Lower car weights for older cars

The cars in DTM from 2007 and 2006 will have a lower basic weight for the rest of the season. This was decided by the DTM commision after the manufacturers requested the weight reduction. With this they hope the one and two year old cars will become more competitive. The basic weight for the 2006 cars will now be 1020 kg, the basic weight for the 2007 will be 1030 kg.

Another change that has been made by the commision is the length of the pit window. Instead of 33% of the race, this now has a length of 50% of the race. A strange decision by the commision, as the idea of the pit window was to make sure the old cars good not be used to get in the way of the opponents new cars after a pitstop. By increasing the lenght of the pit window, the chances of this happening again are growing.