DTM 2026: Full 21-car entry list

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Following the tip of the registration deadline on 31 March, the DTM has introduced the total entry listing for its 2026 season. A complete of 21 automobiles from eight producers will take to the monitor this 12 months.

For comparability, there have been 24 automobiles from 9 producers within the sequence final 12 months.

“The standard of the DTM driver line-up is large, and drivers from eleven nations underscore the sequence’ excessive worldwide relevance,” mentioned ADAC Motorsport director Thomas Voss with satisfaction.

“We’re trying ahead to 3 former champions, stars like Timo Glock, the comeback of Kelvin van der Linde, top-tier newcomers, and the thrilling debut of Highway to DTM winner Finn Wiebelhaus, who has made the leap to the DTM.”

Why there are fewer automobiles and producers on the grid in 2026

Regardless of the lack of three automobiles and one producer in comparison with 2025, the DTM subject has confirmed to be extraordinarily secure: With the Land workforce switching manufacturers to Porsche, Audi is disappearing from the DTM — no less than on a full-season foundation. Nonetheless, visitor begins are nonetheless potential, in response to info by Motorsport.com’s sister title Motorsport-Whole.com.

As well as, the DTM is dropping one workforce with the departure of Maximilian Paul’s family-run squad, with Paul himself becoming a member of Grasser. This is because of the truth that Paul Motorsport workforce is not going to obtain a brand new Lamborghini Temerario, and the producer doesn’t intend to proceed fielding the previous-generation Huracan within the DTM.

Can we anticipate extra automobiles?

Along with the Paul Lamborghini, the third automobiles from Manthey (Morris Schuring) and the Emil Frey Workforce (Ben Green) may also not be seen in 2026. There has additionally been no information concerning a second Land-Porsche, both. Though the ADAC reserves the proper to just accept entries after the deadline, it doesn’t look as if Bastian Buus may have a team-mate in 2026.

There may also be departures among the many drivers in 2026: Three-time champion Rene Rast, like Jack Aitken, is specializing in prototypes this 12 months, that means the DTM is dropping a star driver.

Champion Ayhancan Guven, who is not going to defend his title within the Manthey Porsche, is leaving the DTM as he prepares for his transfer to Formulation E. Additional Grasser Lamborghini’s rising star Jordan Pepper should additionally take no less than a brief break from the DTM following his swap to BMW.

In return, South African Kelvin van der Linde, who fought for the title within the Abt Audi in 2021 and 2024, is returning to the sequence after a one-year hiatus with a transfer to BMW. The sector can as soon as once more be thought of top-tier, even when drivers like rookie Matteo Cairoli, who’s changing Aitken within the Emil Frey Ferrari, are usually not but huge names outdoors the GT3 scene.

Three former champions on the grid

With Thomas Preining, Mirko Bortolotti, and Marco Wittmann, three former champions are additionally on the grid and trying to make one other run on the title. And Timo Glock, presently probably the most distinguished DTM driver, is making an attempt his luck as soon as once more following his comeback final 12 months within the Dorr McLaren.

Glock is one in all eleven DTM race winners within the subject — and, at 44, the oldest driver competing. The youngest is just not 20-year-old Finn Wiebelhaus, who’s the primary “Highway to DTM” winner from the ADAC GT Masters to maneuver as much as the DTM with the Ford HRT workforce, however quite Landgraf Mercedes teen Tom Kalender, who celebrated his 18th birthday 5 days in the past.