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Revised DTM 2009 calendar revealed

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The calendar for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2009 has been revised. The change is made to avoid clashing races with the Formula One-season.
“We always had the intention to avoid scheduling conflicts with Formula 1,” said Hans Werner Aufrecht of ITR.

“After all, our fans have been accustomed to such a calendar for many years. In cooperation with our organisers, the German Motorsport Association, DMSB, and our TV partner ARD we succeeded in once again avoiding such scheduling conflicts. Consequently, we now are able to present a well-balanced calendar featuring ten races in five European countries.”

The season opener at Hockenheim has been moved three weeks forward, to the 17th of May. The EuroSpeedway-race has also been moved to the 31st of May.

The British race at Brands Hatch has been moved, due to a clash with the Belgian F1-GP, to the 6th of September.

The biggest change is that the French race has been moved from Le Mans to Dijon. This is the first time ever DTM runs at the previous F1-track.

The Italian race at Mugello has been removed due to Moto GP.
“We had two fantastic events, there, but due to the latest postponements finding a reasonable date for the Mugello round proved to be just impossible as the Moto GP is going to race there in late May,” said Aufrecht.

17th May Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg (D)
31th May EuroSpeedway Lausitz (D)
28th June Norisring (D)
19th July Circuit Park Zandvoort (NL)
02nd August Motorsport Arena Oschersleben (D)
16th August Nürburgring (D)
06th September Brands Hatch (GB)
20th September Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona (E)
11th October Dijon (F)
25th October Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg (D)