2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

The 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-eighth season of premier German touring car championship and also fifteenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The season started on 4 May at Hockenheim, and ended on 19 October at the same venue, after a total of ten rounds.

2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
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Marco Wittmann (left) won his first Drivers' Championship while Mattias Ekström (right) finished second in the championship.

In his second season in the series, BMW Team RMG driver Marco Wittmann became champion after his consistent finishes throughout the season left him with a comfortable 50-point winning margin. Wittmann took his first series victory in the opening race at Hockenheim, and quickly added a second victory at the Hungaroring. He also won back-to-back races at the Red Bull Ring and the Nürburgring, before clinching the title at EuroSpeedway Lausitz. Mattias Ekström finished the season as runner-up for Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline, winning the season's final two races at Zandvoort and Hockenheim – Audi's only victories of the 2014 season. Another Audi driver clinched third in the championship, as defending champion Mike Rockenfeller finished in the position for Audi Sport Team Phoenix; he took three second places during the year, but went winless. Other drivers to take victories were Wittmann's team-mate Maxime Martin at Moscow Raceway, with HWA triumvirate Robert Wickens (Norisring), Christian Vietoris (Oschersleben) and Pascal Wehrlein (Lausitz) taking victories for Mercedes; for Vietoris and Wehrlein, it was their first in the series.

It was also the last season of the single-legged race format before it was replaced by the two-legged DTM race format for the following season (with both races held on Saturday and Sunday).

Teams and drivers

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.

Make	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi Sport Team Phoenix[1]	1	Mike Rockenfeller[1]	All
			2	Timo Scheider[1]	All
		Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline[1]	7	Mattias Ekström[1]	All
			8	Miguel Molina[1]	All
		Audi Sport Team Abt[1]	15	Edoardo Mortara[1]	All
			16	Adrien Tambay[1]	All
		Audi Sport Team Rosberg[1]	21	Jamie Green[1]	All
			22	Nico Müller[1]	All
BMW	BMW M4 DTM[2]	BMW Team RBM[3]	3	Augusto Farfus[4]	All
			4	Joey Hand[4]	All
		BMW Team Schnitzer[3]	9	Bruno Spengler[4]	All
			10	Martin Tomczyk[4]	All
		BMW Team MTEK[3]	17	Timo Glock[4]	All
			18	António Félix da Costa[4]	All
		BMW Team RMG[3]	23	Marco Wittmann[4]	All
			24	Maxime Martin[4]	All
Mercedes-Benz	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé	HWA Team[5]	5	Christian Vietoris[6]	All
			6	Paul di Resta[7]	All
			11	Gary Paffett[8]	All
			12	Robert Wickens[6]	All
			25	Pascal Wehrlein[6]	All
		Mücke Motorsport[5]	19	Daniel Juncadella[9]	All
			20	Vitaly Petrov[10]	All

Driver changes

Entering DTM

• BMW test driver and Marc VDS Racing Team driver Maxime Martin was promoted to a race seat in BMW Team RMG for the 2014 season.[4]
• Both António Félix da Costa and Nico Müller, who finished third and fifth in the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, joined the DTM series, driving for BMW Team MTEK and Team Rosberg respectively.[4][11]
• Former Renault and Caterham Formula One driver Vitaly Petrov entered the championship, driving a Mercedes-Benz.[10]

Leaving DTM

• Filipe Albuquerque, who drove for Audi switched to the marque's LMP and GT programme.[11]
• Andy Priaulx, who drove for BMW in 2012 and 2013, left the series and joined the United SportsCar Championship.[4]
• Dirk Werner, who drove for BMW in 2012 and 2013, left the series and joined the BMW endurance programme, including competing at the 24 Hours Nürburgring.[4]
• Roberto Merhi who drove for Mercedes in 2012 and 2013, left the series and joined Zeta Corse in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. He remained a Mercedes test and reserve driver.[6]

Race calendar and results

A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 16 October 2013.[12]

In July, it was announced that the Chinese round – originally scheduled for 28 September on a temporary street circuit in Guangzhou – was cancelled, as the modifications necessary for erecting the circuit proved to be far more extensive than first planned. As a result, a replacement round was scheduled for the same weekend, held at Zandvoort in the Netherlands.[13]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer
1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	4 May	Adrien Tambay	Martin Tomczyk	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW
2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt	18 May	Marco Wittmann	Miguel Molina	Christian Vietoris	HWA Team	Mercedes-Benz
3	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	1 June	Marco Wittmann	Nico Müller	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW
4	Norisring, Nuremberg	29 June	Robert Wickens	Mattias Ekström	Robert Wickens	HWA Team	Mercedes-Benz
5	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	13 July	Maxime Martin	Miguel Molina	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RMG	BMW
6	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	3 August	Robert Wickens	Mike Rockenfeller	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW
7	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	17 August	Marco Wittmann	Marco Wittmann	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW
8	EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Brandenburg	14 September	Pascal Wehrlein	Timo Scheider	Pascal Wehrlein	HWA Team	Mercedes-Benz
9	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Noord-Holland	28 September	Mike Rockenfeller	Marco Wittmann	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi
10	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	19 October	Miguel Molina	Marco Wittmann	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi

