2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Explained

The 2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-seventh season of the premier German motor racing championship and also the twenty-fourth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It was the third season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations, and the first season with ADAC as the promoter after ITR ceased operations at the end of the previous year.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli. On 22 February all participating teams were announced.^[2]

Manufacturer Car Engine Team Driver Status Rounds Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 Abt Sportsline 3 Kelvin van der Linde All ^[3] 7 Ricardo Feller All Liqui Moly Team Engstler 8 Luca Engstler All ^[4] Tresor Attempto Racing 40 Mattia Drudi All ^[5] 83 Patric Niederhauser All BMW BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 Schubert Motorsport 1 nowrap Sheldon van der Linde All ^[6] 33 René Rast 1, 3–8 Dries Vanthoor 2 Project 1 11 Marco Wittmann All 56 Sandro Holzem 4 ^[7] 5–8 ^[8] Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 Emil Frey Racing 14 Jack Aitken 1, 3–8 ^[9] ^[10] ^[11] Albert Costa 2 69 Thierry Vermeulen All Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 SSR Performance 6 Alessio Deledda All ^[12] 92 Mirko Bortolotti All 94 Franck Perera All GRT Grasser Racing Team 19 Mick Wishofer 1–3 ^[13] Maximilian Paul 4–5 ^[14] Andrea Caldarelli 7 ^[15] Christian Engelhart 8 ^[16] 63 Clemens Schmid All ^[17] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 4 Luca Stolz All ^[18] 36 Arjun Maini All Mercedes-AMG Team Winward 22 Lucas Auer All 27 David Schumacher All Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter Mercedes-AMG Team BWT 48 Maro Engel All 84 Jusuf Owega All Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 Toksport WRT 9 Tim Heinemann All ^[19] 99 Christian Engelhart 1–4 Marvin Dienst 5–8 ^[20] KÜS Team Bernhard 24 Ayhancan Güven All 75 Laurin Heinrich All Manthey EMA 90 Dennis Olsen All ^[21] 91 Thomas Preining All

Race calendar

Round	Circuit	Location	Race 1	Race 2
1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt	27 May	28 May
2	Circuit Zandvoort	Zandvoort, North Holland	24 June	25 June
3	Norisring	Nuremberg, Bavaria	8 July	9 July
4	Nürburgring	Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate	5 August	6 August
5	Lausitzring	Klettwitz, Brandenburg	19 August	20 August
6	Sachsenring	Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Sachsen	9 September	10 September
7	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Styria	23 September	24 September
8	Hockenheimring	Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg	21 October	22 October
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Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	nowrap	Winning manufacturer
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	nowrap	Franck Perera	nowrap	Ayhancan Güven	nowrap	Franck Perera	nowrap	SSR Performance	Lamborghini
	R2		nowrap	Thomas Preining	nowrap	Thomas Preining	nowrap	Christian Engelhart	nowrap	Toksport WRT	Porsche
2	R1	Circuit Zandvoort	nowrap	Maro Engel	nowrap	Maro Engel	nowrap	Maro Engel	nowrap	Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf	Mercedes-AMG
	R2		nowrap	Ricardo Feller	nowrap	Ricardo Feller	nowrap	Ricardo Feller	nowrap	Abt Sportsline	Audi
3	R1	Norisring	nowrap	Sheldon van der Linde	nowrap	Laurin Heinrich	nowrap	Sheldon van der Linde	nowrap	Schubert Motorsport	nowrap	BMW
	R2		nowrap	René Rast	nowrap	Kelvin van der Linde	nowrap	Thomas Preining	nowrap	Manthey EMA	Porsche
4	R1	Nürburgring (Sprint Circuit)	nowrap	Mirko Bortolotti	nowrap	Lucas Auer	nowrap	Mirko Bortolotti	SSR Performance	Lamborghini
	R2		nowrap	Ricardo Feller	nowrap	Marco Wittmann	nowrap	Maximilian Paul	nowrap	GRT Grasser Racing Team	nowrap	Lamborghini
5	R1	Lausitzring (Sprint Circuit)	nowrap	Jack Aitken	nowrap	Jack Aitken	nowrap	Jack Aitken	nowrap	Emil Frey Racing	nowrap	Ferrari
	R2		nowrap	Mirko Bortolotti	nowrap	Luca Stolz	nowrap	Mirko Bortolotti	nowrap	SSR Performance	nowrap	Lamborghini
6	R1	Sachsenring	nowrap	Luca Stolz	nowrap	Ayhancan Güven	nowrap	Luca Stolz	nowrap	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	nowrap	Mercedes-AMG
	R2		nowrap	Mirko Bortolotti	nowrap	Ricardo Feller	nowrap	Mirko Bortolotti	nowrap	SSR Performance	nowrap	Lamborghini
7	R1	Red Bull Ring	nowrap	Laurin Heinrich	nowrap	René Rast	nowrap	Kelvin van der Linde	nowrap	Abt Sportsline	nowrap	Audi
	R2		nowrap	René Rast	nowrap	Sheldon van der Linde	nowrap	René Rast	nowrap	Schubert Motorsport	nowrap	BMW
8	R1	Hockenheimring	nowrap	Thomas Preining	nowrap	Thomas Preining	nowrap	Thomas Preining	nowrap	Manthey EMA	nowrap	Porsche
	R2		nowrap	Thomas Preining	nowrap	Sheldon van der Linde	nowrap	Thomas Preining	nowrap	Manthey EMA	nowrap	Porsche

