2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Drivers' Champion:
Pascal Wehrlein
Teams' Champion:
HWA Team II
Manufacturers' Championship:
BMW

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Pascal Wehrlein (left) won his first Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Championship, shortly before announcing his move to Formula One in 2016 while Jamie Green (right) finished second in the championship.

The 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-ninth season of premier German touring car championship and also sixteenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The season started on 2 May at Hockenheim, and ended on 18 October at the same venue, with Mercedes Benz driver Pascal Wehrlein clinching the Drivers' Championship, Mercedes Benz's HWA AG winning the Teams' Championship and BMW taking the Manufacturer's Championship after a total of nine events.

Marco Wittmann entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion, BMW Team RMG as the defending Teams' Champion and Audi as the defending Manufacturers' Champion.

Rule changes

Sporting

• Drivers were assigned permanent numbers for the duration of their DTM careers, with the championship adopting a system similar to the one used in Formula One and MotoGP. The number 1 was the champion's right, with drivers free to choose any number from 2 to 99 or 100; the champion's "regular" number was reserved while they were using the number 1. ^[1]
• The 2015 season saw the DTM series go back to a two races per weekend format. It was the first time since 2002 that the DTM used the format but the usual number of laps were replaced by time limit.
• The usual knockout qualifying format was replaced by 20-minute single-session qualifying format (similar to 60-minute 1996-2002 Formula One single-session qualifying format).

Technical

• The weight of all DTM cars were increased to 1,120 kg.
• The performance weights also has been introduced.
• The softer optional tyres were removed to provide overtaking manoeuvre.

Teams and drivers

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
BMW	BMW M4 DTM	BMW Team RMG [2]	1	Marco Wittmann [3]	All
			36	Maxime Martin [3]	All
		BMW Team MTEK [2]	7	Bruno Spengler [3]	All
			16	Timo Glock [3]	All
		BMW Team Schnitzer [2]	13	António Félix da Costa [3]	All
			77	Martin Tomczyk [3]	All
		BMW Team RBM [2]	18	Augusto Farfus [3]	All
			31	Tom Blomqvist [4]	All
Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM [5]	Euronics/BWT Mercedes-AMG [6]	2	Gary Paffett [7]	All
			22	Lucas Auer [8]	All
		Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG [6]	3	Paul di Resta [9]	All
			6	Robert Wickens [9]	All
		gooix/Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG [6]	8	Christian Vietoris [9]	All
			94	Pascal Wehrlein [9]	All
		Petronas Mercedes-AMG [6]	12	Daniel Juncadella [9] [a]	All
			84	Maximilian Götz [10]	All
Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline [11]	5	Mattias Ekström [11]	All
			17	Miguel Molina [11]	All
		Audi Sport Team Abt [11]	27	Adrien Tambay [11]	All
			48	Edoardo Mortara [11]	All
		Audi Sport Team Phoenix [11]	10	Timo Scheider [11]	1–5, 7–9
			93	Antonio Giovinazzi [12]	6
			99	Mike Rockenfeller [11]	All
		Audi Sport Team Rosberg [11]	51	Nico Müller [11]	All
			53	Jamie Green [11]	All

Team changes

• ART Grand Prix joined the series in 2015, and ran a Mercedes works team of two cars, for Lucas Auer and Gary Paffett. ^[9]

Driver changes

Entering DTM

• Maximilian Götz, who won the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series, joined Mercedes-Benz. ^[10]
• European Formula 3 front-runners Lucas Auer and Tom Blomqvist joined the series, driving for Mercedes-Benz and BMW respectively. ^{[4] [8]}

Leaving DTM

• Joey Hand, who drove for BMW between 2012 and 2014, left the series and joined the United SportsCar Championship. ^{[3] [13]}
• Vitaly Petrov, who drove for Mercedes-Benz in 2014, left the series. ^[9]

Mid-season changes

• Timo Scheider was excluded from participating in the Moscow Raceway round after pushing out both Robert Wickens and Pascal Wehrlein in the second race of the Red Bull Ring. European Formula 3 front-runner Antonio Giovinazzi replaced him at the Russian venue for Audi Sport Team Phoenix. ^[12]

Performance weights

Starting from Norisring, ITR introduced a system of ballast based on the results obtained in the previous race. The basis weight is 1120 kg, and performance weight ranges from a minimum of 1105 kg to a maximum of 1140 kg ^[14]

