60 acast.com DTM POD https://shows.acast.com/dtm-pod en Chris Hartley DTM, Racing,Motorsport,GT,Cars,Auto,Race Chris Hartley The DTM Racing Podcast The DTM Racing Podcast - exclusive interviews, features and stories from the DTM championship and support categories.

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]]> false Chris Hartley info+6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07@mg-eu.acast.com 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 dtm-pod episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1745233351639-1da0a381-d09a-413a-b143-e840c2cc9326.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/dtm-pod DTM POD Episode 15: ARJUN MAINI Episode 15: ARJUN MAINI Wed, 25 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT 55:06 69c2bcbafce4b829c58a939f false https://shows.acast.com/dtm-pod/episodes/episode-15-arjun-maini 69c2bcbafce4b829c58a939f 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 episode-15-arjun-maini full 2 15 DTM history-maker, Arjun Maini is our special guest in this episode of DTM Pod. The first ever Indian to race in the championship, score a pole position and finish on the podium; he's about to enter his 6th season in DTM - and his second driving the mighty V8 Ford Mustang, run by HRT. Arjun talks to us about his DTM achievements so far, his early career in single seaters - where he went toe-to-toe with George Russell - and life away from the racetrack.


Plus, we talk non-European race winners in the Random Stat Generator and explain the GT3 category in our regular feature, the A to Z of DTM.


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]]> DTM history-maker, Arjun Maini is our special guest in this episode of DTM Pod. The first ever Indian to race in the championship, score a pole position and finish on the podium; he's about to enter his 6th season in DTM - and his second driving the mighty V8 Ford Mustang, run by HRT. Arjun talks to us about his DTM achievements so far, his early career in single seaters - where he went toe-to-toe with George Russell - and life away from the racetrack.


Plus, we talk non-European race winners in the Random Stat Generator and explain the GT3 category in our regular feature, the A to Z of DTM.


Presented by Chris Hartley and Brian Oliver.

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]]> Episode 14: BASTIAN BUUS Episode 14: BASTIAN BUUS Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT 51:25 69b423b263444515f9c984bf false https://www.dtmracingpod.com/episodes 69b423b263444515f9c984bf 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 episode-14-bastian-buus full 2 14 Rising Danish racing star, Bastian Buus, is our special guest, as he catches up with Chris and Brian ahead of his debut season in the DTM. At just 22 years of age, he's already been a Porsche Supercup Champion and will be an exciting prospect, as he drives the new Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo for Land Motorsport, in 2026.


Plus, the boys give us some behind the scenes insight into their roles as the international television commentators for the DTM and in the A-Z guide to the championship, we talk flags and full course yellows.



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]]> Rising Danish racing star, Bastian Buus, is our special guest, as he catches up with Chris and Brian ahead of his debut season in the DTM. At just 22 years of age, he's already been a Porsche Supercup Champion and will be an exciting prospect, as he drives the new Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo for Land Motorsport, in 2026.


Plus, the boys give us some behind the scenes insight into their roles as the international television commentators for the DTM and in the A-Z guide to the championship, we talk flags and full course yellows.



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]]> Episode 13: Comtoyou Racing Episode 13: Comtoyou Racing Thu, 19 Feb 2026 05:30:00 GMT 1:05:39 699604bd435569254be75ea4 false https://shows.acast.com/dtm-pod/episodes/episode-13-comtoyou-racing 699604bd435569254be75ea4 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 episode-13-comtoyou-racing with Francois Verbist full 2 13 In this episode, it's all things Aston Martin as we're joined by Comtoyou Racing team director, Francois Verbist. He gives us an insight into the team's impressive debut season in the DTM, their latest 2026 driver announcement and the role of a team boss in one of the most competitive GT championships in the world. Plus the team's humble origins in the Fun Cup.


Plus, Brian Oliver and Chris Hartley preview the upcoming season - running through the confirmed entries and latest championship news, as well as delving into the driver rumour mill for 2026. And in the A to Z guide to the DTM, the boys look into Entry and Exit of the pitlane - a crucual part of success in the championship.


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]]> In this episode, it's all things Aston Martin as we're joined by Comtoyou Racing team director, Francois Verbist. He gives us an insight into the team's impressive debut season in the DTM, their latest 2026 driver announcement and the role of a team boss in one of the most competitive GT championships in the world. Plus the team's humble origins in the Fun Cup.


Plus, Brian Oliver and Chris Hartley preview the upcoming season - running through the confirmed entries and latest championship news, as well as delving into the driver rumour mill for 2026. And in the A to Z guide to the DTM, the boys look into Entry and Exit of the pitlane - a crucual part of success in the championship.


