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]
René Rast (left) won his first Drivers' Championship while Mattias Ekström (right) finished second in the championship.
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 changesedit
Sporting rulesedit
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The simultaneously 4 tyre change in the pit stop has been replaced by the separated 4 tyre change in the pit stop to make longer pit duration up to 10 seconds (similar to 24 Hours of Le Mans).[8]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 rulesedit
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 changesedit
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 driversedit
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.
^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.
^Originally won by Marco Wittmann, he was disqualified for not having enough fuel at the end of the race.
Championship standingsedit
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.
^ ab"DTM calendar for 2017 announced". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
^. DTM.com. DTM.com. March 15, 2016. Archived from the original on February 27, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
^"DTM extends Hankook deal til 2019". Tirebusiness.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
^"18 Autos 2017? Das ist der aktuelle Stand in der DTM". Motorsport-magazin.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
^Khorounzhiy, Valentin (August 22, 2016). "DTM teams confirm six-car line-ups a possibility for 2017". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
^Adam, Mitchell (March 30, 2017). . Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
^Adam, Mitchell (May 1, 2017). . Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
^"Six reasons why the 2017 DTM season is one to watch". touringcartimes.com. touringcartimes.com. May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
^. DTM.com. DTM. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
^"BMW Motorsport". Facebook.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
^. DTM.com. DTM.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
^"Fine-tuning: Allocation of Performance Weight Revised". DTM.com. DTM.com. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
^Hewitt, Chloe. "DTM Scraps Performance Weights With Immediate Effect". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ abcde"Maro Engel back with Mercedes in major line-up reshuffle". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ ab. Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-29. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
^ abcdefghi"Loic Duval and Rene Rast in finalised line-up for Audi in 2017". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
^ abcdefgh"BMW Motorsport to retain its six DTM drivers for 2017". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
^Khorounzhiy, Valentin (9 February 2017). "Audi reveals DTM team line-up for 2017 season". autosport.com. autosport.com. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
^ abKlein, Jamie. "BMW announces team structure for 2017 DTM season". motorsport.com. motorsport.com. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
^Khorounzhiy, Valentin (27 October 2016). "Mercedes confirms reduction to six cars for 2017". motorsport.com. motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
^"Martin Tomczyk to leave DTM at the end of the season - TouringCarTimes". Touringcartimes.com. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
^. Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
^"Antonio Felix da Costa to leave DTM to focus on Formula E". Autosport.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
^Adam, Mitchell. "Mercedes DTM team drops four drivers in 2017 shake-up". Autosport.com. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
External linksedit
