2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

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]

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

Rule changes for 2016

Technical

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

Teams and drivers

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]	Mercedes-Benz DTM Team ART^[4]	2	Gary Paffett^[5]	All
			34	Esteban Ocon^[5]	1–5
			88	Felix Rosenqvist^[6]	6–9
		Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA II^[4]	3	Paul di Resta^[5]	All
		Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA II^[4]	84	Maximilian Götz^[5]	All
		Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I^[4]	6	Robert Wickens^[5]	All
		Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I^[4]	12	Daniel Juncadella^[5]	All
		Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke^[4]	8	Christian Vietoris^[5]	All
		Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke^[4]	22	Lucas Auer^[5]	All
Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline^[7]	5	Mattias Ekström^[7]	1–8
			48	Edoardo Mortara^[8]	All
			99	Mike Rockenfeller^[7]^[9]	9
		Audi Sport Team Phoenix^[7]	10	Timo Scheider^[7]	All
			72	René Rast^[10]^[9]	9
			99	Mike Rockenfeller^[7]	1–8
		Audi Sport Team Abt^[7]	17	Miguel Molina^[8]	All
		Audi Sport Team Abt^[7]	51	Nico Müller^[7]	All
		Audi Sport Team Rosberg^[7]	27	Adrien Tambay^[7]	All
			53	Jamie Green^[7]	All
			72	René Rast^[11]	5
BMW	BMW M4 DTM	BMW Team MTEK^[12]	7	Bruno Spengler^[13]	All
		BMW Team MTEK^[12]	18	Augusto Farfus^[13]	All
		BMW Team RMG^[12]	11	Marco Wittmann^[13]	All
		BMW Team RMG^[12]	16	Timo Glock^[13]	All
		BMW Team Schnitzer^[12]	13	António Félix da Costa^[13]	All
		BMW Team Schnitzer^[12]	100	Martin Tomczyk^[13]	All
		BMW Team RBM^[12]	31	Tom Blomqvist^[13]	All
		BMW Team RBM^[12]	36	Maxime Martin^[13]	All

Driver changes

Entering DTM

2015 GP3 Series champion and Mercedes DTM reserve driver Esteban Ocon made his DTM debut with Mercedes-Benz.^[5]

Leaving DTM

2015 DTM champion Pascal Wehrlein left the series to race in Formula One with Manor Racing.^[5]

Mid-season changes

Adrien Tambay was injured in the first race of Round 5 with René Rast replacing him for race 2.^[11] 　
After Round 5, Esteban Ocon left the DTM to race in Formula One with Manor Racing. He was replaced by 2015 European Formula 3 champion and Mercedes DTM reserve driver Felix Rosenqvist.^[6]
René Rast replaced Mattias Ekström at Hockenheim for the final round.^[10] After that he and Mike Rockenfeller were swapped in the team.^[9]

Calendar

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	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	7 May	Nico Müller	Robert Wickens	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi
1	R2	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	8 May	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA II	Mercedes-Benz
2	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	21 May	Marco Wittmann	Mattias Ekström	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW
2	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	22 May	Jamie Green	Robert Wickens	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	BMW
3	R1	Lausitzring, Brandenburg	4 June	Miguel Molina	Miguel Molina	Miguel Molina	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi
3	R2	Lausitzring, Brandenburg	5 June	Lucas Auer	Jamie Green	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke	Mercedes-Benz
4	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	25 June	Christian Vietoris	Edoardo Mortara	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi
4	R2	Norisring, Nuremberg	26 June	Tom Blomqvist^{[N 1]}	Tom Blomqvist	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi
5	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland	16 July	Robert Wickens	Robert Wickens	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I	Mercedes-Benz
5	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland	17 July	Jamie Green	Daniel Juncadella	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi
6	R1	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	20 August	Gary Paffett	Daniel Juncadella	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I	Mercedes-Benz
6	R2	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	21 August	Marco Wittmann	Nico Müller	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW
7	R1	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	10 September	Marco Wittmann^{[N 2]}	Jamie Green	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW
7	R2	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	11 September	Lucas Auer	Nico Müller	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi
8	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	24 September	Edoardo Mortara	Edoardo Mortara	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi
8	R2	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	25 September	Edoardo Mortara	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi
9	R1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	15 October	António Félix da Costa	António Félix da Costa	Miguel Molina	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi
9	R2	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	16 October	António Félix da Costa	Edoardo Mortara	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi

^ Originally scored by Mattias Ekström, the Swede had to serve a three-place grid penalty after causing a collision in the previous race.^[14]
^ Originally scored by Lucas Auer, the Austrian had to serve a five-place grid penalty after receiving his third warning of the season in the previous round.^[15]

