The 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-first season of premier German touring car championship and also eighth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000.
The season started dramatically with massive crash on opening lap of Hockenheim race. As a result, Tom Kristensen and Alexandre Prémat were forced to sit out races.
The season also included many controversial moments. In Lausitzring, the safety car caught the wrong driver and this shook up race results almost completely. Organizers admitted that Mika Häkkinen deserved the win and Paul di Resta second place, but other drivers were not in the places where they should have been. As a result, half points were awarded and thus race director Roland Bruynseraede was sacked on 31 May 2007.[1]
At Zandvoort, Audi drivers swapped positions in the final straight, giving win to Martin Tomczyk instead of Prémat. Audi boss denied the presence of team orders and instead told that Prémat did the move on his own.
At Barcelona, Häkkinen collided with Martin Tomczyk and Daniel la Rosa with Mattias Ekström. This and couple of other incidents caused that all Audi drivers withdrew from the race with nine laps to go. Häkkinen and la Rosa were excluded from the race (which was meaningless as both drivers retired in the incidents), fined and given 10-place grid penalty for final race of the season.
This was the final season that Vodafone was a front windscreen sponsor as well as Blaupunkt as a front vehicle plate sponsor.
Teams and driversedit
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.
† — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
• Half points were awarded at EuroSpeedway because of mistakes by race director during the safety car period. (Points were awarded 5-4-3-2.5-2-1.5-1-0.5).
^"2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Standings". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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2007, deutsche, tourenwagen, masters, drivers, champion, mattias, ekströmteams, champion, sportsline, previous, 2006, next, 2008support, series, formula, euro, series, twenty, first, season, premier, german, touring, championship, also, eighth, season, under, . 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers Champion Mattias EkstromTeams Champion Abt Sportsline Previous 2006 Next 2008Support series Formula 3 Euro Series The 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty first season of premier German touring car championship and also eighth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series resumption in 2000 Mattias Ekstrom left won his second Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers Championship while Bruno Spengler right finished second in the championship The Drivers Championship was won by Mattias Ekstrom Contents 1 Season summary 2 Teams and drivers 3 Race calendar and winners 4 Championship standings 4 1 Scoring system 4 2 Drivers championship 4 3 Teams championship 5 References 6 External linksSeason summary editThe season started dramatically with massive crash on opening lap of Hockenheim race As a result Tom Kristensen and Alexandre Premat were forced to sit out races The season also included many controversial moments In Lausitzring the safety car caught the wrong driver and this shook up race results almost completely Organizers admitted that Mika Hakkinen deserved the win and Paul di Resta second place but other drivers were not in the places where they should have been As a result half points were awarded and thus race director Roland Bruynseraede was sacked on 31 May 2007 1 At Zandvoort