DTM | GT3 Regulation Shift For Post 2020 Season

[Günthar Rowe]

Supercars should take a leaf out of DTM's book.

Head back to the touring cars style of the 80’s and 90’s. Where the cars looked very different and specs were very different too. BMW v Holden / 2.5l v 5.0l and still some of the best racing! GT3 with BoP does a very good job at this. Personally I’d like to see a GT3.5... GT4 (very close to the road going versions) with allowance to run GT3 wings and splitters and other aero attachments. Basically more aero GT4. Maybe a little more power but meh...

 

[mopro]

If this means to cut down the cost to run a team for a season and encouraging more teams to participate, then I'm in

 

[Robes]

It's a shame, DTM was its own exciting beast. I don't feel so compelled to tune into another GT3 series.

 

[KittX]

i think it's much more logical to rename it to DRM now.

 

[Hoksu]

I like GT3 cars as much as the next guy but not super excited about yet another GT3 series, because there's not exactly a shortage of them as is. The cars in DTM truly set it apart from other series, now it'll be just one more GT3 series like umpteen others. That said, it's quite understandable why they done it.

 

[MarcG]

Voted Yes, it's gotta go somewhere so at least it's going to a sustainable series format that's well known worldwide.

Hopefully the changes they make to the regular GT3 will set it apart from the endurance stuff, at the end of the day as long as manufacturers/teams come back and the racing is exciting then that's all that matters, they can race milk floats for all I care as long as it's exciting!

 

[LeSunTzu]

Anything would be better than GT3.

 

[butcher85]

It wouldn't take much to differentiate from GT3. Loose the TC and ABS, de-restrict the engines for a bit more HP and if that's not enough maybe tweak the aero for a slightly distinctive look in the way a GTE Porsche looks different to a GT3 one (mid-engine notwithstanding)

 

[Matthew327]

I would have much preferred for the series to adopt the new GT2 regulations. As far as I can tell, there's no top-level series for these cars yet, or is there?

Porsche 935, Audi R8 GT2, KTM X-Box GTX are the cars so far in existence. Any I missed?

 

[frankonia]

It's rubbish. A DTM should be a touringcar based race series. Even if they change to GT3 cars, after a couple of years, the cost of the cars might be too high. And besides we already have a good ADAC GT Masters Serie. There are too many GT3 car series around.

 

[Enerjex]

WTF you talking about? supercars is one of the best series there is right now.

Supercars is outdated and irrelevant. It is based on an Aussie brand rivalry that no longer exists. They should have planned the switch to GT3 rules before Holden died and Ford could have homologated a GT3 Mustang.

 

[GianmarcoFiduci]

So Germany will have two main GT3 championships, ADAC GT Masters and DTM... let’s hope they can make some changes to the car to gain some performance

 

[FinFan]

This will only hurt German motorsports in general. Berger was very stubborn according to Manuel Reuter (you can read it here but it is in German https://de.motorsport.com/dtm/news/...-widget&ic_medium=widget&ic_campaign=widget-6 )
It was Berger himself who wanted nothing to do with GT3 not so long ago. He said it's an "amateur series". But I guess if it saves your own hide it's OK.

 

[UMC 22]

Voted no. I just don't see the point. I'm no great fan of the cars they use now and feel DTM lost itself decades ago, but as others have said... yet another GT3 series? Yawn.

For me this just smacks of desperation to keep a great name (DTM) alive, no matter what the cost to it's heart and soul. (And probably to keep Berger in a job too.) I'd rather they let the name die with at least some dignity remaining.

 

[Kenny Paton]

I voted no but won't bother explaining why since @Goffik has saved me having to.

 

[Eckhart von Glan]

voted yes, but hoping they will see the light and after a year consolidate the existing gt3 series in germany into one. there are too many competitors in a niche market. personally, among the people i meet, i don't know anyone who could name a race series other than formula one anyway, so i doubt there is room for more than one of these series. adac is a very established brand (german auto club) that has many members, one should really put that sticker on the whole enterprise rather than dtm.

 

[aantonioo]

Yay, finally another GT3 series!

 

[XhendrickX]

Voted NO!!! I have watched DTM series for many decades and found the prototype cars very unique and fun from the usual stuff out there. GT3? Sorry, we already have plenty of that in the market. This adds no value and meaning. I am sure there are better options to consider but this looks like pure desperation and short term thinking. Just kill DTM completely, go rebrand and build your new circus elsewhere.

 

[Will Mazeo]

That's the problem of having a whole series that is fully dependent on manufacturers funding the teams.
Hopefully GT3 regs work but if they wanted to remain unique in Europe maybe could have tried something like Supercars instead
If only SuperGT would have listened to me back then, I always said Class One was a bad idea.

 

[domhnall]

Was never a fan of the prototype cars I must admit. I voted no as I think they should go down the proper touring car BTCC style route. However I can imagine the GT3 route was probably the easiest way of keeping the show on the road for the short term, not exactly a shortage of GT3 machinery out there.