Mercedes may be calling it time on its DTM program
after this season, but BMW is sticking around. In fact it’s just released an
updated version of its challenger for the championship ahead.
Though the basic format remains the same, the new
regulations for 2018 call for less downforce. So the engineers in Munich have
comprehensively revised the aero package for the latest BMW M4 DTM.
The side channels have been simplified, the side
plates removed, and the aero flicks have been cut down to just one smaller
element on each of the front corners. The rear-end aero has been simplified as
well.
There are changes underneath the bodywork too, with
the third element of the front axle removed to leave just one spring per wheel.
The sum total promises to put more onus on the driver, and stands to increase
top speeds as well.
The Canadian driver will be joined behind the wheel
of the revised M4 DTM by Philipp Eng (from Austria), Joel Eriksson (from
Sweden), Augusto Farfus (Brazil), and Marco Wittmann and Timo Glock (both from
Germany). They’ll have to contend with a roster of competitors driving the Audi
RS5 and Mercedes-AMG C63 in what’s shaping up to be the most competitive season
in the foreseeable future before Daimler shuts down its program.
