Schubert Motorsport enjoyed a dream maiden DTM campaign in 2022 as it swept to the drivers’ crown with Sheldon van der Linde and collected the teams’ title too. New to the series, its control Michelin tyres and the BMW M4 GT3 that replaced the venerable M6 GT3 this year, it had a mammoth learning curve to get on terms with teams who had enjoyed continuity from the DTM’s first season with GT3 rules in 2021.
But in van der Linde and series returnee Philipp Eng, it had two drivers with DTM race-winning pedigree, while a two-car parallel programme in ADAC GT Masters helped to level off its M4 learning curve. Although that series runs on Pirelli rubber, the Italian company’s new DHF range means “the difference between these two tyres is not so big anymore”, according to Schubert team manager and van der Linde’s DTM engineer Marcel Schmidt.