Driver	Car	Norisring [15]	Zandvoort [16]	Red Bull Ring [17]	Moscow	Oschersleben	Nürburgring	Hockenheim
Marco Wittmann	BMW	1105 kg	1105 kg	1115 kg	1107,5 kg	1107,5 kg	1117,5 kg	1117,5 kg
Gary Paffett	Mercedes-Benz	1120 kg	1130 kg	1125 kg	1125 kg	1127,5 kg	1127,5 kg	1127,5 kg
Paul di Resta	Mercedes-Benz	1120 kg	1127,5 kg	1122,5 kg	1122,5 kg	1120 kg	1120 kg	1120 kg
Mattias Ekström	Audi	1137,5 kg	1130 kg	1127,5 kg	1137,5 kg	1137,5 kg	1127,5 kg	1127,5 kg
Robert Wickens	Mercedes-Benz	1120 kg	1130 kg	1125 kg	1125 kg	1122,5 kg	1122,5 kg	1122,5 kg
Bruno Spengler	BMW	1105 kg	1105 kg	1115 kg	1105 kg	1105 kg	1115 kg	1115 kg
Christian Vietoris	Mercedes-Benz	1120 kg	1130 kg	1125 kg	1125 kg	1122,5 kg	1122,5 kg	1122,5 kg
Timo Scheider	Audi	1135 kg	1125 kg	1120 kg	-	1125 kg	1115 kg	1115 kg
Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-Benz	1120 kg	1130 kg	1125 kg	1125 kg	1125 kg	1125 kg	1130 kg
António Félix da Costa	BMW	1105 kg	1105 kg	1115 kg	1107,5 kg	1107,5 kg	1117,5 kg	1117,5 kg
Timo Glock	BMW	1105 kg	1105 kg	1115 kg	1105 kg	1105 kg	1115 kg	1115 kg
Miguel Molina	Audi	1135 kg	1125 kg	1120 kg	1125 kg	1122,5 kg	1115 kg	1115 kg
Augusto Farfus	BMW	1105 kg	1105 kg	1115 kg	1107,5 kg	1107,5 kg	1117,5 kg	1117,5 kg
Lucas Auer	Mercedes-Benz	1120 kg	1127,5 kg	1122,5 kg	1122,5 kg	1120 kg	1120 kg	1120 kg
Adrien Tambay	Audi	1130 kg	1120 kg	1117,5 kg	1125 kg	1122,5 kg	1112,5 kg	1112,5 kg
Tom Blomqvist	BMW	1105 kg	1105 kg	1112,5 kg	1105 kg	1105 kg	1115 kg	1115 kg
Maxime Martin	BMW	1107,5 kg	1107,5 kg	1115 kg	1105 kg	1105 kg	1112,5 kg	1112,5 kg
Edoardo Mortara	Audi	1140 kg	1130 kg	1125 kg	1135 kg	1137,5 kg	1127,5 kg	1127,5 kg
Nico Müller	Audi	1135 kg	1125 kg	1120 kg	1127,5 kg	1130 kg	1120 kg	1120 kg
Jamie Green	Audi	1137,5 kg	1130 kg	1125 kg	1130 kg	1132,5 kg	1125 kg	1125 kg
Martin Tomczyk	BMW	1105 kg	1105 kg	1110 kg	1105 kg	1105 kg	1112,5 kg	1112,5 kg
Maximilian Götz	Mercedes-Benz	1120 kg	1125 kg	1120 kg	1120 kg	1117,5 kg	1117,5 kg	1117,5 kg
Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-Benz	1120 kg	1130 kg	1127,5 kg	1127,5 kg	1130 kg	1130 kg	1130 kg
Antonio Giovinazzi	Audi	-	-	-	1137,5 kg	-	-	-
Mike Rockenfeller	Audi	1140 kg	1130 kg	1125 kg	1135 kg	1137,5 kg	1127,5 kg	1127,5 kg