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]]> Episode 12: BEN GREEN Episode 12: BEN GREEN Thu, 15 Jan 2026 05:15:00 GMT 1:00:42 6967d1af0c88d43b28b87cf1 false https://www.dtmracingpod.com/episodes 6967d1af0c88d43b28b87cf1 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 episode-12-ben-green full 2 12 We kick off our second season of the pod with special guest, Ben Green. Driving a Ferrari 296 for Emil Frey Racing, Ben impressed with two podiums and a pole position in his debut year of DTM and the British driver discusses his first experiences of competing in his dream championship, tells us what it's like square up to the best GT3 drivers in the world and tells us about his unconventional entry into the sport, as a youngster.


In our latest Fantasy DTM feature, Chris and Brian talk about some one-off format changes they'd introduce into the championship - if anyone was every silly enough to put them in charge. And in our technical alphabet of DTM racing, D is for Drag.

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]]> We kick off our second season of the pod with special guest, Ben Green. Driving a Ferrari 296 for Emil Frey Racing, Ben impressed with two podiums and a pole position in his debut year of DTM and the British driver discusses his first experiences of competing in his dream championship, tells us what it's like square up to the best GT3 drivers in the world and tells us about his unconventional entry into the sport, as a youngster.


In our latest Fantasy DTM feature, Chris and Brian talk about some one-off format changes they'd introduce into the championship - if anyone was every silly enough to put them in charge. And in our technical alphabet of DTM racing, D is for Drag.

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]]> Episode 11: THE BEST BITS - 2025 Episode 11: THE BEST BITS - 2025 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:07:05 GMT 43:12 6953dc89c9578c8cdaac87f9 false https://www.dtmracingpod.com/episodes 6953dc89c9578c8cdaac87f9 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 episode-11-the-best-bits-2025 Highlights from our 2025 interviews with various stars of the DTM full 1 11 Throughout the 2025 season, we’ve enjoyed some fascinating in-depth conversations with various stars of the DTM - discussing their backgrounds, careers and achievements. And they’ve given us a unique driver’s eye perspective about what it’s really like to compete in one of the most competitive championships in the world.


In our end of season best bits compilation, you can hear from this year’s DTM champion - Ayhancan Guven, the 2024 title winner, Mirko Bortolotti and the new rookie champion, Morris Schuring. Plus DTM race winners, Maro Engel, Kelvin van der Linde, Max Paul and Jordan Pepper, Ford Mustang drivers, Fabio Scherer and Arjun Maini and German DTM presenter and commentator, Tobi Schimon. Enjoy!



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]]> Throughout the 2025 season, we’ve enjoyed some fascinating in-depth conversations with various stars of the DTM - discussing their backgrounds, careers and achievements. And they’ve given us a unique driver’s eye perspective about what it’s really like to compete in one of the most competitive championships in the world.


In our end of season best bits compilation, you can hear from this year’s DTM champion - Ayhancan Guven, the 2024 title winner, Mirko Bortolotti and the new rookie champion, Morris Schuring. Plus DTM race winners, Maro Engel, Kelvin van der Linde, Max Paul and Jordan Pepper, Ford Mustang drivers, Fabio Scherer and Arjun Maini and German DTM presenter and commentator, Tobi Schimon. Enjoy!



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]]> Episode 10: AYHANCAN GUVEN Episode 10: AYHANCAN GUVEN Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:15:54 GMT 1:03:01 6942bb1bb4589744b1f51d3d false https://www.dtmracingpod.com/episodes 6942bb1bb4589744b1f51d3d 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 episode-10-ayhancan-guven full 1 10 Our special guest is 2025 DTM Champion, Ayhancan Guven - last lap winner of one of the greatest ever title showdowns. In an open and fascinating interview, Ayhancan takes us step-by-step through the highs and lows of his season and talks about THAT title-winning overtake in the dying seconds of the season finale at Hockenheim. He also tells us how he rose from humble beginnings, as a promising, but underfunded young kart racer in Turkey - to eventually make history, as the country's first ever DTM Champion. Plus, Brian and Chris discuss the Class One era of DTM and the random stat generator comes up with a championship related fact, that most people probably haven't even thought about!



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]]> Our special guest is 2025 DTM Champion, Ayhancan Guven - last lap winner of one of the greatest ever title showdowns. In an open and fascinating interview, Ayhancan takes us step-by-step through the highs and lows of his season and talks about THAT title-winning overtake in the dying seconds of the season finale at Hockenheim. He also tells us how he rose from humble beginnings, as a promising, but underfunded young kart racer in Turkey - to eventually make history, as the country's first ever DTM Champion. Plus, Brian and Chris discuss the Class One era of DTM and the random stat generator comes up with a championship related fact, that most people probably haven't even thought about!



