During the ITC era a big proportion of the income generated by the championship went to the FIA, with the end result that much less went to the teams who subsequently complained of little return on their more and more large investment in the excessive-tech sequence. Since 1997 many ideas have been mentioned in order to discover a compromise for guidelines of a brand new DTM. Opel put the first emphasis on cost control, Mercedes-Benz supported expensive competitiveness in improvement, BMW wished an international series quite than one focused on Germany solely, while Audi insisted on permitting their trademark quattro four-wheel drive (regardless of running the rear wheel drive Audi R8) in sports activities car racing.
Opel had been offered DTM V8 engines for Opel Astra Coupe DTM and Vectra GTS V8 DTM cars through its tuning partner Spiess Engineering in 2000-2005. The engines have been prototyped race customized-constructed just like 2006-2013 Formula One engines, 1997-2011 IndyCar Series engines and different naturally-aspirated V8 racing engines. All Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters vehicles aero packages are completely assembled.
The automobile floor underbody is flat. Serratured facet front fenders are included along with triple-decker entrance aspect winglet flicks, a number of side winglet flicks … Read More
ATS solely provides wheel rims for all Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters automobiles since the 2017 season. Previously O.Z. Racing, BBS and AMG had been wheel rim suppliers per manufacturer. The wheel rims for all DTM cars are made from magnesium alloy wheels. The wheel dimension of DTM wheel rims are 12 in × 18 in (305 mm × 457 mm) on entrance and 13 in × 18 in (330 mm × 457 mm) on rear.