2011 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Martin Tomczyk (left) won his first Drivers' Championship while Mattias Ekström (right) finished second in the championship.

The 2011 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was a multi-event motor racing series largely based in Germany for highly modified touring car racing cars and is one of the most popular sedan car-based motor racing series in the world. The series features professional racing teams and drivers and is heavily supported by car manufacturers Audi and Mercedes-Benz. Each race features 18 V8-powered racing cars built according to the technical regulations of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. It was the twenty-fifth season of premier German touring car championship and also twelfth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It was the final season running the 4-door saloon-style spec cars, which has been the series' sole car style requirements since 2005 (although 4-door saloon-style spec cars were introduced majorly in 2004 but few coupé cars were also featured due to cost reasons). It was also the final season that all DTM cars ran with the sequential manual gearbox shifters before all DTM cars switched to sequential semi-automatic paddle-shifters for the following season.

Canadian Mercedes-Benz driver Bruno Spengler led the series after five races. After winning the season-opening Hockenheim and the most recent race at the Norisring, Spengler held a three-point lead over German Audi driver Martin Tomczyk who won races at the Red Bull Ring and Eurospeedway. The two held a points gap over third-placed Audi driver Timo Scheider. The other race winner was Audi driver Mike Rockenfeller, although after his Le Mans sportscar accident Rockenfeller had to take a break from DTM to recover with series veteran Tom Kristensen replacing him.

Series news[]

• Previous sole tyre supplier Dunlop announced on 19 November 2010 that it would not renew its contract with Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters after 2010 season, with Hankook Tire was chosen as the sole tyre supplier for 2011-2013 seasons by the DMSB, ITR e.V. and FIA as it was announced on 17 January 2011 and thus carrying the Hankook Ventus brand.^[1][2] The front and rear tyre sizes of Hankook Ventus DTM tyres for 2011 season would almost remained same sizes as previous Dunlop SP Sport Maxx DTM tyres but the front tyre width slightly reduced (260/660-R18 (10.2/25.9-R18) on fronts and 280/660-R18 (11.0/25.9-R18) on rears).

• The development freeze introduced for the 2010 season remains in place for the 2011 season.^[3]

Teams and drivers[]

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2011 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.

Make	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009	HWA Team	2	Gary Paffett[4]	All
			3	Bruno Spengler[5]	All
			6	Ralf Schumacher[6]	All
			7	Jamie Green[7]	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	Persson Motorsport	10	Susie Wolff[8][N 1]	All
			11	Christian Vietoris[8]	All
			20	Renger van der Zande[8]	All
		Mücke Motorsport	16	Maro Engel[8]	All
			17	David Coulthard[6]	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2009	Abt Sportsline	4	Timo Scheider[9]	All
			5	Oliver Jarvis[9]	All
			8	Mattias Ekström[9]	All
			9	Mike Rockenfeller[9]	1–3, 5–10
				Tom Kristensen[10]	4
	Audi A4 DTM 2008		22	Miguel Molina[9]	All
		Team Phoenix	14	Martin Tomczyk[9]	All
			15	Rahel Frey[9]	All
		Team Rosberg	18	Filipe Albuquerque[9]	All
			19	Edoardo Mortara[9]	All

Driver changes[]

Changed teams

Mike Rockenfeller moved into the factory Team Abt Sportsline outfit, driving a latest-specification car for the first time. He replaced Martin Tomczyk who filled Rockenfeller's vacant drive at Team Phoenix. With Paul di Resta leaving the HWA Team for Force India in Formula One, Jamie Green took over his spot in a latest-specification Mercedes.

Entering DTM

Team Rosberg had two new drivers for the 2011 season, with reigning Formula 3 Euro Series champion Edoardo Mortara and Race of Champions winner Filipe Albuquerque driving. Rahel Frey competed for Team Phoenix after selected drives in various series in 2010. Single-seater racers Christian Vietoris and Renger van der Zande both competed for Persson Motorsport; van der Zande moving from GP3, while Vietoris combining his DTM programme with a season in GP2.

Leaving DTM

Reigning champion Paul di Resta did not defend his title with the HWA Team, having moved into a Formula One drive with Force India. Audi driver Markus Winkelhock moved into the FIA GT1 World Championship with Münnich Motorsport, while fellow Audi drivers Alexandre Prémat and Katherine Legge lost their drives in the series.

