2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Explained

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]

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.

	Car	Team		Drivers	Rounds
Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM^[3]	Mercedes-Benz DTM Team ART^[4]	2	Gary Paffett^[5]	All
			34	Esteban Ocon	1–5
			88	Felix Rosenqvist^[6]	6–9
		Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA II	3	Paul di Resta	All
			84	Maximilian Götz	All
		Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I	6	Robert Wickens	All
			12	Daniel Juncadella	All
		Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke	8	Christian Vietoris	All
			22	Lucas Auer	All
Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline^[7]	5	Mattias Ekström	1–8
			48	Edoardo Mortara^[8]	All
			99	Mike Rockenfeller^[9]	9
		Audi Sport Team Phoenix	10	Timo Scheider	All
			72	René Rast^[10]	9
			99	Mike Rockenfeller	1–8
		Audi Sport Team Abt	17	Miguel Molina	All
			51	Nico Müller	All
		Audi Sport Team Rosberg	27	Adrien Tambay
			53	Jamie Green	All
			72	René Rast^[11]
BMW	BMW M4 DTM	BMW Team MTEK^[12]	7	Bruno Spengler^[13]	All
			18	Augusto Farfus	All
		BMW Team RMG	11	Marco Wittmann	All
			16	Timo Glock	All
		BMW Team Schnitzer	13	António Félix da Costa	All
			100	Martin Tomczyk	All
		BMW Team RBM	31	Tom Blomqvist	All
			36	Maxime Martin	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
	R2		8 May	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta		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	Lausitzring, 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
4	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	25 June	Christian Vietoris	Edoardo Mortara	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi
	R2		26 June	Tom Blomqvist	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
	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	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		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			Miguel Molina	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi
	R2		16 October	António Félix da Costa	Edoardo Mortara		Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi

Championship standings

Scoring systemPoints 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

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 Driver HOC RBR LAU NOR ZAN MSC NÜR HUN HOC Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Manufacturers' championship

	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
	Driver	HOC		RBR		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MSC		NÜR		HUN		HOC		Points

Teams' championship

	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

Notes and References

1. News: ITR reveals the 2016 DTM calendar. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 30 November 2015. 30 November 2015.
2. Web site: The New Performance-Weight Regulations. DTM.com. DTM.com. 26 July 2016.
3. News: Mercedes AMG present their 2016 DTM car. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 4 September 2015. 1 December 2015.
4. News: Mercedes AMG announces driver pairings for the 2016 DTM season. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 18 February 2016. 18 February 2016.
5. News: Esteban Ocon completes 2016 DTM line-up for Mercedes. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 11 February 2016. 11 February 2016.
6. News: Felix Rosenqvist to make DTM debut for Mercedes. Touringcartimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 August 2016. 15 October 2016.
7. News: Audi Sport DTM driver line up unchanged for 2016. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 28 November 2015. 30 November 2015.
8. News: Miguel Molina and Edoardo Mortara swap teams for 2016. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 23 February 2015. 9 March 2016.
9. News: Mike Rockenfeller switches teams for Hockenheim finale. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 10 October 2016. 10 October 2016.
10. News: René Rast to take Mattias Ekström’s place in Hockenheim. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 22 September 2016. 5 October 2016.
11. News: René Rast gets last minute call-up to replace Tambay in Zandvoort. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 17 July 2016. 17 July 2016.
12. News: BMW Motorsport announces driver pairings for the 2016 DTM.. 4 February 2016. BMW Motorsport. BMW. 4 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161104165318/http://www.bmw-motorsport.com/en/news/current-news/2016/2/dtm-teams-2016.html. 4 November 2016. dead. dmy-all.
13. News: BMW Motorsport retains all eight of its drivers for 2016. TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 4 December 2015. 5 December 2015.