2021 DTM Trophy explained

The 2021 DTM Trophy was the second season of the DTM support series for GT cars eligible for E2-SH and E2-SC-class FIA categories. The series was run by ITR, the association also organising the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. The championship ran as part of selected DTM race weekends in 2021, commencing in Monza on 19 June and finishing on 3 October at the Hockenheimring.^[1]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers compete in the 2021 DTM Trophy. All teams compete with tyres supplied by Hankook.^[2]

! ! Car! Team! No.! Driver! Status! Rounds Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 PROsport Racing^[3] 1 Tim Heinemann 1–4 19 Patrik Matthiesen 1 Mike David Ortmann 2–4 Audi Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo Heide-Motorsport^[4] 17 Sophie Hofmann All 31 Jörg Viebahn 1–2 Miklas Born 3 Sebastian Kornely 4–7 33 Lucas Mauron All Hella Pagid - racing one 18 David-Mihal Serban 1-6 T3 Motorsport 22 Lirim Zendeli 3 BMW BMW M4 GT4 Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport 2 Michael Schrey 1–5, 7 3 Christopher Rink 1–5 Gabriele Piana 7 4 Philipp Stahlschmidt 1–5 FK Performance Motorsport 5 Steriyan Folev 6 10 Ben Green All 11 Moritz Löhner All 50 Yann Zimmer All Ceccato Motors 9 Simone Riccitelli 1–2 Team Driverse 12 Sandra van der Sloot 5 Walkenhorst Motorsport 34 Theo Oeverhaus All 35 Chandler Hull 1–3 Dennis Fetzer 4 Ben Tuck 5 KTM KTM X-Bow GT4 True Racing by Reiter Engineering 23 Florian Janits 2, 4–5 25 Laura Kraihamer 1–4, 6–7 RMN Racing 24 Reinhard Kofler 1, 3, 5–7 Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT4 Leipert Motorsport 7 Marc de Fulgencio 7 Schnitzelalm Racing 12 Marcel Marchewicz 3 CV Performance Group^[5] 84 Matias Salonen All 85 William Tregurtha All Porsche Porsche Cayman PRO4 GT4 PROsport Racing 21 Adam Christodoulou 1 Maximilian Schmidt 2–4 Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT4 TGR Ring Racing 90 Nico Verdonck All 91 Stéphane Kox 1–2, 4–7

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Calendar

Round	Circuit	Race 1	Race 2
1	Monza Circuit	19 June	20 June
2	Lausitzring	24 July	25 July
3	Nürburgring Grand Prix	21 August	22 August
4	Red Bull Ring	4 September	5 September
5	TT Circuit Assen	18 September	19 September
6	Hockenheimring	2 October	3 October
7	Norisring	9 October	10 October

Results and Standings

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Monza Circuit	Ben Green	William Tregurtha	Ben Green	FK Performance Motorsport
	R2		William Tregurtha	Tim Heinemann	Michael Schrey	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport
2	R1	Lausitzring	William Tregurtha	William Tregurtha	Nico Verdonck	TGR Ring Racing
	R2		Tim Heinemann	Ben Green	William Tregurtha	CV Performance Group
3	R1	Nürburgring Grand Prix	Ben Green	Ben Green	Ben Green	FK Performance Motorsport
	R2		Michael Schrey	Reinhard Kofler	Marcel Marchewicz	Schnitzelalm Racing
4	R1	Red Bull Ring	Tim Heinemann	Ben Green	Ben Green	FK Performance Motorsport
	R2		Mike David Ortmann	William Tregurtha	William Tregurtha	CV Performance Group
5	R1	TT Circuit Assen	Lucas Mauron	Lucas Mauron	Lucas Mauron	Heide-Motorsport
	R2		Reinhard Kofler	Reinhard Kofler	Reinhard Kofler	RMN Racing
6	R1	Hockenheimring	Ben Green	Ben Green	Theo Oeverhaus	Walkenhorst Motorsport
	R2		Ben Green	Ben Green	Ben Green	FK Performance Motorsport
7	R1	Norisring	Nico Verdonck	Nico Verdonck	Nico Verdonck	TGR Ring Racing
	R2		William Tregurtha	William Tregurtha	Ben Green	FK Performance Motorsport

