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Originally Posted by Bcarr6
Very interesting to note that the DTM and GTWC Europe clash 4 times currently in 2022.
There's going to need to be a clear choice by the factories where to put their resources if that remains, as currently there is a pretty strong overlap in teams/drivers.
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SRO have always been quite bullish about clashing with other series. They avoid the big 24s and WEC, but are happy to clash with ELMS, IMSA and certainly any national series, which is very much how they will see the new DTM.
Partly this is just a little bit of arrogance (arguably earned), partly it’s just the impossibility of avoiding clashes and also I suspect an ambivalence about the presence of factory drivers and quasi-factory teams. Ratel is very consistent in wanting GT3 to be above all a customer-driven pro-am class. If DTM want to go down a factory, cost-spiral route I reckon he’s happy to let them do it.