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]

2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
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DTM Support series:
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Audi Sport TT Cup
FIA European Formula 3
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
84 Maximilian Götz[5] All
Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I[4] 6 Robert Wickens[5] All
12 Daniel Juncadella[5] All
Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke[4] 8 Christian Vietoris[5] All
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
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
18 Augusto Farfus[13] All
BMW Team RMG[12] 11 Marco Wittmann[13] All
16 Timo Glock[13] All
BMW Team Schnitzer[12] 13 António Félix da Costa[13] All
100 Martin Tomczyk[13] All
BMW Team RBM[12] 31 Tom Blomqvist[13] All
36 Maxime Martin[13] All

Driver changes
Entering DTM
Leaving DTM
Mid-season changes

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
R2 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
R2 22 May Jamie Green Robert Wickens Timo Glock BMW Team RMG BMW
3 R1 EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Brandenburg 4 June Miguel Molina Miguel Molina Miguel Molina Audi Sport Team Abt Audi
R2 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
R2 26 June Tom Blomqvist[N 1] Tom Blomqvist Nico Müller Audi Sport Team Abt Audi
5 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort, Noord-Holland 16 July Robert Wickens Robert Wickens Robert Wickens Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I Mercedes-Benz
R2 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
R2 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
R2 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
R2 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
R2 16 October António Félix da Costa Edoardo Mortara 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
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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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.

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
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  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. "Mercedes AMG announces driver pairings for the 2016 DTM season". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  5. "Esteban Ocon completes 2016 DTM line-up for Mercedes". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  6. "Felix Rosenqvist to make DTM debut for Mercedes". Touringcartimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  7. "Audi Sport DTM driver line up unchanged for 2016". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  8. "Miguel Molina and Edoardo Mortara swap teams for 2016". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  9. "Mike Rockenfeller switches teams for Hockenheim finale". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  10. "René Rast to take Mattias Ekström's place in Hockenheim". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  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.
  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.
  13. "BMW Motorsport retains all eight of its drivers for 2016". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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