2013 DTM season

Mike Rockenfeller (left) won his first Drivers' Championship while Augusto Farfus (right) finished second in the championship.

The 2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-seventh season of premier German touring car championship and also fourteenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000.

Bruno Spengler started the season as the defending drivers' champion. BMW was the defending manufacturers' champion, and BMW Team Schnitzer the defending teams' champion. Mike Rockenfeller clinched his first DTM title at the penultimate round of the season at Zandvoort, driving for Audi.

This was the first season since 2005 without any female DTM drivers after Susie Wolff and Rahel Frey left at the end of the 2012 season.

Calendar

A provisional eleven-round calendar was announced on 23 October 2012,^[1] and the final schedule was published on 21 November 2012.^[2] A revised calendar was released by series organisers on 19 December 2012, with the Norisring round moved back by a week to avoid a clash with the German Grand Prix. To accommodate the change of date, the Zandvoort meeting was moved from July to September, and would become the penultimate event of the season, with the Oschersleben and second Hockenheim meetings also being held later than originally scheduled.^[3]

Results summary

Round	Circuit	Date	Maps
1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	5 May
2	Brands Hatch, Kent	19 May
3	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	2 June
4	Lausitzring, Brandenburg	16 June
5	Norisring, Nuremberg	14 July
6	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	4 August
7	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	18 August
8	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt	15 September
9	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland	29 September
10	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	20 October

Calendar changes

• The 2013 season saw the DTM series travel to Russia for the first time, with the inclusion of a round at the Moscow Raceway scheduled for August.
• The non-championship exhibition rounds held at the Munich Olympic Stadium in 2011 and 2012 was discontinued in 2013.
• The race at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain – which had been included on the DTM calendar in 2011 and 2012 – was discontinued.

Teams and drivers

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.

Make	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
BMW[4]	BMW M3 DTM	BMW Team Schnitzer[5]	1	Bruno Spengler[6]	All
			2	Dirk Werner[6]	All
		BMW Team RBM[5]	7	Augusto Farfus[6]	All
			8	Joey Hand[6]	All
		BMW Team RMG[5]	15	Martin Tomczyk[6]	All
			16	Andy Priaulx[6]	All
		BMW Team MTEK[5]	21	Marco Wittmann[6]	All
			22	Timo Glock[7]	All
Mercedes-Benz	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé	HWA Team	3	Gary Paffett[8]	All
			4	Roberto Merhi[8]	All
			9	Christian Vietoris[8]	All
			10	Robert Wickens[8]	All
		Mücke Motorsport[9]	17	Daniel Juncadella[8]	All
			18	Pascal Wehrlein[9]	All
Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Team Rosberg[10]	5	Edoardo Mortara[11]	All
			6	Filipe Albuquerque[11]	All
		Abt Sportsline[10]	11	Mattias Ekström[11]	All
			12	Jamie Green[11]	All
		Phoenix Racing[10]	19	Mike Rockenfeller[11]	All
			20	Miguel Molina[12]	All
		Audi Sport Team Abt[10]	23	Timo Scheider[11]	All
			24	Adrien Tambay[11]	All

Team changes

• After competing with six cars in 2012, BMW increased its involvement in the series by expanding to eight cars.^[4] Team MTEK ran the new team for the marque.^[6]
• Mercedes-Benz initially submitted eight entries to the grid, but later scaled back their commitment to six cars after parting company with Persson Motorsport.^[8]

Driver changes

• David Coulthard left DTM after three seasons racing for Mercedes-Benz in order to continue his role as commentator of Formula One races for the BBC.^[13]
• Rahel Frey, who drove for Audi in 2011 and 2012, left the series and joined Audi's GT programme.^[12]
• Timo Glock left Formula One to join the DTM series, driving for BMW.^[7] Glock joined Team MTEK, BMW's fourth team.^[5]
• Jamie Green left Mercedes-Benz after eight seasons with the manufacturer to join Audi.^[11]
• Joey Hand and Andy Priaulx swapped seats, with Hand moving from Team RMG to join Team RBM, with Priaulx going in the opposite direction, moving from Team RBM to Team RMG.^[5]
• Formula 3 Euro Series front-runners Daniel Juncadella and Pascal Wehrlein joined the DTM series, driving for Mücke Motorsport.^[8][9]
• Having originally been announced as one of the six Mercedes drivers for the 2013 season,^[8] Ralf Schumacher announced his retirement from motor racing on 15 March 2013.^[9]
• BMW test driver^[14] Marco Wittmann was promoted to a race seat for the 2013 season,^[6] racing for Team MTEK.^[5]
• Susie Wolff ended her DTM career after seven seasons with Mercedes-Benz to focus solely on Williams F1 testing duties.^[15]

Rule changes

Technical

• For the first time that all-DTM cars introduced the F1-style Drag Reduction Systems (DRS) to adjust the rear wing and assist overtaking with rear wing inclination angle to 15°.
• The minimum weight of the cars has been increased from 1,100 kg (2,425 lb) to 1,110 kg (2,447 lb) to better aerodynamic reasons.
• The softer option tyre were introduced to improve spectacle and more degradable as well as pit stop window allocation tweaked.

