2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

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The 2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters is the thirty-sixth season of the premier German touring car championship and also the twenty-third season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It is the second season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations.

Teams and drivers

All teams competed with tyres supplied by Michelin.

Manufacturer Car Engine Team No. Driver Status Rounds Ref. Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi BXA 5.2 L V10 Team Abt Sportsline Team Abt 3 Kelvin van der Linde 1–3 7 Ricardo Feller 1–3 33 René Rast 1–3 Team Rosberg 12 Dev Gore 1–3 51 Nico Müller 1–3 Attempto Racing 66 Marius Zug 1–3 BMW BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 Walkenhorst Motorsport 10 Esteban Muth 1–3 11 Marco Wittmann 1–3 Schubert Motorsport 25 Philipp Eng 1–3 31 Sheldon van der Linde 1–3 Ceccato Motors 50 Timo Glock Template:Class G 3 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8 AlphaTauri AF Corse 37 Sébastien Loeb 1 Nick Cassidy 2–3 Ayhancan Güven TBC Red Bull AF Corse 74 Felipe Fraga 1–3 Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 GRT GRT grasser-racing.com 6 Alessio Deledda 1–3 19 Rolf Ineichen 1–3 63 Mirko Bortolotti 1–3 85 Clemens Schmid 1–3 T3 Motorsport 26 Esmee Hawkey 1–2 95 Nicki Thiim 1–2 Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG Team Winward 1 Maximilian Götz 1–3 22 Lucas Auer 1–3 27 David Schumacher 1–3 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 4 Luca Stolz 1–3 36 Arjun Maini 1–3 Mercedes-AMG Team Mücke Motorsport 18 Maximilian Buhk 1–3 Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 55 Mikaël Grenier 1–3 88 Maro Engel 1–3 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6 KÜS Team Bernhard 24 Thomas Preining 1–3 SSR Performance 92 Laurens Vanthoor 1–3 94 Dennis Olsen 1–3

Icon Status Template:Class G Guest drivers ineligible for points

Team changes

• GT World Challenge Europe regulars Attempto Racing will join the DTM full-time, running a single Audi R8 LMS Evo II car.
• Rowe Racing, which ran two BMW M6 GT3 cars full-time in 2021, will leave the DTM in order to concentrate on endurance racing.
• Schubert Motorsport will join the series full-time by fielding two BMW M4 GT3 cars. Walkenhorst Motorsport will also race with two BMW M4 GT3 cars full-time in 2022, after doing so with a single BMW M6 GT3 car in 2021.
• GRT Grasser Racing Team will join the series full-time by fielding a total of four Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo cars. The Austrian team will be factory-backed by Lamborghini.
• T3 Motorsport were initially set not to be factory-backed by Lamborghini, after racing two Huracán GT3 Evo cars full-time in 2021, but the decision was reversed shortly before the start of the season. The team confirmed the retainment of their 2021 driver Esmee Hawkey and the signing of Nicki Thiim.
• JP Motorsport will not return to the series in 2022, after making guest appearances at three rounds in 2021 by fielding a single McLaren 720S GT3 car.
• Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed is set to leave the series after running a single-car effort for Arjun Maini in 2021.
• Timo Bernhard's KÜS Team Bernhard team will join the DTM full-time, entering a single Porsche 911 GT3 R car.
• SSR Performance will join the series full-time by fielding two Porsche 911 GT3 R cars, after making a guest appearance with a single car at the Nürburgring round in 2021.

Driver changes

• Three-time DTM champion René Rast will return to the series with Abt Sportsline and replace Mike Rockenfeller, who retired from the series at the end of the 2021 season. Ricardo Feller, who won the 2021 ADAC GT Masters, will join the DTM for the first time and replace Sophia Flörsch in the third Abt Sportsline car.
• German teen racer Marius Zug will make his DTM debut for new team Attempto Racing.
• Esteban Muth left Lamborghini for BMW and T3 Motorsport for Walkenhorst Motorsport to become the team's second driver alongside Marco Wittmann.
• Philipp Eng will return to the DTM after a one-year absence and join Schubert Motorsport to partner Sheldon van der Linde, who drove for Rowe Racing in 2021. Timo Glock, the other Rowe Racing driver in 2021, will not return to the DTM in 2022.
• Mirko Bortolotti will join the series full-time for the GRT Grasser Racing Team, after making a guest appearance for T3 Motorsport at the Assen round in 2021 and finishing second in the first race. He will be partnered by ADAC GT Masters racer Clemens Schmid, Formula 2 driver Alessio Deledda and Swiss gentleman driver Rolf Ineichen, all three making their DTM debuts.
• Aston Martin factory driver Nicki Thiim will make his DTM debut, driving a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo for T3 Motorsport.
• Liam Lawson and Alex Albon, who drove for the Red Bull Racing-backed AF Corse team in 2021, will not return to the series in 2022, as Lawson switched his focus to Formula 2 and Albon returned to Formula One with Williams Racing. They were replaced by Felipe Fraga, who will make his DTM debut, and Nick Cassidy, who already stood in for Albon at the 2021 season finale.
• Defending champion Maximilian Götz left Team HRT to replace Philip Ellis at Team Winward, both teams running a Mercedes-AMG. Team HRT replaced Götz with Luca Stolz, who will join the DTM full-time after making a guest appearance at the Nürburgring round in 2021. Arjun Maini also moved between Mercedes-AMG teams, as he left Team GetSpeed for Team HRT to replace Vincent Abril.
• Maro Engel will return to the DTM for the first time since 2017 and drive a Mercedes-AMG for Team GruppeM Racing alongside Mikaël Grenier, who will join the series for the first time and replace Daniel Juncadella.
• Former FIA Formula 3 driver David Schumacher will join the series for the first time and drive a third car for Mercedes-AMG Team Winward, partnering Götz and Lucas Auer.
• Thomas Preining will join the series for the first time, driving KÜS Team Bernhard's sole Porsche 911 GT3 R car.
• Laurens Vanthoor and Dennis Olsen will join the series for the first time, driving the two Porsche 911 GT3 R cars fielded by SSR Performance.

