The 2002 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the sixteenth season of premier German touring car championship and also third season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. There were ten race weekends with two races; a 30 km qualifying race and a 100 km main race at each event.
Laurent Aïello was the Drivers Champion driving an Audi, and HWA Team were the Teams Champion utilising Mercedes-Benz cars.
Rule Changes [1]
Calendar Changes [2]
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2002 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.
Make | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Mercedes-Benz | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2002 | HWA Team | 1 | Bernd Schneider | All |
2 | Jean Alesi | All | |||
5 | Uwe Alzen | All | |||
6 | Marcel Fässler | All | |||
AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 | Persson Motorsport | 11 | Thomas Jäger | All | |
12 | Peter Dumbreck | All | |||
Manthey Racing | 16 | Marcel Tiemann | 1 | ||
Bernd Mayländer | 2–10 | ||||
17 | Patrick Huisman | All | |||
Team Rosberg | 24 | Stefan Mücke | All | ||
42 | Christijan Albers | All | |||
Audi | Abt-Audi TT-R | Abt Sportsline | 3 | Laurent Aïello | All |
4 | Karl Wendlinger | All | |||
9 | Mattias Ekström | All | |||
10 | Christian Abt | All | |||
23 | Martin Tomczyk | All | |||
Opel | Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2002 | OPC Team Phoenix | 7 | Manuel Reuter | All |
8 | Joachim Winkelhock | All | |||
OPC Team Holzer | 14 | Timo Scheider | All | ||
15 | Michael Bartels | All | |||
Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2001 | OPC Euroteam | 18 | Alain Menu | All | |
19 | Yves Olivier | 1–7 | |||
31 | Johnny Cecotto | 10 | |||
43 | JJ Lehto | 8 | |||
44 | Éric Hélary | 9 |
Six rounds would be held in Germany, with the remainder in Belgium, Great Britain, Austria and the Netherlands. Both races at Hockenheim would take place on the new circuit for the first time.
Each round featured a "Qualifying Race", and the "Main Race". [3]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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Points | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Pos | Team | Car No. | HOC | ZOL | DON | SAC | NOR | LAU | NÜR | A1R | ZAN | HOC | Pts | ||||||||||
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QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | QR | CR | ||||
1 | Vodafone AMG Mercedes | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 88 |
2 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 16 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 14 | 8 | Ret | Ret | |||
2 | Team Abt Sportsline | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | DSQ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | DSQ | 6 | 1 | 6 | 85 |
10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 16† | DSQ | DNS | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | |||
3 | Warsteiner AMG Mercedes | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | Ret | DNS | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 54 |
6 | 6 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | Ret | DNS | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 5 | |||
4 | Team Abt | 4 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 21† | DNS | Ret | 12 | 10 | Ret | 6 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 4 | Ret | 53 |
9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
5 | OPC Team Holzer | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 6 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
15 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 11 | DSQ | 11 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 10 | Ret | 16 | Ret | |||
6 | OPC Team Phoenix | 7 | 18 | 17† | 11 | 15 | 3 | 14† | 18 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 10 |
8 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 17 | Ret | DNS | 5 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | |||
7 | OPC Euroteam | 18 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 | Ret | 8 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 18† | Ret | 10 |
19/31/ 43/44 | 14 | 13 | 20† | DNS | 19† | Ret | 6 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 21† | Ret | 15 | 19† | 18 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10 | |||
8 | Team Abt Sportsline Junior | 23 | 1 | Ret | 21† | Ret | 2 | Ret | 4 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 11 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 7 |
9 | Service 24h AMG Mercedes | 24 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 17 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 18 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
42 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 13 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 9 | |||
10 | Oase / CEB AMG Mercedes | 16 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 17 | Ret | 21† | 14 | 16 | Ret | 17 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 0 |
17 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 14 | Ret | 10 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17† | Ret | |||
11 | Original-Teile AMG Mercedes | 11 | 19 | 8 | 14 | 19† | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 7 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 0 |
12 | 7 | 16† | 16 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 12 | |||
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 |
HOC | ZOL | DON | SAC | NOR | LAU | NÜR | A1R | ZAN | HOC |
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