Championship standings

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

Pos.	Driver	HOC		RBR		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MSC		NÜR		HUN		HOC		Points
1	Marco Wittmann	16	8	1	7	4	6	4	6	2	4	19	1	1	3	7	DSQ	2	4	206
2	Edoardo Mortara	1	11	3	Ret	8	12	1	8	17	3	8	6	4	1	1	19†	3	1	202
3	Jamie Green	15	Ret	14	3	2	4	2	17†	5	1	7	22	3	16	2	Ret	8	8	145
4	Robert Wickens	2	5	11	20	3	3	Ret	11	1	16	1	5	9	13	10	10	23†	9	124
5	Paul di Resta	4	1	7	15	13	21†	3	4	15	8	2	20	6	Ret	Ret	13	10	3	116
6	Tom Blomqvist	13	6	2	6	22	11	15	2	16	10	22	2	2	8	22	4	9	7	113
7	Mattias Ekström	9	Ret	16	2	6	2	Ret	Ret	7	7	5	9	DSQ	4	18	1			107
8	Maxime Martin	8	3	6	5	9	13	6	3	10	Ret	6	17	8	10	13	7	13	6	90
9	Nico Müller	3	7	10	Ret	10	8	20	1	20	5	13	7	11	5	5	Ret	15	13	88
10	Timo Glock	Ret	DSQ	4	1	12	10	21	9	21	6	11	24†	5	14	13	5	7	5	84
11	Gary Paffett	11	4	18	13	14	5	14	DSQ	4	2	3	18	19	7	20	16	19	15	73
12	Lucas Auer	17†	15†	21	16	7	1	13	5	12	9	18	10	7	2	15	15	18	16	68
13	Miguel Molina	10	Ret	19	14	1	19	17	14	18	Ret	17	11	15	20	3	18	1	14	66
14	Christian Vietoris	5	14	Ret	17	5	7	10	15	3	20†	23	14	13	17	17	14	22	2	60
15	Bruno Spengler	6	Ret	13	9	11	9	5	7	13	14	15	3	18	6	14	12	14	12	51
16	Augusto Farfus	14	2	9	4	21	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	13	14	4	22	21	19	Ret	11	Ret	44
17	António Félix da Costa	7	Ret	22	21	15	14	9	DSQ	6	17	20	19	20	19	16	3	4	Ret	43
18	Adrien Tambay	Ret	13	8	11	20	20	7	DSQ	Ret		12	8	Ret	15	6	2	12	Ret	40
19	Mike Rockenfeller	Ret	10	12	8	19	17	18	DSQ	14	15	16	15	14	22	4	8	5	11	31
20	Maximilian Götz	Ret	12	15	22	16	Ret	8	12	Ret	Ret	4	16	10	23	21	17	17	19	17
21	Martin Tomczyk	12	9	5	19	Ret	18	12	10	19	11	21	23	16	12	23	9	20	10	16
22	Timo Scheider	Ret	Ret	17	10	17	16	16	16	11	Ret	9	13	21	11	9	6	16	18	13
23	René Rast										19							6	17	8
24	Daniel Juncadella	Ret	16†	Ret	12	18	Ret	19	DSQ	8	12	24	12	17	9	11	DSQ	21	Ret	6
25	Felix Rosenqvist											10	21	12	18	8	11	Ret	Ret	5
26	Esteban Ocon	Ret	Ret	20	18	23	15	Ret	13	9	18									2
Pos.	Driver	HOC		RBR		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MSC		NÜR		HUN		HOC		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Pos.	Driver	HOC		RBR		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MSC		NÜR		HUN		HOC		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		RBR		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MSC		NÜR		HUN		HOC		Points

Teams' championship

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

^ ^a ^b "ITR reveals the 2016 DTM calendar". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ "The New Performance-Weight Regulations". DTM.com. DTM.com. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
^ "Mercedes AMG present their 2016 DTM car". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b "Felix Rosenqvist to make DTM debut for Mercedes". Touringcartimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b "Miguel Molina and Edoardo Mortara swap teams for 2016". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mike Rockenfeller switches teams for Hockenheim finale". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b "René Rast to take Mattias Ekström's place in Hockenheim". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.
^ "DTM Norisring: Blomqvist gets race two pole after Ekstrom penalty". Autosport. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
^ "DTM Nurburgring: Marco Wittmann on pole for race one". Autosport. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

External links

The official website of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (in German and English)

[15] Originally scored by Mattias Ekström, the Swede had to serve a three-place grid penalty after causing a collision in the previous race.^[14]

[17] Originally scored by Lucas Auer, the Austrian had to serve a five-place grid penalty after receiving his third warning of the season in the previous round.^[15]

[calendar-1] "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.

[Mercedes_Teams-4] "Mercedes AMG announces driver pairings for the 2016 DTM season". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

[MercedesDrivers-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.

[OconRosenqvist-6] "Felix Rosenqvist to make DTM debut for Mercedes". Touringcartimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.

[Audi_TeamsDrivers-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.

[Molina&Mortara-8] "Miguel Molina and Edoardo Mortara swap teams for 2016". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[RastRockenfeller-9] "Mike Rockenfeller switches teams for Hockenheim finale". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

[Rast2-10] "René Rast to take Mattias Ekström's place in Hockenheim". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

[Rast-11] "René Rast gets last minute call-up to replace Tambay in Zandvoort". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

[BMW_Teams-12] "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.

[BMW_Drivers-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.

[14] "DTM Norisring: Blomqvist gets race two pole after Ekstrom penalty". Autosport. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

[16] "DTM Nurburgring: Marco Wittmann on pole for race one". Autosport. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

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