2024 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Explained

The 2024 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-eighth season of the premier German touring car championship and also the twenty-fifth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It's the fourth season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations, and the second under ADAC's promotion.

Teams and drivers

All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli.

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 ^[1] 7 Ricardo Feller All BMW BMW M4 GT3 BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 Schubert Motorsport 11 Marco Wittmann All ^[2] 31 nowrap Sheldon van der Linde All 33 René Rast All Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 Emil Frey Racing 14 Jack Aitken All ^[3] 69 Thierry Vermeulen All Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 Lamborghini Team Liqui Moly by GRT Lamborghini Team TGI by GRT 19 Luca Engstler All ^[4] 63 Christian Engelhart 1–3 ^[5] Franck Perera 4–5, 7–8 ^[6] Jordan Pepper 6 ^[7] Paul Motorsport 71 Maximilian Paul All ^[8] SSR Performance 92 Mirko Bortolotti All ^[9] 94 Nicki Thiim All McLaren McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 Dörr Motorsport 25 Ben Dörr All ^[10] ^[11] 85 Clemens Schmid All Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 4 Luca Stolz 1–7 ^[12] Jules Gounon 8 ^[13] 36 Arjun Maini All ^[14] Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter Mercedes-AMG Team Winward 22 Lucas Auer All 130 Maro Engel All Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 Manthey EMA 90 Ayhancan Güven All ^[15] 91 Thomas Preining All ^[16]

Driver and team changes

• Maximilian Paul returned to the series with a privately entered Lamborghini, having last competed as a replacement driver at GRT Grasser Racing Team.
• GRT Grasser Racing Team entered a completely new line-up, fielding a pair of cars for Christian Engelhart, who drove for them in the 2023 season finale, and Luca Engstler, who switched from Engstler Motorsport.
• SSR Performance scaled down to two cars. Alessio Deledda left the team to compete in International GT Open with Oregon Team, while Franck Perera left to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Iron Lynx. Nicki Thiim, who last competed in European Le Mans Series with GMB Motorsport, was signed as their replacement.
• Dörr Motorsport entered the series, fielding a pair of McLaren 720S GT3 Evos. Clemens Schmid switched from GRT Grasser Racing Team to join them, with Ben Dörr named as the second driver.
• Project 1 left the series, with Sandro Holzem joining Land Motorsport to compete in ADAC GT Masters. Second driver Marco Wittmann switched to Schubert Motorsport, with the team expanding to three cars as a result.
• Porsche teams Toksport WRT and KÜS Team Bernhard left the series. Their drivers Laurin Heinrich, Marvin Dienst and Tim Heinemann left the series to compete in IMSA, GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie respectively. Ayhancan Güven moved KÜS Team Bernhard to Manthey EMA to replace Dennis Olsen, who joined Proton Competition in WEC instead.
• Tresor Attempto Racing left the series, with both drivers Mattia Drudi and Patric Niederhauser moving to the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.
• Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf left the series, having fielded two cars in 2023 under Team Mann-Filter and Team BWT. Jusuf Owega left the series to compete in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. Maro Engel switched to Winward Racing to replace ADAC GT Masters-bound David Schumacher, with the American team entering his car as Mercedes-AMG Team Winward and Lucas Auer’s car under Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter.

