FILE PHOTO - Electric race cars compete in the inaugural New York ePrix Formula E World Championship in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., July 16, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
LONDON (Reuters) - Mercedes will leave the German Touring Car (DTM) championship at the end of next year and enter the electric Formula E series in the 2019/20 season, the carmaker announced on Monday.
Mercedes, whose Formula One team have been world champions for the past three seasons, said in a statement that it was carrying out a "strategic repositioning of its motorsport activities".
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