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]]> Episode 9: MARO ENGEL Episode 9: MARO ENGEL Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:00:32 GMT 50:51 691ef4d0d8c4f044ffd5f940 false https://www.dtmracingpod.com/episodes 691ef4d0d8c4f044ffd5f940 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 episode-9-the-worlds-most-expensive-car full 1 9 Our special guest in this episode is the brilliant Maro Engel - a four-time winner of the GT World Cup at Macau, the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Champion and a man who has come very close to winning the DTM title for the past two seasons.


Maro talks to us about that incredible DTM season finale at Hockenheim, what it's like to race wheel-to-wheel against his friend and team-mate, Lucas Auer and his Winward Racing Team's record-breaking pitstops. Maro also talks to us about his early days in Formula BMW and F3, how his racing career came to a complete halt for two years and of course, his legendary performances at the Macau Grand Prix.


Plus, hosts Brian Oliver and Chris Hartley explain and discuss one of the biggest talking points of GT Racing - Balance of Performance.

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]]> Our special guest in this episode is the brilliant Maro Engel - a four-time winner of the GT World Cup at Macau, the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Champion and a man who has come very close to winning the DTM title for the past two seasons.


Maro talks to us about that incredible DTM season finale at Hockenheim, what it's like to race wheel-to-wheel against his friend and team-mate, Lucas Auer and his Winward Racing Team's record-breaking pitstops. Maro also talks to us about his early days in Formula BMW and F3, how his racing career came to a complete halt for two years and of course, his legendary performances at the Macau Grand Prix.


Plus, hosts Brian Oliver and Chris Hartley explain and discuss one of the biggest talking points of GT Racing - Balance of Performance.

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]]> <![CDATA[Episode 8: "Reliving an Epic Title Decider"]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:30:00 GMT 39:10 68ed2c34ef7cfb1e140c608a false https://www.dtmracingpod.com/episodes 68ed2c34ef7cfb1e140c608a 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 episode-8-reliving-an-epic-title-decider full 1 8 Relive one of the most phenominal title deciders in the history of the DTM Championship: TV commentators and DTM Pod hosts, Chris Hartley and Brian Oliver, recorded throughout the weekend, to capture the drama as it unfolded. Listen to all of their reaction, stories and audio highlights from an absolute thriller at Hockenheim; where no fewer than 9 drivers were in contention for the title, going into the season finale.


During the weekend, the boys also got some end of season thoughts from HRT Ford Mustang driver, Arjun Maini and Emil Frey Racing Ferrari pilot, Ben Green. Plus a catch-up with FRECA commentator, Chris McCarthy, who was also at the circuit to experience that incredible final lap.

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]]> Relive one of the most phenominal title deciders in the history of the DTM Championship: TV commentators and DTM Pod hosts, Chris Hartley and Brian Oliver, recorded throughout the weekend, to capture the drama as it unfolded. Listen to all of their reaction, stories and audio highlights from an absolute thriller at Hockenheim; where no fewer than 9 drivers were in contention for the title, going into the season finale.


During the weekend, the boys also got some end of season thoughts from HRT Ford Mustang driver, Arjun Maini and Emil Frey Racing Ferrari pilot, Ben Green. Plus a catch-up with FRECA commentator, Chris McCarthy, who was also at the circuit to experience that incredible final lap.

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]]> Episode 7: KELVIN VAN DER LINDE Episode 7: KELVIN VAN DER LINDE Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:21:21 GMT 1:01:03 68dd0eb1d5c8a1f9b355d043 false https://www.dtmracingpod.com/episodes 68dd0eb1d5c8a1f9b355d043 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 working-on-the-comeback full 1 7 2024 DTM runner-up, Kelvin van der Linde joins Chris Hartley and Brian Oliver to talk about his career, his love of the championship, his excellent first season as a BMW driver on the world stage and his hopes for the future.


Plus: In 'Fantasy DTM', Brian and Chris select 10 former DTM drivers - from any era - that they'd love to bring back into the championship and there's some technical insight into the sport, with a new feature called 'The ABC of DTM'.

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]]> 2024 DTM runner-up, Kelvin van der Linde joins Chris Hartley and Brian Oliver to talk about his career, his love of the championship, his excellent first season as a BMW driver on the world stage and his hopes for the future.


