” says Müller, “we first have to find a basis before we can think of goals.”
New to Peugeot because of the Audi clean deal
But the Bern native was also tempted to be part of the new Formula E era with the further developed “Gen3” cars right from the start. The new electric racers now have up to 476 hp (350 kW) and race at over 300 km/h. Müller: “The new cars are a huge challenge.”
Müller in a dead man’s racing book
It has been Switzerland’s motorsport bible, which has been published annually since 1984, but “Racing Switzerland” took a break in 2020 and 2021. The reason, in addition to the corona pandemic, is a sad one: the book founder and author Stefan Lüscher died in April 2020. The 39th edition is now being published anyway: the Swiss racing expert Peter Wyss is continuing the work of his former colleague in memoriam. The first issue since 2019 comprises 320 pages and highlights the performance of Swiss pilots such as Nico Müller on two, three and four wheels with a focus on the 2022 season. (md)
The motorsport bible of Switzerland: A new edition has been published for the first time since 2019.
Daniel Reinhardt
It has been Switzerland’s motorsport bible, which has been published annually since 1984, but “Racing Switzerland” took a break in 2020 and 2021. The reason, in addition to the corona pandemic, is a sad one: the book founder and author Stefan Lüscher died in April 2020. The 39th edition is now being published anyway: the Swiss racing expert Peter Wyss is continuing the work of his former colleague in memoriam. The first issue since 2019 comprises 320 pages and highlights the performance of Swiss pilots such as Nico Müller on two, three and four wheels with a focus on the 2022 season. (md)
The same applies to his new life in the Endurance World Championship (start: March 17). Instead of attacking with Audi at the 24 Hours of Le Mans as planned, Müller is now driving the futuristic hypercar monster from Peugeot. Because Audi killed its Le Mans project because of the F1 entry at Sauber, Audi works driver Müller has now become Peugeot works driver Müller, who regularly commutes to Paris for simulator assignments.
The job at the SRF microphone as the only constant
Müller has also opened a new chapter in his private life. In the fall he married his longtime girlfriend Victoria Paschold (32), who is now also called Müller. The couple already has a son with Fynn (2).
Only one thing will remain the same for the racing driver from Blumenstein BE in 2023: like in 2022, he will again comment on some Formula 1 races on SRF.