Italian race for DTM in 2003.
The DMSB [Deutscher Motor Sport Bund e.V.] and the ITR [Internationale Tourenwagen Rennen e.V.] have today announced the 2003 DTM calendar. As in 2002, the calendar includes ten rounds, six of them in Germany and four abroad.
The DMSB [Deutscher Motor Sport Bund e.V.] and the ITR [Internationale Tourenwagen Rennen e.V.] have today announced the 2003 DTM calendar. As in 2002, the calendar includes ten rounds, six of them in Germany and four abroad.
"We are happy that we have finalised the calendar for 2003 together with our partners at this stage already," says ITR-chairman Hans Werner Aufrecht. "We are proud that many more organisers both in Germany and abroad were trying to get a DTM-race, which shows the great appeal of the DTM. However, for the moment, we wanted to stuck to the total number of ten rounds."
As is now traditional, the opening and closong rounds of the 2003 season will take place at the Hockenheimring Grand Prix track. The traditional venue of the N?rburgring is also featuring twice on the calendar using the short circuit lay-out.
In addition, the DTM will be racing at the Norisring in Nuremberg and at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz. Outside of Germany, the DTM will once again be racing at the A1-Ring in Austria, at Donington Park in the UK and at Zandvoort in the Netherlands. Both in Austria and in the Netherlands, a recent strong rise in spectator figures proved the international popularity of the DTM. A new venue on the calendar is the Adria International Raceway near Venice in Italy.
2003 Schedule*:
April 27Hockenheimring
May 11Adria International Raceway, Italy
May 25N?rburgring
June 8EuroSpeedway Lausitz
June 22Norisring
July 27 Donington Park, UK**
August 17N?rburgring
Sept. 7A1-Ring, Austria
Sept. 21Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Oct. 5Hockenheimring
* subject to FIA-approval
** subject to agreement with the organisers
