Bojan Vrbnjak
Austrian started with a policy where he mentioned that they will standing starts in the 2021 season past. “We’re still working on the details, trying to learn about what teams need, what’s important to them. And what do we need for good motorsport,Says the former racer Formula 1.
"I don’t want to go into details before we get everything under one roof, but I can betray now that we’ll have flying starts.”And who will be all present in the series? Information material it is expected to require more than 40 teams. "This would mean that we would need pre-qualifications,”He joked Berger.
"We'll see who's really around then. We know there are barriers like a coronavirus pandemic." In the meantime 13 manufacturers manufactures GT3 race cars and could be under the policy GT-Plus performed in the DTM series. Berger he also confirmed the first names and mentions among them return of Mercedes in the DTM.
It's about manufacturers Berger said: “Audi will be next door with at least four race cars. BMW will also be present, but with a time delay, because their M4 will be homologated only later. Maybe there will be another team still racing with the M6. And I strongly reckon that Mercedes will be there as well. There’s also a close exchange with Aston Martin, Ferrari and others I don’t remember at the moment. I would say that in four weeks we will be able to talk about this topic more concretely."
Berger points out that he is surprised by the huge interest in the policy GT-Plus. Nevertheless, he does not want to bury the current rules yet Class-1. "At the moment, we are focusing on the new policy, but we are not giving up the Class-1 policy yet. We are not that far yet and on top of that it is a very good rule."
DTM race on the Nordschleife?
With the new policy, it could be Berger also made dreams come true: DTM on the Nordschleife. "I’ve been working on this idea ever since I started working at DTM. With the Class-1 race cars, this was not technically possible. Now with the GT-Plus there may be a certain option. There are many aspects to consider here, but to have a race on the Nordschleife, that would be my heart 300 per hour," so Berger. And if the coronavirus pandemic series DTM will not cross plans, this German series could return to 2021 as well norisring in Nuremberg.
