DTM : Entry list confirmed

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With Mercedes-Benz finalising the driver programme for 2010, the entry list for the 2010 DTM championship has taken shape.
18 cars will compete in the championship this year, nine from Audi, nine from Mercedes-Benz.

With a car freeze in place, there is no 2010 specification car this season, so the latest car is the 2009 specification, which will be driven by Scheider, Jarvis, Paffett, Spengler, Ekstrom, Tomczyk, Di Resta, Schumacher, Legge & Molina.

All other drivers will compete in one year older machinery.

Ex-F1 driver David Coulthard will team up with Maro Engel at Mucke Motorsport in a 2008 spec Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse for his debut season in the championship.

With Coulthard joining the series, this marks that there are seven British drivers in the series, as opposed to six from Germany - the first time in the championships history that there are more drivers from another country competing than the 'host' nation of the series.

The full entry list:

1 - Timo Scheider - GW:plus/Top Service Audi A4 DTM (2009)
2 - Oliver Jarvis - Tabac Original Audi A4 DTM (2009)
3 - Gary Paffett - Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C-Klasse (2009)
4 - Bruno Spengler - Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG C-Klasse (2009)
5 - Mattias Ekström - Red Bull Audi A4 DTM (2009)
6 - Martin Tomczyk - Red Bull Cola Audi A4 DTM (2009)
7 - Paul Di Resta - AMG Mercedes C-Klasse (2009)
8 - Ralf Schumacher - Laureus AMG Mercedes C-Klasse (2009)
9 - Alexandre Prémat - TV Movie Audi A4 DTM (2008)
10 - Mike Rockenfeller - S line Audi A4 DTM (2008)
11 - Jamie Green - Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes C-Klasse (2008)
12 - Susie Stoddart - TV Spielfilm AMG Mercedes C-Klasse (2008)
14 - Markus Winkelhock - Playboy Audi A4 DTM (2008)
15 - Katherine Legge - Glamour Audi A4 DTM (2009)
16 - Maro Engel - GQ AMG Mercedes C-Klasse (2008)
17 - David Coulthard - AMG Mercedes C-Klasse (2008)
18 - Miguel Molina - Audi Bank A4 DTM (2009)
21 - CongFu Cheng - stern AMG Mercedes C-Klasse (2008)

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