Rule changes

Sporting

• One championship point will be awarded for the fastest race lap.
• Team orders were completely outlawed in the wake of the 2021 season finale controversy at the Norisring. Teams and drivers who influence the race via team orders might be excluded from the championship.
• Introduction of "full-course yellow" (FCY) to replace safety car interventions when appropriate. Restarts will be done in "DTM formation" akin to the series' race and safety car restarts.
• The mandatory pit stop can now be made while the safety car is deployed.
• The race start procedure has been revised: the race gets underway with a starting light at the hands of the race director. Previously, the pole-sitter could decide when to go full-throttle. The starting formation can now be left as soon as the starting light releases the field.
• Pit stop procedures have been modified: a maximum of two mechanics on each side of the car have to change the rear wheels first before the change at the front axle can begin. Mandatory pit stops can not be served prior to minute 10 or after minute 40 of the race.

Technical

• Balance of performance (BoP) can now be changed at any time throughout the season up until the last race.

Race calendar

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
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
Source:

Calendar changes

• Spa-Francorchamps returns to the DTM calendar after a one-year hiatus while Portimão and Imola will make their DTM débuts. On the opposite side, the rounds at Zolder, Assen and Monza were ousted from the calendar.
• The Norisring round will return to its traditional spot in early July, after the circuit hosted the season finale for the first time in 2021. On the other hand, the Hockenheimring round will retain its traditional spot in early October and return to being the final round of the season.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer	Reports
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	Rene Rast	Mirko Bortolotti	Rene Rast	Team Abt	Audi	Report
	R2		Ricardo Feller	Nick Cassidy	Ricardo Feller	Team Abt Sportsline	Audi
4	R1	Norisring						Report
	R2
5	R1	Nürburgring (Sprint Circuit)						Report
	R2
6	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps						Report
	R2
7	R1	Red Bull Ring						Report
	R2
8	R1	Hockenheimring						Report
	R2

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	FL
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
Points	3	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver POR LAU IMO NOR NÜR SPA RBR HOC Points 1 Sheldon van der Linde 7 8 12 11 8 5 80 2 Mirko Bortolotti 31 32 6 6 3 10 68 3 Nico Müller Ret 11 Ret 5 22 8 62 4 Lucas Auer 13 22 31 8 Ret 4 60 5 René Rast Ret 12 8 32 11 Ret 49 6 Ricardo Feller 6 9 Ret 7 Ret 11 44 7 Maro Engel 10 10 53 23 10 7 40 8 Luca Stolz 2 Ret 2 12 11 12 37 9 Marco Wittmann NC 4 Ret 10 7 33 35 10 Kelvin van der Linde 4 6 Ret 20 5 13 30 11 Felipe Fraga Ret 23 Ret DNS Ret Ret2 22 12 Philipp Eng 9 Ret Ret 4 12 6 22 13 Dev Gore Ret 20 16 17 Ret 2 18 14 Laurens Vanthoor 8 7 7 9 13 Ret 18 15 Thomas Preining 13 Ret Ret Ret 43 Ret 13 16 Maximilian Götz 11 5 10 15 20 9 13 17 Arjun Maini 17 13 4 13 16 18 12 18 Dennis Olsen 5 11 Ret 11 9 Ret 12 19 Clemens Schmid 21 19 17 Ret 6 Ret 8 20 Nick Cassidy 9 23 14 17 3 21 Mikaël Grenier 152 Ret Ret Ret 19 15 2 22 Maximilian Buhk 19 17 11 22 18 Ret 0 23 Nicki Thiim 12 Ret 13 Ret 0 24 Esteban Muth 14 14 12 18 Ret 14 0 25 Rolf Ineichen Ret Ret 14 16 15 Ret 0 26 David Schumacher 20 15 Ret 14 21 Ret 0 27 Marius Zug 18 16 15 Ret 17 Ret 0 28 Sébastien Loeb 16 18 0 29 Alessio Deledda 22 23 19 21 22 16 0 30 Esmee Hawkey Ret 21 18 19 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points — Timo Glock Ret 11 — Pos. Driver POR LAU IMO NOR NÜR SPA RBR 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 1 – 3 Points for Pole 2 – 2 Points for P2 3 – 1 Point for P3

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Schubert Motorsport	101
2	Team Rosberg	80
3	Team Abt Sportsline	74
4	GRT	67
5	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	60
6	Team Abt	49
7	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	48
8	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	41
9	Walkenhorst Motorsport	35
10	SSR Performance	30
11	Red Bull AlphaTauri AF Corse	23
12	KÜS Team Bernhard	13
13	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Racing	13
14	GRT grasser-racing.com	8
15	Mercedes-AMG Team Mücke Motorsport	0
16	T3 Motorsport	0
17	Attempto Racing	0

Manufacturers' championship

Only points scored by the top three drivers of a manufacturer in qualifyings and races count for the manufacturers' championship.

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Audi	203
2	Mercedes-AMG	151
3	BMW	136
4	Lamborghini	75
5	Porsche	43
6	Ferrari	23

External links

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