Leading DTM drivers have called on the series to incorporate repeater lights to make race starts “fair” and reduce instances of aggressive driving. DTM ⬇️
DTM rules require drivers to line up for race starts and restarts in two-by-two formation, with start lights governing when racing can commence.
Porsche factory driver Laurens Vanthoor told Autosport that “70% of the field can’t see the lights” at race restarts, “so that’s why we normally always divide”. Autosport understands that the DTM is not planning to introduce repeater lights at this stage, with series organiser ITR convinced that the start of race two demonstrates it is possible to have clean starts without them.
“If you are on the front row of the grid, it doesn't matter. If you're at the back, it's really a big problem.”The DTM has a summer break before its next round at the Nurburgring on 27-28 August, and Grasser Lamborghini driver Bortolotti said it was vital that a solution was found before then.
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