The DTM returned in 2000 as Mercedes and Opel had agreed to use cars that were based on the concept car that was shown by Opel on various occasions (e.g.
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Opel put the primary emphasis on cost control, Mercedes-Benz supported expensive development in competition, BMW wanted an international series rather than one focused on Germany only, while Audi insisted on allowing their trademark quattro four-wheel drive system (despite running the rear wheel drive Audi R8 in sports car racing). Since 1997, many ideas had been discussed in order to find a compromise for the rules of a new DTM racing series. The series raced prototype silhouette racing cars based on a mass-production road car in the same period.ĭuring the ITC era, a large proportion of the revenue generated by the championship went to the FIA, which led to complaints from the teams regarding the small return on their increasingly large investment in the high-tech touring car series. The series currently races a modified version of Group GT3 grand touring cars, replacing the silhouette later Class 1 touring cars of earlier years.įrom 2000 to 2020, the new DTM continues the former Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German Touring Car Championship) and ITC (International Touring Car Championship) which had been discontinued after 1996 due to high costs.
The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. who have been affiliated to the DMSB- FIA since 1984.
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters ( DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a grand touring car series sanctioned by ITR e.V. Europe (Germany 50% and rest of European countries 50% (2021))
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