The 2003 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the seventeenth season of premier German touring car championship and also fourth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. Unlike 2002 there were ten race weekends with only one race at each event.
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2003 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.
| Make | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audi | Abt-Audi TT-R 2003 | Abt Sportsline | 1 |  Laurent Aïello | All |
| 2 |  Christian Abt | All | |||
| 5 |  Mattias Ekström | All | |||
| 6 |  Karl Wendlinger | All | |||
| Abt-Audi TT-R 2002 | Abt Sportsline Junior Team | 14 | Martin Tomczyk | All | |
| 15 | Peter Terting | All | |||
| Mercedes-Benz | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003 | HWA Team | 3 | Bernd Schneider | All |
| 4 |  Christijan Albers | All | |||
| 9 |  Marcel Fässler | All | |||
| 10 | Jean Alesi | All | |||
| AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2002 | Persson Motorsport | 11 | Thomas Jäger | All | |
| 12 | Bernd Mayländer | All | |||
| 20 |  Katsutomo Kaneishi | All | |||
| AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2002 | Team Rosberg | 24 | Patrick Huisman | 1–2 | |
 Gary Paffett | 3–10 | ||||
| 42 | Stefan Mücke | All | |||
| Opel | Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2003 | OPC Team Holzer | 7 | Manuel Reuter | All |
| 8 | Alain Menu | All | |||
| Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2002 | OPC Euroteam | 16 | Joachim Winkelhock | All | |
| 17 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | All | |||
| Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2003 | OPC Team Phoenix | 18 | Timo Scheider | All | |
| 19 | Peter Dumbreck | All | |||
| Sources: [1] [2] | |||||
Abt Sportsline expanded from five to six cars with two cars run under the Abt Sportsline Junior Team banner, created to promote young drivers. [3] [4] Danish outfit First Choice Racing helped support the team during the 2003 season. [5]
Persson Motorsport expanded to three cars.
Manthey Racing withdrew from the DTM after being part of the Mercedes squad since 2001.
Uwe Alzen had planned to continue with HWA Team in 2003 but decided to withdraw just days before the opening round of the season. In response, Mercedes promoted Christijan Albers from Team Rosberg to HWA Team, while Patrick Huisman took Albers vacant seat at Team Rosberg after driving for Manthey Racing. [6]
Bernd Mayländer switched from Manthey Racing to Persson Motorsport.
Three time Japan Grand Touring car Championship winner Katsutomo Kaneishi joined the DTM with Persson Motorsport. [7]
Martin Tomczyk moved to the Abt Sportsline Junior Team alongside debutant Peter Terting who had won the Volkswagen Lupo Cup in 2002. [4]
Opel would shuffle around their drivers for 2003 with Manuel Reuter and Alain Menu moving to Team Holzer while Joachim Winkelhock went to Euroteam and Timo Scheider moved to Team Phoenix. Peter Dumbreck moved from Mercedes to Opel Team Phoenix while Jeroen Bleekemolen made his DTM debut with Opel Euroteam after finishing second in the Dutch Touring Car Championship. [8]
Michael Bartels left the DTM to join the V8Star Series.
Reigning German Formula Three Champion Gary Paffett replaced Patrick Huisman from the third round onwards. [9]
Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers. [11]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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| Pos. | Team | No. | HOC | ADR  | NÜR | LAU | NOR | DON | NÜR | A1R | ZAN | HOC | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vodafone / Express-Service AMG-Mercedes | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 132 | |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| 2 | AMG-Mercedes | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 99 | |
| 10 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | PlayStation 2 Red Bull Abt-Audi | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 47 | |
| 6 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| 4 | Hasseröder Abt-Audi | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 44 | |
| 2 | 20† | DSQ | 8 | 9 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | OPC Team Phoenix | 18 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 43 | |
| 19 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | OPC Team Holzer | 7 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 15† | 10 | 4 | 19† | 14 | |
| 8 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 7 | Ret | 10 | ||||
| 7 | Service 24h AMG-Mercedes | 24 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 18† | 4 | |
| 42 | 17 | Ret | 15 | DNS | 15 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 14 | ||||
| 8 | OPC Euroteam | 16 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Ret | 3 | |
| 17 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 18† | 14 | 13 | 17† | 12 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| 9 | Original-Teile AMG-Mercedes | 11 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 | |
| 12 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 20† | ||||
| 10 | S Line Audi Junior Team | 14 | 12 | Ret | 18 | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 13 | 2 | |
| 15 | Ret | 13 | 14 | DNS | 12 | 14 | 18† | 13 | 14 | 8 | ||||
| 11 | ARTA AMG-Mercedes | 21 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 17† | Ret | 16† | 17 | 18 | 16 | 0 | |
| Pos. | Team | No. | HOC | ADR | NÜR | LAU | NOR | DON | NÜR | A1R | ZAN | HOC | Points | |
| Sources: [12] [14] | ||||||||||||||
| Pos. | Manufacturer | HOC | ADR | NÜR | LAU | NOR | DON | NÜR | A1R | ZAN | HOC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 27 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 237 |
| 2 | Audi | 7 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 93 |
| 3 | Opel | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 60 |
| Pos. | Manufacturer | HOC | ADR | NÜR | LAU | NOR | DON | NÜR | A1R | ZAN | HOC | Points |
| Source: [12] | ||||||||||||
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