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Organizers of the German DTM, Japanese Super GT and North American Grand-Am series have put together a new group to monitor the progressing unification of their three series, and also decided to postpone to 2017 the debuts of an American DTM championship.
The movement of unification between the three important racing series started in late 2012, when the Super GT agreed to start using the technical regulations of the DTM in 2014. Soon after, Grand-Am people were signing another cooperation deal to start a DTM championship in America.
But Grand-Am is set to merge with another American championship next year, the ALMS, and become the United SportsCar Racing series. An American DTM championship could be part of that same fold.
Initially, the debuts of this American DTM championship under a common regulation with DTM were planned for 2015-2016. But following the Norisring meeting, it has been announced that the new series will be launched in 2017 instead.
The delay is probably to give organizers time to convince American and Japanese constructors to join the new series alongside BMW, Audi and Mercedes.
And most recently, a new group called the "Steering Committee" was put together to regulate the progressing unification of the three series. Promoters of all three championships and representatives of all manufacturers involved were made part of this newly founded Steering Committee, which met for the first time at the Norisring, as part of the DTM race there.
The Steering Committee's job will also be to supervise the "Technical Working Group", which concentrates on the technical aspect of the unification.
The movement of unification between the three important racing series started in late 2012, when the Super GT agreed to start using the technical regulations of the DTM in 2014. Soon after, Grand-Am people were signing another cooperation deal to start a DTM championship in America.
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| The DTM championship (Photo: DTM.com) |
But Grand-Am is set to merge with another American championship next year, the ALMS, and become the United SportsCar Racing series. An American DTM championship could be part of that same fold.
Initially, the debuts of this American DTM championship under a common regulation with DTM were planned for 2015-2016. But following the Norisring meeting, it has been announced that the new series will be launched in 2017 instead.
The delay is probably to give organizers time to convince American and Japanese constructors to join the new series alongside BMW, Audi and Mercedes.
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| Super GT (Photo: Supergt.net) |
And most recently, a new group called the "Steering Committee" was put together to regulate the progressing unification of the three series. Promoters of all three championships and representatives of all manufacturers involved were made part of this newly founded Steering Committee, which met for the first time at the Norisring, as part of the DTM race there.
The Steering Committee's job will also be to supervise the "Technical Working Group", which concentrates on the technical aspect of the unification.
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| Grand-Am (Photo: Grand-Am.com) |