2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Drivers' Champion:
Thomas Preining
Teams' Champion:
Manthey EMA
Manufacturers' Championship:
Porsche

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Support series:
ADAC GT Masters
Prototype Cup Germany
ADAC GT4 Germany
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
BMW M2 Cup

The 2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-seventh season of the premier German motor racing championship and also the twenty-fourth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It was the third season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations, and the first season with ADAC as the promoter after ITR ceased operations at the end of the previous year.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli. On 22 February all participating teams were announced.^[2]

Manufacturer Car Engine Team No. Driver Status Rounds Ref. Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10   Abt Sportsline 3   Kelvin van der Linde All ^[3] 7   Ricardo Feller All   Liqui Moly Team Engstler 8   Luca Engstler All ^[4]   Tresor Attempto Racing 40   Mattia Drudi All ^[5] 83   Patric Niederhauser All BMW BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6   Schubert Motorsport 1   Sheldon van der Linde All ^[6] 33   René Rast 1, 3–8   Dries Vanthoor 2   Project 1 11   Marco Wittmann All 56   Sandro Holzem G 4 ^[7] 5–8 ^[8] Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6   Emil Frey Racing 14   Jack Aitken 1, 3–8 ^[9]^[10]^[11]   Albert Costa 2 69   Thierry Vermeulen All Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10   SSR Performance 6   Alessio Deledda All ^[12] 92   Mirko Bortolotti All 94   Franck Perera All   GRT Grasser Racing Team 19   Mick Wishofer 1–3 ^[13]   Maximilian Paul 4–5 ^[14]   Andrea Caldarelli 7 ^[15]   Christian Engelhart 8 ^[16] 63   Clemens Schmid All ^[17] Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8   Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 4   Luca Stolz All ^[18] 36   Arjun Maini All   Mercedes-AMG Team Winward 22   Lucas Auer All 27   David Schumacher All   Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter^[N 1] Mercedes-AMG Team BWT^[N 1] 48   Maro Engel All 84   Jusuf Owega All Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6   Toksport WRT 9   Tim Heinemann All ^[19] 99   Christian Engelhart 1–4   Marvin Dienst 5–8 ^[20]   KÜS Team Bernhard 24   Ayhancan Güven All ^[19] 75   Laurin Heinrich All   Manthey EMA 90   Dennis Olsen All ^[21] 91   Thomas Preining All

Icon Status G Guest drivers ineligible for points

Race calendar

Round	Circuit	Location	Race 1	Race 2
1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt	27 May	28 May
2	Circuit Zandvoort	Zandvoort, North Holland	24 June	25 June
3	Norisring	Nuremberg, Bavaria	8 July	9 July
4	Nürburgring	Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate	5 August	6 August
5	Lausitzring	Klettwitz, Brandenburg	19 August	20 August
6	Sachsenring	Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Sachsen	9 September	10 September
7	Red Bull Ring	Spielberg, Styria	23 September	24 September
8	Hockenheimring	Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg	21 October	22 October
Source:^[1]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Franck Perera	Ayhancan Güven	Franck Perera	SSR Performance	Lamborghini
	R2		Thomas Preining	Thomas Preining	Christian Engelhart	Toksport WRT	Porsche
2	R1	Circuit Zandvoort	Maro Engel	Maro Engel	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf	Mercedes-AMG
	R2		Ricardo Feller	Ricardo Feller	Ricardo Feller	Abt Sportsline	Audi
3	R1	Norisring	Sheldon van der Linde	Laurin Heinrich	Sheldon van der Linde	Schubert Motorsport	BMW
	R2		René Rast	Kelvin van der Linde	Thomas Preining	Manthey EMA	Porsche
4	R1	Nürburgring (Sprint Circuit)	Mirko Bortolotti	Lucas Auer	Mirko Bortolotti	SSR Performance	Lamborghini
	R2		Ricardo Feller	Marco Wittmann	Maximilian Paul	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini
5	R1	Lausitzring (Sprint Circuit)	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Jack Aitken	Emil Frey Racing	Ferrari
	R2		Mirko Bortolotti	Luca Stolz	Mirko Bortolotti	SSR Performance	Lamborghini
6	R1	Sachsenring	Luca Stolz	Ayhancan Güven	Luca Stolz	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	Mercedes-AMG
	R2		Mirko Bortolotti	Ricardo Feller	Mirko Bortolotti	SSR Performance	Lamborghini
7	R1	Red Bull Ring	Laurin Heinrich	René Rast	Kelvin van der Linde	Abt Sportsline	Audi
	R2		René Rast	Sheldon van der Linde	René Rast	Schubert Motorsport	BMW
8	R1	Hockenheimring	Thomas Preining	Thomas Preining	Thomas Preining	Manthey EMA	Porsche
	R2		Thomas Preining	Sheldon van der Linde	Thomas Preining	Manthey EMA	Porsche

