2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

The 2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-seventh season of the premier German motor racing championship and also the twenty-fourth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It was the third season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations, and the first season with ADAC as the promoter after ITR ceased operations at the end of the previous year.[1]

Teams and drivers edit

All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli. On 22 February all participating teams were announced.[2]

Manufacturer Car Engine Team No. Driver Status Rounds Ref.
Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10   Abt Sportsline 3   Kelvin van der Linde All [3]
7   Ricardo Feller All
  Liqui Moly Team Engstler 8   Luca Engstler All [4]
  Tresor Attempto Racing 40   Mattia Drudi All [5]
83   Patric Niederhauser All
BMW BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6   Schubert Motorsport 1   Sheldon van der Linde All [6]
33   René Rast 1, 3–8
  Dries Vanthoor 2
  Project 1 11   Marco Wittmann All
56   Sandro Holzem G 4 [7]
5–8 [8]
Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6   Emil Frey Racing 14   Jack Aitken 1, 3–8 [9][10][11]
  Albert Costa 2
69   Thierry Vermeulen All
Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10   SSR Performance 6   Alessio Deledda All [12]
92   Mirko Bortolotti All
94   Franck Perera All
  GRT Grasser Racing Team 19   Mick Wishofer 1–3 [13]
  Maximilian Paul 4–5 [14]
  Andrea Caldarelli 7 [15]
  Christian Engelhart 8 [16]
63   Clemens Schmid All [17]
Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8   Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 4   Luca Stolz All [18]
36   Arjun Maini All
  Mercedes-AMG Team Winward 22   Lucas Auer All
27   David Schumacher All
  Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter[N 1]
Mercedes-AMG Team BWT[N 1]
48   Maro Engel All
84   Jusuf Owega All
Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6   Toksport WRT 9   Tim Heinemann All [19]
99   Christian Engelhart 1–4
  Marvin Dienst 5–8 [20]
  KÜS Team Bernhard 24   Ayhancan Güven All [19]
75   Laurin Heinrich All
  Manthey EMA 90   Dennis Olsen All [21]
91   Thomas Preining All
Icon Status
G Guest drivers ineligible for points

Race calendar edit

Round Circuit Location Race 1 Race 2
1   Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt 27 May 28 May
2   Circuit Zandvoort Zandvoort, North Holland 24 June 25 June
3   Norisring Nuremberg, Bavaria 8 July 9 July
4   Nürburgring Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate 5 August 6 August
5   Lausitzring Klettwitz, Brandenburg 19 August 20 August
6   Sachsenring Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Sachsen 9 September 10 September
7   Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria 23 September 24 September
8   Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg 21 October 22 October
Source:[1]

Results and standings edit

Season summary edit

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer
1 R1   Motorsport Arena Oschersleben   Franck Perera   Ayhancan Güven   Franck Perera   SSR Performance   Lamborghini
R2   Thomas Preining   Thomas Preining   Christian Engelhart   Toksport WRT   Porsche
2 R1   Circuit Zandvoort   Maro Engel   Maro Engel   Maro Engel   Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf   Mercedes-AMG
R2   Ricardo Feller   Ricardo Feller   Ricardo Feller   Abt Sportsline   Audi
3 R1   Norisring   Sheldon van der Linde   Laurin Heinrich   Sheldon van der Linde   Schubert Motorsport   BMW
R2   René Rast   Kelvin van der Linde   Thomas Preining   Manthey EMA   Porsche
4 R1   Nürburgring
(Sprint Circuit)
  Mirko Bortolotti   Lucas Auer   Mirko Bortolotti   SSR Performance   Lamborghini
R2   Ricardo Feller   Marco Wittmann   Maximilian Paul   GRT Grasser Racing Team   Lamborghini
5 R1   Lausitzring
(Sprint Circuit)
  Jack Aitken   Jack Aitken   Jack Aitken   Emil Frey Racing   Ferrari
R2   Mirko Bortolotti   Luca Stolz   Mirko Bortolotti   SSR Performance   Lamborghini
6 R1   Sachsenring   Luca Stolz   Ayhancan Güven   Luca Stolz   Mercedes-AMG Team HRT   Mercedes-AMG
R2   Mirko Bortolotti   Ricardo Feller   Mirko Bortolotti   SSR Performance   Lamborghini
7 R1   Red Bull Ring   Laurin Heinrich   René Rast   Kelvin van der Linde   Abt Sportsline   Audi
R2   René Rast   Sheldon van der Linde   René Rast   Schubert Motorsport   BMW
8 R1   Hockenheimring   Thomas Preining   Thomas Preining   Thomas Preining   Manthey EMA   Porsche
R2   Thomas Preining   Sheldon van der Linde   Thomas Preining   Manthey EMA   Porsche

Scoring system edit

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

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Race 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 
Points 3 2 1