Audi drivers swapped positions in the final straight giving win to Martin Tomczyk instead of Premat Audi boss denied the presence of team orders and instead told that Premat did the move on his own At Barcelona Hakkinen collided with Martin Tomczyk and Daniel la Rosa with Mattias Ekstrom This and couple of other incidents caused that all Audi drivers withdrew from the race with nine laps to go Hakkinen and la Rosa were excluded from the race which was meaningless as both drivers retired in the incidents fined and given 10 place grid penalty for final race of the season This was the final season that Vodafone was a front windscreen sponsor as well as Blaupunkt as a front vehicle plate sponsor Teams and drivers editThe following manufacturers teams and drivers competed in the 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop Make Car Team No Drivers Rounds Mercedes Benz AMG Mercedes C Klasse 2007 HWA Team 1 nbsp Bernd Schneider All 2 nbsp Bruno Spengler All 5 nbsp Jamie Green All 6 nbsp Mika Hakkinen All AMG Mercedes C Klasse 2006 Persson Motorsport 9 nbsp Gary Paffett All 10 nbsp Alexandros Margaritis All AMG Mercedes C Klasse 2005 19 nbsp Paul di Resta All AMG Mercedes C Klasse 2006 Mucke Motorsport 14 nbsp Susie Stoddart All 15 nbsp Daniel la Rosa All AMG Mercedes C Klasse 2005 18 nbsp Mathias Lauda All Audi Audi A4 DTM 2007 Abt Sportsline 3 nbsp Mattias Ekstrom All 4 nbsp Martin Tomczyk All 7 nbsp Tom Kristensen 1 5 10 nbsp Frank Biela 2 nbsp Markus Winkelhock 3 4 8 nbsp Timo Scheider All Audi A4 DTM 2006 Team Rosberg 11 nbsp Mike Rockenfeller All 12 nbsp Lucas Luhr All Team Phoenix 16 nbsp Christian Abt All 17 nbsp Alexandre Premat 1 3 10 nbsp Marco Werner 2 Audi A4 DTM 2005 Futurecom TME 20 nbsp Adam Carroll 1 5 nbsp Markus Winkelhock 6 10 21 nbsp Vanina Ickx All Sources 2 3 Race calendar and winners editRound Circuit Date Local Time Pole position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer TV nbsp Prasentation Dusseldorf 15 April 10 00 1 nbsp Hockenheimring 22 April 14 00 nbsp Bruno Spengler nbsp Mattias Ekstrom nbsp Mattias Ekstrom Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi ARD 2 nbsp Oschersleben 6 May 14 00 nbsp Mika Hakkinen nbsp Jamie Green nbsp Gary Paffett Laureus AMG Mercedes Mercedes ARD 3 nbsp EuroSpeedway 20 May 14 00 nbsp Bruno Spengler nbsp Mattias Ekstrom nbsp Mika Hakkinen AMG Mercedes Mercedes ARD 4 nbsp Brands Hatch 10 June 13 00 nbsp Mika Hakkinen nbsp Martin Tomczyk nbsp Bernd Schneider Original Teile AMG Mercedes Mercedes ARD 5 nbsp Norisring 24 June 14 00 nbsp Bruno Spengler nbsp Bruno Spengler nbsp Bruno Spengler DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes Mercedes ARD 6 nbsp Mugello 15 July 17 45 nbsp Mattias Ekstrom nbsp Martin Tomczyk nbsp Mika Hakkinen AMG Mercedes Mercedes ARD 7 nbsp Zandvoort 29 July 13 00 nbsp Timo Scheider nbsp Jamie Green nbsp Martin Tomczyk Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi ARD 8 nbsp Nurburgring 2 September 15 00 nbsp Martin Tomczyk nbsp Bruno Spengler nbsp Martin Tomczyk Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi ARD 9 nbsp Barcelona 23 September 14 00 nbsp Martin Tomczyk nbsp Bruno Spengler nbsp Jamie Green Salzgitter AMG Mercedes Mercedes ARD 10 nbsp Hockenheimring 14 October 14 00 nbsp Tom Kristensen nbsp Jamie Green nbsp Jamie Green Salzgitter AMG Mercedes Mercedes ARD Source 4 Championship standings editScoring system edit Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers 5 Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 Drivers championship edit Pos Driver HOC nbsp OSC nbsp LAU nbsp BRH nbsp NOR nbsp MUG nbsp ZAN nbsp NUR nbsp CAT