Results and standings

Results summary

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer
1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	5 May	Timo Scheider	Augusto Farfus	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	BMW
2	Brands Hatch, Kent	19 May	Mike Rockenfeller	Gary Paffett	Mike Rockenfeller	Phoenix Racing	Audi
3	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	2 June	Bruno Spengler	Marco Wittmann	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW
4	Lausitzring, Brandenburg	16 June	Christian Vietoris	Mike Rockenfeller	Gary Paffett	HWA Team	Mercedes-Benz
5	Norisring, Nuremberg	14 July	Robert Wickens	Christian Vietoris	No winner[N 1]
6	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	4 August	Mike Rockenfeller	Adrien Tambay	Mike Rockenfeller	Phoenix Racing	Audi
7	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	18 August	Augusto Farfus	Pascal Wehrlein	Robert Wickens	HWA Team	Mercedes-Benz
8	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt	15 September	Jamie Green	Joey Hand	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	BMW
9	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland	29 September	Marco Wittmann	Marco Wittmann	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	BMW
10	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	20 October	Bruno Spengler	Christian Vietoris	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK	BMW

Notes

Championship standings

Scoring system

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

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver HOC BRH RBR LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC Points 1 Mike Rockenfeller 8 1 4 2 5 1 4 2 2 16 142 2 Augusto Farfus 1 Ret 6 12 16 3 2 1 1 11 116 3 Bruno Spengler 5 2 1 7 6 19 14 21† 20 3 82 4 Christian Vietoris 3 8 7 3 3 10 3 18 15 7 77 5 Robert Wickens Ret 3 12 4 2 12 1 22† 16 18 70 6 Gary Paffett 4 6 9 1 18† 5 17 6 9 9 69 7 Mattias Ekström Ret 7 5 8 DSQ 2 13 7 4 4 68 8 Marco Wittmann 9 4 2 21† 10 15 7 12 5 DSQ 49 9 Timo Glock Ret 13 3 14 13 16 18 15 18 1 40 10 Timo Scheider 6 9 16 20 Ret 9 Ret 5 3 13 37 11 Jamie Green 14 15 18 5 19† 6 9 3 13 12 35 12 Joey Hand 7 5 Ret 15 8 7 Ret 16 7 20 32 13 Dirk Werner 2 12 8 13 11 8 15 13 21† 8 30 14 Adrien Tambay Ret 18 11 11 15 4 6 9 6 14 30 15 Roberto Merhi 10 16 20 10 7 14 19 14 Ret 2 26 16 Daniel Juncadella 12 20 13 6 4 18 Ret 17 17 10 21 17 Miguel Molina 15 11 14 16 14 Ret 8 8 10 5 19 18 Filipe Albuquerque 16 17 17 18 12 13 11 4 8 Ret 16 19 Martin Tomczyk 13 14 Ret 19 Ret 17 5 20† 11 19 10 20 Andy Priaulx 17† 19 19 22 9 20 16 19 19 6 10 21 Edoardo Mortara Ret 21† 15 9 17† Ret 12 10 14 15 3 22 Pascal Wehrlein 11 10 10 17 20† 11 10 11 12 17 3 Pos. Driver HOC BRH RBR LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN 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 No. HOC BRH RBR LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC Points 1 Audi Sport Team Phoenix 19 8 1 4 2 5 1 4 2 2 16 161 20 15 11 14 16 14 Ret 8 8 10 5 2 BMW Team RBM 7 1 Ret 6 12 16 3 2 1 1 11 148 8 7 5 Ret 15 8 7 Ret 16 7 20 3 HWA Team 9 3 8 7 3 3 10 3 18 15 7 147 10 Ret 3 12 4 2 12 1 22† 16 18 4 BMW Team Schnitzer 1 5 2 1 7 6 19 14 21† 20 3 112 2 2 12 8 13 11 8 15 13 21† 8 5 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 11 Ret 7 5 8 DSQ 2 13 7 4 4 103 12 14 15 18 5 19† 6 9 3 13 12 6 HWA Team 3 4 6 9 1 18 5 17 6 9 9 95 4 10 16 20 10 7 14 19 14 Ret 2 7 BMW Team MTEK 21 9 4 2 21† 10 15 7 12 5 DSQ 89 22 Ret 13 3 14 13 16 18 15 18 1 8 Audi Sport Team Abt 23 6 9 16 20 Ret 9 Ret 5 3 13 67 24 Ret 18 11 11 15 4 6 9 6 14 9 Mücke Motorsport 17 12 20 13 6 4 18 Ret 17 17 10 24 18 11 10 10 17 20† 11 10 11 12 17 10 BMW Team RMG 15 13 14 Ret 19 Ret 17 5 20† 11 19 20 16 17† 19 19 22† 9 20 16 19 19 6 11 Audi Sport Team Rosberg 5 Ret 21† 15 9 17 Ret 12 10 14 15 19 6 16 17 17 18 12 13 11 4 8 Ret Pos. Team No. HOC BRH RBR LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN 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.	Manufacturer	HOC	BRH	RBR	LAU	NOR	MSC	NÜR	OSC	ZAN	HOC	Points
1	BMW	61	40	70	6	15	25	34	25	41	52	369
2	Audi	12	33	22	34	10	65	26	65	58	22	347
3	Mercedes-Benz	28	28	9	61	51	11	41	8	2	27	266
Pos.	Manufacturer	HOC	BRH	RBR	LAU	NOR	MSC	NÜR	OSC	ZAN	HOC	Points

References

External links

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