2024 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

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 No. Driver Status Rounds Ref.
Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 Germany Abt Sportsline 3 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde All [1]
7 Switzerland Ricardo Feller All
BMW BMW M4 GT3 BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 Germany Schubert Motorsport 11 Germany Marco Wittmann All [2]
31 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde All
33 Germany René Rast All
Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 Switzerland Emil Frey Racing 14 United Kingdom Jack Aitken All [3]
69 Netherlands Thierry Vermeulen All
Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10
Austria Lamborghini Team Liqui Moly by GRT[N 1]
Lamborghini Team TGI by GRT[N 1]
19 Germany Luca Engstler All [4]
63 Germany Christian Engelhart 1–3 [5]
France Franck Perera 4–5, 7–8 [6]
South Africa Jordan Pepper 6 [7]
Germany Paul Motorsport 71 Germany Maximilian Paul All [8]
Germany SSR Performance 92 Italy Mirko Bortolotti All [9]
94 Denmark Nicki Thiim All
McLaren McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 Germany Dörr Motorsport 25 Germany Ben Dörr All [10][11]
85 Austria Clemens Schmid All
Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Germany Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 4 Germany Luca Stolz 1–7 [12]
Andorra Jules Gounon 8 [13]
36 India Arjun Maini All [12]
United States Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter[N 2]
Mercedes-AMG Team Winward[N 2]
22 Austria Lucas Auer All [12]
130 Germany Maro Engel All
Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 Germany Manthey EMA 90 Turkey Ayhancan Güven All [14]
91 Austria Thomas Preining All [15]
Icon Status
G Guest drivers ineligible for points

Driver and team changes

Race calendar

Round Circuit Location Race 1 Race 2
1 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt 27 April 28 April
2 Germany Lausitzring Klettwitz, Brandenburg 25 May 26 May
3 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort Zandvoort, North Holland 8 June 9 June
4 Germany Norisring Nuremberg, Bavaria 6 July 7 July
5 Germany Nürburgring Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate 17 August 18 August
6 Germany Sachsenring Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Sachsen 7 September 8 September
7 Austria Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria 28 September 29 September
8 Germany Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg 19 October 20 October
Source:[16]

Results and standings

Season summary

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

Pos. Driver OSC
Germany
LAU
Germany
ZAN
Netherlands
NOR
Germany
NÜR
Germany
SAC
Germany
RBR
Austria
HOC
Germany
Points
1 Italy Mirko Bortolotti 22 151 11 43 9 22 53 32 22 9 23 7 1 41 5 21 238
2 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde 12 5 11 2 13 3 6 9 11 4 8 22 8 5 11 12 221
3 Germany Maro Engel 13 2 2 7 11 13 8 23 3 21 3 5 23 8 4 10 203
4 Germany René Rast 7 7 Ret 6 2 7 1 5 11 17 7 9 9 13 7 3 172
5 Austria Thomas Preining 10 13 32 11 14 10 14 6 7 7 61 4 12 2 14 4 158
6 South Africa Sheldon van der Linde 4 6 6 8 6 8 72 14 13 1 9 8 11 6 11 9 142
7 India Arjun Maini 83 4 7 12 33 6 15 4 10 Ret 5 Ret 31 3 8 13 139
8 United Kingdom Jack Aitken 11 Ret3 16 14 11 16 91 18 5 13 12 6 14 10 Ret 16 128
9 Germany Luca Stolz 5 32 10 DSQ 10 5 11 7 12 11 4 13 4 Ret 127
10 Austria Lucas Auer 6 11 4 10 5 Ret Ret 10 43 12 12 12 7 Ret 22 8 116
11 Switzerland Ricardo Feller 3 9 53 32 8 11 13 12 9 82 Ret Ret 10 12 12 63 115
12 Germany Marco Wittmann 18 10 13 9 7 1 12 11 6 33 13 DSQ Ret 11 9 7 110
13 Denmark Nicki Thiim Ret Ret 8 Ret 12 14 4 11 8 Ret 14 10 13 16 10 52 93
14 Germany Luca Engstler 11 1 14 5 Ret 12 3 19 18 15 Ret Ret 18 Ret2 15 1 92
15 Netherlands Thierry Vermeulen 9 Ret 17 13 15 43 17 15 16 6 11 31 DSQ 13 13 11 71
16 Turkey Ayhancan Güven 14 14 15 11 17 Ret 16 8 17 5 DSQ 13 5 7 33 19 69
17 France Franck Perera 2 13 14 10 16 9 Ret 15 39
18 Germany Maximilian Paul 17 DSQ 12 Ret Ret 91 10 Ret 15 16 15 Ret 62 14 16 14 38
19 Austria Clemens Schmid 15 12 19 Ret 42 Ret 18 17 20 DNS Ret 11 15 15 17 17 27
20 Germany Christian Engelhart 16 8 9 16 Ret Ret 15
21 Andorra Jules Gounon 6 Ret 10
22 South Africa Jordan Pepper 10 Ret 6
23 Germany Ben Dörr Ret 16 18 15 16 15 Ret 16 19 14 16 Ret 17 17 18 18 4
Pos. Driver OSC
Germany
LAU
Germany
ZAN
Netherlands
NOR
Germany
NÜR
Germany
SAC
Germany
RBR
Austria
HOC
Germany
Points
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)
Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

1 – 3 Points for Pole

2 – 2 Points for P2

3 – 1 Point for P3

Teams' championship

Pos. Team Points
1 Germany Schubert Motorsport 361
2 Germany Abt Sportsline 326
3 United States Winward Racing 316
4 Germany SSR Performance 312
5 Germany Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 272
6 Germany Manthey EMA 226
7 Switzerland Emil Frey Racing 193
8 Austria GRT Grasser Racing Team 155
9 Germany Paul Motorsport 39
10 Germany Dörr Motorsport 37

Manufacturers' championship

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

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

Notes

  1. ^ a b Car No. 19 entered as Lamborghini Team Liqui Moly by GRT, car No. 63 entered as Lamborghini Team TGI by GRT. Both cars share a teams' championship entry as "GRT Grasser Racing Team".
  2. ^ a b Car No. 22 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter, car No. 130 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Winward. Both cars share a teams' championship entry as "Winward Racing".
  3. ^ Thomas Preining recorded the fastest time in qualifying and received the three bonus points, but started sixth due to a five-place grid penalty. Jack Aitken was promoted to pole position.[17]

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