DTM 2024 – Full speed ahead into the anniversary season

• 20 top drivers from ten nations competing in the 40th anniversary season
• Seven premium manufacturers and two team debuts
• ProSieben to broadcast all 16 races live on free TV, new DTM app perfect for fans
• Family-friendly ticket prices starting from 39 Euro, children under 16 enjoy free admission

Hockenheim. Top drivers, top brands, and a special birthday: as the 40th anniversary season approaches, the DTM as strong, varied, and unpredictable as ever. Twenty drivers and eleven teams will open the jubilee season at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben from 26 to 28 April. More than half of the field has already claimed wins or podiums in the DTM, a baseline that guarantees some thrilling action. At the opening event in the Magdeburger Börde region, and at the seven other race weekends, spectators and fans can look forward to the spectacle of GT3 cars with over 550 HP from the seven premium manufacturers: Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes-AMG, and Porsche. Fans can experience the DTM live with family-friendly prices starting from 39 Euro, while children and young adults under the age of 16 enjoy free admission.

“In the 40th year of the DTM, we are again looking forward to a thrilling and action-packed season. We have the ideal foundations, with a world-class field, seven renowned manufacturers, the greatest brand diversity in 25 years, top teams and strong partners. The innovations introduced last year have had a positive effect and will definitely continue to be in force. Sustainability in motorsport continues to be a topic at the top of our agenda and in 2024 we will again be using the environmentally-friendly fuel from Shell, 50 percent of which consists of renewable components. We will continue to work with BWT to run the “Bottle Free Zone” initiative and avoid plastic waste. The DTM will also host the fully-electric NXT Gen Cup on at least two occasions,” explains ADAC Sport President Dr. Gerd Ennser.

Strong field with four DTM champions
The calendar features eight dates with a total of 16 races. The race weekends will be hosted in Germany on six occasions, with one event in the Netherlands and one in Austria. Defending champion Thomas Preining (A) from the Manthey EMA team well be the one to chase from the word go, and will be facing a host of rivals in the balanced field. These will include championship runner-up Mirko Bortolotti (I) in the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2, alongside the trio of champions from Schubert Motorsport: René Rast (Bregenz), Sheldon van der Linde (ZA) and Marco Wittmann (Fürth) have claimed six DTM titles between them. Ricardo Feller (CH), who finished third in the 2023 season, and Kelvin van der Linde (ZA) from Abt Sportsline are also likely to be involved in the battle for the title. Lucas Auer (A) and Maro Engel (Monaco) would love to bring the DTM title to Affalterbach to celebrate 130 years of motor racing history at Mercedes-AMG.

Dörr Motorsport will also be making an eagerly-awaited DTM debut. The team from Frankfurt will be racing with two McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, with the DTM newcomers Ben Dörr (Butzbach) and Austria’s Clemens Schmid in the cockpit of the British cars. The Paul Motorsport team is also appearing in the DTM for the first time. A driver with experience of winning will be at the wheel of the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2, as Maximilian Paul (Dresden) claimed an impressive victory in the rain at the Nürburgring last year.

ProSieben to broadcast all 16 races live
ProSieben will remain as the exclusive TV partner of the DTM for the anniversary season, broadcasting all 16 races of the season live on free TV. Programming on Saturday and Sunday will begin at 13:00, 30 minutes before the start of each race. Presenters Andrea Kaiser and Matthias Killing will be joined by commentator Eddie Mielke to guide viewers through events as they unfold. A live stream of the races and the qualifying sessions will be available to watch on ran.de and on the @DTM YouTube channel. The DTM is broadcast live or re-live worldwide to more than 150 countries.

A new addition for this season: the DTM app
Fans at all race weekends will not want to be without the new DTM app, which will be available free of charge at the end of the month, in time for the start of the season. It contains all the key information for the race weekend, such as schedules, live timing and all the news about the series. It also contains detailed representations of the event area, giving visitors an overview of how to access the various attractions in the DTM Fan Zone, the BWT water stations, the DEKRA Fan Tower, or the various stands.

Supporting programme with nine different racing series
Tickets are already available at dtm.com from 39 Euro. Children and young adults under 16 years of age enjoy free admission when accompanied by an adult. ADAC members enjoy a discount of ten percent on advance sales. There will also be a great supporting programme for visitors to enjoy at the DTM events. The permanent supporting race series are the ADAC GT Masters, the ADAC GT4 Germany, the Prototype Cup Germany, the Porsche Sixt Carrera Cup Germany, and the BMW M2 Cup. Individual events will also feature races in the DTM Classic, the NXT Gen Cup, the Formula Regional, and the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux.

The big DTM birthday party will be taking place at the Norisring. Germany’s only street circuit will host the 40th anniversary celebrations from 5 to 7 July. The schedule for the event on the streets of Nuremberg includes highlights such as two races in the DTM Classic, which showcases the long history of the race series with cars and driving heroes from four decades of the DTM.

DTM 2024 List of Starters
#3 Kelvin van der Linde (ZA/Abt Sportsline), Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2
#4 Luca Stolz (Mercedes-AMG Team HRT), Mercedes-AMG GT3
#7 Ricardo Feller (CH/Abt Sportsline), Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2
#11 Marco Wittmann (D/Schubert Motorsport), BMW M4 GT3
#14 Jack Aitken (GB/Emil Frey Racing), Ferrari 296 GT3
#19 Luca Engstler (D/GRT Grasser-Racing-Team), Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2
#22 Lucas Auer (A/Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter), Mercedes-AMG GT3
#25 Ben Dörr (D/Dörr Motorsport), McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
#31 Sheldon van der Linde (ZA/Schubert Motorsport), BMW M4 GT3
#33 René Rast (D/Schubert Motorsport), BMW M4 GT3
#36 Arjun Maini (IND/Mercedes-AMG Team HRT), Mercedes-AMG GT3
#63 Christian Engelhart (D/GRT Grasser-Racing-Team), Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2
#69 Thierry Vermeulen (NL/Emil Frey Racing), Ferrari 296 GT3
#71 Maximilian Paul (D/Paul Motorsport), Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2
#85 Clemens Schmid (A/Dörr Motorsport), McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
#90 Ayhancan Güven (TR/Manthey EMA), Porsche 911 GT3 R
#91 Thomas Preining (A/Manthey EMA), Porsche 911 GT3 R
#92 Mirko Bortolotti (I/SSR Performance), Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2
#94 Nicki Thiim (DK/SSR Performance), Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2
#130 Maro Engel (D/Mercedes-AMG Team Winward), Mercedes-AMG GT3