2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

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Marco Wittmann (left) won his second Drivers' Championship while Edoardo Mortara (right) finished second in the championship.

The 2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirtieth season of premier German touring car championship and also seventeenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The season started on 7 May at Hockenheim, and ended on 16 October at the same venue. Marco Wittmann won his 2nd DTM championship after a total of nine events.[1]

Rule changes for 2016[edit]

Technical[edit]

  • The Balance of Performance DTM car weights were revised to improve racing spectacle.[2]

Teams and drivers[edit]

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.

Make Car Team No. Drivers Rounds
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM[3] France Mercedes-Benz DTM Team ART[4] 2 United Kingdom Gary Paffett[5] All
34 France Esteban Ocon[5] 1–5
88 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist[6] 6–9
Germany Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA II[4] 3 United Kingdom Paul di Resta[5] All
84 Germany Maximilian Götz[5] All
Germany Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I[4] 6 Canada Robert Wickens[5] All
12 Spain Daniel Juncadella[5] All
Germany Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke[4] 8 Germany Christian Vietoris[5] All
22 Austria Lucas Auer[5] All
Audi Audi RS5 DTM Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline[7] 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström[7] 1–8
48 Italy Edoardo Mortara[8] All
99 Germany Mike Rockenfeller[7][9] 9
Germany Audi Sport Team Phoenix[7] 10 Germany Timo Scheider[7] All
72 Germany René Rast[10][9] 9
99 Germany Mike Rockenfeller[7] 1–8
Germany Audi Sport Team Abt[7] 17 Spain Miguel Molina[8] All
51 Switzerland Nico Müller[7] All
Germany Audi Sport Team Rosberg[7] 27 France Adrien Tambay[7] All
53 United Kingdom Jamie Green[7] All
72 Germany René Rast[11] 5
BMW BMW M4 DTM Germany BMW Team MTEK[12] 7 Canada Bruno Spengler[13] All
18 Brazil Augusto Farfus[13] All
Germany BMW Team RMG[12] 11 Germany Marco Wittmann[13] All
16 Germany Timo Glock[13] All
Germany BMW Team Schnitzer[12] 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa[13] All
100 Germany Martin Tomczyk[13] All
Belgium BMW Team RBM[12] 31 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist[13] All
36 Belgium Maxime Martin[13] All

Driver changes[edit]

Entering DTM
Leaving DTM
Mid-season changes

Calendar[edit]

The nine event calendar was announced on 30 November 2015.[1] Oschersleben was officially removed from calendar.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer
1 R1 Germany Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 7 May Switzerland Nico Müller Canada Robert Wickens Italy Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi
R2 8 May United Kingdom Paul di Resta United Kingdom Paul di Resta United Kingdom Paul di Resta Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA II Mercedes-Benz
2 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 21 May Germany Marco Wittmann Sweden Mattias Ekström Germany Marco Wittmann BMW Team RMG BMW
R2 22 May United Kingdom Jamie Green Canada Robert Wickens Germany Timo Glock BMW Team RMG BMW
3 R1 Germany Lausitzring, Brandenburg 4 June Spain Miguel Molina Spain Miguel Molina Spain Miguel Molina Audi Sport Team Abt Audi
R2 5 June Austria Lucas Auer United Kingdom Jamie Green Austria Lucas Auer Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke Mercedes-Benz
4 R1 Germany Norisring, Nuremberg 25 June Germany Christian Vietoris Italy Edoardo Mortara Italy Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi
R2 26 June United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist[N 1] United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist Switzerland Nico Müller Audi Sport Team Abt Audi
5 R1 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland 16 July Canada Robert Wickens Canada Robert Wickens Canada Robert Wickens Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I Mercedes-Benz
R2 17 July United Kingdom Jamie Green Spain Daniel Juncadella United Kingdom Jamie Green Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi
6 R1 Russia Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 20 August United Kingdom Gary Paffett Spain Daniel Juncadella Canada Robert Wickens Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I Mercedes-Benz
R2 21 August Germany Marco Wittmann Switzerland Nico Müller Germany Marco Wittmann BMW Team RMG BMW
7 R1 Germany Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate 10 September Germany Marco Wittmann[N 2] United Kingdom Jamie Green Germany Marco Wittmann BMW Team RMG BMW
R2 11 September Austria Lucas Auer Switzerland Nico Müller Italy Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi
8 R1 Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród 24 September Italy Edoardo Mortara Italy Edoardo Mortara Italy Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi
R2 25 September Italy Edoardo Mortara Sweden Mattias Ekström Sweden Mattias Ekström Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi
9 R1 Germany Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 15 October Portugal António Félix da Costa Portugal António Félix da Costa Spain Miguel Molina Audi Sport Team Abt Audi
R2 16 October Portugal António Félix da Costa Italy Edoardo Mortara Italy Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi
  1. ^ Originally scored by Mattias Ekström, the Swede had to serve a 3-place grid penalty after causing a collision in the previous race.
  2. ^ Originally scored by Lucas Auer, the Austrian had to serve a 5-place grid penalty after receiving his third warning of the season in the previous round.

