[Auto] After DTM: What does BMW do with cars?

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The DTM era ended in Hockenheim. The cars were then, at least on the racetrack. The question that arises: What happens to cars?

At Audi, few cars go to drivers. Mr. René Rast wants to purchase two of his flagship cars. Mike Rockenfeller also hit, he got a car from the 2013 championship.

“As a racing driver, you always have some kind of connection to your racing car. And they not only have material but also perfect value, because DTM has always been my goal in life in motorsports. It would be nice to have these cars in the garage and be able to say : "Look, son, I have achieved it."

Motorsport president Dieter Jass has also revealed Rast's desire to have a vehicle built as a show car and a dirt-ready concept vehicle. "Then I can lead my own championship," Rast joked.

And what does BMW do with cars?

"We haven't made a decision yet," said Jens Marquardt, who had his last assignment in Hockenheim on November 1 after retiring as director of motorsports.

"Some come to the museum, others have a successful history. We will reserve a car or two for a reference, because the setup complete with a monocoque is a very safe and stable building," says Marquart.

You don't plan to sell it to a racing series or something, "maybe to a collector," says Marquart.

Or the driver too? “If he's interested in it as a collector - why not? We'll look at that. "

In Rast, everything has an order: With manager Dennis Rostek and Pole Promotion Agency, Rast tries to buy every car he's in.

"From wagons, then cars from the Supercup and Carrera Cup, the Polo Cup or the car from the Audi Sport TT Cup, basically everything I've driven. The DTMs will fit in well with the group." The collection also includes Toyota Formula 1 and three Porsche 911 cars that he won to win the Carrera Cup.

What DTM cars cost - everyone is silent about it. After the end of Aston Martin, the test car was from R-Motorsport at an automobile dealer in Austria, at a cost: 1.7 million euros.