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified finishers as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Race	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	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 OSC   ZAN   NOR   NÜR   LAU   SAC   RBR   HOC   Points 1   Thomas Preining 11 3^1 7 2^2 12^2 1^2 3^2 5 15 4 2 4 6 3 1^1 1^1 246 2   Mirko Bortolotti 8^3 6 4 11 6 4 1^1 DNS 2^2 1^1 9 1^1 9 21 5 2^2 213 3   Ricardo Feller 4 7 15 1^1 8 14 4^3 6^1 7 2^2 4 6 3 15 4 9 179 4   Sheldon van der Linde Ret 11 2^2 10 1^1 3^3 7 17^2 5 13 6 Ret 13 2^2 20 4 151 5   René Rast 5 Ret 2 2^1 20 19 8 11 8 8 4 1^1 Ret 3 140 6   Luca Stolz Ret Ret 11 3 Ret 10 15 13 6 3 1^1 2^3 7 Ret 8 7^3 133 7   Dennis Olsen 10 4 16 9 3 6 5 Ret 12 5 7 Ret 10 5 2^3 12 129 8   Kelvin van der Linde 6 Ret 12 6 21 5 8 20 3 8 5^3 13 1^2 Ret 6 25 119 9   Lucas Auer 16 10 6 Ret 4 11 2 3 4^3 6 Ret 15 15 11 15 8 111 10   Maro Engel 13 14 1^1 5^3 7 9 12 4 13 Ret Ret Ret 5 12 17 5 107 11   Franck Perera 1^1 12 3 13 11 12 23 10 Ret Ret 11 3 19 13 14 14 95 12   Laurin Heinrich 7 9 Ret Ret 10 7 19 2 DSQ Ret 12 Ret 2^1 16 10 6 94 13   Marco Wittmann Ret 18 5^3 4 9 13 6 15 10 10 18 12 8 4 9 17 91 14   Jack Aitken 3^2 17 17 20 22 18^3 1^1 7 Ret Ret^2 20 8^3 7 10 82 15   Ayhancan Güven 20 Ret 13 7 5^3 8 Ret WD 16 Ret 3^2 Ret 11^3 7 Ret 11 70 16   Thierry Vermeulen 15 16 Ret Ret 20 21 10 8 9 9 10 5 DSQ 9 11 23 58 17   Christian Engelhart 9 1 23 12 Ret 17 Ret WD 3^2 Ret 54 18   Tim Heinemann 2 2^2 19 16 Ret 16 14 12 Ret 16 16 14 21 20 Ret Ret 50 19   Clemens Schmid 12 5^3 21 Ret 18 Ret 18 DSQ 11 Ret^3 Ret 17 25 6 12 24 32 20   Arjun Maini Ret 15 17 17 13 15 16 DSQ Ret 14 13 7 14 10 Ret 13 30 21   Maximilian Paul 13 1 19 Ret 28 22   Jusuf Owega 14 8 10 Ret Ret 18 17 16 14 17 14 10 Ret 19 22 15 28 23   Patric Niederhauser Ret 19 20 8 15 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 23 17 19 19 23 24   Luca Engstler 17 DSQ 14 14 Ret 19 Ret 7 DSQ 15 19 Ret 12 Ret Ret 22 18 25   David Schumacher 18 13 Ret 15 16 Ret Ret 9 DSQ Ret 17 11 18 18 18 16 16 26   Mattia Drudi Ret Ret 18 DSQ 14 Ret 11 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 20 13 27   Marvin Dienst 18 12 15 Ret 22 14 13 18 11 28   Albert Costa 8 Ret 8 29   Dries Vanthoor 9 Ret 7 30   Sandro Holzem^[N 2] 21 14 17 18 20 16 24 Ret 21 21 0 31   Andrea Caldarelli 17 DSQ 0 32   Alessio Deledda 19 20 24 Ret 19 Ret Ret DSQ Ret 19 21 18 26 22 Ret Ret 0 33   Mick Wishofer Ret Ret 22 Ret DSQ Ret 0 Pos. Driver OSC   ZAN   NOR   NÜR   LAU   SAC   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	Manthey EMA	357
2	SSR Performance	291
3	Abt Sportsline	286
4	Schubert Motorsport	282
5	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	158
6	KÜS Team Bernhard	157
7	Emil Frey Racing	139
8	Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf	131
9	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	126
10	Toksport WRT	95
11	Project 1	90
12	GRT Grasser Racing Team	74
13	Tresor Attempto Racing	36
14	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	18

Manufacturers' championship

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

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Porsche	464
2	Lamborghini	396
3	Mercedes-AMG	364
4	BMW	356
5	Audi	336
6	Ferrari	199

Notes

1. Car No. 48 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter, car No. 84 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team BWT. Both cars share a teams' championship entry as "Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf".
2. Sandro Holzem was a guest driver for round 4, but was a full-time driver from round 5 onwards.

References

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External links

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