nbsp HOC nbsp Pts 1 nbsp Mattias Ekstrom 1 7 10 3 3 2 3 3 Ret 3 50 2 nbsp Bruno Spengler 14 Ret 3 5 1 4 5 2 2 4 47 3 nbsp Martin Tomczyk 2 5 9 2 Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 9 40 4 nbsp Jamie Green 6 11 6 6 6 Ret 11 5 1 1 34 5 5 nbsp Paul di Resta 5 2 2 Ret 15 3 14 6 3 8 32 6 nbsp Bernd Schneider 7 6 4 1 2 11 12 7 Ret 5 31 5 7 nbsp Timo Scheider 9 4 5 13 14 Ret 4 4 Ret 2 25 8 nbsp Mika Hakkinen 10 17 1 4 9 1 7 10 DSQ 17 22 9 nbsp Gary Paffett 8 1 8 10 4 Ret 9 12 5 Ret 20 5 10 nbsp Alexandros Margaritis 4 8 Ret 9 7 Ret 8 13 4 7 16 11 nbsp Alexandre Premat Ret Ret 7 8 7 2 9 10 16 13 12 nbsp Mike Rockenfeller 12 3 13 Ret 13 6 10 17 7 DSQ 11 13 nbsp Daniel la Rosa 3 14 16 DSQ 12 5 DNS 14 DSQ 10 10 14 nbsp Tom Kristensen Ret 5 8 18 8 9 6 9 15 nbsp Mathias Lauda 13 13 7 12 11 12 15 11 6 11 4 16 nbsp Christian Abt Ret 10 17 8 10 Ret 6 15 11 15 4 17 nbsp Lucas Luhr 11 12 14 11 18 Ret 16 16 8 12 1 18 nbsp Adam Carroll Ret 9 11 15 17 0 19 nbsp Markus Winkelhock Ret 14 9 13 Ret 12 13 0 20 nbsp Susie Stoddart Ret 16 12 16 16 10 17 18 Ret 14 0 21 nbsp Vanina Ickx 15 Ret 15 17 Ret Ret DNS 19 13 18 0 22 nbsp Marco Werner 15 0 23 nbsp Frank Biela 18 0 Pos Driver HOC nbsp OSC nbsp LAU nbsp BRH nbsp NOR nbsp MUG nbsp ZAN nbsp NUR nbsp CAT nbsp HOC nbsp Pts Sources 6 7 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 90 of the winner s race distance Half points were awarded at EuroSpeedway because of mistakes by race director during the safety car period Points were awarded 5 4 3 2 5 2 1 5 1 0 5 Teams championship edit Pos Team No HOC nbsp OSC nbsp LAU nbsp BRH nbsp NOR nbsp MUG nbsp ZAN nbsp NUR nbsp CAT nbsp HOC nbsp Points 1 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 3 1 7 10 3 3 2 3 3 Ret 3 90 4 2 5 9 2 Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 9 2 Original Teile DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes 1 7 6 4 1 2 11 12 7 Ret 5 78 5 2 14 Ret 3 5 1 4 5 2 2 4 3 Salzgitter AMG Mercedes 5 6 11 6 6 6 Ret 11 5 1 1 56 5 6 10 17 1 4 9 1 7 10 DSQ 17 4 stern Laureus AMG Mercedes 9 8 1 8 10 4 Ret 9 12 5 Ret 36 5 10 4 8 Ret 9 7 Ret 8 13 4 7 5 Audi Sport Team Abt 7 Ret 18 Ret 14 5 8 18 8 9 6 34 8 9 4 5 13 14 Ret 4 4 Ret 2 6 TV Spielfilm JAWA4U de AMG Mercedes 14 Ret 16 12 16 16 10 17 18 Ret 14 32 19 5 2 2 Ret 15 3 14 6 3 8 7 Audi Sport Team Phoenix 16 Ret 10 17 8 10 Ret 6 15 11 15 17 17 Ret 15 Ret 7 8 7 2 9 10 16 8 TrekStor Trilux AMG Mercedes 15 3 14 16 DSQ 12 5 DNS 14 DSQ 10 14 18 13 13 7 12 11 12 15 11 6 11 9 Audi Sport Team Rosberg 11 12 3 13 Ret 13 6 10 17 7 DSQ 12 12 11 12 14 11 18 Ret 16 16 8 12 10 Futurecom TME 20 Ret 9 11 15 17 9 13 Ret 12 13 0 21 15 Ret 15 17 Ret Ret DNS 19 13 18 Pos Team No HOC nbsp OSC nbsp LAU nbsp BRH nbsp NOR nbsp MUG nbsp ZAN nbsp NUR nbsp CAT nbsp HOC nbsp Points Sources 5 6 References edit DTM Personeelswisselingen in wedstrijdleiding DTM autosport nl 31 May 2007 Retrieved 31 May 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Summary 2007 Motorsport Stats Retrieved 3 October 2023 DTM German Touringcar Masters 2007 Entrylist Speedsport Magazine Retrieved 3 October 2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Results 2007 Motorsport Stats Retrieved 3 October 2023 a b DTM German Touringcar Masters 2007 Point standings Speedsport Magazine Retrieved 3 October 2023 a b Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Standings 2007 Motorsport Stats Retrieved 3 October 2023 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers Standings TouringCars net Retrieved 3 October 2023 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia 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