Race calendar and results

The nine event calendar was announced on 3 December 2014. ^[18]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer
1	R1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	2 May	Jamie Green	Paul di Resta	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi
	R2		3 May	Mike Rockenfeller	Timo Scheider	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi
2	R1	Lausitzring, Brandenburg	30 May	Miguel Molina	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi
	R2		31 May	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi
3	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	27 June	Christian Vietoris	Jamie Green	Pascal Wehrlein	gooix/Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-Benz
	R2		28 June	Bruno Spengler	Robert Wickens	Robert Wickens	Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-Benz
4	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland	11 July	Augusto Farfus	António Félix da Costa	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW
	R2		12 July	António Félix da Costa	Timo Glock	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW
5	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	1 August	Edoardo Mortara	Edoardo Mortara	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi
	R2		2 August	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi
6	R1	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	29 August	Marco Wittmann	Pascal Wehrlein	Pascal Wehrlein	gooix/Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-Benz
	R2		30 August	Mike Rockenfeller	Mike Rockenfeller	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi
7	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt	12 September	Timo Glock	Timo Glock	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK	BMW
	R2		13 September	Augusto Farfus	Tom Blomqvist	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	BMW
8	R1	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	26 September	Lucas Auer	Maxime Martin	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RMG	BMW
	R2		27 September	Miguel Molina	Miguel Molina	Miguel Molina	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi
9	R1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	17 October	Maxime Martin	Timo Scheider	Timo Scheider	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi
	R2		18 October	Gary Paffett	Edoardo Mortara	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi

Calendar changes

• The round at the Hungaroring  – which had been included on the DTM calendar in 1988 and 2014  – was discontinued.

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver HOC LAU NOR ZAN RBR MSC OSC NÜR HOC Points 1 Pascal Wehrlein 2 8 5 13 1 5 10 6 2 21† 1 10 5 5 3 5 8 20 169 2 Jamie Green 1 13 1 1 7 18 Ret 13 Ret 17 4 5 Ret 8 Ret 17 2 1 150 3 Mattias Ekström 12 1 3 2 17 4 13 7 5 1 Ret 3 14 11 10 11 9 2 147 4 Edoardo Mortara 4 2 2 5 11 15 Ret Ret 1 3 6 8 19† Ret 2 Ret Ret 3 143 5 Bruno Spengler 11 9 11 19 5 3 5 3 15 15 3 2 2 10 19† 3 19† 8 123 6 Marco Wittmann 9 5 13 17 9 13 1 5 9 11 2 7 6 3 7 18 6 Ret 112 7 Maxime Martin 7 14 7 8 Ret 10 3 17 14 19 18 4 11 9 1 13 3 6 94 8 Paul di Resta 3 22 14 15 Ret 6 Ret 14 3 9 14 15 13 6 12 2 4 4 90 9 Gary Paffett Ret 3 23 Ret 3 7 11 10 7 2 7 6 Ret 13 4 Ret Ret 9 89 10 Mike Rockenfeller 5 6 9 10 14 Ret 8 11 8 4 10 1 Ret 19 11 7 5 15 83 11 António Félix da Costa 13 20 19 14 12 12 2 1 13 10 11 22 3 4 9 15 11 7 79 12 Augusto Farfus 10 21 Ret Ret 8 Ret 4 2 6 18 15 11 4 2 18 8 Ret 14 77 13 Robert Wickens Ret 7 6 18 2 1 Ret 19 Ret 20† 12 23 Ret 16 8 Ret Ret 18 61 14 Tom Blomqvist Ret 17 22 Ret Ret DSQ 7 18 17 22† 8 12 7 1 Ret 4 7 17 59 15 Timo Glock 8 10 18 12 13 Ret 6 4 19 14 Ret 17 1 7 13 20 18† 21 56 16 Christian Vietoris 14 11 17 7 4 2 12 8 4 8 Ret 20 18 21 15 14 12 Ret 56 17 Miguel Molina Ret 18 4 3 20 17 Ret 12 18 13 Ret 14 9 Ret Ret 1 17 11 54 18 Timo Scheider Ret 12 8 4 16 16 14 15 16 DSQ 12 12 Ret Ret 1 5 51 19 Martin Tomczyk Ret 4 12 11 6 11 Ret Ret Ret 12 17 Ret 8 20 WD 9 15 10 27 20 Daniel Juncadella Ret 15 10 6 10 8 16 Ret 11 23† 5 13 10 15 17 10 13 12 26 21 Nico Müller 6 19 20 9 18 19† 9 21† 12 5 9 9 Ret Ret 16 16 14 16 26 22 Maximilian Götz 16 16 15 16 Ret Ret 15 16 20 7 16 18 16 18 5 6 10 13 25 23 Lucas Auer Ret DNS 21 21† 15 9 17 20 21 6 13 19 15 17 6 19 16 19 18 24 Adrien Tambay 15 Ret 16 20† 19 14 18 9 10 16 Ret 16 17 14 14 12 Ret Ret 3 25 Antonio Giovinazzi 19 21 0 Pos. Driver HOC LAU NOR ZAN RBR MSC OSC NÜR HOC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

• † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos. Team Car HOC LAU NOR ZAN RBR MSC OSC NÜR HOC Points 1 gooix/Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG 8 14 11 17 7 4 2 12 8 4 8 Ret 20 18 21 15 14 12 Ret 225 94 2 8 5 13 1 5 10 6 2 21† 1 10 5 5 3 5 8 20 2 BMW Team RMG 1 9 5 13 17 9 13 1 5 9 11 2 7 6 3 7 18 6 Ret 206 36 7 14 7 8 Ret 10 3 17 14 19 18 4 11 9 1 13 3 6 3 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 5 12 1 3 2 17 4 13 7 5 1 Ret 3 14 11 10 11 9 2 201 17 Ret 18 4 3 20 17 Ret 12 18 13 Ret 14 9 Ret Ret 1 17 11 4 BMW Team MTEK 7 11 9 11 19 5 3 5 3 15 15 3 2 2 10 19† 3 19† 8 179 16 8 10 18 12 13 Ret 6 4 19 14 Ret 17 1 7 13 20 18† 21 5 Audi Sport Team Rosberg 51 6 19 20 9 18 19† 9 21† 12 5 9 9 Ret Ret 16 16 14 16 176 53 1 13 1 1 7 18 Ret 13 Ret 17 4 5 Ret 8 Ret 17 2 1 6 Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG 3 3 22 14 15 Ret 6 Ret 14 3 9 14 15 13 6 12 2 4 4 151 6 Ret 7 6 18 2 1 Ret 19 Ret 20† 12 23 Ret 16 8 Ret Ret 18 7 Audi Sport Team Abt 27 15 Ret 16 20† 19 14 18 9 10 16 Ret 16 17 14 14 12 Ret Ret 146 48 4 2 2 5 11 15 Ret Ret 1 3 6 8 19† Ret 2 Ret Ret 3 8 BMW Team RBM 18 10 21 Ret Ret 8 Ret 4 2 6 18 15 11 4 2 18 8 Ret 14 136 31 Ret 17 22 Ret Ret DSQ 7 18 17 22† 8 12 7 1 Ret 4 7 17 9 Audi Sport Team Phoenix 10 Ret 12 8 4 16 16 14 15 16 DSQ 12 12 Ret Ret 1 5 134 93 19 21 99 5 6 9 10 14 Ret 8 11 8 4 10 1 Ret 19 11 7 5 15 10 Euronics/BWT Mercedes-AMG 2 Ret 3 23 Ret 3 7 11 10 7 2 7 6 Ret 13 4 Ret Ret 9 107 22 Ret DNS 21 21† 15 9 17 20 21 6 13 19 15 17 6 19 16 19 11 BMW Team Schnitzer 13 13 20 19 14 12 12 2 1 13 10 11 22 3 4 9 15 11 7 106 77 Ret 4 12 11 6 11 Ret Ret Ret 12 17 Ret 8 20 WD 9 15 10 12 Petronas Mercedes-AMG 12 Ret 15 10 6 10 8 16 Ret 11 23† 5 13 10 15 17 10 13 12 51 84 16 16 15 16 Ret Ret 15 16 20 7 16 18 16 18 5 6 10 13 Pos. Driver Car HOC LAU NOR ZAN RBR MSC OSC NÜR HOC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Driver	HOC		LAU		NOR		ZAN		RBR		MSC		OSC		NÜR		HOC		Points
1	BMW	13	25	6	4	24	16	69	80	10	1	37	36	88	79	33	33	29	19	602
2	Audi	55	51	76	83	6	12	6	8	40	0	23	56	2	4	19	31	55	68	595
3	Mercedes-Benz	33	25	19	14	71	73	1	13	51	38	41	9	11	18	49	37	17	14	534
Pos.	Driver	HOC		LAU		NOR		ZAN		RBR		MSC		OSC		NÜR		HOC		Points

Notes

1. Reserve driver Esteban Ocon participated in FP1 in the second Hockenheim round due to Daniel Juncadella being ill with food poisoning.

References

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External links

• The official website of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (in German and English)