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
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  • The simultaneously 4 tyre change in the pit stop has been replaced by the separated 4 tyre change in the pit stop to make longer pit duration up to 10 seconds (similar to 24 Hours of Le Mans).[8]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.

Make 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
Leaving DTM

Driver changes
Entering DTM
Changing teams
Leaving DTM

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 EuroSpeedway Lausitz, 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, Noord-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 5-place grid penalty after receiving his third warning of the season in the previous round.
  2. Originally won by Marco Wittmann, he was disqualified for not having enough fuel at the end of the race.

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 DNS 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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (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

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