2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

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]

2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Drivers' Champion:
René Rast
Teams' Champion:
Team Rosberg
Manufacturers' Championship:
Audi

Previous

2016

Next

2018

DTM Support series:
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Audi Sport TT Cup
FIA European Formula 3

René Rast (left) won his first Drivers' Championship while Mattias Ekström (right) finished second in the championship.

Supplier changes

• German wheel rim company ATS became official standard control wheel rim supplier from 2017 season onwards as it was announced on 15 March 2016.^[2]
• Hankook Tire extend their DTM tyre supplier role until 2019 as the South Korean tyre company announced on 6 May 2016.^[3]

Rule changes

Sporting rules

• On 17 September 2016, DTM announced that the field may be reduced from 24 to 18 competitors.^[4][5]
• The DTM race formats will be changed to 55 minutes respectively for race 1 and race 2 as it was announced on 30 March 2017.^[6]
• The team-to-driver radio has been banned for 2017 season onwards as it was announced on 1 May 2017.^[7]
• The simultaneously 4 tyre change in the pit stop has been replaced by the separated 4 tyre change in the pit stop to make longer pit duration up to 10 seconds (similar to 24 Hours of Le Mans).^[8]
• Points will be awarded for qualification positions with the top three earning points.^[9]

Technical rules

• After using single-element rear wings for five seasons, the rear wing of all DTM cars has been changed back from a single-element plane wing to a dual-element plane wing. The double-element rear wing was last featured in the DTM in the 2011 season.^[10]
• All DTM engines from 2017 season will be increased to 500 bhp as well as the increase of intake air restrictors diameter to 29 mm.
• All DTM entrants to utilize all-new Hankook tyre compounds from 2017 season to produce aggressive grip.^[11]

Mid-season changes

• The allocation of Balance of Performance DTM car weights were revised again for fine tuning.^[12]
• After several criticisms and protests from DTM teams, the Balance of Performance DTM car weights were officially abolished just before Austrian race.^[13]

Teams and drivers

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.

Manufacturer	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

Team changes

• Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline announced that they were scaling down from four cars to a two-car team, moving in line with Audi Sport Team Phoenix and Audi Sport Team Rosberg.^[18]
• BMW Team RBM and BMW Team RMG respectively increased their number of entries from two to three cars each to fill up the two empty spots left by Team Schnitzer and Team MTEK.^[19]

Leaving DTM

• Both Mercedes-Benz DTM teams ART Grand Prix and Mücke Motorsport ceased their DTM involvement due to the reduction in the DTM field to 18 cars (6 per manufacturer) as well as ART Grand Prix focusing on junior single-seater formulas.^[20]
• Both BMW DTM teams Team Schnitzer and Team MTEK also ceased their DTM involvement for similar reasons.^[19]

Driver changes

Entering DTM

• René Rast, who replaced Mattias Ekström in the final round of DTM 2016, got his full seat with Audi.^[16]
• 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and WEC champion driver Loïc Duval made his DTM debut with Audi.^[16]
• 2015 FIA GT World Cup winner and Venturi Formula E driver Maro Engel returned to DTM with Mercedes after leaving the series in 2011.

Changing teams

• The 2016 DTM championship runner-up Edoardo Mortara left Audi to join Mercedes.^[15]

Leaving DTM

• Former champions Martin Tomczyk and Timo Scheider announced that they would both retire from DTM championship after 16 years.^[21][22]
• BMW driver António Félix da Costa announced that he would leave DTM at the end of the 2016 season to focus on Formula E.^[23]
• Audi drivers Miguel Molina (between 2010 and 2016) and Adrien Tambay (between 2012 and 2016), both left the series.^[16]
• Daniel Juncadella, Christian Vietoris and Maximilian Götz who all drove full-time in 2016, and Felix Rosenqvist, who was a midseason replacement, were all left off the Mercedes squad in 2017.^[24]

