The 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-first season of premier German touring car championship and also eighteenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The season is scheduled to run from 6 May until 15 October over 18 races. René Rast won his first DTM championship after a total of nine events. [1]
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.
| Make | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM |  Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Mercedes Me | 2 |  Gary Paffett [14] | All |
| 6 |  Robert Wickens [14] | All | |||
| Mercedes-AMG Motorsport SILBERPFEIL Energy | 3 | Paul di Resta [14] | All | ||
| 63 | Maro Engel [14] | All | |||
| Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT | 22 |  Lucas Auer [14] | All | ||
| 48 |  Edoardo Mortara [15] | All | |||
| Audi | Audi RS5 DTM | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 5 |  Mattias Ekström [16] | All |
| 51 |  Nico Müller [16] | All | |||
| Team Rosberg | 33 | René Rast [16] | All | ||
| 53 | Jamie Green [16] | All | |||
| Team Phoenix | 77 |  Loïc Duval [16] | All | ||
| 99 | Mike Rockenfeller [16] | All | |||
| BMW | BMW M4 DTM |  BMW Team RBM [17] | 7 | Bruno Spengler [17] | All |
| 31 | Tom Blomqvist [17] | All | |||
| 36 | Maxime Martin [17] | All | |||
| BMW Team RMG [17] | 11 | Marco Wittmann [17] | All | ||
| 15 |  Augusto Farfus [17] | All | |||
| 16 | Timo Glock [17] | All |
The nine event calendar was announced on 16 December 2016. All races from 2016 will return in 2017. [1]
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:
| Race Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Additionally, starting 2017, the top three placed drivers in qualifying will also receive points.
| Qualifying Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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| Pos. | Driver | HOC | LAU | HUN  | NOR | MSC  | ZAN  | NÜR | RBR | HOC | Points | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audi | 35 | 44 | 30 | 68 | 37 | 70 | 25 | 17 | 52 | 43 | 25 | 72 | 18 | 14 | 70 | 77 | 52 | 49 | 798 |
| 2 | Mercedes-Benz | 53 | 39 | 64 | 31 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 81 | 56 | 18 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 568 |
| 3 | BMW | 19 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 37 | 23 | 77 | 47 | 28 | 32 | 72 | 25 | 8 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 43 | 560 |
| Pos. | Driver | HOC | LAU | HUN | NOR | MSC | ZAN | NÜR | RBR | HOC | Points | |||||||||
| Pos. | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 352 |
| 2 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 257 |
| 3 | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Mercedes me | 221 |
| 4 | BMW Team RBM (#7, #36) | 207 |
| 5 | BWT Mercedes-AMG Motorsport | 197 |
| 6 | BMW Team RMG (#11, #15) | 195 |
| 7 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 189 |
| 8 | BMW Team RMR (#16, #31) | 158 |
| 9 | SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport | 150 |
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