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With the DTM grid is kind of curious, ADAC was adamant the interest is enormous and there was a talk of some teams being barred from joining the DTM because of lack of space on the grid as well as lack of quality ADAC needs for the DTM.
ADAC has also said they're happy with the registration process for DTM and given their goal is around 26-28 cars there's no reason not to believe in what they're saying.
However, putting some bits and pieces together there's a feeling there might not be actually as many teams as previously thought.
DTM under ADAC is not as affordable as some thought and assuming 4 cars per manufacturer, we have a small-ish grid given it's unlikely there are manufacturers other than Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Lambo, Porsche and maybe Ferrari thrown in the mix.
As for the GTWC Vs DTM thing I fully agree, DTM is German but still international so with GTWC and DTM we have top international GT3 championships and the difference between them is rather small. Would be a great idea if GTWC focused more on endurance racing while DTM on 'sprint touring car-ish' one given they're already unique in the one-driver-per-car format.
Well, at the end, ADAC was so critical of Berger when he went for GT3 but now it's them who run the GT3 DTM so the ball is in their court now to show this can work well.
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