Mercedes Celebrates C-Class' Success in DTM Racing

Big changes are afoot in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM). Audi will be fielding the A5 next year in place of the A4, Mercedes will be using the new C-class Coupe in place of the standard C-class and BMW will be entering the series for the first time since the mid 90s with an M3. There are even plans to bring the series to the United States and race as a support race to Nascar a few times. 

Mercedes is celebrating all of these changes, and its transition to a new car by looking back on its success with the C-class racing in the DTM series. The C-class entered the series in 1994 and won the drivers' and constructors' championships that year. The C-class has competed in 158 DTM races and has won 84 of them, a 53% win ratio. 

“The AMG Mercedes C-Class was one of the best racing cars of my career. It was a thoroughbred racer that was spectacular to drive and made a great noise, which drivers and fans enjoy in equal measure,” said Bernd Schneider, five-time winner of the DTM series all of them for Mercedes. 

Mercedes in general has been very successful in DTM. Before the C-class, it used the 190E with significant success and later used the CLK also successfully. 

Mercedes still has a chance to take the championship this year. The final race of the year is at Hockenheim on October 23. The Mercedes AMG team is five points behind the Abt Audi team. Audi driver Martin Tomczyk has already won the drivers' championship.