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2017, deutsche, tourenwagen, masters, drivers, champion, rené, rastteams, champion, team, rosbergmanufacturers, championship, audi, previous, 2016, next, 2018dtm, support, series, porsche, carrera, germanyaudi, sport, cupfia, european, formula, thirty, first, . 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers Champion Rene RastTeams Champion Team RosbergManufacturers Championship Audi Previous 2016 Next 2018DTM Support series Porsche Carrera Cup GermanyAudi Sport TT CupFIA European Formula 3 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 Rene Rast won his first DTM championship after a total of nine events 1 Rene Rast left won his first Drivers Championship while Mattias Ekstrom right finished second in the championship Contents 1 Supplier changes 2 Rule changes 2 1 Sporting rules 2 2 Technical rules 3 Mid season changes 4 Teams and drivers 4 1 Team changes 4 2 Driver changes 5 Calendar 6 Championship standings 6 1 Drivers championship 6 2 Manufacturers championship 6 3 Teams championship 7 References 8 External linksSupplier changes editGerman 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 editSporting rules edit 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 edit 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 editThe 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 editThe 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 nbsp Mercedes AMG Motorsport Mercedes Me 2 nbsp Gary Paffett 14 All 6 nbsp Robert Wickens 14 All nbsp Mercedes AMG Motorsport SILBERPFEIL Energy 3 nbsp Paul di Resta 14 All 63 nbsp Maro Engel 14 All nbsp Mercedes AMG Motorsport BWT 22 nbsp Lucas Auer 14 All 48 nbsp Edoardo Mortara 15 All Audi Audi RS5 DTM nbsp Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 5 nbsp Mattias Ekstrom 16 All 51 nbsp Nico Muller 16 All nbsp Team Rosberg 33 nbsp Rene Rast 16 All 53 nbsp Jamie Green 16 All nbsp Team Phoenix 77 nbsp Loic Duval 16 All 99 nbsp Mike Rockenfeller 16 All BMW BMW M4 DTM nbsp BMW Team RBM 17 7 nbsp Bruno Spengler 17 All 31 nbsp Tom Blomqvist 17 All 36 nbsp Maxime Martin 17 All nbsp BMW Team RMG 17 11 nbsp Marco Wittmann 17 All 15 nbsp Augusto Farfus 17 All 16 nbsp Timo Glock 17 All Team changes edit Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline announced that they were scaling down from four cars to a two car team moving in line with Audi Sport Team Phoenix and Audi Sport Team Rosberg 18 BMW Team RBM and BMW Team RMG respectively increased their number of entries from two to three cars each to fill up the two empty spots left by Team Schnitzer and Team MTEK 19 Leaving DTM Both Mercedes Benz DTM teams ART Grand Prix and Mucke Motorsport ceased their DTM involvement due to the reduction in the DTM field to 18 cars 6 per manufacturer as well as ART Grand Prix focusing on junior single seater formulas 20 Both BMW DTM teams Team Schnitzer and Team MTEK also ceased their DTM involvement for similar reasons 19 Driver changes edit Entering DTM Rene Rast who replaced Mattias Ekstrom in the final round of DTM 2016 got his full seat with Audi 16 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and WEC champion driver Loic Duval made his DTM debut with Audi 16 2015 FIA GT World Cup winner and Venturi Formula E driver Maro Engel returned to DTM with Mercedes after leaving the series in 2011 Changing teams The 2016 DTM championship runner up Edoardo Mortara left Audi to join Mercedes 15 Leaving DTM Former champions Martin Tomczyk and Timo Scheider announced that they would both retire from DTM championship after 16 years 21 22 BMW driver Antonio Felix da Costa announced that he would leave DTM at the end of the 2016 season to focus on Formula E 23 Audi drivers Miguel Molina between 2010 and 2016 and Adrien Tambay between 2012 and 2016 both left the series 16 Daniel Juncadella Christian Vietoris and Maximilian Gotz who all drove full time in 2016 and Felix Rosenqvist who was a midseason replacement were