Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Category |
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Country | Europe (6 races are held in Germany and 2 in other European countries in 2023) |
Inaugural season | 2000 |
Constructors | |
Tyre suppliers | Pirelli |
Drivers' champion | Thomas Preining |
Makes' champion | Porsche |
Teams' champion | Manthey EMA |
Official website | www |
Current season |
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a sports car racing series sanctioned by ADAC. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The series currently races a modified version of Group GT3 grand touring cars, replacing the silhouette later Class 1 touring cars of earlier years.
From 2000 to 2020, the new DTM continued the former Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German Touring Car Championship) and ITC (International Touring Car Championship) which had been discontinued after 1996 due to high costs. The series raced prototype silhouette racing cars based on a mass-production road car in the same period.
History
The new DTM (2000)
During the ITC era, a large proportion of the revenue generated by the championship went to the
The DTM returned in 2000 as Mercedes and Opel had agreed to use cars that were based on the concept car that was shown by Opel on various occasions (e.g. the 1999
Unlike the previous incarnation, which primarily used saloon models like the
The motorsport arm of the Bavarian tuning company
DTM (2000–2003)
In May 2000, the new DTM started with the traditional Hockenheimring round on the short course. Some cars competing in the race had no or few sponsorship decals. While Opel's cars could match the speed of most Mercedes cars in the 2000 season, the hastily developed Abt-Audi ended up outclassed. As the body shape of the TT had rather poor aerodynamic properties, Abt was allowed to use a version with a stretched wheelbase and bodyshell in later years. Further dispensation was also granted, such as increased rear wing height, which helped the Abt-Audi TT-R win the DTM championship in 2002 with Laurent Aïello.
In 2002, the DTM also introduced the HANS device to increase driver safety and reduce injuries from accidents.
Ups and downs for Opel
In 2000,
Audi joins DTM in 2004
After their successes with the
DTM in 2005–2006
The championship suffered a setback in 2004 when long-time entrant
DTM in 2007–2013
The DTM carried on with only two manufacturers in spite of the television agreement requiring three manufacturers to participate in the series. The 2007–2009 seasons were marked by the dominance of Audi. Swede Mattias Ekström won the second of his two titles in 2007, and Timo Scheider took the driver's championship in the following two years. Mercedes-Benz were in the runner-up positions in both 2008 and 2009 (Paul di Resta in 2008 and Gary Paffett in 2009). In 2010, Mercedes finally bridged the gap to Audi, as di Resta won the 2010 championship driving for AMG-Mercedes.
In 2011 and 2012, the DTM held a
In 2012 BMW made a return to the series after a twenty-year absence,[2] and won the drivers, teams, and manufacturers titles.[3] 2012 also marked the return of three-car manufacturers since 2005 season.
Audi switched from the A4 to the A5 in 2012[4] and to the RS5 in 2013.[5] In 2013, the Drag Reduction System identical to the system used in Formula 1 was introduced by ITR to improve racing in DTM.
Recent history (2014–present)
In 2014, the body shape and aerodynamic pieces of all DTM cars were modified to improve racing. The double-header races (Saturday and Sunday races) were also revived in 2015, thus switching from races with total laps run to timed races. The qualifying format was also reformatted into a single-session timed qualification (similar to the Formula One qualifying format used from 1996 to 2002), but DTM only run a single 20-minute qualifying session for Saturday and Sunday races. Performance weights were also introduced to determine the winning car's weight.
In 2017, the DTM field size was reduced from 24 to 18 cars total to improve quality as well as increasing affordability for its existing manufacturers, while making the series a more attractive proposition for any prospective entrants and manufacturers.
For the 2019 season, turbocharged engines were reintroduced to the series for the first time since 1989 (see article below for full story). Mercedes left the series following the conclusion of the 2018 season, but R-Motorsport joined the series in 2019 to run four Aston Martin-branded cars, although they would withdraw after a single season that did not yield competitive results.[6] The 2019 season also saw the three Super GT GT500 manufacturers – Honda, Lexus and Nissan – each field a guest entry at the final race of the season, before entries from both series would compete at the non-championship Super GT x DTM Dream Race held at Fuji Speedway in Japan.[7]
The 2021 season switched to a GT3-based regulation otherwise known as GT Plus. The Class 1 cars were replaced in order to attract more manufacturers to the series.
