Following the tip of the registration deadline on 31 March, the DTM has introduced the complete entry listing for its 2026 season. A complete of 21 vehicles from eight producers will take to the observe this yr.
For comparability, there have been 24 vehicles from 9 producers within the sequence final yr.
“The standard of the DTM driver line-up is super, and drivers from eleven nations underscore the sequence’ excessive worldwide relevance,” stated ADAC Motorsport director Thomas Voss with satisfaction.
“We’re trying ahead to 3 former champions, stars like Timo Glock, the comeback of Kelvin van der Linde, top-tier newcomers, and the thrilling debut of Highway to DTM winner Finn Wiebelhaus, who has made the leap to the DTM.”
Why there are fewer vehicles and producers on the grid in 2026
Regardless of the lack of three vehicles and one producer in comparison with 2025, the DTM subject has confirmed to be extraordinarily steady: With the Land group switching manufacturers to Porsche, Audi is disappearing from the DTM — a minimum of on a full-season foundation. Nonetheless, visitor begins are nonetheless doable, in response to data by Motorsport.com’s sister title Motorsport-Complete.com.
As well as, the DTM is shedding one group with the departure of Maximilian Paul’s family-run squad, with Paul himself becoming a member of Grasser. This is because of the truth that Paul Motorsport group won’t obtain a brand new Lamborghini Temerario, and the producer doesn’t intend to proceed fielding the previous-generation Huracan within the DTM.
Can we anticipate extra vehicles?
Along with the Paul Lamborghini, the third vehicles from Manthey (Morris Schuring) and the Emil Frey Group (Ben Inexperienced) may also now not be seen in 2026. There has additionally been no information concerning a second Land-Porsche, both. Though the ADAC reserves the best to simply accept entries after the deadline, it doesn’t look as if Bastian Buus could have a team-mate in 2026.
There may also be departures among the many drivers in 2026: Three-time champion Rene Rast, like Jack Aitken, is specializing in prototypes this yr, which means the DTM is shedding a star driver.
Champion Ayhancan Guven, who won’t defend his title within the Manthey Porsche, is leaving the DTM as he prepares for his transfer to Formulation E. Additional Grasser Lamborghini’s rising star Jordan Pepper should additionally take a minimum of a brief break from the DTM following his change to BMW.
In return, South African Kelvin van der Linde, who fought for the title within the Abt Audi in 2021 and 2024, is returning to the sequence after a one-year hiatus with a transfer to BMW. The sector can as soon as once more be thought-about top-tier, even when drivers like rookie Matteo Cairoli, who’s changing Aitken within the Emil Frey Ferrari, aren’t but massive names outdoors the GT3 scene.
Three former champions on the grid
With Thomas Preining, Mirko Bortolotti, and Marco Wittmann, three former champions are additionally on the grid and trying to make one other run on the title. And Timo Glock, at present essentially the most outstanding DTM driver, is making an attempt his luck as soon as once more following his comeback final yr within the Dorr McLaren.
Glock is one in every of eleven DTM race winners within the subject — and, at 44, the oldest driver competing. The youngest shouldn’t be 20-year-old Finn Wiebelhaus, who’s the primary “Highway to DTM” winner from the ADAC GT Masters to maneuver as much as the DTM with the Ford HRT group, however reasonably Landgraf Mercedes teenager Tom Kalender, who celebrated his 18th birthday 5 days in the past.
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