The ADAC has formally revealed the 2026 DTM calendar, which includes eight race weekends and sees the Pink Bull Ring host the season opener for the primary time.
The choice to provide the Spielberg monitor the opener slot had already been signalled after it was introduced that MotoGP will take over the earlier DTM date on the circuit in September for its Austrian Grand Prix subsequent season.
The Pink Bull Ring will welcome the DTM on the 24-26 April, whereas there are not any new venues for the 2026 marketing campaign – as solely the order has modified in comparison with 2025.
The second DTM weekend in 2026 may even happen exterior of Germany, with the sequence heading to Zandvoort within the Netherlands from 22-24 Could. The sequence then travels to the Lausitzring on 19-21 June, earlier than acquainted visits to the Norisring (3-5 July), which has retained its conventional date.
The races at Oschersleben have due to this fact moved from the season-opener slot to 24-26 July and mark the beginning of the second half of the season. After that, the DTM strikes on to the Nurburgring (14-16 August), earlier than the penultimate spherical at Sachsenring on 11-13 September.
The season finale additionally stays unchanged, because the DTM returns to the Hockenheimring on September 11 October.
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DTM avoids main date clashes
The excellent news for drivers and GT3 groups is there are not any clashes with the World Endurance Championship, the GT World Problem Europe, the IMSA SportsCar Championship or the three 24-hour classics on the Nurburgring, Le Mans and Spa.
Solely the Intercontinental GT Problem race at Suzuka clashes with the DTM on the Sachsenring, each set to happen on 11-13 September, whereas there’s additionally a DTM overlap with its Hockenheim spherical and the eight-hour race in Indianapolis.
Why there are not any new tracks on the calendar in 2026
It comes as no nice shock that the tracks within the DTM calendar stay unchanged: so far as the Salzburgring is anxious, the ADAC desires to attend for the ADAC GT Masters races originally of September to be sure that the Austrian monitor is appropriate for GT3 racing.
Town race in Vila Actual, which was thought-about a candidate for 2025, has secured a TCR Europe spherical, so it’s now not as depending on the DTM. Plans for a Berlin race on the Tempelhof website usually are not but far sufficient superior.
DTM 2026 calendar
Date
Circuit
24-26 April 2026
Pink Bull Ring
22-24 Could 2026
Zandvoort
19-21 June 2026
Lausitzring
03-05 July 2026
Norisring
24-26 July 2026
Oschersleben
14–16 August 2026
Nurburgring
11–13 September 2026
Sachsenring
09–11 October 2026
Hockenheimring
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