The 2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the fifteenth season of premier German touring car championship and also second season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. There were ten race weekends with one race at each event.
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.
| Manufacturer | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 |  HWA Team | 1 | Bernd Schneider | All | |||
| 2 |  Peter Dumbreck | All | ||||||
| 5 | Uwe Alzen | All | ||||||
| 6 |  Marcel Fässler | All | ||||||
| Manthey Racing | 9 | Bernd Mayländer | 1-2, 6-10 | |||||
| Marcel Tiemann | 3-5 | |||||||
| 10 |  Patrick Huisman | All | ||||||
| AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000 | Persson Motorsport | 14 | Thomas Jäger | All | ||||
| 15 | Christijan Albers | All | ||||||
| Team Rosberg | 24 |  Pedro Lamy | 1-2 | |||||
 David Saelens | 3-10 | |||||||
| 42 | Darren Turner | All | ||||||
| Opel | Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2001 | OPC Team Holzer | 3 | Joachim Winkelhock | All | |||
| 4 | Timo Scheider | All | ||||||
| 11 | Michael Bartels | All | ||||||
| OPC Team Phoenix | 7 | Manuel Reuter | All | |||||
| Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2000 | 8 | Yves Olivier | All | |||||
 OPC Euroteam | 16 | Alain Menu | All | |||||
| 17 | Hubert Haupt | All | ||||||
| Mamerow Racing Team | 20 | Peter Mamerow | All | |||||
| Audi | Audi TT-R DTM 2001 | Team Abt Sportsline | 18 | Christian Abt | All | |||
| 19 |  Laurent Aïello | 1-3, 5-10 | ||||||
 Kris Nissen | 4 | |||||||
| Team Abt Sportsline Junior | 22 |  Mattias Ekström | All | |||||
| 23 | Martin Tomczyk | All | ||||||
| Sources: [1] [2] | ||||||||
Two international rounds were added: A1-Ring in Austria and Zandvoort in the Netherlands. Each weekend comprised a 30 km qualifying race and a 100 km main race.
Each round featured a "Qualifying Race", and the "Main Race". [4]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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| Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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| Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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| Pos | Team | Car No. | HOC1 | NÜR1 | OSC | SAC | NOR | LAU | NÜR2 | A1R  | ZAN | HOC2 | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
| 1 | D2 AMG Mercedes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 249 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | Ret | DNS | 2 | Ret | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 2 | Warsteiner AMG Mercedes | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 11 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 177 |
| 6 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 5 | |||
| 3 | Eschmann AMG Mercedes | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 9 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 2 | 1 | 117 |
| 10 | 16 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | |||
| 4 | Team Abt Sportsline | 18 | 10 | 10 | NC | Ret | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 3 | DSQ | 18 | DNS | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 104 |
| 19 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | Ret | Ret | DNS | |||
| 5 | Original-Teile AMG Mercedes | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 20 | DNS | 7 | 4 | Ret | 4 | Ret | DNS | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 62 |
| 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 14 | 9 | |||
| 6 | Abt Sportsline Junior | 22 | 17 | DNS | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 61 |
| 23 | 20 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 10 | Ret | 21† | 7 | 16 | 10 | Ret | 6 | 9 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 16 | |||
| 7 | OPC Team Phoenix | 7 | 12 | 12 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 38 |
| 8 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 15 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 16 | Ret | |||
| 8 | Service 24h AMG Mercedes | 24 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19† | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 31 |
| 42 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 14 | DSQ | 9 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |||
| 9 | OPC Team Holzer 1 | 3 | Ret | DNS | 19 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 15 | Ret | 6 | 4 | Ret | 14 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 9 | Ret | DNS | Ret | DNS | 19 |
| 4 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 11 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 13 | 6 | 5 | Ret | |||
| 10 | OPC Team Holzer 2 | 11 | 14 | Ret | 20 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 11 | 8 | Ret | 18 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 8 |
| 11 | OPC Euroteam | 16 | 11 | Ret | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 22† | Ret | 18 | 14 | 11 | 19 | Ret | 12 | 5 | Ret | 14 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 4 |
| 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 18 | 10 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 15 | Ret | 13 | |||
| 12 | Mamerow Racing Team | 20 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 20 | Ret | 19 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 20 | Ret | 15 | 17 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Car No. | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | Pts |
| HOC1 | NÜR1 | OSC | SAC | NOR | LAU | NÜR2 | A1R | ZAN | HOC2 | ||||||||||||||
| Sources: [5] [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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