The 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-fourth season of premier German touring car championship and also twenty-first season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000 as well as second and final season of " Class 1" regulations era.
Audi entered as the defending Manufacturers' Champion, after winning their seventh title in 2019, [1] Audi Sport Team Rosberg entered as the defending teams' champion and René Rast entered as the defending drivers' champion, after winning his second title in 2019. [2]
After Aston Martin and R-Motorsport decided to withdraw from Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, the 2020 season marks the first season since 2011 that the series featured only two manufacturers. [3]
2020 also marked the final season for Audi Sport in the DTM, shifting their focus to FIA Formula E and customer programmes. [4] It also marked the final season for the " Class 1" regulations, as the DTM will switch to GT Pro regulations for 2021. [5]
René Rast retains the DTM driver's title for the second year in a row (third overall).
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.
Manufacturer | Car | Engine | Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Audi | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2020 | Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI I-4 t | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 4 | Robin Frijns | All |
51 | Nico Müller [6] [7] | All | ||||
Audi Sport Team WRT | 10 | Harrison Newey [8] | All | |||
13 | Fabio Scherer [9] | All | ||||
62 | Ferdinand von Habsburg | All | ||||
Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 19 | Benoît Tréluyer [10] | 8 | |||
28 | Loïc Duval | 1–7, 9 | ||||
99 | Mike Rockenfeller | All | ||||
Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 33 | René Rast | All | |||
53 | Jamie Green [11] | All | ||||
BMW | BMW M4 Turbo DTM 2020 | BMW P48 Turbo I-4 t | Orlen Team ART | 8 | Robert Kubica [12] | All |
BMW Team RMG | 11 | Marco Wittmann [13] | All | |||
16 | Timo Glock [13] | All | ||||
BMW Team RMR | 22 | Lucas Auer [13] | All | |||
27 | Jonathan Aberdein [14] | All | ||||
BMW Team RBM | 25 | Philipp Eng [13] | All | |||
31 | Sheldon van der Linde [13] | All |
A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 19 September 2019: five rounds will be held in Germany, and four outside of Germany. [30] [31] However, the calendar was altered twice in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; initially on 26 March before a further modified schedule was published on 3 June. [32] [33]
Round | Circuit | Race 1 | Race 2 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 August | 2 August | ||||
2 | Lausitzring (Sprint Circuit) | 15 August | 16 August | ||||
3 | Lausitzring (Grand Prix Circuit) | 22 August | 23 August | ||||
4 | TT Circuit Assen | 5 September | 6 September | ||||
5 | Nürburgring (Grand Prix Circuit) | 12 September | 13 September | ||||
6 | Nürburgring (Sprint Circuit) | 19 September | 20 September | ||||
7 | Circuit Zolder | 10 October | 11 October | ||||
8 | 17 October | 18 October | |||||
9 | Hockenheimring | 7 November | 8 November | ||||
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
Circuit | Original Dates | ||||||
Igora Drive, Priozersk | 30 May | 31 May | |||||
Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp | 13 June | 14 June | |||||
Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza | 27 June | 28 June | |||||
Norisring, Nuremberg | 11 July | 12 July | |||||
Brands Hatch, Kent | 22 August | 23 August |
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, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points:
Qualifying Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
---|---|---|---|
Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|
Bold – Pole |
Pos. | Team | Car |
SPA |
LAU1 |
LAU2 |
ASS |
NÜR1 |
NÜR2 |
ZOL1 |
ZOL2 |
HOC |
Points | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 4 | 91 | 22 | 31 | 41 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 23 | 53 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 23 | Ret | 23 | Ret3 | 7 | 5 | 609 |
51 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 52 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2 | |||
2 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 33 | 53 | 31 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 63 | 5 | 51 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 451 |
53 | 2 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 4 | NC | 12 | 13 | 7 | 14† | 15† | Ret | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | |||
3 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 19 | 14 | Ret | 247 | ||||||||||||||||
28 | 3 | 7 | Ret3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | |||||
99 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 42 | |||
4 | BMW Team RMG | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 15† | 8 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 215 |
16 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 14† | 8 | |||
5 | BMW Team RBM | 25 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 12 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 156 |
31 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 102 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 9 | |||
6 | BMW Team RMR | 22 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 16 | 113 |
27 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | Ret | 53 | 7 | |||
7 | Audi Sport Team WRT | 10 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 103 |
13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 16† | Ret | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 13† | 12 | |||
62 | DNS | 15 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 62 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 101 | 11 | 14 | |||
8 | Orlen Team ART | 8 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 14 | 12 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 |
Pos. | Team | Car |
SPA |
LAU1 |
LAU2 |
ASS |
NÜR1 |
NÜR2 |
ZOL1 |
ZOL2 |
HOC |
Points |
Pos. | Manufacturer |
SPA |
LAU1 |
LAU2 |
ASS |
NÜR1 |
NÜR2 |
ZOL1 |
ZOL2 |
HOC |
Points | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Audi | 76 | 76 | 60 | 71 | 72 | 51 | 76 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 62 | 74 | 67 | 75 | 76 | 1253 |
2 | BMW | 19 | 15 | 42 | 31 | 28 | 51 | 17 | 39 | 33 | 15 | 39 | 27 | 24 | 37 | 15 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 500 |
Pos. | Manufacturer |
SPA |
LAU1 |
LAU2 |
ASS |
NÜR1 |
NÜR2 |
ZOL1 |
ZOL2 |
HOC |
Points |
The 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-fourth season of premier German touring car championship and also twenty-first season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000 as well as second and final season of " Class 1" regulations era.