Championship standings[edit]

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championship[edit]

Pos. Driver HOC
Germany 		RBR
Austria 		LAU
Germany 		NOR
Germany 		ZAN
Netherlands 		MSC
Russia 		NÜR
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		HOC
Germany 		Points
1 Germany Marco Wittmann 16 8 1 7 4 6 4 6 2 4 19 1 1 3 7 DSQ 2 4 206
2 Italy Edoardo Mortara 1 11 3 Ret 8 12 1 8 17 3 8 6 4 1 1 19† 3 1 202
3 United Kingdom Jamie Green 15 Ret 14 3 2 4 2 17† 5 1 7 22 3 16 2 Ret 8 8 145
4 Canada Robert Wickens 2 5 11 20 3 3 Ret 11 1 16 1 5 9 13 10 10 23† 9 124
5 United Kingdom Paul di Resta 4 1 7 15 13 21† 3 4 15 8 2 20 6 Ret Ret 13 10 3 116
6 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist 13 6 2 6 22 11 15 2 16 10 22 2 2 8 22 4 9 7 113
7 Sweden Mattias Ekström 9 Ret 16 2 6 2 Ret Ret 7 7 5 9 DSQ 4 18 1 107
8 Belgium Maxime Martin 8 3 6 5 9 13 6 3 10 Ret 6 17 8 10 13 7 13 6 90
9 Switzerland Nico Müller 3 7 10 Ret 10 8 20 1 20 5 13 7 11 5 5 Ret 15 13 88
10 Germany Timo Glock Ret DSQ 4 1 12 10 21 9 21 6 11 24† 5 14 13 5 7 5 84
11 United Kingdom Gary Paffett 11 4 18 13 14 5 14 DSQ 4 2 3 18 19 7 20 16 19 15 73
12 Austria Lucas Auer 17† 15† 21 16 7 1 13 5 12 9 18 10 7 2 15 15 18 16 68
13 Spain Miguel Molina 10 Ret 19 14 1 19 17 14 18 Ret 17 11 15 20 3 18 1 14 66
14 Germany Christian Vietoris 5 14 Ret 17 5 7 10 15 3 20† 23 14 13 17 17 14 22 2 60
15 Canada Bruno Spengler 6 Ret 13 9 11 9 5 7 13 14 15 3 18 6 14 12 14 12 51
16 Brazil Augusto Farfus 14 2 9 4 21 Ret 11 Ret Ret 13 14 4 22 21 19 Ret 11 Ret 44
17 Portugal António Félix da Costa 7 Ret 22 21 15 14 9 DSQ 6 17 20 19 20 19 16 3 4 Ret 43
18 France Adrien Tambay Ret 13 8 11 20 20 7 DSQ Ret 12 8 Ret 15 6 2 12 Ret 40
19 Germany Mike Rockenfeller Ret 10 12 8 19 17 18 DSQ 14 15 16 15 14 22 4 8 5 11 31
20 Germany Maximilian Götz Ret 12 15 22 16 Ret 8 12 Ret Ret 4 16 10 23 21 17 17 19 17
21 Germany Martin Tomczyk 12 9 5 19 Ret 18 12 10 19 11 21 23 16 12 23 9 20 10 16
22 Germany Timo Scheider Ret Ret 17 10 17 16 16 16 11 Ret 9 13 21 11 9 6 16 18 13
23 Germany René Rast 19 6 17 8
24 Spain Daniel Juncadella Ret 16† Ret 12 18 Ret 19 DSQ 8 12 24 12 17 9 11 DSQ 21 Ret 6
25 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist 10 21 12 18 8 11 Ret Ret 5
26 France Esteban Ocon Ret Ret 20 18 23 15 Ret 13 9 18 2
Pos. Driver HOC
Germany 		RBR
Austria 		LAU
Germany 		NOR
Germany 		ZAN
Netherlands 		MSC
Russia 		NÜR
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		HOC
Germany 		Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

  • † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.

Manufacturers' championship[edit]

Pos. Driver HOC
Germany 		RBR
Austria 		LAU
Germany 		NOR
Germany 		ZAN
Netherlands 		MSC
Russia 		NÜR
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		HOC
Germany 		Points
1 Audi 43 7 20 38 56 34 49 29 16 56 22 20 27 47 90 55 62 29 700
2 BMW 18 47 75 63 14 11 32 50 27 21 8 70 57 28 6 45 38 37 647
3 Mercedes-Benz 40 47 6 0 31 56 20 22 58 24 71 11 17 26 5 1 1 35 471
Pos. Driver HOC
Germany 		RBR
Austria 		LAU
Germany 		NOR
Germany 		ZAN
Netherlands 		MSC
Russia 		NÜR
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		HOC
Germany 		Points

Teams' championship[edit]

Pos. Team Points
1 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 319
2 BMW Team RMG 290
3 BMW Team RBM 203
4 Audi Sport Team Rosberg 185
5 Audi Sport Team Abt 154
6 Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA II 133
7 Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I 130
8 Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke 128
9 BMW Team MTEK 95
10 Mercedes-Benz DTM Team ART 80
11 BMW Team Schnitzer 59
12 Audi Sport Team Phoenix 42

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "ITR reveals the 2016 DTM calendar". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  2. ^ "The New Performance-Weight Regulations". DTM.com. DTM.com. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Mercedes AMG present their 2016 DTM car". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d "Mercedes AMG announces driver pairings for the 2016 DTM season". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Esteban Ocon completes 2016 DTM line-up for Mercedes". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Felix Rosenqvist to make DTM debut for Mercedes". Touringcartimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Audi Sport DTM driver line up unchanged for 2016". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Miguel Molina and Edoardo Mortara swap teams for 2016". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "Mike Rockenfeller switches teams for Hockenheim finale". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  10. ^ a b "René Rast to take Mattias Ekström's place in Hockenheim". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  11. ^ a b "René Rast gets last minute call-up to replace Tambay in Zandvoort". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  12. ^ a b c d "BMW Motorsport announces driver pairings for the 2016 DTM". BMW Motorsport. BMW. 4 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h "BMW Motorsport retains all eight of its drivers for 2016". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

External links[edit]

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