Below the present schedule, the beginning grid for every race is determined by a 20-minute shootout at 9am, when many followers are but to succeed in the monitor.
As a part of the proposed shake-up, a shorter qualifying might happen at 1pm, adopted instantly by the race at 1:30pm – the usual beginning time for all DTM races.
This could give groups little time to plan their methods for the race, which in principle ought to result in extra entertaining motion on monitor.
This plan would additionally assist in condensing a DTM assembly from three days to only two, as follow might be moved from Friday to Saturday morning.
ProSieben, which broadcasts DTM in Germany and Austria, has put its assist behind the proposal, which might additionally permit it to indicate qualifying on TV for the primary time.
“I discover the concept thrilling from a TV standpoint, as a result of we’d have another dwell occasion within the programme,” Alexander Wilffing, the pinnacle of motorsport at ProSieben, instructed Motorsport.com’s sister title Motorsport-Whole.com.
“Moreover, that [qualifying/race rapid-fire format] can be a singular promoting level for the DTM in motorsport. The precise implementation and what that may imply for the preliminary protection must be checked out intimately.”
The thought has additionally been properly acquired by the paddock, with the pinnacle of a workforce saying: “That will considerably enhance the present and would even be nice for the spectators.”
The DTM might additionally preserve qualifying on the identical time, however shorten the session from 20 minutes to only 10, making it extra compact and thrilling. Nevertheless, this may occasionally not go down properly with the Mercedes contingent, because the AMG GT3 takes longer to get its tyres as much as temperature than different vehicles on the grid.
Testing ban additionally into account
Christian Engelhart, Toksport WRT Porsche 911 GT3-R
Picture by: Alexander Trienitz
One other proposal that has been floated for 2024 is a ban on testing. DTM groups at the moment spend a substantial variety of assets to carry personal checks on nearly each monitor on the calendar.
The ADAC had been reluctant to ban testing outright in the beginning of the 12 months, because the broad utilization of GT3 vehicles in a number of championships makes it almost unimaginable to manage any operating exterior of race weekends.
A method round this downside, as prompt by groups, can be for DTM to maneuver away from commonplace Pirelli GT3 rubber and undertake Confidential Tyres.
Confidential Tyres are produced by a variety of producers, together with DTM’s present accomplice Pirellli, and are particularly designed for the Nurburgring-Nordschleife. If the DTM have been to maneuver to Confidential Tyres, it might be simpler to catch groups illegally operating them in a personal take a look at.
The vast majority of GT3 championships all over the world at the moment run on Pirelli’s commonplace GT3 tyres and are extensively out there to groups.
However such a transfer received’t come with out points, because the Steadiness of Efficiency for DTM and most different sequence is about based mostly on information gathered utilizing commonplace Pirelli GT3 tyres.
This could imply SRO must decide a separate BoP for the DTM, and it might have significantly much less information to precisely stability the relative efficiency of vehicles.
