DTM 2021: GT-based sprint race series
NEW ORIENTATION From next year, the DTM will no longer be contested with touring cars but as a GT-based sprint racing series. Details of the technical regulations are not yet known. In the future, independent professional privateer teams will compete for victories on the GT platform rather than the factories. The technical basis will be the GT3 category. The extent to which these sports cars will be modified is not yet [...]
In the future, independent professional privateer teams will compete for victories on the GT platform rather than the factories. The technical basis is the GT3 category. The extent to which these sports cars will be modified has not yet been determined.
Gerhard Berger as sole boss
The previous head of the umbrella organization ITR and former GP driver Gerhard Berger, together with his company BMS, will assume sole economic responsibility for the new racing series and its further development.
Audi and BMW, which are still the only manufacturers in the current DTM with their class-one touring cars powered by two-liter four-cylinder turbo engines, support the Austrian in his plans to restructure the DTM.
After constructive negotiations, the two manufacturers, still members of the ITR, have agreed to allow the establishment of an independent professional GT-based sprint racing series on the ITR platform for the 2021 season.
In doing so, they are committing to this concept so that the GT models of these two brands will also race here. Formally, Audi and BMW will leave the ITR at the end of the season.
ADAC GT Masters receives DM predicate
The ADAC GT Masters, previously reserved for GT3 sports cars in Germany, will become the International German GT Championship next year. Drivers and teams will battle it out for the title of International German GT Champion.
The exact mode of scoring for the newly created championship has not yet been determined and will be worked out in the coming months. The International German GT Championship will be contested with GT3 vehicles in accordance with the official FIA regulations.
