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6 unusual facts about Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters


Coz I Can

In the summer of 2005, "Coz I Can" was picked as the official song for the German DTM's racing, and Ana performed live at the event.

Electric go-kart

Drivers from different auto racing series such as Formula 1, GP2 Series, WRC, DTM, IndyCar or kart racing got to compete using an indoor track specially built for the occasion at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy.

MK-Motorsport

MK-Motorsport was engaged as a team: 3rd total rank at the 24 hours race at Nürburgring out of 200 participants, sole victory of a completely private team against the work teams of BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Opel and Ford in the DTM.

Silhouette racing car

Notable racing classes where silhouette cars have been used include NASCAR, Group 5 Special Production Cars, Group B rallying and DTM.

Spiess Tuning

In addition, Spiess has worked on many different engines with motor racing applications, including a 4.0 litre V8 for use in the DTM Opel Vectra.

Uphall

Paul di Resta, the DTM champion 2010, and Formula One race driver in 2011 with the Force India F1 Team was born in Uphall on April 16, 1986.


2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China

The 2004 DTM race around the streets of Pudong in Shanghai was hampered by crashes due to manhole covers becoming undone; the 2005 Chinese Grand Prix on the Shanghai International Circuit was interrupted when the safety car had to be deployed when a water runoff drain became open.

Chris Dyer

-- Dyer being aged 35 in 2003 is consistent with him being born in 1968 --> is the chief engineer of BMW's DTM programme and the former race engineer of Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen at the Ferrari Formula One team.

Prodrive F1

The same article also referenced Gary Paffett for a race drive citing his "one year" contract in DTM and with McLaren as a test driver.


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