The 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-sixth season of premier German touring car championship and also thirteenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) since the series' resumption in 2000. New regulations applied for the 2012 season (see below). BMW returned to the championship for the first time since 1994. [1] It was also the last time non-European driver to won the DTM title until South African Sheldon van der Linde in 2022 season.
It was a triumphant return for BMW after returning from 18 years absence, and a dismal year for Mercedes-Benz AMG only rescued by early three official victories courtesy of Gary Paffett in Hockenheimring and Brands Hatch twice and Jamie Green in Norisring only (with an exception of Ralf Schumacher and Jamie Green in Showevent Olympiastadion München relay races respectively because of exhibition event).
An eleven-round calendar was announced on 11 November, including the non-championship event in Munich. [4]
Round | Circuit | Date | Maps |
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1 | Hockenheimring | 29 April | |
2 | Lausitzring | 6 May | |
3 | Brands Hatch | 20 May | |
4 | Red Bull Ring | 3 June | |
5 | Norisring | 1 July | |
NC | Olympiastadion München | 14–15 July | |
6 | Nürburgring | 19 August | |
7 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 26 August | |
8 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben | 16 September | |
9 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | 30 September | |
10 | Hockenheimring | 21 October |
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.
Make | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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BMW | BMW M3 DTM | BMW Team RMG [5] | 1 | Martin Tomczyk [6] | All |
2 | Joey Hand [7] | All | |||
BMW Team Schnitzer [5] | 7 | Bruno Spengler [8] | All | ||
8 | Dirk Werner [9] | All | |||
BMW Team RBM [5] | 15 | Andy Priaulx [10] | All | ||
16 | Augusto Farfus [10] | All | |||
Audi | Audi A5 DTM | Abt Sportsline [11] | 3 | Mattias Ekström [11] | All |
4 | Timo Scheider [11] | All | |||
Phoenix Racing [11] | 9 | Mike Rockenfeller [11] | All | ||
10 | Miguel Molina [11] | All | |||
Audi Sport Team Abt [11] | 17 | Rahel Frey [11] | All | ||
18 | Adrien Tambay [12] | All | |||
Team Rosberg [11] | 21 | Edoardo Mortara [11] | All | ||
22 | Filipe Albuquerque [11] | All | |||
Mercedes-Benz | DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé | Mercedes AMG | 5 | Jamie Green [13] | All |
6 | Ralf Schumacher [14] | All | |||
HWA Team | 11 | Gary Paffett [15] | All | ||
12 | Christian Vietoris [16] | All | |||
Mücke Motorsport [17] | 19 | David Coulthard [17] | All | ||
20 | Robert Wickens [16] | All | |||
Persson Motorsport | 23 | Roberto Merhi [16] | All | ||
24 | Susie Wolff [18] | All |
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Pos. | Manufacturer | HOC | LAU | BRH | RBR | NOR | OLY ‡ | NÜR | ZAN | OSC | VAL | HOC | Points | |||
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1 | BMW | 8 | 46 | 30 | 21 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 14 | 47 | 39 | 60 | 346 | ||
2 | Audi | 28 | 24 | 34 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 68 | 15 | 61 | 8 | 335 | ||
3 | Mercedes-Benz | 65 | 31 | 37 | 25 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 39 | 1 | 33 | 329 | ||
Pos. | Manufacturer | HOC | LAU | BRH | RBR | NOR | OLY ‡ | NÜR | ZAN | OSC | VAL | HOC | Points |
Notes:
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