Category: DTM

There has been talks for many years, but now it’s a fact – DTM switches to new regulations in 2019. The cars will be built according to the Class 1 regulations, which DTM (ITR) and the Japanese Super GT (GTA) have commonly agreed. The two series have been trying to find a common rule set for many years, to be able to use the cars in both championships. The DTM cars have already worked towards the same regulations as the Japanese has been running, but now they take the last…

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Daniel Juncadella had taken Pole Position of the weekend’s second DTM race at Norisring. Gary Paffett, Lucas Auer, Paul di Resta, and Edoardo Mortara made it a pure Mercedes 1-2-3-4-5, in front of the BMW drivers Bruno Spengler, Marco Wittmann, Joel Eriksson, Timo Glock, and Philipp Eng. Nico Müller was once again the best Audi man in P11, where the line of Audi drivers only broken by Augusto Farfus in P13 and Pascal Wehrlein in P18. At the start, Auer tried to go past Juncadella from the outside, but he…

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Five hours after the chequered flag fell at the Hungaroring, at the 6th round of this year’s DTM Championship, three documents were released from the stewards. Car number 7, 22 and 48 were disqualified from the race due to dangerous driving in the pit, where the drivers didn’t drive with appropriate speed. The numbers belong to Bruno Spengler, Lucas Auer and Edoardo Mortara, and those were the three involved in hitting the persons in the pitlane, during the sudden rainfall. Spengler and Mortara will have a 10- grid penalty as…

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The second DTM race of the weekend at Hungaroring became a very dramatic affair, unfortunately not on the track, but in the pits – more about that later. Lucas Auer had taken Pole Position ahead of Pascal Wehrlein, Paul di Resta, Edoardo Mortara and Gary Paffett. Rene Rast on P6 was the first non-Mercedes driver, while we had to look down to Timo Glock in P8 as the first BMW driver. The race was started under sunny sky, but there was clouds drifting over the track all the time. Auer…

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The sun was on full power, when the fifth round of the DTM was run at Hungaroring near Budapest. Paul di Resta had grabbed Pole Position ahead of Nico Müller, Lucas Auer and returnee Rene Rast. We had to go all the way back to P8 to find the fastest BMW, with Augusto Farfus. Championship leader Timo Glock was all the way back in P16. Di Resta closed the door on Müller, while it almost worked out for Auer to grab second, but not quite. Bruno Spengler, Jamie Green and…

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When the DTM series rolls onto Italian tarmac, for the first time since 2010, there will be an Italian on the starting grid too. Alex Zanardi will have his DTM race debut in a BMW M4 DTM, with special hand controls. The 51 year-old Italian lost both legs in a terrible accident at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz in 2001 in Champ Car, but went on to compete the remaining 13 laps on the oval circuit in a modified Champ Car, when the series returned to the track in 2003. He then…

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The fourth DTM race of the race was run under perfectly blue skies at the Lausitzring. Philipp Eng was on Pole Position ahead of Pascal Wehrlein and Gary Paffett. Marco Wittmann was the next BMW driver in fourth, ahead of Mike Rockenfeller as the best Audi Sport driver in fifth. Audi was only present with five cars, since Rene Rast didn’t participate in the race. He spent the night in hospital for observation, and the team opted to pull out the car. The damage on the car was so big…

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Rene Rast won’t participate in the DTM Sunday race at the Lausitzring. The defending DTM Champion had a serious accident during the Saturday race, where he rolled his Audi Sport RS5 DTM car, with basically only the safety cell left of the car. He was able to exit the car himself, and the first reports was him being okay. He was transported to the local hospital, and they preferred to keep him overnight. It’s already confirmed that he hasn’t broken any bones. That means that Audi Sport will only run…

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The third round of the DTM 2018 was run at the Lausitzring, located between Berlin and Dresden. Mercedes driver Lucas Auer had secured Pole Position ahead of the two BMW drivers Philipp Eng and Bruno Spengler, before Pascal Wehrlein got a Mercedes in front of the two BMW drivers Timo Glock and Marco Wittmann, making it 4 BMWs in the top-6. Nico Müller was the best Audi Sport driver all the way back in P9, while Mike Rockenfeller was right behind him. Second in the Championship standings, Gary Paffett was…