Race calendar

Round	Circuit	Location	Race 1	Race 2
1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt	27 April	28 April
2	Lausitzring	Klettwitz, Brandenburg	25 May	26 May
3	Circuit Zandvoort	Zandvoort, North Holland	8 June	9 June
4	Norisring	Nuremberg, Bavaria	6 July	7 July
5	Nürburgring	Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate	17 August	18 August
6	Sachsenring	Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Sachsen	7 September	8 September
7	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Styria	28 September	29 September
8	Hockenheimring	Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg	19 October	20 October
Source:^[17]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	nowrap	Winning manufacturer
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	nowrap	Jack Aitken	nowrap	Ricardo Feller	nowrap	Jack Aitken	nowrap	Emil Frey Racing	nowrap	Ferrari
	R2		nowrap	Mirko Bortolotti	nowrap	Luca Stolz	nowrap	Luca Engstler	nowrap	Lamborghini Team Liqui Moly by GRT	nowrap	Lamborghini
2	R1	Lausitzring (Sprint Circuit)	nowrap	Kelvin van der Linde	nowrap	Kelvin van der Linde	nowrap	Kelvin van der Linde	nowrap	Abt Sportsline	nowrap	Audi
	R2		nowrap	Thomas Preining	nowrap	Kelvin van der Linde	nowrap	Thomas Preining	nowrap	Manthey EMA	nowrap	Porsche
3	R1	Circuit Zandvoort	nowrap	Jack Aitken	nowrap	Ben Dörr	nowrap	Jack Aitken	nowrap	Emil Frey Racing	nowrap	Ferrari
	R2		nowrap	Maximilian Paul	nowrap	Nicki Thiim	nowrap	Marco Wittmann	nowrap	Schubert Motorsport	nowrap	BMW
4	R1	Norisring	nowrap	Jack Aitken	nowrap	Maximilian Paul	nowrap	René Rast	nowrap	Schubert Motorsport	nowrap	BMW
	R2		nowrap	Nicki Thiim	nowrap	Nicki Thiim	nowrap	Nicki Thiim	nowrap	SSR Performance	nowrap	Lamborghini
5	R1	Nürburgring (Sprint Circuit)	nowrap	Kelvin van der Linde	nowrap	Kelvin van der Linde	nowrap	Kelvin van der Linde	nowrap	Abt Sportsline	nowrap	Audi
	R2		nowrap	Maro Engel	nowrap	Ayhancan Güven	nowrap	Sheldon van der Linde	nowrap	Schubert Motorsport	nowrap	BMW
6	R1	Sachsenring	nowrap	Jack Aitken	nowrap	Thierry Vermeulen	nowrap	Jack Aitken	nowrap	Emil Frey Racing	nowrap	Ferrari
	R2		nowrap	Thierry Vermeulen	nowrap	Thierry Vermeulen	nowrap	Luca Stolz	nowrap	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	nowrap	Mercedes-AMG
7	R1	Red Bull Ring	nowrap	Arjun Maini	nowrap	Maro Engel	nowrap	Mirko Bortolotti	nowrap	SSR Performance	nowrap	Lamborghini
	R2		nowrap	Mirko Bortolotti	nowrap	Thomas Preining	nowrap	René Rast	nowrap	Schubert Motorsport	nowrap	BMW
8	R1	Hockenheimring	nowrap	Kelvin van der Linde	nowrap	Jules Gounon	nowrap	Kelvin van der Linde	nowrap	Abt Sportsline	nowrap	Audi
	R2		nowrap	Mirko Bortolotti	nowrap	Luca Engstler	nowrap	Luca Engstler	nowrap	Lamborghini Team Liqui Moly by GRT	nowrap	Lamborghini

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 LAU ZAN NOR NÜR SAC RBR HOC Points 1 Mirko Bortolotti 2^2 15^1 11 4^3 9 2^2 5^3 3^2 2^2 9 2^3 7 1 4^1 5 2^1 238 2 Kelvin van der Linde 12 5 1^1 2 13 3 6 9 1^1 4 8 2^2 8 5 1^1 12 221 3 Maro Engel 13 2 2 7 11 13 8 2^3 3 2^1 3 5 2^3 8 4 10 203 4 René Rast 7 7 Ret 6 2 7 1 5 11 17 7 9 9 1^3 7 3 172 5 Thomas Preining 10 13 3^2 1^1 14 10 14 6 7 7 6^1 4 12 2 14 4 158 6 Sheldon van der Linde 4 6 6 8 6 8 7^2 14 13 1 9 8 11 6 11 9 142 7 Arjun Maini 8^3 4 7 12 3^3 6 15 4 10 Ret 5 Ret 3^1 3 8 13 139 8 Jack Aitken 1^1 Ret^3 16 14 1^1 16 9^1 18 5 13 1^2 6 14 10 Ret 16 128 9 Luca Stolz 5 3^2 10 DSQ 10 5 11 7 12 11 4 1^3 4 Ret 127 10 Lucas Auer 6 11 4 10 5 Ret Ret 10 4^3 12 12 12 7 Ret 2^2 8 116 11 Ricardo Feller 3 9 5^3 3^2 8 11 13 12 9 8^2 Ret Ret 10 12 12 6^3 115 12 Marco Wittmann 18 10 13 9 7 1 12 11 6 3^3 13 DSQ Ret 11 9 7 110 13 Nicki Thiim Ret Ret 8 Ret 12 14 4 1^1 8 Ret 14 10 13 16 10 5^2 93 14 Luca Engstler 11 1 14 5 Ret 12 3 19 18 15 Ret Ret 18 Ret^2 15 1 92 15 Thierry Vermeulen 9 Ret 17 13 15 4^3 17 15 16 6 11 3^1 DSQ 13 13 11 71 16 Ayhancan Güven 14 14 15 11 17 Ret 16 8 17 5 DSQ 13 5 7 3^3 19 69 17 Franck Perera 2 13 14 10 16 9 Ret 15 39 18 Maximilian Paul 17 DSQ 12 Ret Ret 9^1 10 Ret 15 16 15 Ret 6^2 14 16 14 38 19 Clemens Schmid 15 12 19 Ret 4^2 Ret 18 17 20 DNS Ret 11 15 15 17 17 27 20 Christian Engelhart 16 8 9 16 Ret Ret 15 21 Jules Gounon 6 Ret 10 22 Jordan Pepper 10 Ret 6 23 Ben Dörr Ret 16 18 15 16 15 Ret 16 19 14 16 Ret 17 17 18 18 4 Driver OSC LAU ZAN NOR NÜR 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	Schubert Motorsport	361
2	Abt Sportsline	326
3	Winward Racing	316
4	SSR Performance	312
5	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	272
6	Manthey EMA	226
7	Emil Frey Racing	193
8	GRT Grasser Racing Team	155
9	Paul Motorsport	39
10	Dörr Motorsport	37

