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GTA Co., Ltd announced on March 29th the event name, dates and venue for the coming joint motorsport event of Germany’s Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) and Japan’s SUPER GT.
The holding of this event was announced in June of last year at a joint press conference by representatives of Internationalen Tourenwagen Rennen e.V (ITR) and GTA held on the occasion of the DTM Norisring race. At the conference, IRT Chairman Gerhard Berger and GTA Chairman Masaaki Bandoh released information about the complete Technical Regulation for the newly created “CLASS 1” for competition between DTM and SUPER GT cars (Photo above).
The promotor of the SUPER GT announced also that the finalization of plans to have one car each of Toyota (Lexus), Honda and Nissan of the SUPER GT GT500 class will compete in the final round (Round 9 at Hockenheimring) of this year’s DTM series in Germany.
Outline of the 2019 DTM and SUPER GT joint race event
| Event Name : | SUPER GT/DTM Special Exchange Race | (Main event name) |
| First Joint Japan-Europe 6-Make Race Event in History | (Sub-event name) | |
| Be Witness to the First Step in Japan-Europe Race Unification! | (Promotional copy) | |
| Dates : | Nov. 23 (Sat.), Nov. 24 (Sun.) | |
| Venue : | Fuji International Speedway |
* Detailed information about the event including the cars to compete, the race schedule and race format, etc., will be announced at a later date.
ITR Chairman Gerhard Berger’s Comment
“I'm delighted that we've taken a major step in regards to the planned joint event of SUPER GT and DTM. This is another milestone in the partnership of both series promoters, GTA and ITR. I would like to thank GTA Chairman Masaaki Bandoh as well as the organization of the Fuji Speedway for their work so far. Fuji is a world-famous, modern racetrack – a worthy venue for a spectacle with racecars from SUPER GT and DTM.”
GTA Chairman Masaaki Bandoh’s Comment
“I am happy to see that the DTM and SUPER GT joint race event will now become a reality. I would like to thank ITR Chairman Gerhard Berger and all involved in making this event possible. I also thank Fuji Speedway for working positively with us. Although Mercedes Benz, has withdrawn from the DTM series, we are happy to say that Austin Martin has now joined us, so we still have six participating automakers from Japan and Europe.”
2019 DTM cars (test session photos)
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Audi RS 5 DTM |
BMW M4 DTM |
Aston Martin Vantage DTM |
2019 SUPER GT GT500 cars (from official tests at Okayama)
| 4/13-14 | Round1 OKAYAMA | |
| 5/03-04 | Round2 FUJI | |
| 6/01-02 | Round3 SUZUKA | |
| 8/03-04 | Round4 FUJI | |
| 9/21-22 | Round6 SUGO | |
| 10/19-20 | Round7 AUTOPOLIS | |
| 11/02-03 | Round8 MOTEGI | |
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12/07-08 | Round5 SUZUKA |
