The DTM umbrella company ITR has agreed with the track operator Nürburgring GmbH on a new three-year contract from 2019.
Cologne (SID) – The Nürburgring remains an integral part of the DTM. This was announced by the ITR on Tuesday. The touring car series has been racing since 1984 on the traditional route in the Eifel .
“Without this traditional course, the DTM would be difficult to imagine,” said Frederic Elsner from the ITR, “we continue to rely on this continuous, successful cooperation.” Drivers, teams and also us as the DTM umbrella organization are always happy to be guests in the Eifel . “
“The race series has proven that it has an event concept that caters to the needs of motorsport fans,” said Mirco Markfort, managing director at the Nürburgring . The DTM had just stopped there a week ago. Here defending champion Rene Rast wrote in his Audi with two pole positions and two wins and a maximum of 56 possible points a small piece of DTM history.