The 2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-second season of premier German touring car championship and also nineteenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. 2018 would be the final season for the traditional 4.0-litre V8 naturally-aspirated engine package that debuted in the inaugural reborn season; as the brand new engine package has been introduced for the following season as part of the "Class One Project" prospect with Japanese Super GT GT500 cars. [1] 2018 also marked the final season for Mercedes-Benz in DTM due to Mercedes-Benz departing to FIA Formula E from the 2019–20 season and thus ended its 19-year participation. [2]
Gary Paffett won his second title at the final round of the season with a third-place finish, beating previous champion René Rast by four points despite a late charge to six consecutive wins by Rast, a new series record. [3] Paffett became the second non-German driver to have won more than one DTM driver title, and thus repeating Swedish driver Mattias Ekström's feat in 2004 and 2007 seasons.
Mercedes-Benz won the manufacturer's championship for the first time since 2010.
The provisional ten event calendar was announced on 24 November 2017, [6] and later finalized on 18 December 2017. [7]
Round | Circuit | Race 1 | Race 2 |
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1 | Hockenheimring, Germany | 5 May | 6 May |
2 | Lausitzring, Germany | 19 May | 20 May |
3 | Hungaroring, Hungary | 2 June | 3 June |
4 | Norisring, Germany | 23 June | 24 June |
5 | Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands | 14 July | 15 July |
6 | Brands Hatch, Great Britain | 11 August | 12 August |
7 | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Italy | 25 August | 26 August |
8 | Nürburgring, Germany | 8 September | 9 September |
9 | Red Bull Ring, Austria | 22 September | 23 September |
10 | Hockenheimring, Germany | 13 October | 14 October |
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.
Full-season entry | Additional/wildcard entry |
* Eligible for all championship points | * Ineligible to score Drivers' championship points |
Make | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas | 2 | Gary Paffett [12] | All |
94 | Pascal Wehrlein [13] | All | |||
Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Remus | 3 | Paul di Resta [12] | All | ||
17 | Sébastien Ogier [14] [15] | 9 | |||
23 | Daniel Juncadella [16] | All | |||
Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport | 22 | Lucas Auer [12] | All | ||
48 | Edoardo Mortara [12] | All | |||
Audi | Audi RS5 DTM | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 4 | Robin Frijns [17] | All |
5 | Mattias Ekström [18] | 1 | |||
51 | Nico Müller [17] | All | |||
Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 28 | Loïc Duval [17] | All | ||
99 | Mike Rockenfeller [17] | All | |||
Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 33 | René Rast [17] | All | ||
53 | Jamie Green [17] | All | |||
BMW | BMW M4 DTM | BMW Team RBM [19] | 7 | Bruno Spengler [19] | All |
47 | Joel Eriksson [19] | All | |||
BMW Team RMG [19] | 11 | Marco Wittmann [19] | All | ||
15 | Augusto Farfus [19] | All | |||
BMW Team RMR | 12 | Alex Zanardi [20] | 7 | ||
16 | Timo Glock [19] | All | |||
25 | Philipp Eng [19] | All | |||
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:
Race 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 |
Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points:
Qualifying Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos. | Team | Car | HOC | LAU | HUN | NOR | ZAN | BRH | MIS | NÜR | RBR | HOC | Points | ||||||||||
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1 | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas | 2 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 132 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 21 | Ret | 14 | 32 | 52 | 10 | 31 | 42 | 33 | 363 |
94 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 13 | 122 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 11 | DSQ | |||
2 | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Remus | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 53 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 8 | 14 | 294 |
23 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 14† | 173 | 15 | 17† | 141 | 11 | 14 | 15 | |||
3 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 33 | 9 | 72 | Ret | DNS | 4 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 43 | 3 | Ret3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 278 |
53 | 19 | 17 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 15 | Ret | 8 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 16 | |||
4 | Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport | 22 | 2 | 15 | 41 | 14 | 23 | DSQ1 | 7 | 53 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 18† | 6 | Ret | Ret1 | DSQ | 261 |
48 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 11 | 5 | DSQ | 11 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 13 | |||
5 | BMW Team RMR | 16 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 16 | Ret2 | 7 | 33 | 10 | 246 |
25 | 16 | 14 | 32 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 52 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 83 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | |||
6 | BMW Team RMG | 11 | 112 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | Ret | 21 | 220 |
15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 | |||
7 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 4 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | DSQ | 2 | 5 | 180 |
51 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 17 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 4 | |||
8 | BMW Team RBM | 7 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 15 | 12 | DSQ | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 23 | 4 | Ret | 14 | 9 | 6 | 157 |
47 | 12 | 43 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 9 | |||
9 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 28 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 15 | Ret | 16 | 4 | 71 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 5 | 12 | 141 |
99 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 11 | |||
Pos. | Team | Car | HOC | LAU | HUN | NOR | ZAN | BRH | MIS | NÜR | RBR | HOC | Points |
Pos. | Manufacturer | HOC | LAU | HUN | NOR | ZAN | BRH | MIS | NÜR | RBR | HOC | Points | ||||||||||
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1 | Mercedes-Benz | 78 | 25 | 54 | 55 | 66 | 16 | 68 | 59 | 76 | 50 | 63 | 67 | 53 | 31 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 903 |
2 | BMW | 26 | 46 | 53 | 39 | 0 | 72 | 39 | 38 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 46 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 42 | 623 |
3 | Audi | 3 | 36 | 0 | 13 | 41 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 14 | 24 | 42 | 50 | 41 | 29 | 69 | 49 | 67 | 49 | 599 |
Pos. | Manufacturer | HOC | LAU | HUN | NOR | ZAN | BRH | MIS | NÜR | RBR | HOC | Points |
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