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Christian Vietoris was crowned series champion.
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The series supported the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at seven rounds, with additional rounds at the European Grand Prix on May 5–7th on 2–4 June and the WTCC Race of Germany.
Round | Location | Circuit | Date | |
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1 | R1 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 8 April |
R2 | 9 April | |||
2 | R1 | Klettwitz, Germany | EuroSpeedway Lausitz | 29 April |
R2 | 30 April | |||
3 | R1 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 6 May |
R2 | 7 May | |||
4 | R1 | Oschersleben, Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 20 May |
R2 | 21 May | |||
5 | R1 | Oschersleben, Germany | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 3 June |
R2 | 4 June | |||
6 | R1 | Nuremberg, Germany | Norisring | 22 July |
R2 | 23 July | |||
7 | R1 | Nürburg, Germany | Nürburgring | 19 August |
R2 | 20 August | |||
8 | R1 | Zandvoort, Netherlands | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 2 September |
R2 | 3 September | |||
9 | R1 | Hockenheim, Germany | Hockenheimring | 28 October |
R2 | 29 October |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
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