17 out of 21 DTM drivers were on the grid for the Nurburgring 24 Hours from May 14 to 17. Just two days later, 15 DTM pilots headed to Belgium for the official Spa 24 Hours test, before the DTM round at Zandvoort was on the agenda only a few days after that. It was a brutal week for the drivers, but also for several teams.
Only six DTM drivers did not attend the Spa 24 Hours Prologue, which was held last Tuesday and Wednesday. This means 14 drivers suffered under the triple-header strain: Maro Engel, Lucas Auer, Jules Gounon, Arjun Maini, Ben Dörr, Kelvin van der Linde, Maximilian Paul, Mirko Bortolotti, Luca Engstler, Marco Mapelli, Thomas Preining, Ricardo Feller, Bastian Buus, and Nicki Thiim.
