The 2015 DTM season is almost upon us and will be some of the best touring car racing on the planet! If you're like me, you are super excited to get the DTM rolling once more. In anticipation, I've tried to compile as much helpful information and links for you and I to refer to. Feel free to add anything here to this thread pertaining to the leadup to the new season!
First up will be testing in Portimao for all 3 teams this week and then the last testing at Estoril on March 25th - 29th
"The official teams of Audi, BMW and Mercedes that will participate in April the first race of the DTM championship in Hockenheim, Germany, are since the beginning of this week testing at the Estoril Circuit.
Estoril was chosen because it is the circuit that provides to technicians and engineers the best feed back for immediate evaluation and more accurate responses to the demanding conditions to which the cars are subjected.
A total of 250 people, including pilots, engineers, technicians, support teams will be this month in Estoril in a series of tests that mark the debut of the BMW in direct confrontation with the Audi and Mercedes, old DTM fighters.
Access to the Estoril Circuit is closed to the public by enforcement of trademarks.
Remember that among the drivers testing at Estoril's Filipe Albuquerque, the Portuguese driver that integrates the official pictures of Audi Sport Team Rosberg."
IMPORTANT THREADS PERTAINING TO DTM AND '15
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1086771
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1091885
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1066186
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1067298
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1064453
DTM and Super GT create Class One:
http://www.motorsport.com/dtm/news/d...ate-class-one/
2015 Schedule:
May 02-03 Hockenheimring, Germany
May 30-31 EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Germany
Jun 27-28 Norisring, Germany
Jul 11-12 Zandvoort, Netherlands
Aug 01-02 Red Bull Ring, Austria
Aug 29-30 Moscow Raceway, Russia
Sep 12-13 Oschersleben, Germany
Sep 26-27 Nurburgring, Germany
Oct 17-18 Hockenheimring, Germany
DTM Goes Back to 2-Race Format:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117019
It will be the first time since 2002 that the DTM will use a two-race format.
The calendar will feature nine events for a total of 18 races
2015 DTM entry list with their new PERMANENT numbers:
1 Marco Wittmann Germany RMG BMW
2 Gary Paffett Great Britain ART Mercedes
3 Paul di Resta GReat Britain HWA Mercedes
5 Mattias Ekstrom Sweden Abt Audi
6 Robert Wickens Canada HWA Mercedes
7 Bruno Spengler Canada MTEK BMW
8 Christian Vietoris Germany HWA Mercedes
10 Timo Scheider Germany Phoenix Audi
12 Daniel Juncadella Spain Mucke Mercedes
13 Antonio Felix da Costa Portugal Schnitzer BMW
16 Timo Glock Germany MTEK BMW
17 Miguel Molina Spain Abt Audi
18 Augusto Farfus Brazil RBM BMW
22 Lucas Auer Austria ART Mercedes
27 Adrien Tambay France Abt Audi
31 Tom Blomqvist Great Britain RBM BMW
36 Maxime Martin Belgium RMG BMW
48 Edoardo Mortara Italy Abt Audi
51 Nico Muller Switzerland Rosberg Audi
53 Jamie Green Great Britain Rosberg Audi
77 Martin Tomczyk Germany Schnitzer BMW
84 Maximilian Gotz Germany Mucke Mercedes
94 Pascal Wehrlein Germany HWA Mercedes
99 Mike Rockenfeller Germany Phoenix Audi
BMW Team Pairings:
Team RMG: Marco Wittmann, Maxime Martin
Team RBM: Augusto Farfus, Tom Blomqvist
Team MTEK: Bruno Spengler, Timo Glock
Schnitzer: Martin Tomczyk, Antonio Felix da Costa
Audi Team Pairings
Audi Team Abt Sportsline: Mattias Ekstrom, Miguel Molina, Edoardo Mortara and Adrien Tambay.
