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Originally Posted by S griffin
The DTM wasn’t great at the time
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What? It was probably one of the strongest fields in any touring car series in any year ever.
Ekstrom - DTM Champion
Tomczyk - DTM Champion
Kristensen - Le Mans Legend
McNish - F1 Driver / Le Mans Series Champion
Abt - Le Mans Podium Finisher
Kaffer - Le Mans Class Winner
Capello - 3x Le Mans Winner
Stippler - FIA GT Race Winner
Paffett - DTM Champion
Alesi - F1 Race Winner
Schneider - 4x DTM Champion
Hakkinen - 2x F1 Champion
Mucke - FIA WEC Class Race Winner
Margaritis - Well they can't all be winners
Spengler - DTM Champion
Green - DTM Runner-up & Euro F3 Champion
Fassler - 3x Le Mans Winner
Frentzen - F1 Race Winner
Aiello - DTM Champion, BTCC Champion & Le Mans Winner
Reuter - ITC Champion
Honestly it's probably one of the strongest fields of drivers ever assembled. I would argue it's overall strength in depth exceeded even Formula 1 that year.