Category |
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Country | Europe (6 races are held in Germany and 2 in other European countries in 2023) |
Inaugural season | 2000 |
Constructors | |
Tyre suppliers | Pirelli |
Drivers' champion | Mirko Bortolotti |
Makes' champion | Mercedes-AMG |
Teams' champion | Schubert Motorsport |
Official website | www |
Current season |
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters,[a] commonly abbreviated as the DTM, is a sports car racing series sanctioned by ADAC. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The series currently races a modified version of Group GT3 grand touring cars, replacing silhouette later Class 1 touring cars in 2021.
From 2000 to 2020, the "new DTM" continued 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 raced prototype silhouette racing cars based on a mass-production road car in the same period.
The second iteration went by the full name during its first five years. Since 2005, all official documents only refer to it by the abbreviated name.
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