 The initial schedule for the CLRs consisted of participation in the May pre @-@ qualifying and testing session at Le Mans in preparation for the race in June . At the team 's Hockenheim test session plans were announced to enter several races after Le Mans . The first , scheduled for July , was to be an exhibition event consisting of two 60 mi ( 97 km ) races at the Norisring street circuit in Nuremberg , Germany . Mercedes planned to enter four CLRs in the event . The team would then end its season with the final three races of the American Le Mans Series : the 10 @-@ hour Petit Le Mans endurance at Road Atlanta and shorter races at Laguna Seca Raceway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway . More than 200 personnel from Mercedes @-@ Benz and HWA formed the crew for the three cars although the team was officially known as AMG @-@ Mercedes . 
