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Originally Posted by W.A Trichlorostyrene
Ralf Schumacher and David Coulthard are more recognised names and might be better overall brand ambassadors to Mercedes and DTM than Pascal Wehrlein or Dani Juncadella, but how did the likes of DC or RSC cruising around in midfield help make the "show" any better?
In fact, BMW, Audi and Mercedes have all realised they can do better than just blindly following the lowest common denominator, and they should be applauded for that.
DTM is doing a good enough job at aping F1 to the extreme, no need to have the washed-out F1 stars on the top of it.
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DTM success is always judged upon amount of spectators and newspaper articles.
I do see, how talented and fast some of the "young guns" are. But a Pascal Wehrlein can only produce some headlines in the local newspaper of his hometown.
And the spectators come to see a "big name" struggeling or doing a good show (as may Hans-Joachim Stuck did in 1990 - also former F1-driver then).
You can see, from Timo Glock, how much the fans have waited for his first victory and how much "sound" it had made in newspapers etc.
And to be honest - if you are a "young gun" without luck in DTM, you will be out of the game. If you have luck in DTM, you might have the opportunity to go in F1 - if you have some heavy sponsor behind you.
DTM might be the first and last station to earn at least a bit of money (other classes you have to bring the money with you)