Audi entered as the defending Manufacturers' Champion, after winning their seventh title in 2019, [1] Audi Sport Team Rosberg entered as the defending teams' champion and René Rast entered as the defending drivers' champion, after winning his second title in 2019. [2]
After Aston Martin and R-Motorsport decided to withdraw from Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, the 2020 season marks the first season since 2011 that the series featured only two manufacturers. [3]
2020 also marked the final season for Audi Sport in the DTM, shifting their focus to FIA Formula E and customer programmes. [4] It also marked the final season for the " Class 1" regulations, as the DTM will switch to GT Pro regulations for 2021. [5]
René Rast retains the DTM driver's title for the second year in a row (third overall).
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.
Manufacturer | Car | Engine | Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Audi | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2020 | Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI I-4 t | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 4 | Robin Frijns | All |
51 | Nico Müller [6] [7] | All | ||||
Audi Sport Team WRT | 10 | Harrison Newey [8] | All | |||
13 | Fabio Scherer [9] | All | ||||
62 | Ferdinand von Habsburg | All | ||||
Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 19 | Benoît Tréluyer [10] | 8 | |||
28 | Loïc Duval | 1–7, 9 | ||||
99 | Mike Rockenfeller | All | ||||
Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 33 | René Rast | All | |||
53 | Jamie Green [11] | All | ||||
BMW | BMW M4 Turbo DTM 2020 | BMW P48 Turbo I-4 t | Orlen Team ART | 8 | Robert Kubica [12] | All |
BMW Team RMG | 11 | Marco Wittmann [13] | All | |||
16 | Timo Glock [13] | All | ||||
BMW Team RMR | 22 | Lucas Auer [13] | All | |||
27 | Jonathan Aberdein [14] | All | ||||
BMW Team RBM | 25 | Philipp Eng [13] | All | |||
31 | Sheldon van der Linde [13] | All |
A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 19 September 2019: five rounds will be held in Germany, and four outside of Germany. [30] [31] However, the calendar was altered twice in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; initially on 26 March before a further modified schedule was published on 3 June. [32] [33]
Round | Circuit | Race 1 | Race 2 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 August | 2 August | ||||
2 | Lausitzring (Sprint Circuit) | 15 August | 16 August | ||||
3 | Lausitzring (Grand Prix Circuit) | 22 August | 23 August | ||||
4 | TT Circuit Assen | 5 September | 6 September | ||||
5 | Nürburgring (Grand Prix Circuit) | 12 September | 13 September | ||||
6 | Nürburgring (Sprint Circuit) | 19 September | 20 September | ||||
7 | Circuit Zolder | 10 October | 11 October | ||||
8 | 17 October | 18 October | |||||
9 | Hockenheimring | 7 November | 8 November | ||||
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
Circuit | Original Dates | ||||||
Igora Drive, Priozersk | 30 May | 31 May | |||||
Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp | 13 June | 14 June | |||||
Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza | 27 June | 28 June | |||||
Norisring, Nuremberg | 11 July | 12 July | |||||
Brands Hatch, Kent | 22 August | 23 August |
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, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points:
Qualifying Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
---|---|---|---|
Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|
Bold – Pole |
Pos. | Team | Car |
SPA |
LAU1 |
LAU2 |
ASS |
NÜR1 |
NÜR2 |
ZOL1 |
ZOL2 |
HOC |
Points | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 4 | 91 | 22 | 31 | 41 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 23 | 53 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 23 | Ret | 23 | Ret3 | 7 | 5 | 609 |
51 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 52 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 53 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 2 | |||
2 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 33 | 53 | 31 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 63 | 5 | 51 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 451 |
53 | 2 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 10 | 4 | NC | 12 | 13 | 7 | 14† | 15† | Ret | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | |||
3 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 19 | 14 | Ret | 247 | ||||||||||||||||
28 | 3 | 7 | Ret3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 42 | 9 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | |||||
99 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 42 | |||
4 | BMW Team RMG | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 15† | 8 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 215 |
16 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 14† | 8 | |||
5 | BMW Team RBM | 25 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 12 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 156 |
31 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 102 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 9 | |||
6 | BMW Team RMR | 22 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 16 | 113 |
27 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | Ret | 53 | 7 | |||
7 | Audi Sport Team WRT | 10 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 103 |
13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 16† | Ret | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 13† | 12 | |||
62 | DNS | 15 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 62 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 101 | 11 | 14 | |||
8 | Orlen Team ART | 8 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 14 | 12 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 15 | 20 |
Pos. | Team | Car |
SPA |
LAU1 |
LAU2 |
ASS |
NÜR1 |
NÜR2 |
ZOL1 |
ZOL2 |
HOC |
Points |
Pos. | Manufacturer |
SPA |
LAU1 |
LAU2 |
ASS |
NÜR1 |
NÜR2 |
ZOL1 |
ZOL2 |
HOC |
Points | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Audi | 76 | 76 | 60 | 71 | 72 | 51 | 76 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 62 | 74 | 67 | 75 | 76 | 1253 |
2 | BMW | 19 | 15 | 42 | 31 | 28 | 51 | 17 | 39 | 33 | 15 | 39 | 27 | 24 | 37 | 15 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 500 |
Pos. | Manufacturer |
SPA |
LAU1 |
LAU2 |
ASS |
NÜR1 |
NÜR2 |
ZOL1 |
ZOL2 |
HOC |
Points |