Back to the Future
Question-marks over the long-term survival of the DTM never disappear for long and the series is still looking for a third manufacturer to replace Opel. Glenn Freeman investigates the strength of the series ahead of this weekend's UK round at Brands Hatch
Very few people outside of the DTM seem to have confidence in the series' long-term future. Some say that without a third manufacturer it can't survive, and others believe that sooner or later at least one of the current manufacturers involved will decide it has had enough, and the journey will be over.
Of course, a collapse wouldn't be the first for the hi-tech touring car series. In the mid-90s, over expansion and ridiculously complicated cars led to the death of the series at the end of 1996. A new low-cost version came back in 2000, and eight years on its still here.
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