The 2025 DTM will see 24 drivers from 12 different countries aboard cars representing none GT3 brands.
Aston Martin, Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Ford, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes-AMG and Porsche will do battle across eight race weekends with a total of 16 races in three countries.
The new season kicks off from 25th to 27th April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.
Strength In Depth In Drivers, Cars And Teams
The 2025 field features four DTM champions and twelve DTM race winners.
Reigning champion Mirko Bortolotti has switched team and has his sights set on defending the title with Abt Sportsline in a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2. “As champion, I come into the new season with the best feeling you can possibly have. Abt Sportsline has always been right up there in the DTM in recent years. We want to push hard together,” says Bortolotti.
His rivals include two former champions: René Rast and Marco Wittmann from Schubert Motorsport who start in two brand-new BMW M4 GT3 Evos as well as 2023 Champion Thomas Preining who will campaign a Manthey EMA Porsche.
Timo Glock is making his DTM comeback this year. The former Formula 1 driver lines up in a McLaren 720S GT3 Evo for Dörr Motorsport. “I have been travelling around the world as a racing driver for 25 years, I love the adrenalin and still feel passionate about the sport. I see my challenge as being to help Dörr Motorsport progress in one of the strongest racing series in the world,” says Glock.
Maro Engel is planning another assault on the title. The man who finished third last year comes into his ninth DTM season with Mercedes-AMG Team Winward.
The addition of Aston Martin and Ford sees the field has grow to nine GT3 manufacturers – more than there has been in the DTM since the 1987 season. HRT Ford Performance lines up with two Mustang GT3. In the cockpit of the two cars from the USA will be Ford works driver Arjun Maini and Switzerland’s Fabio Scherer, whose CV includes a Le Mans victory in the LMP2 class.
Comtoyou Racing is new to the series. The Belgian team is responsible for the DTM debut of the Aston Martin Vantage GT3 and has turned to two compatriots in Nicolas Baert and Gilles Magnus.
Another newcomer is Land-Motorsport, for whom Swiss driver Ricardo Feller, a two-time race winner in the DTM, will be at the wheel of the Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2.
Sunday Races To Feature Two Mandatory Stops
Each Sunday race will see the teams undertake two mandatory pit stops, the “performance pit stop” long a feature of the DTM. The Saturday race continues to feature just one stop.
All 16 races will last 55 minutes plus one lap. Should the Safety Car make an appearance, the race distance can be extended by a maximum two joker laps.
New Synthetic Fuel
“With the strong field and a wide variety of manufacturers, everything is in place to make it an exciting DTM season,” says Dr. Gerd Ennser, ADAC Sport President, ahead of the third DTM season under the umbrella of the ADAC. “We are also continuing on the path we have embarked upon to achieve sustainable and future-oriented structures in the DTM. With the ‘DTM Pro Climate’ fuel from our partner Coryton, we are introducing a new climate-friendly and synthetic fuel that reduces CO₂ emissions.”
The new slicks from partner Pirelli – the P Zero DHG also contains an FSC-certified natural rubber component.
TV and Streaming
ProSieben and Joyn are once again TV and streaming partner of the DTM in 2025. The broadcaster will show all of the season’s races live and in full on free-to-air television, as well as streaming them on Joyn. The races and qualifying can also be seen in a livestream on ran.de and the @DTM YouTube channel. The DTM is broadcast live or replayed in full in over 150 territories around the world. Fans can find even more information on the DTM in the official DTM app, which is available free of charge in app stores.
Support Programme
As well as the ADAC GT Masters, ADAC GT4 Germany and the Prototype Cup Germany, the Porsche Sixt Carrera Cup Deutschland will also feature regularly on the programme. Spectators will also enjoy a fully-electric racing series, in the form of the NXT Gen Cup. Over the course of the season, the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux and Formula Regional Championship powered by Alpine will also make guest appearances.
Starter list for the 2025 DTM
- #1 Mirko Bortolotti (I/Abt Sportsline), Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2
- #2 Nicki Thiim (DK/Abt Sportsline), Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2
- #7 Gilles Magnus (B/Comtoyou Racing), Aston Martin Vantage GT3
- #8 Nicolas Baert (B/Comtoyou Racing), Aston Martin Vantage GT3
- #10 Ben Green (GB/Emil Frey Racing), Ferrari 296 GT3
- #11 Marco Wittmann (D/Schubert Motorsport), BMW M4 GT3 Evo
- #14 Jack Aitken (GB/Emil Frey Racing), Ferrari 296 GT3
- #16 Timo Glock (D/Dörr Motorsport), McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
- #19 Luca Engstler (D/TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT), Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2
- #22 Lucas Auer (A/Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf), Mercedes-AMG GT3
- #24 Maro Engel (D/Mercedes-AMG Team Winward), Mercedes-AMG GT3
- #25 Ben Dörr (D/Dörr Motorsport), McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
- #29 Ricardo Feller (CH/Land-Motorsport), Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo2
- #33 René Rast (D/Schubert Motorsport), BMW M4 GT3 Evo
- #36 Arjun Maini (IND/HRT Ford Performance), Ford Mustang GT3
- #48 Jules Gounon (F/Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter), Mercedes-AMG GT3
- #63 Jordan Pepper (ZA/TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT), Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2
- #64 Fabio Scherer (CH/HRT Ford Performance), Ford Mustang GT3
- #69 Thierry Vermeulen (NL/Emil Frey Racing), Ferrari 296 GT3
- #71 Maximilian Paul (D/Paul Motorsport), Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo2
- #84 Tom Kalender (D/Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf), Mercedes-AMG GT3
- #90 Ayhancan Güven (TR/Manthey EMA), Porsche 911 GT3 R
- #91 Thomas Preining (A/Manthey EMA), Porsche 911 GT3 R
- #92 Morris Schuring (NL/Manthey Junior Team), Porsche 911 GT3 R
