The opening race on the north-east German venue on 25 Might falls on the identical day as the 2 semi-finals for the Ice Hockey World Championship, that are additionally being broadcast by DTM’s German broadcast accomplice ProSieben.
As such, a choice has been made to deviate from the DTM’s customary 1:30pm kick-off time, with the beginning of the race pushed again till 5pm.
Because of this the primary Lausitzring race can now be proven in full within the DTM’s residence market in Germany, bookended by the 2 semi-final ice hockey matches happening simply throughout the border within the Czech Republic.
“We had been on the lookout for an answer as a result of there’s a conflict with the Ice Hockey World Championship on the Lausitzring on Saturday,” defined Alexander Wolffing, Head of Service at ProSieben’s on-line service Ran.
“That might have simply clashed with the DTM race if we had stored the traditional instances. That is why we’ll begin the DTM race on Saturday at 5pm, instantly after the [first] ice hockey semi-final.
“In fact, we hope that the German staff shall be within the semi-final, similar to final 12 months, and that we are able to increase the DTM with the corresponding protection.
“We are going to broadcast qualifying dwell on ProSieben within the regular slot [of the DTM race] at 13:30.”
The second race of the weekend will happen as scheduled on Sunday, 26 Might, at 1:30pm, following qualifying earlier within the morning.
Nonetheless, this might pose a serious problem to the groups, with the window between the primary race on Saturday night and qualifying on Sunday morning shortened by a number of hours.
This implies within the occasion of a mechanical drawback or a crash within the opening race, mechanics might have to drag in an all-nighter with the intention to get their vehicles prepared for the second leg of the weekend.
It’s why the groups are lobbying the ADAC, the promoter of the championship, to make additional modifications to the schedule.
“We introduced this [the Lausitzring schedule] on the staff supervisor assembly and everybody can dwell with it,” ADAC Motorsport boss Thomas Voss stated.
“Nonetheless, they requested that qualifying on Sunday be pushed again a bit.
“We’re at the moment trying into that, however I can think about that qualifying will not be till round ten o’clock in order that the groups have a bit of longer to work on the vehicles if they arrive out of parc ferme comparatively late on Saturday.”