International expansion
DTM–Super GT unification
In March 2010, The GT Association (the governing body of the
NASCAR Holdings / IMSA
On 27 March 2013, the ITR and NASCAR Holdings road racing division, the
Race format
When the DTM series returned, it used a similar format to the final season of the former DTM in 1996: two races of 100 kilometres, with a short break between them. In 2001 and 2002 there was a short race of 35 kilometres as well as a long race of 100 kilometres, which included one pit stop and points scored for the top 10 as in earlier seasons. From 2003 to 2014 there was only one race, which had a distance of about 250 kilometres, and two mandatory pit stops.
For the 2015 season a new race format was introduced. Race weekend consisted of 40-minute (Saturday) and 60-minute (Sunday) races. On Saturday's race a pit stop was optional, while on Sunday's race a pit stop was mandatory and all the four tyres had to be changed. Both races had the same scoring system.
In the 2017 season, both races of the weekend featured the same distance – 55 minutes plus a complete lap, with one race being held on Saturday, the other on Sunday. In both races, the drivers had to pit at least once for a set of fresh tyres.[14] For the 2019 season the time limited race format was abolished and the series reverted to the fixed lap race format that was last used in 2014.[15] However, after the opening round of the 2019 season, the series reverted the 55-minute plus one lap distance format due to issues with television broadcasts running longer than expected.
DTM drivers
The drivers have been a mixture of young and older drivers, including well known former
The DTM is also increasingly being used by young drivers such as
Gary Paffett has also used his championship win to gain a test with
Four female drivers have taken part in the championship. In 2006 Vanina Ickx started racing for Audi and Susie Stoddart (later Wolff) in 2011 for Mercedes. In 2008 Ickx was replaced by Katherine Legge, who was subsequently replaced for the 2011 season by Rahel Frey.
Cars, technology and specifications (silhouette touring car racing all eras)
Vehicle, chassis
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters cars closely resemble public road vehicles but custom-built into a racing version as a reference of silhouette racing car format. The championship controls and specifies the chassis/car and engine manufacturers that teams are allowed to use each season.[citation needed] The league's choice of manufacturers are changed every year. Opel provided cars and Spiess engines in 2000–2005 with two different models (Astra in 2000–2003 later Vectra GTS V8 in 2004–2005). Opel ended its DTM program after the 2005 season, citing costs and company restructuring. Aston Martin provided the cars to R-Motorsport team in 2019, but left DTM after the 2020 season unable to secure an engine supplier.[16]
In 2000, Mercedes-Benz AMG came to the new DTM from the
During the first inaugural resumption season, all DTM car styles were utilized shorter S-segment compact sports two-door coupé-style cars until 2003 season but in 2004 coupé-style cars were minority due to the transition to four-door sedan saloon-style cars. In 2004 the four-door sedan saloon-style cars were introduced due to touring car racing's core philosophy (several touring car racing tournaments have a de facto 4-door sedan saloon cars) until 2011. For 2012 season onwards the two-door coupé-style s were returned until 2020 but the two-door coupé-style cars are much more different than 2000–2003 cars (longer length, longer wheelbase, slightly lower height and aggressive aero package as based on compact D-segment compact executive cars). The updated new coupé-style cars were introduced in 2017 thanks to new rear wing.
The cars are supposed to be fast and spectacular, while still fairly cheap to build and run. All DTM race cars have RWD and 4.0-litre V8 engines (later 2.0-litre inline-4 turbocharged engines) which are air-restricted to 460 hp but now into over 500 hp since 2017 until 2018 season and now into 610 hp including 30 hp push-to-pass since 2019 season and later 580 hp + 60 hp push-to-pass since 2020 season onwards, no matter if similar layouts or engines are available in the road cars. Instead of the road car bodies, unrelated purpose-built
DTM cars adhere to a
The price of one current DTM car is normally €600,000-€5,000,000.
