2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
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2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |||
Previous: | 2005 | Next: | 2007 |
Support series: Formula 3 Euro Series |
The 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twentieth season of premier German touring car championship and also seventh season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series was resumed in 2000. The number of race weekends was reduced, from eleven in 2005, to ten for the 2006 season. Each track hosted one race, with the exception of Hockenheim, which hosted two. As in 2005, each event consisted of one race of approximately one hour, with two compulsory pit stops for each car. The Championship was won by Bernd Schneider driving an AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 for the HWA Team. Team Rosberg returned to the series after one-year absence and thus switched to Audi Sport machinery.
Changes for 2006[]
- Opel exited the series, leaving Audi and Mercedes as remaining manufacturers. Audi and Mercedes respectively increased their number of entries from eight to ten cars each to fill up the four empty spots left by Opel.
- Older 2004 models became cheaper, allowing privateer teams to buy them.
- The rounds in Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps and Turkey at Istanbul Park were dropped in favour of Le Mans in France and Barcelona in Spain.
- The round in Czech Republic at Brno were removed from the schedule.
Teams and drivers[]
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.
Make | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Audi | Audi A4 DTM 2006 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 4 | Martin Tomczyk | All |
5 | Mattias Ekström | All | |||
6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | All | |||
7 | Tom Kristensen | All | |||
Audi A4 DTM 2005 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 12 | Christian Abt | All | |
14 | Pierre Kaffer | All | |||
Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 15 | Frank Stippler | All | ||
16 | Timo Scheider | All | |||
Audi A4 DTM 2004 | Futurecom TME | 19 | Olivier Tielemans | 1–3* | |
Jeroen Bleekemolen | 4–5** | ||||
Nicolas Kiesa | 6–8*** | ||||
Thed Björk | 9–10 | ||||
20 | Vanina Ickx | All | |||
Mercedes-Benz | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 | HWA Team | 2 | Bernd Schneider | All |
3 | Jamie Green | All | |||
8 | Mika Häkkinen | All | |||
9 | Bruno Spengler | All | |||
AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 | Persson Motorsport | 10 | Jean Alesi | All | |
11 | Alexandros Margaritis | All | |||
AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004 | 21 | Mathias Lauda | All | ||
AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 | Mücke Motorsport | 17 | Stefan Mücke | All | |
18 | Daniel la Rosa | All | |||
AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004 | 22 | Susie Stoddart | All |
* Olivier Tielemans was replaced by Jeroen Bleekemolen
** Jeroen Bleekemolen was replaced by Nicolas Kiesa after problems between the team of Colin Kolles where he drove and the main sponsor of Bleekemolen
*** Nicolas Kiesa was replaced by Thed Björk after being injured in a motocross accident
Race calendar and winners[]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning manufacturer | TV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Präsentation Düsseldorf | 26 March | |||||||
1 | Hockenheimring | 9 April | Jamie Green | Bruno Spengler | Bernd Schneider | Vodafone AMG Mercedes | Mercedes | ARD |
2 | EuroSpeedway | 30 April | Jamie Green | Bruno Spengler | Bernd Schneider | Vodafone AMG Mercedes | Mercedes | ARD |
3 | Oschersleben | 21 May | Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | Audi Sport Team Abt | Audi | ARD |
4 | Brands Hatch | 2 July | Tom Kristensen | Bernd Schneider | Mattias Ekström | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi | ARD |
5 | Norisring | 23 July | Jamie Green | Bruno Spengler | Bruno Spengler | DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes | Mercedes | ARD |
6 | Nürburgring | 20 August | Bruno Spengler | Bruno Spengler | Bruno Spengler | DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes | Mercedes | ARD |
7 | Zandvoort | 3 September | Jamie Green | Mika Häkkinen | Tom Kristensen | Audi Sport Team Abt | Audi | ARD |
8 | Barcelona | 24 September | Martin Tomczyk | Bernd Schneider | Martin Tomczyk | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi | ARD |
9 | Le Mans | 15 October | Bruno Spengler | Mika Häkkinen | Bruno Spengler | DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes | Mercedes | ARD |
10 | Hockenheimring | 29 October | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Jamie Green | Bruno Spengler | DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes | Mercedes | ARD |
Championship standings[]
Scoring system[]
Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship[]
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Bold – Pole |
- † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Teams' championship[]
Pos. | Team | No. | HOC |
LAU |
OSC |
BRH |
NOR |
NÜR |
ZAN |
CAT |
BUG |
HOC |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vodafone / Salzgitter AMG Mercedes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 102 |
3 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 9 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 2 | |||
2 | DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | Ret | 88 |
9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
3 | Audi Sport Team Abt | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 17† | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14† | 80 |
7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18† | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | |||
4 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 16† | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 63 |
5 | Ret | DSQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 4 | Ret | 12† | |||
5 | stern / Easy Rent AMG Mercedes | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 14 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
11 | 5 | 6 | 20† | 8 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 13† | |||
6 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 15 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 15 |
16 | 12 | 11 | 13 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 14 | 6 | Ret | Ret | |||
7 | TV-Spielfilm / TrekStor AMG Mercedes | 17 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 15 | Ret | 9 |
18 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 15† | 16 | 10 | 7 | Ret | Ret | |||
8 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 12 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 5 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
14 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 12 | NC | |||
9 | AutoScout24 / Junge Gebrauchte AMG Mercedes | 21 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 0 |
22 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14† | Ret | 12 | 15 | 13 | 9 | |||
10 | Futurecom TME | 19 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 14 | 15† | 0 |
20 | 15 | 16 | 18 | Ret | 13 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 11 | |||
Pos. | Team | No. | HOC |
LAU |
OSC |
BRH |
NOR |
NÜR |
ZAN |
CAT |
BUG |
HOC |
Points |
External links[]
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