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Old 7 Feb 2016, 18:02 (Ref:3612812)   #76
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Mercedes have been making pessimistic noises about the amount of cash needed to put Wehrlein in at Manor. I really hope it happens, but I'm not crossing my fingers.
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Old 10 Feb 2016, 10:41 (Ref:3613609)   #77
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So Wehrlein is now off at Manor.

According to spanish journo, Juncadella will take his seat while Ocon will take the Mercedes Petronas C Class at Mucke.
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Old 10 Feb 2016, 13:16 (Ref:3613646)   #78
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It's a pity that the only guy, who could have been sort of marketed as the next German DTM star (Given how the DTM has failed to market their prior German champions) is now leaving for Formula 1 and gets replaced by a talented, but ultimately unknown driver, who doesn't provide much interest for the German public. A shame
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Old 18 Feb 2016, 14:09 (Ref:3615737)   #79
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Interesting driver's pairing.

Juncadella and Gotz promoted to HWA.

Vietoris and Auer at Mucke.

I wonder how much Mucke will benefit from those moves.

Art Grand Prix might be the dark horse....
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Old 20 Feb 2016, 12:17 (Ref:3616243)   #80
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Ossi Oikarinen leave Team Rosberg (DTM) Technical director the job.
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Interesting driver's pairing.

Juncadella and Gotz promoted to HWA.

Vietoris and Auer at Mucke.

I wonder how much Mucke will benefit from those moves.

Art Grand Prix might be the dark horse....

I really see little in Gotz or Auer.

Mucke will hope Christian can bring Auer along some
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Old 20 Feb 2016, 20:30 (Ref:3616337)   #82
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I really see little in Gotz or Auer.

Mucke will hope Christian can bring Auer along some
Gotz had a dreadful first part of season but came alive from Red Bull Rng onwards considering he was running with the weakest Mercedes team.

Lucas did set a pole but falied on his promise.

They were not as good as Blomqvist but they deserved a second shot.

Also the Mercedes was not the best car quite clearly.
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Old 20 Feb 2016, 20:51 (Ref:3616342)   #83
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Götz deserves another crack given he's won the GT Masters and the BSS.
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Old 26 Feb 2016, 22:58 (Ref:3618125)   #84
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Götz deserves another crack given he's won the GT Masters and the BSS.

+1

Does anyone know why Maxi Buhk was never given a shot?
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Old 27 Feb 2016, 16:57 (Ref:3618259)   #85
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Felix Rosenqvist to be Mercedes reserve, as well as driving GTs.
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Old 27 Feb 2016, 17:41 (Ref:3618266)   #86
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Does anyone know why Maxi Buhk was never given a shot?
I wonder myself also.

But maybe the answer is simple: Gotz has Mercedes links, Buhk has not.
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Old 28 Feb 2016, 10:36 (Ref:3618375)   #87
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I wonder myself also.

But maybe the answer is simple: Gotz has Mercedes links, Buhk has not.

Buhk won the Blancpain series same as Gotz, but then went down the Bentley route instead I guess.

I'd rather see him in GT personally
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Probably he went with HTP Motorsport to Bentley because he had no contract with Mercedes. Also because Buhk is much younger than Gotz it's a bit strange Mercedes went for Gotz.
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Old 4 Apr 2016, 14:35 (Ref:3630258)   #90
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Both Mercedes Mucke cars will carry BWT sponsoring.

Good news for DTM in general, more sponsors money involved, less manufacturers money in.
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Even though more money and sponsorship is pouring in, DTM is still stale as German manufacturers only race there to groom their drivers, especially F1 prospects.
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Old 22 Aug 2016, 12:15 (Ref:3666997)   #93
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Japanese Autosport web reports the rumor that DTM manufacturers and ITR want to decrease its participation car number from 8 cars to 6 cars due to cost reduction.
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That would be fine if another manufacturer came in - but if there is no additional manufacturer then dropping the grid size is not good for the series - you need 20+ cars on the grid to maintain the spectacle.
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Unless and until DTM and Super GT align, it's difficult to see another manufacturer joining the DTM circus. Unless GM can be tempted back...
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There was confirmation on Motorsport-Total that BMW will reduce to 6 cars for next season. They're unhappy that the DTM regulations are still only a national platform which is why they'll join the WEC in 2019.

Not sure about the other manufacturers though. In its current state, I can't see any other join the series either, so a reduction of all manufacturers to six cars would put some doubt over the series' future.
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Old 9 Sep 2016, 15:00 (Ref:3671257)   #98
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Bit of an odd decision, as he'll only be 35 next year, which is hardly ancient for tin-tops. Still, good to see another pro driver chasing a career in GTs.
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Since he joined BMW, Tomczyk's performances have been lackluster. He hasn't won a single race in 5 years. I am not sure if BMW would have kept him for next year anyway, when they have to drop 2 drivers.
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Yep

Better voluntary step down to GT3 but still factory driver than totally removed from BMW's program.
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