all left off the Mercedes squad in 2017 24 Calendar editThe 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 nbsp Hockenheimring Baden Wurttemberg 6 May nbsp Lucas Auer nbsp Mattias Ekstrom nbsp Lucas Auer Mercedes AMG Motorsport BWT Mercedes Benz R2 7 May nbsp Timo Glock nbsp Jamie Green nbsp Jamie Green Team Rosberg Audi 2 R1 nbsp Lausitzring Brandenburg 20 May nbsp Lucas Auer nbsp Rene Rast nbsp Lucas Auer Mercedes AMG Motorsport BWT Mercedes Benz R2 21 May nbsp Robert Wickens nbsp Rene Rast nbsp Jamie Green Team Rosberg Audi 3 R1 nbsp Hungaroring Mogyorod 17 June nbsp Rene Rast nbsp Mike Rockenfeller nbsp Paul di Resta Mercedes AMG Motorsport SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes Benz R2 18 June nbsp Rene Rast nbsp Mattias Ekstrom nbsp Rene Rast Team Rosberg Audi 4 R1 nbsp Norisring Nuremberg 1 July nbsp Maxime Martin nbsp Tom Blomqvist nbsp Bruno Spengler BMW Team RBM BMW R2 2 July nbsp Tom Blomqvist nbsp Bruno Spengler nbsp Maxime Martin BMW Team RBM BMW 5 R1 nbsp Moscow Raceway Volokolamsk 22 July nbsp Rene Rast N 1 nbsp Robert Wickens nbsp Rene Rast Team Rosberg Audi R2 23 July nbsp Bruno Spengler nbsp Jamie Green nbsp Maro Engel Mercedes AMG Motorsport SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes Benz 6 R1 nbsp Circuit Park Zandvoort North Holland 19 August nbsp Timo Glock nbsp Rene Rast nbsp Timo Glock BMW Team RMG BMW R2 20 August nbsp Augusto Farfus nbsp Loic Duval nbsp Mike Rockenfeller N 2 Team Phoenix Audi 7 R1 nbsp Nurburgring Rhineland Palatinate 9 September nbsp Lucas Auer nbsp Nico Muller nbsp Lucas Auer Mercedes AMG Motorsport BWT Mercedes Benz R2 10 September nbsp Marco Wittmann nbsp Rene Rast nbsp Robert Wickens Mercedes AMG Motorsport Mercedes Me Mercedes Benz 8 R1 nbsp Red Bull Ring Spielberg 23 September nbsp Jamie Green nbsp Jamie Green nbsp Mattias Ekstrom Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi R2 24 September nbsp Jamie Green nbsp Jamie Green nbsp Rene Rast Team Rosberg Audi 9 R1 nbsp Hockenheimring Baden Wurttemberg 14 October nbsp Timo Glock nbsp Mike Rockenfeller nbsp Jamie Green Team Rosberg Audi R2 15 October nbsp Tom Blomqvist nbsp Jamie Green nbsp Marco Wittmann BMW Team RMG BMW 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 Originally won by Marco Wittmann he was disqualified for not having enough fuel at the end of the race Championship standings editScoring 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 edit Pos Driver HOC nbsp LAU nbsp HUN nbsp NOR nbsp MSC nbsp ZAN nbsp NUR nbsp RBR nbsp HOC nbsp Points 1 nbsp Rene Rast 6 Ret2 3 7 61 11 122 Ret 12 43 9 Ret 5 12 13 12 6 22 179 2 nbsp Mattias Ekstrom 5 11 8 2 53 23 3 4 8 22 17 3 15 6 13 5 11 8 176 3 nbsp Jamie Green 18 13 10 13 DSQ2 5 7 8 9 5 5 9 6 7 21 141 13 5 173 4 nbsp Mike Rockenfeller 3 7 5 5 4 10 13 Ret 23 12 4 1 14 17 7 2 2 3 167 5 nbsp Marco Wittmann 10 3 13 9 8 Ret2 4 5 31 6 23 DSQ2 92 31 5 63 13 13 160 6 nbsp Lucas Auer 11 4 11 10 12 Ret Ret 2 6 8 15 14 11 13 8 Ret 8 10 136 7 nbsp Timo Glock 2 81 11 15 2 7 5 10 5 13 11 7 12 8 10 7 31 12 133 8 nbsp Maxime Martin 11 Ret 43 8 Ret 3 21 1 16 Ret 3 63 17 11 6 11 42 6 132 9 nbsp Robert Wickens 15 Ret 22 31 Ret 8 Ret 112 4 9 11 15 33 13 4 10 7 17 119 10 nbsp Gary Paffett 72 2 6 4 7 9 10 Ret 7 16 8 5 10 14 17 4 9 4 102 11 nbsp Paul di Resta 8 6 16 13 1 6 11 6 14 DSQ 7 Ret 2 22 11 9 14 16 99 12 nbsp Nico Muller 9 5 18 6 10 4 9 133 15 15 10 4 11 Ret 32 3 12 11 81 13 nbsp Bruno Spengler 12 9 14 16 3 14 13 12 12 31 14 10 13 4 12 16 10 14 75 14 nbsp Edoardo Mortara 43 13 7 11 9 11 8 3 13 10 12 12 7 16 9 17 5 9 61 15 nbsp Maro Engel 17 10 9 12 13 15 14 14 10 1 16 11 4 5 15 15 16 13 51 16 nbsp Augusto Farfus 13 Ret 12 14 11 12 Ret 7 17 11 62 81 8 9 Ret 12 17 7 35 17 nbsp Tom Blomqvist 16 12 17 172 15 13 6 91 Ret 7 Ret 13 16 10 16 13 15 Ret1 25 18 nbsp Loic Duval 14 Ret 15 18 14 16 15 15 11 14 13 2 18 15 14 8 18 15 22 Pos Driver HOC nbsp LAU nbsp HUN nbsp NOR nbsp MSC nbsp ZAN nbsp