Organisers of the DTM series decided to introduce a new system to identify cars shod on the option Hankook tires.
Since the race held at Spielberg, option tires carried a bigger written yellow brand name on the tire walls.
The situation will be improved as a new technical device makes it possible to identify the type of tire used in each car and to include it in the TV graphics. This is made possible by the use of sensors mounted to the wheels of the Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz DTM cars.
In addition to the air pressure, these sensors will also transmit the information if a car is running on option tires.
This is made possible by an individual code of the sensor that is entered by the representative of the German Motor Sport Association, DMSB, in the marshalling system prior to the distribution of the option tires.
Every driver receives - solely for the race - one set of option tires and must run it at any point during the race.
Since the race held at Spielberg, option tires carried a bigger written yellow brand name on the tire walls.
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The situation will be improved as a new technical device makes it possible to identify the type of tire used in each car and to include it in the TV graphics. This is made possible by the use of sensors mounted to the wheels of the Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz DTM cars.
In addition to the air pressure, these sensors will also transmit the information if a car is running on option tires.
This is made possible by an individual code of the sensor that is entered by the representative of the German Motor Sport Association, DMSB, in the marshalling system prior to the distribution of the option tires.
Every driver receives - solely for the race - one set of option tires and must run it at any point during the race.