What subsequent in 2027 for the McLaren workforce Dörr, which celebrated its second DTM victory with Ben Dörr on the Sachsenring? The Frankfurt-based squad, which additionally stays within the headlines due to the issues involving former Method 1 driver Timo Glock, is within the third yr of a three-year programme within the DTM. So will the workforce keep within the conventional sequence?
“We’re engaged on the bundle and wish to proceed,” workforce proprietor Rainer Dörr makes clear in dialog with Motorsport-Whole.com. “The development has been upward – and this yr specifically we’re actually good. Individuals take us severely – and we’ve got arrived within the DTM,” he says, delighted that his son Ben Dörr has already scored 123 factors up to now this season, after taking a complete of 47 factors final yr.
In contrast with 2025, Glock has solely been in a position to enhance his tally from 22 to 30 factors. “Now we are literally the place I wished to be,” says Rainer Dörr. “And it will be a disgrace if we couldn’t put the bundle collectively now.” Due to the excessive prices, the funding for 2027 isn’t but secured, however he’s assured: “We’re having good talks with sponsors.”
Dörr needs to remain loyal to McLaren: “Invested a lot money and time”
However after three years with the McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, is a change of producer a problem? “We’ll by no means be the quickest within the pit cease with the automotive,” says Dörr, referring to the truth that the automotive isn’t designed for timed tyre adjustments. “However the efficiency is there, and we’ve got invested a lot money and time.”
He’s due to this fact clear: “If we do it, it is going to proceed with McLaren.” And Rainer Dörr makes one thing else clear: “If we race, Ben will after all be with us.” The 21-year-old has the objective of changing into a McLaren manufacturing facility driver.
And he’s additionally very glad with the workforce’s growth. “That is after all mega now – and completely implausible for the entire workforce,” he says after his second DTM victory on the Sachsenring. “However we could be glad anyway, as a result of this yr we’ve got already achieved a podium and a victory. And lots of extra factors than final yr.”
Ben Dörr sees the second victory as optimistic for the workforce, “to inspire itself for the longer term”. One other indication that it’s going to proceed in 2027.
Glock isn’t serious about ending his profession: “I’m open to every part”
However what occurs with Glock? The 44-year-old’s contract expires on the finish of the season after two years. An extension is taken into account extraordinarily unlikely after the technical issues on Glock’s automotive and the fractured relationship between him and his workforce.
Requested whether or not he sees his future with Dörr and within the DTM, and whether or not he typically needs to proceed racing, he says within the Method 1 podcast Beginning Grid: “If the alternatives come up, I’m open to every part. So far as the DTM is anxious, I’ve completely had my enjoyable, and likewise on the subject of the endurance subject – there are some things there.”
The 24-hour race on the Nürburgring stays an possibility for him. “There may be additionally this thrilling challenge with Bitburger, for instance on the Nürburgring. That might be one possibility,” he confirms.
This yr, Glock additionally competed within the 24-hour race collectively along with his pal Timo Scheider, Ben Dörr and McLaren manufacturing facility driver Marvin Kirchhöfer – in a McLaren with a livery primarily based on Michael Schumacher’s Method 1 automotive from 1994.
The entry had initially been deliberate with a Mercedes-AMG GT3, however when that challenge fell via, it was carried out with the Dörr workforce.
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