Timo Glock confirmed by McLaren for the 2026 DTM season

2026 will mark Timo Glock's twelfth season in DTM – his second with Dörr Motorsport. For the German team's third year competing in its home championship, Dörr has opted for stability by renewing its confidence in Timo Glock and Ben Dörr, the duo already in place last year. The two men will be driving a McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, to try and capitalize on the few good performances observed in 2025.

"I am motivated by the confidence and conviction that we will take another step forward in 2026.", Timo Glock confidently declared at the time of the official announcement. “I hope we can translate the progress made during the off-season into consistent and strong race weekends. I’m really looking forward to the races at Hockenheim and Spielberg, as I really enjoy driving on both circuits.”

McLaren wants to make rapid progress in DTM

Finishing 22nd in the DTM standings at the end of the season, Timo Glock's best result was a tenth-place finish at the Lausitzring. The former driver of Formula 1 However, he had seen his young teammate, Ben Dörr, a rookie in the competition at just 21 years old, seize pole position at the Nürburgring. McLaren's first pole in the German championship. In this respect, ambitions are clearly high for 2026. "I expect to achieve consistently good results and perhaps even some outstanding performances this season," the official McLaren GT3 Junior driver“What motivates me most is that we are constantly progressing, getting faster and faster, and that we can aim for the top spots next season. I am particularly looking forward to the Nürburgring, where we had a great performance last year.”

While the team's stated ambitions now include consistently finishing in the top five in the various races of this new season, podium finishes will be the primary objective for Ben Dorr and Timo Glock. The season will thus begin on the Red Bull The Nürburgring, in Austria, on the weekend of April 24-26. The McLaren drivers, like the rest of the grid, will then compete in seven more races leading up to Hockenheim for the season finale.

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