All Stories DTM

All set for BMW second year in the popular touring car series, following the brand’s successful return after an absence of 20 years.

Test phase finished, the season can start in May at Hockenheim

The most important changers in the regulations for 2013: DRS, Option tires, Pit stop window, Qualifying, and Parc fermé.

Fantastic appearance in the BMW Welt.

The second day of the four day test on the 2.977 Circuit de Catalunya a Mercedes driver again on the top of the timesheets.

The DTM teams also test the DRS (Drag Reduction System), allowing the drivers to open a rear-wing flap and temporarily increase their top speed, this way.

DTM’s exclusive tyre partner Hankook will take an option tyre to the Spanish metropolis that will offer the driver the opportunity to set clearly faster times, for some laps.

The BMW M1 will also trigger memories of spectacular motor sport success for the brand as it returns to the track as the touring car’s “race taxi” partner.

Former Renault 'crash-gate' conspirator Pat Symonds was allowed to return to Formula One last year, and now he is with the Marussia team.

Driver/team pairings for 2013 announced by BMW to take on the challenge of earning their second-consecutive championship this year.

Tenth place is lucrative in F1's constructors' world championship, because teams finishing lower miss out on crucial benefits as set out in the governing Concorde Agreement.

BMW signed Timo Glock as their eighth driver for the 2013 season as they aim to repeat their 2012 championship in the German Touring Car Masters (DTM) series. Glock tested with the manufacturer in Valencia.

After testing a BWM at Valencia on Wednesday, Timo Glock would be delighted if he could find a DTM ride.

While Timo Glock prepares for a DTM test, the focus shifts to which F1 driver will take the German's seat at Marussia. Apparently not Vitaly Petrov.

Just prior to the 2012 holidays in December, Timo Glock was very positive on the future of Marussia when they hired Pat Symonds. Now it appears that Glock will be leaving the team.