Audi Team Rosberg - Jamie Green and Nico Mller
Audi Team Phoenix - Timo Scheider and Mike Rockenfeller
Mercedes-Benz Team Pairings
ART Grand Prix: Gary Paffett, Lucas Auer
HWA AG: Paul Di Resta, Robert Wickens
HWA AG: Christian Vietoris, Pascal Wehrlein
Mcke Motorsport: Daniel Juncadella, Maximilian Gtz
Network TV Press ReleasesCBS Sports Network Announces 2015 Torque.TV Programming Schedule
Written By Amanda Kondolojy
February 10th, 2015
Via press release:
CBS SPORTS NETWORK ANNOUNCES 2015 TORQUE.TV
PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE
CBS Sports Network to Exclusively Air Top Motorsports Events Including
Pirelli World Challenge, DTM Racing Series and MotoAmerica
CBS Sports Network’s 2015 Torque.TV motorsports event programming schedule features some of the best international and domestic two- and four-wheel racing action from North America and around the world. The schedule debuts on Saturday, March 14 with the Pirelli World Challenge from Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Throughout the year, CBS Sports Network will feature more than 130 hours of Torque.TV programming. Series featured include the Pirelli World Challenge; British Touring Car Championship; DTM Racing Series; Blancpain GT Championship; MotoAmerica; V8 Supercars; Bike Road Racing Series; SKUSA Superkarts; North American Endurocross; and Offshore Powerboat Grand Prix.
The Torque.TV schedule adds to CBS Sports Network’s already robust lineup of motorsports programming, which includes almost 400 hours of coverage throughout the year.
AUDI NEWS
http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/Audi-...oject-20150219
RS5 DTM TO BE UNVEILED
The first new Audi RS 5 DTM, sporting the 2015 livery, will be unveiled by on March 19. The subsequent official DTM tests at Estoril, Portugal (March 25-27) will see the Green, Molina, Rockenfeller and Tambay on track. The tests at Oschersleben, Germany from April 14-16, will see the RS 5 DTM cars of Ekstrom, Mortara, Mller and Scheider on track.
For the first time, teams are assembling the eight race cars for the 2015 season based on the 2014 monocoque and components at the new Competence Center Motorsport in Neuburg. It takes two weeks to complete an RS 5 DTM consisting of 4000 parts. Following the tests at Estoril and Oschersleben, teams will prepare cars in Kempten, Meuspath and Neustadt for the season opener at Hockenheim.
Mercedes-Benz approach 2015 DTM campaign with renewed vigour
http://www.dtm.com/en/News/Mercedes-...ed-vigour.html
DTM to kick the new season off with a top-class event
From 30th April to 03rd May, DTM is going flat out, for the motor-racing enthusiasts, by providing them a very special event as season opener. The race meeting at the Hockenheimring Baden-Wrttemberg will not only represent the debut of the new racing format for the 2015 season, featuring two championship rounds per race weekend but in addition, the DTM support programme also will comprise another spectacular highlight: a championship round of the spectacular race series ‘FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy’ (World RX). Following successful negotiations between WRX promoter IMG and DTM rights holder and promoter ITR, the FIA World Motor Sport Council opted for adding the Hockenheim DTM meeting to the World Rallycross Championship calendar.
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Six events as part of the DTM
24 cars, six events, twelve races*: These are the basic facts of the Audi Sport TT Cup that will enhance the DTM supporting program from 2015 on. The Audi Sport TT Cup will participate in a total of six DTM events in Germany and neighboring countries in 2015. Two 30-minute races are planned at each event. The driving time, including free practice and qualifying, will be more than two hours per weekend.
Audi Sport TT Cup 2015 calendar
May 01-03 Hockenheim (D)
June 26-28 Norisring (D)
Jul31 - Aug 02 Red Bull Ring (A);
Sep 11 - 13 Oschersleben (D)
Sep 25 - 27 Nrburgring (D);
Oct 16 - 18 Hockenheim (D)
Audi TT: Combined fuel consumption in l/100 km: 7.5&#8211;4.2; Combined CO2 emissions in g/km: 174&#8211;110; Audi TTS: Combined fuel consumption in l/100 km: 7.5&#8211;6.9;
Combined CO2 emissions in g/km: 174&#8211;159