According to Motorsport.com’s sister title Motorsport-Total.com, Vanthoor will team up with Dennis Olsen for what would be SSR’s first full season in the DTM following a successful wildcard appearance at the Nurburgring last year.
The deal will make Vanthoor arguably the highest profile GT racer on the 2022 DTM grid, with the Belgian boasting a CV that includes overall victories at major GT3 enduros including Spa 24 Hours and Nurburgring 24 Hours, and class titles in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and Le Mans 24 Hours.
It would mean Vanthoor will finally make his DTM debut 11 years after he first tested an Audi A4 at Hockenheim, a reward for his strong run of results in the 2011 Formula 3 Euro Series.
Although the test opportunity didn’t result in a race drive as Audi had already locked in its drivers for the next season, Vanthoor went on to establish himself as a successful GT3 racer with the Ingolstadt-based brand in the coming years.
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