Aerodynamics
All Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters cars aero packages are completely assembled. The car floor underbody is flat. Serratured side front fenders are included along with triple-decker front side winglet flicks, multiple side winglet flicks and multiple rear winglet flicks. The 2017–2018 generation of rear wing for all Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters cars are slightly wider, bi-plane wing and also parallelogram rear wing end plate. Since 2019 season onwards, the new generation of rear wings are wider than 2012–2018 generation of rear wing, single-plane wing and uniquely shaped rear wing plate. DTM cars have included a
The HYLO (High Yaw Lift-Off) aerodynamic safety is integrated on the rear wing for all Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters cars started form 2020 season onwards.[17]
Tyres
Previously
Performance
According to research and pre-season stability tests, the pre-2019 model can go 0 to 100 km/h in approximately 2.6 seconds. The car had a top speed of 280
Since DTM switched from traditional classic electronic indirect-injected V8 naturally aspirated engines to fuel-efficient direct-injected inline-4 turbocharged engines since 2019 season, the current model can go 0 to 100 km/h in approximately 2.8 seconds and now has a top speed of 300 km/h (186 mph) and thus outperforming Australian Supercars top speed (Albeit, DTM cars use 102 RON fuel compared with Australian Supercars using E85 fuel. A fair comparison would be both series cars using the same fuel type).
Balance of Performance
In 2015, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters introduced a
Prohibitions
Driver safety
The safety is very important for all DTM drivers. Drivers are required to wear a race suit, Nomex underwear, gloves, socks, boots and headsocks in the DTM. Meanwhile, the helmets for all DTM drivers are made of carbon-fibre shell, lined with energy-absorbing foam and Nomex padding. The helmet type must meet or exceed
Further future of DTM (GT3 Pro – 2021 and beyond)
As Super GT GT500-style "
The race start format will no longer have standing start with a rolling start being implemented in place.[26]
Tyres
Michelin has been the tire partner of the DTM since 2021, carrying the Pilot Sport GT S9M brand. [27]
Pirelli tires have been used since the ADAC took over the DTM.
Scoring systems
This is the evolution of DTM points scoring system history since reborn.
- 2000
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- 2001
Points for short race | |||
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points for long race | ||||||||||
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- 2002
Points for short race | |||
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points for long race | ||||||||||
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | ||||
Points | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- 2003–2011
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- 2012–2014
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
- 2015–2022
Points for both races | ||||||||||
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
2023–present
Points for both races | |||||||||||||||
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Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points:
Qualifying Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
If in the case of a tie, DTM will determine the champion based on the most first-place finishes. If there is still a tie, DTM will determine the champion by the most second-place finishes, then the most third-place finishes, etc., until a champion is determined. DTM will apply the same system to other ties in the rankings at the close of the season and at any other time during the season.
Manufacturer representation
Make | 2000–2003 | 2004–2005 | 2006 | 2007–2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014–2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Aston Martin | Vantage Turbo | |||||||||||
Audi | TT | A4 | A5 | RS5 | RS5 Turbo | Audi R8 LMS Evo I | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | |||||
BMW | M3 | M4 | M4 Turbo |
M6 GT3 |
M4 GT3 | |||||||
Ferrari | 488 GT3 Evo | Ferrari 296 GT3
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Honda | NSX-GT | |||||||||||
Lamborghini | Huracán GT3 Evo | Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | ||||||||||
Lexus | LC500 | |||||||||||
McLaren | 720S GT3 | |||||||||||
Mercedes-Benz | CLK |
C-Class (W203) | C-Class (W204) | C-Coupé |
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | |||||||
