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.
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 Lausitzring. 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 (Lausitzring) 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).
A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 16 October 2013.[1]
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.[2]
Round | Circuit | Date | Maps |
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1 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg | 4 May | |
2 | 18 May | ||
3 | Hungaroring, Mogyoród | 1 June | |
4 | Norisring, Nuremberg | 29 June | |
5 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 13 July | |
6 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 3 August | |
7 | Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate | 17 August | |
8 | Lausitzring, Brandenburg | 14 September | |
9 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland | ||
10 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg | 19 October |
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.
Car | Team | Drivers | Rounds | ||
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Audi | Audi RS5 DTM | Audi Sport Team Phoenix[3] | 1 | Mike Rockenfeller | All |
2 | Timo Scheider | All | |||
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 7 | Mattias Ekström | All | ||
8 | Miguel Molina | All | |||
Audi Sport Team Abt | 15 | Edoardo Mortara | All | ||
16 | Adrien Tambay | All | |||
Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 21 | Jamie Green | All | ||
22 | Nico Müller | All | |||
BMW | BMW M4 DTM[4] | BMW Team RBM[5] | 3 | Augusto Farfus[6] | All |
4 | Joey Hand | All | |||
BMW Team Schnitzer | 9 | Bruno Spengler | All | ||
10 | Martin Tomczyk | All | |||
BMW Team MTEK | 17 | Timo Glock | All | ||
18 | António Félix da Costa | All | |||
BMW Team RMG | 23 | Marco Wittmann | All | ||
24 | Maxime Martin | All | |||
Mercedes-Benz | DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé | HWA Team[7] | 5 | Christian Vietoris[8] | All |
6 | Paul di Resta[9] | All | |||
11 | Gary Paffett[10] | All | |||
12 | Robert Wickens | All | |||
25 | Pascal Wehrlein | All | |||
Mücke Motorsport | 19 | Daniel Juncadella[11] | All | ||
20 | Vitaly Petrov[12] | All |
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning manufacturer | |
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1 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg | 4 May | Adrien Tambay | Martin Tomczyk | Marco Wittmann | BMW Team RMG | BMW | |
2 | 18 May | Marco Wittmann | Miguel Molina | 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 | Marco Wittmann | BMW Team RMG | BMW | ||
7 | Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate | 17 August | Marco Wittmann | Marco Wittmann | BMW Team RMG | BMW | ||
8 | Lausitzring, Brandenburg | 14 September | Pascal Wehrlein | Timo Scheider | HWA Team | Mercedes-Benz | ||
9 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland | Mattias Ekström | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi | ||||
10 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg | 19 October | Miguel Molina | Marco Wittmann | Mattias Ekström | Audi |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
| Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
Manufacturer | HOC | OSC | HUN | NOR | MSC | RBR | NÜR | LAU | ZAN | HOC | Points | ||
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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 | |
Manufacturer | HOC | OSC | HUN | NOR | MSC | RBR | NÜR | LAU | ZAN | HOC | Points |