Gary Paffett won his first Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Championship while Mattias Ekström (right) finished second in the championship.

The 2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the nineteenth season of premier German touring car championship and also sixth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The number of race weekends were increased from 10 events in 2004 to eleven in 2005 (although 2004 had eleven events including the non-championship race at Shanghai).

Originally each track hosted one race each with the exception of Hockenheimring (two races, premier and finale), but when Avignon lost their race, EuroSpeedway also hosted two events.

• The cars built to 00-03 specs were banned from competition. Instead the whole field would be made up of cars built to the new 04 specs.
• Italy and Portugal lost their respective events. They were replaced by Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps) and Turkey (Istanbul Park).
• Opel scaled down from six to four cars, while Audi and Mercedes fielded eight each instead of the six they had run in 2004.
• Opel announced that they would leave the series shortly after the 2005 season ended.
• BP's German brand Aral AG would become the official fuel retailer and convenience store partner of the series starting from round 7 at Nürburgring in mid-2005, taking over Shell's fuel partner contract. The Aral Ultimate brand would provide 100 RON unleaded gasolines and displayed in the pit gantries, trackside sponsorships and all driver's race overalls on the sleeves.

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	1	Mattias Ekström	All
			2	Martin Tomczyk	All
			5	Tom Kristensen	All
			6	Allan McNish	All
	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Audi Sport Team Joest	14	Christian Abt	All
			15	Pierre Kaffer	All
			18	Rinaldo Capello	All
			19	Frank Stippler	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	HWA Team	3	Gary Paffett	All
			4	Jean Alesi	All
			7	Bernd Schneider	All
			8	Mika Häkkinen	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004	Mücke Motorsport	16	Stefan Mücke	All
			17	Alexandros Margaritis	All
		Persson Motorsport	20	Bruno Spengler	All
			21	Jamie Green	All
Opel	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005	OPC Team Holzer	9	Marcel Fässler	All
			10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	All
		OPC Team Phoenix	11	Laurent Aïello	All
			12	Manuel Reuter	All
Sources:[1][2]

MG Rover announced that they would join the DTM in 2005 running a pair of Zytek prepared MG ZT’s.^[3] The project would fail to materialize due to MG Rover falling into administration.^[4]

Team Holzer and Team Phoenix both downscaled to 2 Opel’s each due to Opel’s reduced budget while Euroteam left the DTM after being part of Opel’s squad since 2000.^[5]

Team Joest expanded from two to four cars.^[6]

Mücke Motorsport replaced Team Rosberg as part of Mercedes’ DTM program.^[7]

Two time Formula One World Champion Mika Häkkinen joined the DTM with HWA Team.^[8]

Christijan Albers left the DTM to join Formula 1 the Minardi F1 Team.^[9]

Stefan Mücke left Persson Motorsport to join his Fathers team, Mücke Motorsport.^[10]

Mercedes promoted three Formula 3 Euro Series drivers to the DTM. 2004 Champion Jamie Green and Bruno Spengler joined Persson Motorsport while Alexandros Margaritis joined Mücke Motorsport.^[10]

Markus Winkelhock left the DTM to join the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Draco Racing.

Jarek Janiš and Bernd Mayländer were left without drives for 2005 after Team Rosberg withdrew.

1998 Le Mans winner Allan McNish joined the DTM with Abt Sportsline.^[11]

Christian Abt switched from Abt Sportsline to Team Joest.^[6]

Audi works drivers Pierre Kaffer and Frank Stippler joined the DTM with Team Joest.^[6]

2003 and 2004 Le Mans winner Rinaldo Capello joined the DTM with Team Joest.^[6]

Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro left the DTM to focus on Endurance racing.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Laurent Aïello swapped seats at Opel’s two teams.^[5]

Peter Dumbreck, Timo Scheider and Jeroen Bleekemolen were left without seats in the DTM due to Opel downscaling their program.^[5]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer	TV	Report
1	Hockenheimring	17 April	Mattias Ekström	Jamie Green	Jean Alesi	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD	Report
2	EuroSpeedway	1 May	Gary Paffett	Mika Häkkinen	Gary Paffett	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD	Report
3	Spa-Francorchamps	15 May	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Vodafone-Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD	Report
4	Brno	5 June	Gary Paffett	Martin Tomczyk	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	ARD	Report
5	Oschersleben	26 June	Tom Kristensen	Mattias Ekström	Gary Paffett	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD	Report
6	Norisring	17 July	Tom Kristensen	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD	Report
7	Nürburgring	7 August	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	ARD	Report
8	Zandvoort	28 August	Bernd Schneider	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD	Report
9	EuroSpeedway	18 September	Jamie Green	Gary Paffett	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	ARD	Report
10	Istanbul Park	2 October	Gary Paffett	Mika Häkkinen	Gary Paffett	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD	Report
11	Hockenheimring	23 October	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Bernd Schneider	Vodafone-Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD	Report
Source:[12]

