The 2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-sixth season of the premier German motor racing championship and also the twenty-third season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It was the second season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations.
Sheldon van der Linde won his first DTM championship driving a BMW M4 GT3 for Schubert Motorsport and Schubert Motorsport won the Teams' Championship.
All teams competed with tyres supplied by Michelin.
A nine-round 2022 calendar was announced on 3 September 2021. On 23 December 2021, it was announced that an unconfirmed round outside Germany on 4 and 5 June 2022 would not take place, making it an eight-round calendar.
Round | Circuit | Location | Race 1 | Race 2 |
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1 | Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Algarve | 30 April | 1 May |
2 | Lausitzring (GP Circuit with Banked Turn 1) | Klettwitz, Brandenburg | 21 May | 22 May |
3 | Imola Circuit | Imola, Emilia-Romagna | 18 June | 19 June |
4 | Norisring | Nuremberg, Bavaria | 2 July | 3 July |
5 | Nürburgring (Sprint Circuit) | Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate | 27 August | 28 August |
6 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Stavelot, Liège | 10 September | 11 September |
7 | Red Bull Ring | Spielberg, Styria | 24 September | 25 September |
8 | Hockenheimring | Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg | 8 October | 9 October |
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Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning manufacturer | Reports | |
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1 | R1 | Algarve International Circuit | Mirko Bortolotti | Luca Stolz | Lucas Auer | Mercedes-AMG Team Winward | Mercedes | Report |
R2 | Nico Müller | Felipe Fraga | Nico Müller | Team Rosberg | Audi | |||
2 | R1 | Lausitzring (GP Circuit with Banked Turn 1) | Lucas Auer | Sheldon van der Linde | Sheldon van der Linde | Schubert Motorsport | BMW | Report |
R2 | Sheldon van der Linde | Maro Engel | Sheldon van der Linde | Schubert Motorsport | BMW | |||
3 | R1 | Imola Circuit | René Rast | Mirko Bortolotti | René Rast | Team Abt | Audi | Report |
R2 | Ricardo Feller | Nick Cassidy | Ricardo Feller | Team Abt Sportsline | Audi | |||
4 | R1 | Norisring | Kelvin van der Linde | Thomas Preining | Thomas Preining | KÜS Team Bernhard | Porsche | Report |
R2 | Felipe Fraga | Mirko Bortolotti | Felipe Fraga | Red Bull AF Corse | Ferrari | |||
5 | R1 | Nürburgring (Sprint Circuit) | Mirko Bortolotti [N 5] | Kelvin van der Linde | Sheldon van der Linde | Schubert Motorsport | BMW | Report |
R2 | Sheldon van der Linde | Luca Stolz | Luca Stolz | Mercedes-AMG Team HRT | Mercedes | |||
6 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Dennis Olsen | Maximilian Götz | Dennis Olsen | SSR Performance | Porsche | Report |
R2 | René Rast | Rolf Ineichen | Nick Cassidy | AlphaTauri AF Corse | Ferrari | |||
7 | R1 | Red Bull Ring | Nick Cassidy | Mirko Bortolotti | Nick Cassidy | AlphaTauri AF Corse | Ferrari | Report |
R2 | Maro Engel | Lucas Auer | Thomas Preining | KÜS Team Bernhard | Porsche | |||
8 | R1 | Hockenheimring | Lucas Auer | Sheldon van der Linde | Lucas Auer | Mercedes-AMG Team Winward | Mercedes | Report |
R2 | René Rast | Marco Wittmann | Marco Wittmann | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW |
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:
Race Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | FL |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 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 | Points |
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1 | Schubert Motorsport | 226 |
2 | Mercedes-AMG Team Winward | 152 |
3 | Team Abt Sportsline | 152 |
4 | Team Abt | 149 |
5 | Team Rosberg | 135 |
6 | Mercedes-AMG Team HRT | 130 |
7 | Red Bull AlphaTauri AF Corse | 129 |
8 | SSR Performance | 119 |
9 | GRT | 118 |
10 | KÜS Team Bernhard | 115 |
11 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 101 |
12 | Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing | 81 |
13 | Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Racing | 73 |
14 | Attempto Racing | 13 |
15 | GRT grasser-racing.com | 12 |
16 | Mercedes-AMG Team Mücke Motorsport | 1 |
17 | T3 Motorsport | 0 |
Only points scored by the top three drivers of a manufacturer in qualifying sessions and races count for the manufacturers' championship.
Pos. | Manufacturer | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Audi | 441 |
2 | Mercedes-AMG | 413 |
3 | BMW | 327 |
4 | Porsche | 234 |
5 | Lamborghini | 130 |
6 | Ferrari | 129 |
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