On 20 October 2019 it was announced that the ITR e.V. sanctioning body would create the GT4-based
sports car racing series as the replacement of proposed Formula European Masters which was cancelled due to lack of entries, with plans to debut in 2020 after following the merger of
GP3 Series and
FIA Formula 3 European Championship to create
FIA Formula 3 Championship. On the same date ITR e.V. announced that DTM Trophy would be introduced and thus would be scheduled to debut from
2020 season onwards. The series folded following the 2022 season after
ADAC acquired the rights of the parent series and decided to continue running the
ADAC GT4 Germany as its only GT4-series. ==Cars==