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 |
Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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