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 OSC HUN NOR MSC RBR NÜR LAU ZAN HOC Points 1 Marco Wittmann 1 19 1 6 4 1 1 6 2 5 156 2 Mattias Ekström 2 13 9 3 3 7 Ret Ret 1 1 106 3 Mike Rockenfeller 4 2 10 8 Ret 13 2 10 15 2 72 4 Christian Vietoris 15 1 20† 21† 7 9 6 2 5 14 69 5 Edoardo Mortara 22† 3 4 4 9 16 3 16 4 22† 68 6 Martin Tomczyk 7 9 13 Ret 13 4 8 8 3 7 49 7 Maxime Martin 20 14 6 17 1 14 7 14 6 Ret 47 8 Pascal Wehrlein 11 Ret 14 5 8 Ret 10 1 7 20† 46 9 Timo Scheider 9 7 Ret 10 Ret 5 Ret 3 9 6 44 10 Jamie Green Ret 18† 7 2 Ret 8 14 17† 14 3 43 11 Bruno Spengler 6 12 3 11 2 10 12 15 16 12 42 12 Robert Wickens 18 Ret 11 1 14 DSQ 9 5 8 17 41 13 Augusto Farfus 8 5 21† 14 10 2 Ret 7 Ret 16 39 14 Adrien Tambay 3 10 5 9 Ret 6 11 18† Ret 19† 36 15 Paul di Resta 14 4 18 15 Ret 18 4 Ret Ret 4 36 16 Timo Glock 5 Ret 19 16 6 3 16 Ret 12 11 33 17 Miguel Molina 13 6 2 22† 12 11 Ret 9 18† 8 32 18 Daniel Juncadella 19 Ret 16 13 15 15 5 4 17 21† 22 19 Nico Müller 16 16 12 18 5 19 Ret Ret Ret 13 10 20 Joey Hand 10 15 15 7 17 12 17 11 10 15 8 21 António Félix da Costa 21† 11 8 20 11 Ret 13 Ret 13 9 6 22 Gary Paffett 12 8 Ret 12 16 17 15 13 19† 10 5 23 Vitaly Petrov 17 17 17 19 18 20 18 12 11 18† 0 Pos. Driver HOC OSC HUN NOR MSC RBR NÜR LAU ZAN HOC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Teams' championship

Pos. Team No. HOC OSC HUN NOR MSC RBR NÜR LAU ZAN HOC Points 1 BMW Team RMG 23 1 19 1 6 4 1 1 6 2 5 203 24 20 14 6 17 1 14 7 14 6 Ret 2 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 7 2 13 9 3 3 7 Ret Ret 1 1 138 8 13 6 2 22† 12 11 Ret 9 18† 8 3 Audi Sport Team Phoenix 1 4 2 10 8 Ret 13 2 10 15 2 116 2 9 7 Ret 10 Ret 5 Ret 3 9 6 4 HWA Team 5 15 1 20† 21† 7 9 6 2 5 14 105 6 14 4 18 15 Ret 18 4 Ret Ret 4 5 Audi Sport Team Abt 15 22† 3 4 4 9 16 3 16 4 22† 104 16 3 10 5 9 Ret 6 11 18† Ret 19† 6 BMW Team Schnitzer 9 6 12 3 11 2 10 12 15 16 12 91 10 7 9 13 Ret 13 4 8 8 3 7 7 Audi Sport Team Rosberg 21 Ret 18† 7 2 Ret 8 14 17† 14 3 53 22 16 16 12 18 5 19 Ret Ret Ret 13 8 BMW Team RBM 3 8 5 21† 14 10 2 Ret 7 Ret 16 47 4 10 15 15 7 17 12 17 11 10 15 9 HWA Team 25 11 Ret 14 5 8 Ret 10 1 7 20† 46 10 HWA Team 11 12 8 Ret 12 16 17 15 13 19† 10 46 12 18 Ret 11 1 14 DSQ 9 5 8 17 11 BMW Team MTEK 17 5 Ret 19 16 6 3 16 Ret 12 11 39 18 21† 11 8 20 11 Ret 13 Ret 13 9 12 Mücke Motorsport 19 19 Ret 16 13 15 15 5 4 17 21† 22 20 17 17 17 19 18 20 18 12 11 18† Pos. Team No. HOC OSC HUN NOR MSC RBR NÜR LAU ZAN HOC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	HOC	OSC	HUN	NOR	MSC	RBR	NÜR	LAU	ZAN	HOC	Points
1	Audi	47	48	49	52	27	28	33	18	39	70	411
2	BMW	54	12	52	14	64	71	35	18	42	18	380
3	Mercedes-Benz	0	41	0	35	10	2	33	65	20	13	219
Pos.	Manufacturer	HOC	OSC	HUN	NOR	MSC	RBR	NÜR	LAU	ZAN	HOC	Points

References

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External links

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