The DTM will visit Russia for the first time in 2013 after confirming a date at Moscow Raceway. The Moscow event will be the seventh of 2013 on the expanded 11-round calendar revealed on Tuesday.
"For DTM, the race in Moscow is an important step on the way to breaking into new markets," says Hans Werner Aufrecht, chairman of DTM organizer the ITR. "For the series and our manufacturers – Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz – racing in a country such as Russia represents a big chance of presenting themselves internationally in front of a new crowd."
Eight of the nine venues that hosted points-paying events this year remain on the calendar. The one 2012 circuit missing is Valencia, which had been expected to lose the rights to host the Spanish round to Barcelona.
Currently the Sept. 29 date has been left blank, with a venue – possibly outside of Spain – to be confirmed at a later date. The non-championship "show" event, which has been held at Munich's Olympic Stadium, has been dropped because the series' aim of making the event a championship round has failed. Aufrecht said that no method of ensuring "complete parity on a parallel circuit" could be found.
2013 DTM calendar:
May 5 Hockenheim (D)
May 19 Brands Hatch (GB)
June 2 Spielberg (A)
June 16 Lausitzring (D)
July 7 Norisring (D)
July 21 Zandvoort (NL)
August 4 Moscow (RUS)
August 18 Nurburgring (D)
September 15 Oschersleben (D)
September 29 TBA
October 20 Hockenheim (D)