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DTM delivered some of the best racing for year, when the second race of the weekend was run at Hockenheim. Timo Glock had qualified his BMW M4 DTM on Pole Position ahead of Rene Rast in Audi RS5 DTM and the rookie Joel Eriksson in BMW M4 DTM. Edoardo Mortara was the best Mercedes man in P4, while yesterday’s winner Gary Paffett was all the way back in P10. Jamie Green had to start from the pitlane due to the team having issues refuelling his car ahead of the race.…

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The DTM season got off to its start at the Hockenheim, where the first round was held. Gary Paffett had grabbed the first Pole Position of the year ahead of Marco Wittmann, Timo Glock and Lucas Auer. So it was Mercedes-AMG ahead of  BMW, BMW, and Mercedes. The qualifying had been a huge disappointment for the defending Champions, Audi Sport, who had last year’s DTM Champion Rene Rast as the best driver – in P9. Mattias Ekström had announced his retirement from the DTM, but Audi Sport chose to give…

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Mattias Ekström will have a farewell race in the DTM, when the opening round is run at Hockenheim on 5 and 6 May. The soon to be 40 year-old Swede announced his 17 year long DTM career had come to an end after the 2017 season, and that he would instead focus on the FIA World Rallycross Championship, where he won both the titles in 2016, both as a driver but also as team owner. Audi Sport has now chosen to give him a farewell weekend in DTM, like we…

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The DTM series has announced a few changes for the 2018 season. The series has got a new TV deal in Germany, so SAT.1 will broadcast the races instead of ARD, and that will make some changes to the starting times of the races. From now on it will be fixed to 13.30 CET. That makes it easier for the TV channels to have the opportunity to plan their schedules through the full season well in advance, where times previously has been swaying from 13.30 until 18.25. But is no…

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BMW has released the colours of their 6 DTM cars for the upcoming 2018 season. Bruno Spengler, Timo Glock, Marco Wittmann and Augusto Farfus will continue to run in the same colours, while one of the new drivers in the Championship, Philipp Eng, will take over the Samsung colours from Maxime Martin. The other new man, Joel Eriksson, will have some brand new colours on the car, which will be running in grey and purple colours, with the new main sponsor being Puma. The cars will get their public debut…

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The first DTM test of the year was plagued by very bad weather. The test was planned to be run at Vallelunga north of Roma in Italy. It turned out to be very limited testing for all three constructors, who were present at the track. The test was originally planned from Thursday to Saturday, but when the teams showed up at the track, it was covered in snow! Most of the Thursday was used for removing the that snow, so they only a short roll-out Thursday afternoon, before the weather…

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The DTM 2018 season is slowly starting up this coming week, where the first test sessions starts. All three manufacturers will go to the Vallelunga track in Italy, and will be testing the new 2018 upgrades to the BMW M4 DTM, Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM and the Champinoship winning car from last year, Audi RS5 DTM. Audi has announced that they will bring Jamie Green and Rene Rast for the test, while the other teams haven’t announced which drivers that they will bring to the test on 1-3 March. It is…

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Daniel Juncadella is the 6th and final DTM driver for Mercedes in the 2018 season. Following yesterday’s announcement of the five others, they have the full set of drivers ready now. The 26 year-old Spaniard has previous done four seasons in the DTM, with a couple of fourth positions as his best results. He hasn’t, however, been a treat in the Championship so far. He drove for the AKKA ASP team during the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, helping the team get a series of Top-5 finishes. So now…

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Mercedes-AMG Motorsport DTM Team has announced five of their drivers in the upcoming season. The 2018 season will be final DTM year for Mercedes, who will turn the focus onto the ABB FIA Formula E Championship instead. That is also reflected in a slightly conservative choice of the five drivers for the season. Gary Paffett, Lucas Auer, Paul di Resta and Edoardo Mortara will all continue to race for the team, while 2015 Champion Pascal Wehrlein returns to the team. Gary Paffett is the most experienced driver by far, since…

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