[Luke Smith] Audi confirms this would possibly possibly well stop DTM after the 2020 season “in light of the industrial challenges attributable to the corona pandemic”

Neatly, that’s it I announce.

Shame, DTM had with out a doubt one of many finest racing accessible, largely a results of the foundations – other series would possibly possibly well per chance in actuality study from them.

Talking about studying some takeaways I look from the series death:

-heading within the apt route action would now not elevate in crowds. It helps, but you wish one thing else too, devour the royalty of F1 or the novelty of FE. People merely establish no longer care about drivers stopping it out in identical machinery – if they did, DTM would be one the extra in vogue motor sports actions accessible.

-having a wager on interior combustion is a gargantuan, gargantuan mistake. “Elevate abet V10s” and query Honda Renault and Merc all leave.

-the extra influential producers are, the extra trouble the game is in, if no longer on the present time, then tomorrow to come. DTM feeble to admire privateers too, hell, Audi most attention-grabbing entered after Abt breaking blueprint, running their automobiles. Now, a producer leaving basically makes it think devour the total sport is performed – even before, when Merc left, they took six automobiles away from an 18 automotive grid. Here is where F1 is heading with “buyer groups” too.