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.^[13]

Pos Driver HOC1 LAU1 SPA BRN OSC NOR NÜR ZAN LAU2 IST HOC2 Pts 1 Gary Paffett 2 1 8 4 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 84 2 Mattias Ekström 5 4 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 12 7 71 3 Tom Kristensen Ret 2 3 2 5 7 2 4 3 5 4 56 4 Bernd Schneider 3 17† 17† Ret 4 10 5 8 Ret 3 1 32 5 Mika Häkkinen 8 3 1 13 Ret Ret 4 12 12 2 15 30 6 Jamie Green 6 Ret 19† 5 3 Ret 8 7 Ret 4 2 29 7 Jean Alesi 1 7 4 9 13 Ret 7 Ret 8 7 13 22 8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Ret 14 15 3 14 6 12 3 7 Ret 18† 17 9 Christian Abt 4 9 10 6 12 2 10 10 Ret Ret 14 16 10 Allan McNish 11 Ret 18† 7 6 4 6 15† 9 15 17 13 11 Laurent Aïello Ret 10 7 16 7 12† 9 14 4 6 9 12 12 Marcel Fässler 9 13 5 15 8 Ret 13 5 Ret 10 6 12 13 Martin Tomczyk Ret 12 6 14 Ret 5 11 6 10 16† Ret 10 14 Frank Stippler 10 6 11 8 9 Ret 14 Ret 13 13 5 8 15 Pierre Kaffer 13† 5 14 12 17 8 18 11 Ret Ret 10 5 16 Bruno Spengler 12 15† Ret 11 16 13† 15 9 6 8 8 5 17 Manuel Reuter Ret 16 16† Ret 15 9 20 Ret 5 14 12 4 18 Stefan Mücke 7 8 12 Ret 11 Ret 17 Ret Ret 9 11 3 19 Alexandros Margaritis Ret Ret 9 17† 18 11 16 13 14 11 Ret 0 20 Rinaldo Capello Ret 11 13 10 10 Ret 19 Ret 11 Ret 16 0 Pos Driver HOC1 LAU1 SPA BRN OSC NOR NÜR ZAN LAU2 IST HOC2 Pts Sources:[14][15]

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

• † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Pos.	Team	No.	HOC1	LAU1	SPA	BRN	OSC	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	LAU2	IST	HOC2	Points
1	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	3	2	1	8	4	1	1	3	1	2	1	3	106
		4	1	7	4	9	13	Ret	7	Ret	8	7	13
2	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	1	5	4	2	1	2	3	1	2	1	12	7	79
		2	Ret	12	6	14	Ret	5	11	6	10	16†	Ret
3	Audi Sport Team Abt	5	Ret	2	3	2	5	7	2	4	3	5	4	69
		6	11	Ret	18†	7	6	4	6	15†	9	15	17
4	Vodafone-Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes	7	3	17†	17†	Ret	4	10	5	8	Ret	3	1	62
		8	8	3	1	13	Ret	Ret	4	12	12	2	15
5	Salzgitter / Junge Gebrauchte von Mercedes	20	12	15†	Ret	11	16	13†	15	9	6	8	8	35
		21	6	Ret	19†	5	3	Ret	8	7	Ret	4	2
6	GMAC Stern Team OPC	9	9	13	5	15	8	Ret	13	5	Ret	10	6	29
		10	Ret	14	15	3	14	6	12	3	7	Ret	18†
7	Audi Sport Team Joest Racing	14	4	9	10	6	12	2	10	10	Ret	Ret	14	21
		15	13†	5	14	12	17	8	18	11	Ret	Ret	10
8	Team OPC	11	Ret	10	7	16	7	12†	9	14	4	6	9	16
		12	Ret	16	16†	Ret	15	9	20	Ret	5	14	12
9	Audi Sport Team Joest	18	Ret	11	13	10	10	Ret	19	Ret	11	Ret	16	8
		19	10	6	11	8	9	Ret	14	Ret	13	13	5
10	Mücke Motorsport	16	7	8	12	Ret	11	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	9	11	3
		17	Ret	Ret	9	17†	18	11	16	13	14	11	Ret
Pos.	Team	No.	HOC1	LAU1	SPA	BRN	OSC	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	LAU2	IST	HOC2	Points
Sources:[14][16]

Pos.	Manufacturer	HOC1	LAU1	SPA	BRN	OSC	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	LAU2	IST	HOC2	Points
1	Mercedes	30	19	16	9	21	10	18	13	12	32	25	205
2	Audi	9	20	17	24	15	26	21	16	16	4	11	179
3	Opel	0	0	6	6	3	3	0	10	11	3	3	45
Pos.	Manufacturer	HOC1	LAU1	SPA	BRN	OSC	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	LAU2	IST	HOC2	Points
Source:[14]

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