Who will succeed GT3 undertaking supervisor Sebastian Golz and take over accountability for the GT3 division surrounding the normal 911 GT3 R sooner or later? This query has now been answered: As Motorsport-Whole.com has investigated, the German Maximilian Muller is taking up this function.
“Maximilian Muller formally took over the perform of Challenge Supervisor GT3 R at Porsche Motorsport on the finish of February,” a Porsche spokesperson confirmed.
The 38-year-old has been a part of Porsche’s motorsport division for over 13 years and was most not too long ago chargeable for GT race assist. Now he’s being promoted to GT3 undertaking supervisor. Initially, it was not even supposed that Golz would get a successor in any respect after his departure on the finish of January 2026, following nearly ten years within the function.
Will 2,000 jobs be minimize in Weissach?
That is associated to the producer’s disaster – and the interior restructuring presently going down. Porsche CEO Michael Leiters not too long ago introduced that round 5,000 jobs are to be minimize by 2035. The Weissach web site, the place the motorsport division relies, can be affected by cuts.
As Motorsport-Whole.com has discovered from well-informed circles, personnel in Weissach is to be lowered from 6,000 to 4,000 – some positions within the motorsport division are additionally anticipated to be affected.
First interim, now official: Maximilian Muller is the brand new GT3 lead at Porsche
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After Golz’s departure, nonetheless, it rapidly turned clear internally {that a} GT undertaking supervisor was wanted in spite of everything. Along with Muller, Andreas Singer had initially taken over Golz’s duties on an interim foundation beginning in January 2026. He’s the son of the legendary Porsche operations supervisor Norbert Singer, who can be an excellent aerodynamicist and was concerned in all the model’s total victories at Le Mans from 1970 to 2004.
Son of legend Norbert Singer as GT improvement lead
Andreas Singer, who can be thought of technically very adept however prefers to remain within the background, acts as the event lead for the general automobile in Porsche’s GT division. Muller, however, is now the person who additionally serves as the general public level of contact for Porsche within the GT sector.
Following his official promotion on the finish of February 2026, Muller already appeared in his new function on the 24-hour classics on the Nurburgring and in Spa-Francorchamps.
Because the individual chargeable for GT race assist, he had already been the direct contact individual for the groups since November 2017 – now his space of accountability additionally contains matters corresponding to Steadiness of Efficiency (BoP) in addition to discussions with organizers and collection promoters such because the ADAC.
Muller and Singer had been already concerned within the improvement of the Porsche 911 GT3 R in addition to the Evo mannequin, which was delivered to the groups this season. Consequently, the 2 are already acquainted with the present matters.
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