Calendar

The nine event calendar was announced on 16 December 2016. All races from 2016 will return in 2017.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer
1	R1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	6 May	Lucas Auer	Mattias Ekström	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT	Mercedes-Benz
	R2		7 May	Timo Glock	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Team Rosberg	Audi
2	R1	Lausitzring, Brandenburg	20 May	Lucas Auer	René Rast	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT	Mercedes-Benz
	R2		21 May	Robert Wickens	René Rast	Jamie Green	Team Rosberg	Audi
3	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	17 June	René Rast	Mike Rockenfeller	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport SILBERPFEIL Energy	Mercedes-Benz
	R2		18 June	René Rast	Mattias Ekström	René Rast	Team Rosberg	Audi
4	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	1 July	Maxime Martin	Tom Blomqvist	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	BMW
	R2		2 July	Tom Blomqvist	Bruno Spengler	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	BMW
5	R1	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	22 July	René Rast[N 1]	Robert Wickens	René Rast	Team Rosberg	Audi
	R2		23 July	Bruno Spengler	Jamie Green	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport SILBERPFEIL Energy	Mercedes-Benz
6	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland	19 August	Timo Glock	René Rast	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	BMW
	R2		20 August	Augusto Farfus	Loïc Duval	Mike Rockenfeller[N 2]	Team Phoenix	Audi
7	R1	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	9 September	Lucas Auer	Nico Müller	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT	Mercedes-Benz
	R2		10 September	Marco Wittmann	René Rast	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Mercedes Me	Mercedes-Benz
8	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	23 September	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi
	R2		24 September	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	René Rast	Team Rosberg	Audi
9	R1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	14 October	Timo Glock	Mike Rockenfeller	Jamie Green	Team Rosberg	Audi
	R2		15 October	Tom Blomqvist	Jamie Green	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW

1. Originally scored by Marco Wittmann, the German had to serve a five-place grid penalty after receiving his third warning of the season in the previous round.^[25]
2. Originally won by Marco Wittmann, he was disqualified for not having enough fuel at the end of the race.^[26]

Championship standings

Scoring system

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

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver HOC LAU HUN NOR MSC ZAN NÜR RBR HOC Points 1 René Rast 6 Ret2 3 7 61 11 122 Ret 12 43 9 Ret 5 12 13 12 6 22 179 2 Mattias Ekström 5 11 8 2 53 23 3 4 8 22 17† 3 15 6 13 5 11 8 176 3 Jamie Green 18 13 10 13 DSQ2 5 7 8 9 5 5 9 6 7 21 141 13 5 173 4 Mike Rockenfeller 3 7 5 5 4 10 13 Ret 23 12 4 1 14 17 7 2 2 3 167 5 Marco Wittmann 10 3 13 9 8 Ret2 4 5 31 6 23 DSQ2 92 31 5 63 13 13 160 6 Lucas Auer 11 4 11 10 12 Ret Ret 2 6 8 15 14 11 13 8 Ret 8 10 136 7 Timo Glock 2 81 11 15 2 7 5 10 5 13 11 7 12 8 10 7 31 12 133 8 Maxime Martin 11 Ret 43 8 Ret 3 21 1 16 Ret 3 63 17 11 6 11 42 6 132 9 Robert Wickens 15 Ret 22 31 Ret 8 Ret 112 4 9 11 15† 33 13 4 10 7 17† 119 10 Gary Paffett 72 2 6 4 7 9 10 Ret 7 16 8 5 10 14 17 4 9 4 102 11 Paul di Resta 8 6 16 13 1 6 11 6 14 DSQ 7 Ret 2 22 11 9 14 16 99 12 Nico Müller 9 5 18 6 10 4 9 133 15 15 10 4 11 Ret 32 3 12 11 81 13 Bruno Spengler 12 9 14 16 3 14 13 12 12 31 14 10 13 4 12 16 10 14 75 14 Edoardo Mortara 43 13 7 11 9 11 8 3 13 10 12 12 7 16 9 17† 5 9 61 15 Maro Engel 17 10 9 12 13 15 14 14 10 1 16 11 4 5 15 15 16 13 51 16 Augusto Farfus 13 Ret 12 14 11 12 Ret 7 17 11 62 81 8 9 Ret 12 17 7 35 17 Tom Blomqvist 16 12 17 172 15† 13 6 91 Ret 7 Ret 13 16 10 16 13 15 Ret1 25 18 Loïc Duval 14 Ret 15 18 14 16 15 15 11 14 13 2 18 15 14 8 18 15 22 Pos. Driver HOC LAU HUN NOR MSC ZAN NÜR RBR HOC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 1 – 3 Points for Pole 2 – 2 Points for P2 3 – 1 Point for P3

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

Manufacturers' championship

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

Teams' championship

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