Manufacturers' championship

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

	Manufacturer	Points
1	Mercedes-AMG	434
2	Lamborghini	424
3	BMW	382
4	Audi	350
5	Porsche	264
6	Ferrari	237
7	McLaren	97

Notes and References

1. Web site: ABT to Remain with Audi for 2024 Campaign. 20 October 2023. sportscar365.com. Euwema. Davey. John Dagys Media. 20 October 2023.
2. Web site: BMW Hypercar Drivers in Reduced DTM Lineup. 27 February 2024. sportscar365.com. Euwema. Davey. John Dagys Media. 27 February 2024.
3. Web site: Euwema . Davey . Emil Frey Retains Aitken, Vermeulen for Second Season – Sportscar365 . sportscar365.com . 6 March 2024 . 6 March 2024.
4. Web site: Haidinger. Sven. Grasser-Team holt Luca Engstler: Lamborghini-Zukunft für DTM-Youngster?. 2024-02-28. Motorsport-Total.com. de.
5. News: 7 December 2023. Golden times : GRT and Christian Engelhart to compete in DTM 2024. 7 December 2023. Endurance-Info.
6. Web site: DTM: Franck Perera startet auf Norisring. GT-Place.com. Plümer. Jonas. de. 2 July 2024. 2 July 2024.
7. Web site: Pepper to Make Series Debut at Sachsenring. Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Euwema. Davey. 2 September 2024. 2 September 2024.
8. Web site: Haidinger. Sven. Offiziell: Sensationsmann Max Paul steigt 2024 mit Lamborghini in die DTM ein!. 2024-02-26. Motorsport-Total.com. de.
9. Web site: Thiim Joins SSR Performance for Series Return. 20 December 2023. sportscar365.com. Euwema. Davey. John Dagys Media. 20 December 2023.
10. News: DTM grows to seven manufacturers in 2024. Endurance-Info. 5 February 2024. 5 February 2024.
11. Web site: Haidinger. Sven. 11 March 2024. Ohne Glock, aber mit Project-1-Leuten: Dörr enthüllt McLaren-Projekt für DTM. 11 March 2024. Motorsport-Total.com. de.
12. Web site: Mercedes-AMG Unveils Four-Car Lineup With HRT, Winward. 20 February 2024. sportscar365.com. Euwema. Davey. John Dagys Media. 20 February 2024.
13. Web site: Gounon to Replace Stolz for Hockenheim Finale. 17 October 2024. sportscar365.com. Euwema. Davey. John Dagys Media. 17 October 2024.
14. Web site: Mercedes-AMG Unveils Four-Car Lineup With HRT, Winward. 20 February 2024. sportscar365.com. Euwema. Davey. John Dagys Media. 20 February 2024.
15. Web site: Guven Moves to Reigning Champions Manthey EMA. 21 February 2024. sportscar365.com. Euwema. Davey. John Dagys Media. 21 February 2024.
16. Web site: Preining to Remain With Manthey EMA for Title Defense. 2 December 2023. sportscar365.com. Euwema. Davey. John Dagys Media. 2 December 2023.
17. Web site: 2023-08-04 . DTM reveals eight-round calendar for 2024 season . 2023-08-04 . www.motorsport.com . en.