Maxime Martin would be something, that guy was mighty fast in GT1 in the past
I was also hoping to see Nick Heidfeld in DTM at some point, maybe that could be the chance for that.
That nearly happened. When the Eyjafjallajökull erupted in 2010 Timo Glock and Nick Heidfeld were already in Germany while F1 testdrivers Paul DiResta and Gary Paffet were stuck in Malaysia. Timo and Nick were asked by Norbert Haug to race as subsitute if Paul and Gary didn't make it.
so some facts and rumour about the 2013 carlender:
Facts:
- 28th April Round 1 at Hockenheimring
- 5th May Round 2 at Eurospeedway Lausitz
- 2nd June Round 4 at Red Bull Ring
- 7th July Round 5 at Norisring
- 4th August Round 6/7 at Nürburgring
- 15th September Round 8/9/10 Oschersleben
- 20th October Round 10/11 Hockenheimring
Rumor:
- 19th May Round 3 at Donnington, if Motorsport Vision (Jonathan Palmer) buys the track (the date clashes with the 24h at the Nürburgring again, but 2013 the 24h race will be started on that sunday and not on the saturday and therefore the DTM race ends before the 24h starts). If not, Brands Hatch stays.
- 21st July Round 6 at Moscow Raceway. It would be a cheap option since the Russians are interested to have a DTM race and would pay transport costs. This would also extend the schedule to 11 races.
- 18th/25th August Round 8/9 at Ile Notre-Dame Montreal. 25th would be the optimal date but on the same day there is a Formula 1 race. As there wouldn't be any support like in Moscow, the cars would be shipped over.
- 29th September Round 9/10 at Dijon, if the Spanish round is dropped
- Munich will be dropped
- Zandvoort might either be dropped or will stay due to the cheap contract in the schedule either to subsitute the Round at Moscow or Montreal.
Theoretically there are 12 slots for the DTM schedule but it is not likely to see 12 races.
Source: Speedweek, Red Bull Media House Switzerland