Scoring system

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

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Race	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	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 OSC ZAN NOR NÜR LAU SAC RBR HOC Points 1 Thomas Preining 11 3^1 7 2^2 12^2 1^2 3^2 5 15 4 2 4 6 3 1^1 1^1 246 2 Mirko Bortolotti 8^3 6 4 11 6 4 1^1 DNS 2^2 1^1 9 1^1 9 21 5 2^2 213 3 Ricardo Feller 4 7 15 1^1 8 14 4^3 6^1 7 2^2 4 6 3 15 4 9 179 4 Sheldon van der Linde Ret 11 2^2 10 1^1 3^3 7 17^2 5 13 6 Ret 13 2^2 20 4 151 5 René Rast 5 Ret 2 2^1 20 19 8 11 8 8 4 1^1 Ret 3 140 6 Luca Stolz Ret Ret 11 3 Ret 10 15 13 6 3 1^1 2^3 7 Ret 8 7^3 133 7 Dennis Olsen 10 4 16 9 3 6 5 Ret 12 5 7 Ret 10 5 2^3 12 129 8 Kelvin van der Linde 6 Ret 12 6 21 5 8 20 3 8 5^3 13 1^2 Ret 6 25 119 9 Lucas Auer 16 10 6 Ret 4 11 2 3 4^3 6 Ret 15 15 11 15 8 111 10 Maro Engel 13 14 1^1 5^3 7 9 12 4 13 Ret Ret Ret 5 12 17 5 107 11 Franck Perera 1^1 12 3 13 11 12 23 10 Ret Ret 11 3 19 13 14 14 95 12 Laurin Heinrich 7 9 Ret Ret 10 7 19 2 DSQ Ret 12 Ret 2^1 16 10 6 94 13 Marco Wittmann Ret 18 5^3 4 9 13 6 15 10 10 18 12 8 4 9 17 91 14 Jack Aitken 3^2 17 17 20 22 18^3 1^1 7 Ret Ret^2 20 8^3 7 10 82 15 Ayhancan Güven 20 Ret 13 7 5^3 8 Ret WD 16 Ret 3^2 Ret 11^3 7 Ret 11 70 16 Thierry Vermeulen 15 16 Ret Ret 20 21 10 8 9 9 10 5 DSQ 9 11 23 58 17 Christian Engelhart 9 1 23 12 Ret 17 Ret WD 3^2 Ret 54 18 Tim Heinemann 2 2^2 19 16 Ret 16 14 12 Ret 16 16 14 21 20 Ret Ret 50 19 Clemens Schmid 12 5^3 21 Ret 18 Ret 18 DSQ 11 Ret^3 Ret 17 25 6 12 24 32 20 Arjun Maini Ret 15 17 17 13 15 16 DSQ Ret 14 13 7 14 10 Ret 13 30 21 Maximilian Paul 13 1 19 Ret 28 22 Jusuf Owega 14 8 10 Ret Ret 18 17 16 14 17 14 10 Ret 19 22 15 28 23 Patric Niederhauser Ret 19 20 8 15 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 23 17 19 19 23 24 Luca Engstler 17 DSQ 14 14 Ret 19 Ret 7 DSQ 15 19 Ret 12 Ret Ret 22 18 25 David Schumacher 18 13 Ret 15 16 Ret Ret 9 DSQ Ret 17 11 18 18 18 16 16 26 Mattia Drudi Ret Ret 18 DSQ 14 Ret 11 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 20 13 27 Marvin Dienst 18 12 15 Ret 22 14 13 18 11 28 Albert Costa 8 Ret 8 29 Dries Vanthoor 9 Ret 7 30 Sandro Holzem 21 14 17 18 20 16 24 Ret 21 21 0 31 Andrea Caldarelli 17 DSQ 0 32 Alessio Deledda 19 20 24 Ret 19 Ret Ret DSQ Ret 19 21 18 26 22 Ret Ret 0 33 Mick Wishofer Ret Ret 22 Ret DSQ Ret 0 Driver OSC ZAN NOR NÜR LAU SAC RBR HOC Points

Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap1 – 3 Points for Pole2 – 2 Points for P23 – 1 Point for P3

Teams' championship

	Team	Points
1	Manthey EMA	357
2	SSR Performance	291
3	Abt Sportsline	286
4	Schubert Motorsport	282
5	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	158
6	KÜS Team Bernhard	157
7	Emil Frey Racing	139
8	Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf	131
9	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	126
10	Toksport WRT	95
11	Project 1	90
12	GRT Grasser Racing Team	74
13	Tresor Attempto Racing	36
14	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	18

Manufacturers' championship

Only points scored by the top three drivers of a manufacturer in races count for the manufacturers' championship.

	Manufacturer	Points
1	Porsche	464
2	Lamborghini	396
3	Mercedes-AMG	364
4	BMW	356
5	Audi	336
6	Ferrari	199

Notes and References

1. News: ADAC reveals 2023 DTM plans and calendar after takeover. Autosport.com. Autosport. 8 December 2022. 8 December 2022.
2. Web site: 2023-02-22 . DTM-Teams für Saison 2023 bestätigt: Ferrari-Verbleib sicher, Schwund bei Audi . 2023-02-23 . ran.de . de.
3. Web site: Van der Linde, Feller Continue With ABT. 28 February 2023. sportscar365.com. Lloyd. Daniel. John Dagys Media. 28 February 2023.
4. Web site: Fix: Luca Engstler startet mit Familienteam in DTM / DTM - SPEEDWEEK.COM . 2023-03-10 . www.speedweek.com . de.
5. Web site: Attempto Returns to Operate Tresor Orange1 Audis. 11 April 2023. sportscar365.com. Lloyd. Daniel. John Dagys Media. 11 April 2023.
6. Web site: Marton. Samuel. Seiwert. Robert. 2023-02-07. BMW DTM 2023: Rast neuer Schubert-Pilot, Wittmann zu Project 1. 2023-02-07. Motorsport-Magazin.com. de.
7. Web site: Zweiter Project-1-BMW M4 für Nachwuchstalent Holzem reserviert. Motorsport-Magazin.com. de. Wester. Arno. 2023-05-24. 2023-05-24.
8. Web site: DTM: Startzulassung für Sandro Holzem. GT-Place.com. de. Plümer. Jonas. 2023-08-17. 2023-08-17.
9. Web site: Emil Frey Racing Confirm DTM & GT World Challenge Sprint Campaigns With Ferrari. dailysportscar.com. Goodwin. Graham. 2023-02-24. 2023-02-24.
10. Web site: Thierry Vermeulen Takes The Next Step to Contest DTM. 24 February 2023. thierryvermeulen.com. 24 February 2023.
11. Web site: 2023-04-26 . DTM: Costa ersetzt Aitken in Zandvoort . 2023-04-26 . GT-Place.com . de.
12. Web site: Goodwin . Graham . 2023-02-23 . SSR Performance Switch To Lamborghini With Three-Car DTM Entry. 2023-02-23 . dailysportscar.com . en.
13. Web site: Wishofer Joins Grasser to Form All-Austrian Lineup. 13 April 2023. sportscar365.com. Euwema. Davey. John Dagys Media. 13 April 2023.
14. Web site: Plümer . Jonas . 2023-08-01 . DTM: Maximilian Paul für Grasser Racing Team . 2023-08-03 . gt-place.com . de.
15. Web site: Grasser lässt Katze aus dem Sack: Mit Lamborghini-Werkspilot zu Top-Ergebnis?. Motorsport-Total.com. Haidinger. Sven. de. 2023-09-14. 2023-09-14.
16. Web site: Plümer . Jonas . 2023-10-16 . DTM: GRT bestätigt Rückkehr von Christian Engelhart . 2023-10-16 . gt-place.com . de-CH.
17. Web site: Nach SSR-Bekanntgabe mit Lamborghini: Was wird jetzt aus dem Grasser-Team? . 2023-03-01 . Motorsport-Total.com . de.
18. Web site: Mercedes AMG Blend Youth & Experience In Six Car 2023 DTM Line-Up. dailysportscar.com. 2023-02-23. 2023-02-23. Goodwin. Graham.
19. Web site: Euwema. Davey. 2023-02-24. Team Bernhard, Toksport Reveal Two-Car Porsche Efforts. 2023-02-24. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media.
20. Web site: Plümer. Jonas. 2023-08-15. DTM: Marvin Dienst für Toksport WRT. 2023-08-15. gt-place.com. de.
21. Web site: Manthey EMA Confirm Olsen & Preining For 2023 DTM. dailysportscar.com. 2023-02-24. 2023-02-24. Goodwin. Graham.