DTM to make Russian debut in 2013

The DTM will visit Russia for the first time in 2013 after confirming a date at Moscow Raceway.

The Moscow event will be the seventh of 2012 on the expanded 11-round calendar revealed on Tuesday.

“For DTM, the race in Moscow is an important step on the way to breaking into new markets,” says Hans Werner Aufrecht, chairman of DTM organiser the ITR.

“For the series and our manufacturers – Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz – racing in a country such as Russia represents a big chance of presenting themselves internationally in front of a new crowd.”

Eight of the nine venues that hosted points-paying events this year remain on the calendar.

The one 2012 circuit missing is Valencia, which had been expected to lose the rights to host the Spanish round to Barcelona.

Currently the September 29 date has been left blank, with a venue – possibly outside of Spain – to be confirmed at a later date.

The non-championship ‘show’ event, which has been held at Munich’s Olympic Stadium, has been dropped because the series’ aim of making the event a championship round has failed.

Aufrecht said that no method of ensuring “complete parity on a parallel circuit” could be found.

2013 DTM calendar:
 
5th May         Hockenheim (D)
 19th May        Brands Hatch (GB)
 2nd June        Spielberg (A)
 16th June       Lausitzring (D)
 7th July        Norisring (D)
 21st July       Zandvoort (NL)
 4th August      Moscow (RUS)
 18th August     Nurburgring (D)
 15th September  Oschersleben (D)
 29th September  TBA
 20th October    Hockenheim (D)
 

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/miscellaneous/dtm/dtm-to-make-russian-debut-in-2013

Billy Garrett Jo Gartner Tony Gaze Geki Olivier Gendebien