Nissan | GT-R | |||||||||||
Opel | Astra | Vectra | ||||||||||
Porsche | 911 GT3 R |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) |
Circuits
Circuit | Season(s) | Rounds Held | Variation | Map |
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Hockenheimring | 2000–2001 | 14 | GP | |
2000–2001 | Short | |||
2002– | GP | |||
2002– | Short | |||
Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 2000–2001, 2004–2007 | 6 | Motorcycle A | |
2007–2015, 2023 | GP | |||
Norisring | 2000–2019, 2021– | 7 | ||
Nürburgring | 2000–2001 | 10 | GP-Strecke (Chicane) | |
2000–2001 | Sprint-Strecke (No Chicane) | |||
2002– | Sprint-Strecke (Chicane) | |||
Lausitzring (EuroSpeedway) | 2000– | 8 | ||
Sachsenring | 2001–2002 | 2 | ||
A1 Ring
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2001–2003 | 3 | ||
Circuit Zandvoort | 2001– | 6 | ||
Circuit Zolder | 2002 | 1 | ||
Donington Park | 2002–2003 | 2 | ||
Adria International Raceway | 2003–2004 | 2 | ||
Circuito do Estoril | 2004 | 1 | ||
Brno Circuit | 2004–2005 | 2 | ||
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2005 | 1 | ||
Istanbul Park | 2005 | 1 | ||
Brands Hatch | 2006– | 1 | ||
Circuit de la Sarthe | 2006– | 1 |
Champions
Season | Champion | Team | Champion's Car | Manufacturer's Champion |
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1984– 1996 |
See Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | |||
1997– 1999 |
not held | |||
2000 | Bernd Schneider | HWA Team | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz |
2001 | Bernd Schneider (2) | HWA Team | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz |
2002 | Laurent Aïello | ABT Sportsline | Audi | Mercedes-Benz |
2003 | Bernd Schneider (3) | HWA Team | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz |
2004 | Mattias Ekström | ABT Sportsline | Audi | Audi |
2005 | Gary Paffett | HWA Team | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz |
2006 | Bernd Schneider (4) | HWA Team | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz |
2007 | Mattias Ekström (2) | ABT Sportsline | Audi | Audi |
2008 | Timo Scheider | ABT Sportsline | Audi | Mercedes-Benz |
2009 | Timo Scheider (2) | ABT Sportsline | Audi | Mercedes-Benz |
2010 | Paul di Resta | HWA Team | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz |
2011 | Martin Tomczyk | Phoenix Racing | Audi | Audi |
2012 | Bruno Spengler | Schnitzer Motorsport | BMW | BMW |
2013 | Mike Rockenfeller | Phoenix Racing | Audi | BMW |
2014 | Marco Wittmann | Team RMG | BMW | Audi |
2015 | Pascal Wehrlein | HWA Team | Mercedes-Benz | BMW |
2016 | Marco Wittmann (2) | Team RMG | BMW | Audi |
2017 | René Rast | Team Rosberg | Audi | Audi |
2018 | Gary Paffett (2) | HWA Team | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz |
2019 | René Rast (2) | Team Rosberg | Audi | Audi |
2020 | René Rast (3) | Team Rosberg | Audi | Audi |
2021 | Maximilian Götz | Team HRT | Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz |
2022 | Sheldon van der Linde | Schubert Motorsport | BMW | Audi |
2023 | Thomas Preining | Manthey EMA | Porsche | Porsche |
Broadcasters
DACH
ProSiebenSat.1 Media is currently owned the domestic DTM broadcasting rights from 2018 until 2021.[28][29] Qualifying and race sessions is broadcast live on ran but Sat.1 only shows the race sessions. In Switzerland, the coverage also available on MySports through UPC.
outside DACH
Free-practices available worldwide via DTM official YouTube channel but for qualifying and race sessions only available for selected markets (including unsold) through OTT service DTM Grid.[30]
Country/region | Broadcaster | |
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Andorra | Automoto | |
France | ||
Monaco | ||
beIN Sports | ||
Sport Klub | ||
Belgium | Eleven Sports | |
Luxembourg | ||
Canada | SpeedSport1 | MavTV
|
United States | ||
India | Eurosport India
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Argentina | Star+ | |
Brazil | ||
Cyprus | Nova Sport
| |
Japan | J Sports | |
Mexico | Fox Sports | |
Switzerland | ServusTV | |
China | IQIYI | |
Czech Republic | Sport 5 | |
Indonesia | Mola TV | |
Timor-Leste | ||
Ireland | Viaplay | |
United Kingdom | ||
Netherlands | ||
Poland | ||
New Zealand | Sky Sport | |
Portugal | Sport TV | |
Romania | Sport Extra | |
Sweden | Viaplay | |
Turkey | S Sport | |
Bulgaria | Diema Sport |
Bold indicates highlights only
See also
- List of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters records
- Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (1984–1996)
- V8Star Series
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