Drivers' championship edit

Pos. Driver OSC
 
ZAN
 
NOR
 
NÜR
 
LAU
 
SAC
 
RBR
 
HOC
 
Points
1   Thomas Preining 11 31 7 22 122 12 32 5 15 4 2 4 6 3 11 11 246
2   Mirko Bortolotti 83 6 4 11 6 4 11 DNS 22 11 9 11 9 21 5 22 213
3   Ricardo Feller 4 7 15 11 8 14 43 61 7 22 4 6 3 15 4 9 179
4   Sheldon van der Linde Ret 11 22 10 11 33 7 172 5 13 6 Ret 13 22 20 4 151
5   René Rast 5 Ret 2 21 20 19 8 11 8 8 4 11 Ret 3 140
6   Luca Stolz Ret Ret 11 3 Ret 10 15 13 6 3 11 23 7 Ret 8 73 133
7   Dennis Olsen 10 4 16 9 3 6 5 Ret 12 5 7 Ret 10 5 23 12 129
8   Kelvin van der Linde 6 Ret 12 6 21 5 8 20 3 8 53 13 12 Ret 6 25 119
9   Lucas Auer 16 10 6 Ret 4 11 2 3 43 6 Ret 15 15 11 15 8 111
10   Maro Engel 13 14 11 53 7 9 12 4 13 Ret Ret Ret 5 12 17 5 107
11   Franck Perera 11 12 3 13 11 12 23 10 Ret Ret 11 3 19 13 14 14 95
12   Laurin Heinrich 7 9 Ret Ret 10 7 19 2 DSQ Ret 12 Ret 21 16 10 6 94
13   Marco Wittmann Ret 18 53 4 9 13 6 15 10 10 18 12 8 4 9 17 91
14   Jack Aitken 32 17 17 20 22 183 11 7 Ret Ret2 20 83 7 10 82
15   Ayhancan Güven 20 Ret 13 7 53 8 Ret WD 16 Ret 32 Ret 113 7 Ret 11 70
16   Thierry Vermeulen 15 16 Ret Ret 20 21 10 8 9 9 10 5 DSQ 9 11 23 58
17   Christian Engelhart 9 1 23 12 Ret 17 Ret WD 32 Ret 54
18   Tim Heinemann 2 22 19 16 Ret 16 14 12 Ret 16 16 14 21 20 Ret Ret 50
19   Clemens Schmid 12 53 21 Ret 18 Ret 18 DSQ 11 Ret3 Ret 17 25 6 12 24 32
20   Arjun Maini Ret 15 17 17 13 15 16 DSQ Ret 14 13 7 14 10 Ret 13 30
21   Maximilian Paul 13 1 19 Ret 28
22   Jusuf Owega 14 8 10 Ret Ret 18 17 16 14 17 14 10 Ret 19 22 15 28
23   Patric Niederhauser Ret 19 20 8 15 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 23 17 19 19 23
24   Luca Engstler 17 DSQ 14 14 Ret 19 Ret 7 DSQ 15 19 Ret 12 Ret Ret 22 18
25   David Schumacher 18 13 Ret 15 16 Ret Ret 9 DSQ Ret 17 11 18 18 18 16 16
26   Mattia Drudi Ret Ret 18 DSQ 14 Ret 11 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 20 13
27   Marvin Dienst 18 12 15 Ret 22 14 13 18 11
28   Albert Costa 8 Ret 8
29   Dries Vanthoor 9 Ret 7
30   Sandro Holzem[N 2] 21 14 17 18 20 16 24 Ret 21 21 0
31   Andrea Caldarelli 17 DSQ 0
32   Alessio Deledda 19 20 24 Ret 19 Ret Ret DSQ Ret 19 21 18 26 22 Ret Ret 0
33   Mick Wishofer Ret Ret 22 Ret DSQ Ret 0
Pos. Driver OSC
 
ZAN
 
NOR
 
NÜR
 
LAU
 
SAC
 
RBR
 
HOC
 
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

1 – 3 Points for Pole

2 – 2 Points for P2

3 – 1 Point for P3

Teams' championship edit

Pos. Team Points
1   Manthey EMA 357
2   SSR Performance 291
3   Abt Sportsline 286
4   Schubert Motorsport 282
5   Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 158
6   KÜS Team Bernhard 157
7   Emil Frey Racing 139
8   Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf 131
9   Mercedes-AMG Team Winward 126
10   Toksport WRT 95
11   Project 1 90
12   GRT Grasser Racing Team 74
13   Tresor Attempto Racing 36
14   Liqui Moly Team Engstler 18

Manufacturers' championship edit

Only points scored by the top three drivers of a manufacturer in races count for the manufacturers' championship.

Pos. Manufacturer Points
1   Porsche 464
2   Lamborghini 396
3   Mercedes-AMG 364
4   BMW 356
5   Audi 336
6   Ferrari 199

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Car No. 48 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter, car No. 84 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team BWT. Both cars share a teams' championship entry as "Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf".
  2. ^ Sandro Holzem was a guest driver for round 4, but was a full-time driver from round 5 onwards.

References edit

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  16. ^ Plümer, Jonas (16 October 2023). "DTM: GRT bestätigt Rückkehr von Christian Engelhart". gt-place.com (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 16 October 2023.
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  19. ^ a b Euwema, Davey (24 February 2023). "Team Bernhard, Toksport Reveal Two-Car Porsche Efforts". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
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  21. ^ Goodwin, Graham (24 February 2023). "Manthey EMA Confirm Olsen & Preining For 2023 DTM". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

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