Strong Partnership: Marijan Griebel Back at Opel Motorsport

• Lots of experience: 2016 European rally champion tests electric #opel Corsa-e Rally
• Long relationship: Former works junior Griebel becomes #opelmotorsport rally representative
• Good connections: Griebel assists young drivers of the ADAC #opel e-Rally Cup

Rüsselsheim.  Marijan Griebel and #opelmotorsport are tackling new projects together. The rally driver has enjoyed close ties with #opel since 2013 and in 2016 he was European Junior Champion in an #opel ADAM R2. The 30-year-old will contribute to the ADAC #opel e-Rally Cup as #opel rally representative and test driver. Griebel has already provided valuable input to the development of the #opel Corsa-e Rally and will accompany the young teams as driver liaison officer at rounds of the world's first all-electric rally one-make cup.

“With his professionalism, his talent, his experience and his ability to work in a team, Marijan has the best prerequisites to support our projects”, explains #opelmotorsport Director, Jörg Schrott. “He knows all the aspects that are important for a one-make rally cup. On the one hand, the cup car should offer good pilots a platform to demonstrate their talent and recommend themselves for higher tasks. However, the car should not overwhelm inexperienced drivers either. Marijan knows exactly what a good one-make cup car should do.”

Griebel has already completed test drives in the #opel Corsa-e Rally and is enthusiastic about the car’s potential. “With the spontaneous torque of 260Nm and the Torsen differential, the Corsa-e Rally comes out of corners really well, reacts immediately to the driver’s inputs and is very agile. I think the Corsa-e Rally is ideal for a one-make cup.”

Griebel’s rally career has close links with the #opel brand. In 2013, Griebel was the first titleholder of the ADAC #opel Rallye Junior Cup and progressed to the ADAC #opel Rallye Junior Team the following year. In 2014, the #opel Junior clinched the division title in the German Rally Championship in the works #opel ADAM R2. In 2016, by winning the FIA ERC Junior U27 title, Griebel became the first German to win a European rally championship since 2001. In addition, between 2014 and 2016, the #opel works driver celebrated three class wins in a row in the ADAM R2 at the ADAC Rallye Deutschland, the German round of the World Rally Championship.

“Marijan is not only a long-time friend and partner of #opelmotorsport, but also the best example of the successful promotion of young talent by #opel and the ADAC. We are proud to have accompanied his successful career for such a long time”, says Jörg Schrott.

The start of the new ADAC #opel e-Rally Cup is scheduled for spring 2021. On November 20-21 this year, registered participants will take part in an official test as part of the ADAC Rallye “Rund um die Sulinger Bärenklaue.”