Scoring system

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

Race Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points:

Qualifying Position	1st	2nd	3rd
Points	3	2	1

Drivers' championship

Driver MNZ LAU NÜR RBR ASS HOC NOR Points 1 Ben Green 1 7 2 2 1 7 1 3 3 6 9 1 2 1 247 2 William Tregurtha 2 2 3 1 4 4 21 1 5 3 2 2 4 2 237 3 Nico Verdonck 14 4 1 Ret 6 3 9 Ret 2 7 DNS 4 1 3 149 4 Michael Schrey 4 1 6 3 2 8 8 2 11 9 8 8 124 5 Lucas Mauron Ret 13 Ret 13 5 2 13 Ret 1 2 6 6 5 6 124 6 Theo Oeverhaus 8 8 5 4 11 11 3 Ret 10 4 1 3 6 9 119 7 Yann Zimmer 6 6 4 5 15 6 2 Ret 8 8 4 Ret 7 4 108 8 Moritz Löhner 3 9 9 7 7 10 5 Ret 4 10 3 Ret Ret Ret 82 9 Reinhard Kofler 12 10 9 17 6 1 5 5 11 DNS 65 10 Tim Heinemann DNS 3 13 Ret 3 5 6 Ret 60 11 Matias Salonen 11 5 WD WD 16 22 7 6 Ret 11 7 Ret Ret DNS 31 12 Florian Janits 7 Ret 12 8 7 5 31 13 Christopher Rink 7 18 Ret 9 14 16 15 5 12 Ret 22 14 Mike David Ortmann 16 11 10 13 4 DNS 20 15 Stéphane Kox Ret 16 11 8 17 11 14 17 8 7 10 Ret 20 16 Philipp Stahlschmidt 9 12 10 12 13 15 10 4 13 14 19 17 Sophie Hofmann 17 14 14 16 22 20 19 13 16 16 13 10 12 7 11 18 Dennis Fetzer 11 7 6 19 David-Mihal Serban 15 17 12 17 20 18 18 10 17 13 12 9 5 20 Laura Kraihamer 16 15 Ret 15 17 14 14 9 11 11 13 11 5 21 Gabriele Piana 9 Ret 4 22 Ben Tuck 9 12 2 23 Jörg Viebahn 10 11 15 14 2 24 Sebastian Kornely 20 14 18 18 DNS 12 14 10 2 25 Chandler Hull 13 WD Ret 10 21 19 2 26 Miklas Born 18 12 1 27 Maximilian Schmidt WD WD 19 21 16 12 0 28 Patrik Matthiesen DNS 19 0 29 Adam Christodoulou WD WD 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points — Marcel Marchewicz 8 1 — — Marc de Fulgencio 3 5 — — Simone Riccitelli 5 20 8 6 — — Steriyan Folev 10 8 — — Lirim Zendeli 12 9 — — Sandra van der Sloot 15 15 — Source:^[6]

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

	Team	Points
1	FK Performance Motorsport	268
2	CV Performance Group	253
3	TGR Ring-Racing	185
4	Walkenhorst Motorsport	164
5	Heide-Motorsport	158
6	Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport	155
7	True Racing by Reiter Engineering	125
8	PROsport Racing	86
9	Hella Pagid - racing one	49
10	RMN Racing	14
Source:^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: DTM Upcoming Events. www.dtm.com . 2021-06-30.
2. Web site: 2020-07-29. DTM Trophy Results. dtm.com . EN . 2021-06-30.
3. Web site: With Aston Martin: PROsport will also be in the 2021 DTM Trophy. December 8, 2020.
4. Web site: DTM. www.dtm.com.
5. Web site: DTM. www.dtm.com.
6. Web site: DTM Trophy Standings . 2021-07-01.
7. Web site: DTM. 2022-02-25. www.dtm.com.