The Red Bull Rally Team will enter a Swedish duo in 2010 – and now a German duo as well.
Following Sandell in the S-WRC: Hermann Gassner jun. / Katharina Wüstenhagen will also compete for Red Bull and BRR in the World Rally Championship, Group N.

Gassner jun./Wüstenhagen (GER) will start in five WRC events – in a Mitsubishi EVO IX.

The Red Bull Rally Team will enter the 2010 World Rally Championship with two cars. Beside Patrik Sandell (SWE)/Emil Axelsson (SWE), Skoda Fabia Super 2000, S-WRC, BRR team boss Raimund Baumschlager will enter another crew in the 2010 World Rally Championship.

 The 2009 German rally champions Hermann Gassner jun./Katharina Wüstenhagen will take the start in five WRC events this coming season – in a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX. At just 21 years of age, Hermann Gassner the Younger is ranked among the great talents and hopefuls in German rallying.

In 2009 Gassner jun./Wüstenhagen took the German title with four wins and also caught everyone’s attention at the WRC event in Wales with some quick times.

The two caused a great stir in 2008 – by winning the Group N category of the German WRC round.

For the first time in his active career of four years, five WRC rounds await the young Bavarian – the right step at the right time in a professional environment. At a minimum, the events in Sweden, Portugal, Germany, France and England are on this season’s agenda.

The BRR team will run its tried and tested Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX. Hermann Gassner jun. is to be developed further during his 2010 campaign and continuously led up towards the top class.

Baumschlager: “It’s certainly a very promising task to be looking after one of the greatest talents in German rallying and help him in his international development. Hermann has the appropriate speed, technical understanding and is already very serene despite his youth.”

Hermann Gassner jun.
Date/Place of birth: 29 Nov 1988, Bad Reichenhall
Residence: Surheim, Bavaria
Marital status: unmarried
Education: A levels
Hobbies: computers, snowboarding, volleyball

Katharina Wüstenhagen
Date/Place of birth: 7 June 1983, Zossen
Residence: Freilassing
Marital status: unmarried
Education: A levels
Hobbies: skiing, fitness

Most important achievements
2009:
four German ch’ship wins: Oberland, Hesse, Saarland, Lusatia
1st place – German rally championship
1st place – Mitropa Rally Cup – overall

2008:
1st place – Group N, WRC Rally Deutschland
1st place – privateers, WRC Wales Rally GB
4th place – German rally championship

Gassner jun./Wüstenhagen (GER) and their 2010 WRC events.
February 12th - 14th Sweden
May 28th - 30th Portugal
August 20th - 22nd Germany
October 1st - 3rd France
November 12th - 14th Great Britain

Hermann Gassner jun.: “It’s certainly a great pleasure and honour for me to be able to contest a WRC programme in 2010 in a professional environment. It’s a source of pride for me, and I’ll try everything possible to give back the confidence through appropriate performances.”