2026 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

The 2026 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters is the fortieth season of the premier German touring car championship, as well as the twenty-seventh season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It is the sixth season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations, and the fourth under ADAC's promotion.

Teams and drivers

All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli.

Driver and team changes

• Land-Motorsport will switch their car from Audi to Porsche. Bastian Buus will replace Manthey bound Ricardo Feller for his DTM debut.

• Manthey Racing downsized their entry to 2 cars, as the team discontinued their junior team. Reigning Drivers' Champion Ayhancan Güven left the series after competed for over three years to the team's FIA WEC LMGT3, and Morris Schuring compete in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Boutsen VDS. Manthey signed Ricardo Feller from Land-Motorsport.

• Emil Frey Racing also downsized their entry to 2 cars. Leaving Ben Green without a seat, and Jack Aitken left the series after three years to focus on his campaign with Cadillac. Aitken's replacement will be GT World Challenge Europe Endurance runner-up Matteo Cairoli.

• Nicki Thiim will leave ABT Sportsline to Comtoyou Racing, as he replaces Gilles Magnus.

• Both Grasser Racing Team and ABT Sportsline will receive the new Lamborghini Temerario GT3, replacing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2. Luca Engstler and Jordan Pepper leaves Grasser Racing Team, as Pepper moves to GT World Challenge Europe with Team WRT. Their replacement will be 2024 champion Mirko Bortolotti and Maximilian Paul from ABT Sportsline and Paul Motorsport respectively.

• HRT promoted ADAC GT Masters champion Finn Wiebelhaus to their line up, as he replaces Fabio Scherer.
• Marco Mapelli and Luca Engstler joined Abt Sportsline.

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