Whereas the German vehicle membership initially deliberate on asserting the entry listing for subsequent season earlier than Christmas, with the registration interval having ended on December 6, it’s nonetheless within the means of finishing negotiations with all events.
“We’re happy concerning the good and diverse curiosity from contributors within the 2024 DTM,” an ADAC spokesperson informed Motorsport.com’s sister title Motorsport-Complete.com. “We’re at present clarifying numerous particulars with the groups and producers earlier than we verify the grid positions for 2024.
“New producers and different groups have approached us in current weeks and we’re at present in constructive discussions a couple of doable addition to the sphere for 2024.”
As many as three new producers may be a part of the championship subsequent 12 months, taking the variety of manufacturers represented within the sequence as much as 9. McLaren, Aston Martin and Honda are understood to be the three new entrants at present planning on competing within the DTM in 2024.
Out of the three, McLaren’s talks with former BMW workforce Venture 1 are already at a complicated stage, and Hans-Bernd Kamps’ squad’s probabilities of being current on the 2024 grid with the 720S GT3 are fairly excessive.
There are additionally continued efforts within the Aston Martin camp to compete within the DTM subsequent 12 months with the Comtoyou outfit, regardless of the information of works driver Nicki Thiim becoming a member of Lamborghini squad SSR Efficiency earlier this week. If the plans come to fruition, this is able to imply Thiim can be competing towards his employer subsequent 12 months.
There’s additionally a mysterious Honda mission that was initially introduced by Frizzi Arnold underneath the AiM GT banner in September. Nevertheless, Arnold is not believed to be concerned within the mission, with the successor workforce now working underneath the title of Euroteam Efficiency. JAS Efficiency, which offers help to Honda groups in Europe, can be prone to play a job within the programme.
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In all, the ADAC expects someplace between 24-28 vehicles to be current on the total 2024 grid, roughly according to this 12 months’s 27-car subject. Whereas this isn’t an not possible quantity to attain, it will require a number of new tasks to come back to fruition.
At current, no more than 20 vehicles are understood to be registered for the 2024 season.
Out of those, solely seven entries have formally been revealed to the general public. These are the 2 Crimson Bull-branded Audi vehicles that Abt Sportline revealed at Hockenheim, the 2 Manthey EMA Porsche entries, a pair of Lamborghini entered by SSR Efficiency, plus Grasser’s singler Huracan for Christian Engelhart.
Present producers set for lowered involvement?
There’s prone to be a decline within the variety of entries fielded by every producer in 2024.
It shouldn’t come as a shock that there might be a depleted subject of Audi R8 LMS GT3s within the DTM, because the Ingolstadt-based marque won’t be offering manufacturing unit help in GT racing from subsequent 12 months.
Nevertheless, even Mercedes, which beforehand had the most important presence of any model on the grid, has solely registered 4 vehicles to this point between Winward and HRT. Landgraf, which joined the DTM this 12 months with Maro Engel and Jusuf Owega, is but to lodge an entry.
Porsche, which was current with six vehicles in 2023, has solely two vehicles registered for subsequent 12 months, specifically the 2 Manthey EMA entries for reigning champion Thomas Preining and a yet-to-be-named alternative for Ford-bound Dennis Olsen.
The state of affairs at Porsche workforce Toksport WRT is unclear, very like Mercedes outfit Landgraf.
No more than three BMW M4 GT3s are anticipated in 2024, whereas a most of 4 Lamborghini Huracans may race within the DTM subsequent 12 months.
Other than that, there are additionally unanswered questions concerning groups which have already registered for 2024. In some circumstances, just one automobile has been named in the meanwhile, regardless that they wish to use two vehicles. Plus, Mercedes groups, amongst others, haven’t but registered any drivers, regardless that this was requested by the ADAC. Furthermore, not all entrants have paid the entry charge of 98,000 euros per automobile but.
With all related bosses from producers, groups and sponsors not prone to return to workplace till the center of January, it might take some time till earlier than the grid for the 2024 season is full.
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