Former Mercedes motorsport chief Norbert Haug has called for an outright ban on private testing in the DTM to help rein in costs.
Haug, who had a long involvement in the DTM via his role at Mercedes, is concerned about the budgets required to run a team in the series and feels in-season testing is having a detrimental impact on the quality of racing. “The DTM is still far too expensive,' he told Bild. 'There is far too much testing. That's a sustainability issue! You can't keep burning tyres and fuel senselessly in the future. 'I would abolish testing altogether, at most allow it on the simulator.
Haug, who continues to attend every DTM race after retiring from Mercedes, is unimpressed by the amount of money teams spend to go testing every year. 'In some cases, ten sets of tyres - 40 tyres or even more - are used per car on a test day for short qualifying exercises,' he said. 'A single day of testing costs 40,000 euros and more. That has no future.” Based on Haug’s figures, a top team could be spending a total of 400,000 euros for 10 days of testing in a season.
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