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Same driver quality, less carnage with smaller 2024 DTM grid - van der Linde

Only 20 cars are entered for the full 2024 DTM season, marking the fewest entries seen in the championship since it switched to GT3 regulations in 2021.

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Same driver quality but less carnage - van der Linde on smaller 2024 DTM grid

Only 20 cars are entered for the full 2024 DTM season, marking the fewest entries seen in the championship since it first switched to GT3 regulations in 2021.

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WEC Imola: Toyota beats Porsche to win rain-impacted thriller

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WEC Imola: Toyota holds off Porsche to win rain-hit thriller

Mike Conway, Nyck de Vries and Kamui Kobayashi won by 7.081s in their #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar over the #6 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 LMDh of Laurens Vanthoor, Andre Lotterer and Kevin Estre, both crews taking advantage of a timely switch to wets when the previously dominant…

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BMW's Vanthoor frustrated by "harsh red flag" call in Imola WEC qualifying

The Belgian was pushing for a place in the Hyperpole session ultimately topped by Antonio Fuoco in a Ferrari top three sweep when he rotated the WRT-run M Hybrid V8 on the exit of the fast Piratella left-hander. Having avoided contact with the wall and got going again, Vanthoor felt…

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Rast fastest as BMW dominates Hockenheim DTM test

Three-time DTM champion Rast set a best time of 1m37.077s on the second and final day of the running at Hockenheim to top the timesheets ahead of Schubert Motorsport team-mates Sheldon van der Linde and Marco Wittmann.

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DTM testing limits necessary to prevent 'costs exploding to the moon' - Wittmann

There is a hard cap on the amount of private testing allowed in the DTM this year, with teams not permitted to freely run their GT3 cars outside of race weekends from the beginning of this month.

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WEC Qatar Prologue: Penske Porsche heads final pre-season test session

Makowiecki posted 1m40.404s in the #5 Porsche 963 LMDh just under an hour into the Tuesday afternoon session of the pre-season test ahead of this weekend’s series opener.

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BMW names Rast, van der Linde, Wittmann for 2024 DTM attack

All three drivers will race for the expanded Schubert Motorsport team, a departure from BMW’s previous philosophy of splitting its DTM attack across two separate outfits.

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Leading German sportscar team Project 1 files for bankruptcy

The team entering its 30th season, run by Hans-Bernd Kamps, has also announced that its event company Project 1 Drivetime, which ran the BMW M2 Cup on the DTM undercard, will also close down. A short statement released by the team on Monday evening said: "After numerous discussions with investors,…

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Frijns, Marciello to represent BMW with Rowe Racing at Nurburgring 24 Hours

Frijns won the Nordschleife endurance epic for the Phoenix Audi squad on his most recent appearance in 2022, while former Mercedes driver Marciello claimed pole position last year and has twice finished third.

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BMW reveal WEC Hypercar drivers; Raffaele Marciello and Marco Wittmann to debut

The pair were named on Wednesday along with Rene Rast and Robin Frijns when the German manufacturer firmed up the line-ups in the two M Hybrid V8 LMDhs that will compete under the BMW M Team WRT banner during its maiden season in Hypercar.

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BMW reveals WEC Hypercar drivers, Marciello and Wittmann to debut

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Wittmann calls for “equal conditions” in BMW’s DTM camp after 2023 frustrations

Wittmann recorded his worst-ever campaign in his 11-year stint in the DTM, with the German driver ending up a distant 13th in the championship with just 91 points in his tally.

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“Talks with British manufacturer” - Is McLaren entering DTM with Project 1?

McLaren has had a very brief history in the DTM so far, with three guest outings for Formula 1 driver Christian Klien in 2021 the only time it was officially represented in the series.

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The tricky questions that could impact the Spa 24’s modern king

The Spa 24 Hours has seen plenty of change since its first iteration in 1924, one year after the inaugural around-the-clock event at Le Mans, and not just to its famous undulating ribbon of tarmac. The event formed part of the SportsCar World Championship in 1953 and 1981, but for…

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DTM Hockenheim: Champion Preining signs off season with win

Having wrapped up the title with three bonus points in qualifying earlier on Sunday morning, Preining led nearly the entirety of the race from pole position to complete a perfect weekend at the 4.5km circuit.

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DTM Hockenheim: Porsche’s Preining closes in on title with Saturday win

Preining didn’t put a foot wrong all day, claiming pole position in his Manthey EMA Porsche before leading every lap outside of the pitstop cycle to bag a maximum haul of 28 points.

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DTM Red Bull Ring: Van der Linde takes first win of 2023 in wet-dry contest

The Abt Audi driver recorded his first triumph since 2021, finishing almost two seconds clear of Laurin Heinrich, who led the first phase of the race from pole position.

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DTM Lausitzring: Bortolotti fends off Feller to win, grab points lead

Although Bortolotti held the lead from pole position at the start, he was unable to pull away from the chasing pack as he did at the Nurburgring a fortnight ago, with 20kg of success ballast on his Lamborghini keeping Feller in the hunt.

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DTM Lausitzring: Aitken scores first win as Preining handed penalty

Emil Frey Ferrari driver Aitken led nearly the entire race from pole position, save for the pitstop phase, beating the SSR Performance Lamborghini of Mirko Bortolotti by 2.3s after one hour of racing at the 4.35km circuit.

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DTM Lausitzring: Aitken scores first win, disaster for Preining

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DTM Norisring: Van der Linde beats Preining to pole in Saturday qualifying

Due to the short nature of the Nuremberg street circuit, the 27-driver grid was split into two groups for qualifying, with each group getting 20 minutes of on-track time.

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DTM Zandvoort: Feller dominates as Audi scores first win of 2023

With Audi having been handed a 20kg weight reduction overnight, Feller was able to take pole position in a red-flagged qualifying and then lead every lap en route to a second career win at the Dutch venue.

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DTM Zandvoort: Engel beats BMW duo van der Linde, Wittmann to pole

Having already topped the two practice sessions on Friday, Engel was also unbeaten in the 20-minute pole shootout on Saturday morning as he clinched the top spot with a time of 1m32.585s.

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