NUR nbsp RBR nbsp HOC nbsp 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 Driver retired but was classified as they completed 75 of the winner s race distance Manufacturers championship edit Pos Driver HOC nbsp LAU nbsp HUN nbsp NOR nbsp MSC nbsp ZAN nbsp NUR nbsp RBR nbsp HOC nbsp 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 nbsp LAU nbsp HUN nbsp NOR nbsp MSC nbsp ZAN nbsp NUR nbsp RBR nbsp HOC nbsp Points Teams championship edit 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 150References edit a b DTM calendar for 2017 announced TouringCarTimes com Mediaempire Stockholm AB 16 December 2016 Retrieved 17 December 2016 ATS From 2017 Official And Excluisve Wheel Supplier Of DTM DTM com DTM com March 15 2016 Archived from the original on February 27 2018 Retrieved March 15 2016 DTM extends Hankook deal til 2019 Tirebusiness com Retrieved 17 October 2017 18 Autos 2017 Das ist der aktuelle Stand in der DTM Motorsport magazin com Retrieved 17 October 2017 Khorounzhiy Valentin August 22 2016 DTM teams confirm six car line ups a possibility for 2017 Motorsport com Motorsport Network Retrieved August 22 2016 Adam Mitchell March 30 2017 DTM changes race formats for 2017 Motorsport com Motorsport Network Archived from the original on March 31 2017 Retrieved March 30 2017 Adam Mitchell May 1 2017 DTM bans team to driver radio for 2017 races Motorsport com Motorsport Network Archived from the original on July 6 2017 Retrieved May 1 2017 Six reasons why the 2017 DTM season is one to watch touringcartimes com touringcartimes com May 3 2017 Retrieved May 3 2017 Sporting Regulations DTM com DTM Archived from the original on 29 August 2017 Retrieved 13 May 2017 BMW Motorsport Facebook com Retrieved 17 October 2017 New generation of Hankook tyres for the 2017 DTM season DTM com DTM com Archived from the original on 24 March 2017 Retrieved 9 March 2017 Fine tuning Allocation of Performance Weight Revised DTM com DTM com Retrieved 15 June 2017 Hewitt Chloe DTM Scraps Performance Weights With Immediate Effect thecheckeredflag co uk thecheckeredflag co uk Retrieved 15 September 2017 a b c d e Maro Engel back with Mercedes in major line up reshuffle TouringCarTimes com Mediaempire Stockholm AB 26 January 2017 Retrieved 26 January 2017 a b Mortara leaves Audi for Mercedes for 2017 Motorsport com Archived from the original on 2016 10 29 Retrieved 2016 10 29 a b c d e f g h i Loic Duval and Rene Rast in finalised line up for Audi in 2017 TouringCarTimes com Mediaempire Stockholm AB 12 December 2016 Retrieved 12 December 2016 a b c d e f g h BMW Motorsport to retain its six DTM drivers for 2017 TouringCarTimes com Mediaempire Stockholm AB 9 December 2016 Retrieved 10 December 2016 Khorounzhiy Valentin 9 February 2017 Audi reveals DTM team line up for 2017 season autosport com autosport com Retrieved 9 February 2017 a b Klein Jamie BMW announces team structure for 2017 DTM season motorsport com motorsport com Retrieved 6 December 2016 Khorounzhiy Valentin 27 October 2016 Mercedes confirms reduction to six cars for 2017 motorsport com motorsport com Retrieved 27 October 2016 Martin Tomczyk to leave DTM at the end of the season TouringCarTimes Touringcartimes com 9 September 2016 Retrieved 17 October 2017 Two time champion Scheider to retire from DTM Motorsport com Archived from the original on 18 October 2016 Retrieved 17 October 2017 Antonio Felix da Costa to leave DTM to focus on Formula E Autosport com Retrieved 17 October 2017 Adam Mitchell Mercedes DTM team drops four drivers in 2017 shake up Autosport com Retrieved 17 October 2017 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2017 in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The official website of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters in German and English Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters amp oldid 1163977361, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
