Overview

• The Red Bull Ring will host the season opener for the first time, making it only the fifth non-German circuit to start a DTM campaign.
• The championship retains eight race weekends and 16 races, with the finale set for Hockenheim on October 9–11.
• After Spielberg, the series heads to Zandvoort on May 22–24, then begins its Germany slate at the Lausitzring on June 19–21 before the Norisring on July 3–5.
• Oschersleben, which opened the season under ADAC from 2023 to 2025, moves to the fifth round on July 24–26.
• The calendar avoids clashes with the WEC, GT World Challenge and major 24-hour races, though five weekends coincide with Formula 1, and reporting links the Spielberg choice to MotoGP’s date shift and the chance to be the first major event at the circuit in 2026.