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Auto123.com has discovered in Hockenheim that DTM officials are looking into strategies to further enhance the quality of the show ahead of the 2013 season.
Many ideas were brought to the table by experienced drivers. As we understand, three of them are being looked into at the moment, but only one will be put in place.
The first of these ideas is the "push-to-pass" button used in many different series, which increases the amount of RPMs available to a driver for a short period of time.
The second is an F1-style drag reduction system, commonly known as DRS.
And finally, also inspired from F1, the third idea is an 'option' tire. If Hankook was to offer each team two choices of rubber per weekend, as does Pirelli in Formula One, drivers would face the challenge of making both compounds - a soft and a hard one - work through the race.
ITR, the company in charge of the series is also looking into shuffling next season's calendar.
It seems Valencia is to be replaced by Barcelona, and Zandvoort dropped altogether from the schedule. No news yet on Brands Hatch, one of the least popular venue. Moscow apparently is now "almost" certainly on the 2013 calendar.
Furthermore, DTM insiders are getting excited about the series potentially going to Canada, at Montreal's circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. Octane's François Dumontier was adamant however, that the DTM's arrival was not yet for now: "It will not be in 2013," he said.
"Not before 2014."
Many ideas were brought to the table by experienced drivers. As we understand, three of them are being looked into at the moment, but only one will be put in place.
The first of these ideas is the "push-to-pass" button used in many different series, which increases the amount of RPMs available to a driver for a short period of time.
The second is an F1-style drag reduction system, commonly known as DRS.
And finally, also inspired from F1, the third idea is an 'option' tire. If Hankook was to offer each team two choices of rubber per weekend, as does Pirelli in Formula One, drivers would face the challenge of making both compounds - a soft and a hard one - work through the race.
ITR, the company in charge of the series is also looking into shuffling next season's calendar.
It seems Valencia is to be replaced by Barcelona, and Zandvoort dropped altogether from the schedule. No news yet on Brands Hatch, one of the least popular venue. Moscow apparently is now "almost" certainly on the 2013 calendar.
Furthermore, DTM insiders are getting excited about the series potentially going to Canada, at Montreal's circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. Octane's François Dumontier was adamant however, that the DTM's arrival was not yet for now: "It will not be in 2013," he said.
"Not before 2014."