DTM Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft / Masters

The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a touring car series sanctioned by DMSB and ITR who have been affiliated to the FIA since 1976 and 2003 respectively. The series is based in Germany, but also with rounds elsewhere in Europe, and races a silhouette racing car based on a mass-produced road car. From 2000 onwards, this new DTM continued the former Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German Touring Car Championship) and ITC (International Touring Car Championship) which had been discontinued after 1996 due to high costs.