Plus: In 'Fantasy DTM', Brian and Chris select 10 former DTM drivers - from any era - that they'd love to bring back into the championship and there's some technical insight into the sport, with a new feature called 'The ABC of DTM'.

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]]> Episode 6: MORRIS SCHURING Episode 6: MORRIS SCHURING Thu, 11 Sep 2025 03:01:16 GMT 52:11 68c23b884027d9f21f0b421e false https://www.dtmracingpod.com/episodes 68c23b884027d9f21f0b421e 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 episode-6-sachsenring-audio-diary full 1 6 In this episode, Brian Oliver and Chris Hartley are joined by DTM Rookie, Morris Schuring - a rising star of GT racing, after becoming the youngest ever race winner in the German Porsche Carrera Cup and an LMGT3 class winner at Le Mans, when he was still a teenager.


Plus the boys give us some behind the scenes insight into their roles as DTM television commentators, with their Sachsenring audio diary.

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]]> In this episode, Brian Oliver and Chris Hartley are joined by DTM Rookie, Morris Schuring - a rising star of GT racing, after becoming the youngest ever race winner in the German Porsche Carrera Cup and an LMGT3 class winner at Le Mans, when he was still a teenager.


Plus the boys give us some behind the scenes insight into their roles as DTM television commentators, with their Sachsenring audio diary.

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]]> Episode 5: MAXIMILIAN PAUL Episode 5: MAXIMILIAN PAUL Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:32:53 GMT 53:39 68a301555904745926b7446d false https://www.dtmracingpod.com/episodes 68a301555904745926b7446d 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 episode-5-a-great-underdog-story full 1 5

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]]> Episode 4: TOBI SCHIMON Episode 4: TOBI SCHIMON Tue, 05 Aug 2025 07:21:19 GMT 45:42 6891b0eff3bc046081a7d3ba false https://www.dtmracingpod.com/episodes 6891b0eff3bc046081a7d3ba 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 episode-2-the-coolest-45hp-opel-corsa full 1 4

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]]> Episode 3: FABIO SCHERER Episode 3: FABIO SCHERER Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:15:08 GMT 46:06 687a8f2d0d2a2189933a6afe false https://shows.acast.com/dtm-pod/episodes/episode-3-ass-kicking 687a8f2d0d2a2189933a6afe 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 episode-3-ass-kicking full 1 3

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]]> Episode 2: JORDAN PEPPER Episode 2: JORDAN PEPPER Wed, 25 Jun 2025 07:04:07 GMT 53:21 685b9f684a2d8b8b51dc9af4 false https://www.dtmracingpod.com/episodes 685b9f684a2d8b8b51dc9af4 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 episode2 full 1 2 Our special guest is TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT driver, Jordan Pepper who discusses his journey to get to the DTM and his driving ambition to win the title. Jordan also gives us his secret to coping with road rage, talks South African barbecues and provides some insight into a certain hand gesture he directed towards a multiple champion on his DTM debut.


In addition, Chris and Brian discuss their highlights from the Zandvoort race weekend and construct their own perfect race track in Fantasy DTM.

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]]> Our special guest is TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT driver, Jordan Pepper who discusses his journey to get to the DTM and his driving ambition to win the title. Jordan also gives us his secret to coping with road rage, talks South African barbecues and provides some insight into a certain hand gesture he directed towards a multiple champion on his DTM debut.


In addition, Chris and Brian discuss their highlights from the Zandvoort race weekend and construct their own perfect race track in Fantasy DTM.

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]]> Episode 1: MIRKO BORTOLOTTI Episode 1: MIRKO BORTOLOTTI Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:08:23 GMT 1:05:14 68404548c8835d385c1c9aa1 false https://dtmracingpod.com 68404548c8835d385c1c9aa1 6806274e4c1756d49ccfaa07 dtmpod-episode-1 full 1 1 DTM televison commentators, Chris Hartley and Brian Oliver bring you and news, features, interviews and insight from the DTM Championship.


In this episode, the boys introduce the concept of the pod, catch up with reigning DTM Champion, Mirko Bortolotti and discuss some of the key teams and drivers in this year's championship. Plus, there's a trivia bomb from Chris's Random Stat Generator and our guest's knowledge is put to the test in Memory Fast Lane.


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]]> DTM televison commentators, Chris Hartley and Brian Oliver bring you and news, features, interviews and insight from the DTM Championship.


In this episode, the boys introduce the concept of the pod, catch up with reigning DTM Champion, Mirko Bortolotti and discuss some of the key teams and drivers in this year's championship. Plus, there's a trivia bomb from Chris's Random Stat Generator and our guest's knowledge is put to the test in Memory Fast Lane.


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