Fans of the ADAC GT Masters can look forward to even more racing in the 2025 season. The endurance format, which was successfully introduced this year, will be expanded and developed in 2025 – next year’s calendar will feature three endurance events, with 80-minute races on the Saturday and Sunday. The ADAC GT Masters will continue with the tried-and-tested format of two 60-minute sprints at the remaining three events. And the race weekends will be even more sustainable: the ADAC GT Masters now lines up with a synthetic and fossil-free fuel. The season kicks off from 23rd to 25th May, with the Dekra Lausitzring hosting the opening round as part of the DTM programme. And it is the longer race format that gets next year’s championship up and running. The Salzburgring, on the outskirts of Mozart’s city, will make its debut on the calendar in September. The ADAC GT Masters also provides an attractive opportunity to make the step up to the DTM again next year, thanks to the “Road to DTM” competition.
Exciting calendar with a premiere at the Salzburgring
After the season-opener in the Lusatia region of Germany, the drivers next head to Zandvoort on the North Sea coast of the Netherlands for their first foreign outing from 6th to 8th June. As in the past two years, the season reaches the midway point at the Nürburgring (20th to 13th July), where the ADAC GT Masters will go racing against the unique backdrop of the ADAC Truck Grand Prix. The second half of the year kicks off with a double-header in Austria. From 5th to 7th September, the Salzburgring will host the ADAC GT Masters for the first time. One week later, the series travels to Styria and the Red Bull ring for the penultimate event of the season. In keeping with tradition, the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg will provide the stage for the finale.
“We realigned and clearly positioned the ADAC GT Masters this year, and that has been well received by the competitors and visitors. The introduction of endurance races was a total success. As such, we are developing this format and are also looking forward to the series’ first appearance at the Salzburgring. By introduction a synthetic fuel, we are taking an important step towards greater sustainability in motorsport,” says ADAC Motorsport Director Thomas Voss.
Successful promotion opportunity, “Road to DTM”, returns in 2025
This season, Elias Seppänen (FIN) was the first young driver to win the title in the “Road to DTM”, which was contested within the framework of the ADAC GT Masters. This was a terrific success for Seppänen: “I am very happy to have won the title and would obviously love to start in the DTM next year. This funding is the first step in that direction.” The successfully established junior competition will run again in the coming season. Any Silver drivers under the age of 25 are eligible to register for the class and follow in the Finn’s footsteps. As a reward for victory in the junior championship, the best youngster receives financial support in the form of the entry fee for the 2026 DTM.
Into a climate-friendly future
As of the coming season, the ADAC GT Masters will run on a new synthetic and fossil-free fuel. This innovative and climate-friendly fuel will contribute to the decarbonisation of the DTM platform and reduce CO2 emissions by 75 percent. The fuel, which is certified by the International Automobile Federation FIA, is produced by P1 Fuels in Germany. The green tech company from Berlin has years of experience in the development, manufacture and use of fossil-free, synthetic fuels. It will be used in the DTM, the ADAC GT Masters and ADAC GT4 Germany. The fuel is part of the DTM’s comprehensive sustainability concept, which also includes the initiative with water technology company BWT to reduce plastic waste. The project was launched in the ADAC GT Masters in 2021 and introduced to the DTM in 2023 and has so far saved more than one million plastic bottles.