Race calendar and results[]

The series hosted its first stadium event in July for a round at Munich's Olympic Stadium. The event did not count for points but the entire grid took part over two days.^[11] A twelve-race provisional calendar was announced on 29 September, including the non-championship event in Munich, and a return to the newly renamed Red Bull Ring, replacing Adria.^[12] The calendar was reduced to eleven races on 1 April, after the race in Shanghai was dropped. The Chinese motorsport authorities did not want an event clash with the inaugural Chinese round of the World Touring Car Championship due to be held on the same day at the Guangdong International Circuit.^[13]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Hockenheimring	1 May	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	HWA Team
2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	15 May	Bruno Spengler	Mike Rockenfeller	Mike Rockenfeller	Abt Sportsline
3	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	5 June	Martin Tomczyk	Bruno Spengler	Martin Tomczyk	Team Phoenix
4	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	19 June	Bruno Spengler	Timo Scheider	Martin Tomczyk	Team Phoenix
5	Norisring, Nuremberg	3 July	Bruno Spengler	Jamie Green	Bruno Spengler	HWA Team
NC	Showevent Olympiastadion München	16 July	Inter-marque races		Edoardo Mortara	Team Rosberg
		17 July	Knockout races		Bruno Spengler	HWA Team
6	Nürburgring	7 August	Mattias Ekström	David Coulthard	Mattias Ekström	Abt Sportsline
7	Brands Hatch, Kent	4 September	Mike Rockenfeller	Martin Tomczyk	Martin Tomczyk	Team Phoenix
8	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	18 September	Miguel Molina	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Abt Sportsline
9	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	2 October	Mattias Ekström	Timo Scheider	Mattias Ekström	Abt Sportsline
10	Hockenheimring	23 October	Miguel Molina	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	HWA Team

Championship standings[]

Drivers' Championship[]

Pos Driver HOC ZAN RBR LAU NOR OLY[N 2] NÜR BRH OSC VAL HOC Points 1 Martin Tomczyk 5 3 1 1 3 13 7 5 1 2 3 2 72 2 Mattias Ekström 2 8 Ret 11 7 7 6 1 2 1 1 6 52 3 Bruno Spengler 1 2 4 3 1 2 1 2 7 13† 7 9 51 4 Timo Scheider 4 5 7 2 4 14 13 4 16 Ret 4 7 36 5 Jamie Green 7 4 6 6 2 9 8 6 8 11 10 1 35 6 Mike Rockenfeller 11 1 5 14 3 10 3 6 6 9 4 31 7 Gary Paffett 6 9 8 4 Ret 10 11 8 4 4 8 5 25 8 Ralf Schumacher 3 11 2 12 6 5 16 Ret 5 Ret 13 11 21 9 Edoardo Mortara 14 6 16 Ret 5 1 2 7 3 3 16† 13 21 10 Oliver Jarvis 9 10 3 5 15 8 15 10 9 9 6 8 14 11 Miguel Molina 16 14 11 16† 12 DNQ 9 12 Ret 8 5 3 11 12 Filipe Albuquerque 17 Ret 12 8 16 12 12 9 11 Ret 2 10 9 13 Maro Engel 8 7 14 10 9 16 DNQ 15 10 7 15 14 5 14 Christian Vietoris 13 15 15 9 11 11 4 13 13 5 12 Ret 4 15 Tom Kristensen 7 2 16 David Coulthard 10 16 9 13 8 6 5 17 12 10 DSQ 17† 1 17 Renger van der Zande 18† 13 10 14 10 4 3 11 15 Ret DSQ 12 0 18 Susie Wolff[N 1] 12 12 13 DNS 13 DNQ 14 14 14 Ret 11 15 0 19 Rahel Frey 15 17 17 15 17 15 DNQ 16 17† 12 14 16 0 Pos Driver HOC ZAN RBR LAU NOR OLY[N 2] NÜR BRH OSC VAL HOC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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.

Teams' Championship[]

Pos Team Car No. HOC ZAN RBR LAU NOR OLY[N 2] NÜR BRH OSC VAL HOC Points 1 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 8 2 8 Ret 11 7 7 6 1 2 1 1 6 85 9 11 1 5 7 14 3 10 3 6 6 9 4 2 Thomas Sabo AMG Mercedes Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG 2 6 9 8 4 Ret 10 11 8 4 4 8 5 76 3 1 2 4 3 1 2 1 2 7 13 7 9 3 Audi Sport Team Phoenix 14 5 3 1 1 3 13 7 5 1 2 3 2 72 15 15 17 17 15 17 15 DNQ 16 17 12 14 16 4 Salzgitter AMG Mercedes AMG Mercedes 6 3 11 2 12 6 5 16 Ret 5 Ret 13 11 56 7 7 4 6 6 2 9 8 6 8 11 10 1 5 Audi Sport Team Abt 4 4 5 7 2 4 14 13 4 16 Ret 4 7 50 5 9 10 3 5 15 8 15 10 9 9 6 8 6 Audi Sport Team Rosberg 18 17 Ret 12 8 16 12 12 9 11 Ret 2 10 30 19 14 6 16 Ret 5 1 2 7 3 3 16 13 7 Audi Sport Team Abt Junior 22 16 14 11 16 12 DNQ 9 12 Ret 8 5 3 11 8 GQ AMG Mercedes Deutsche Post AMG Mercedes 16 8 7 14 10 9 16 DNQ 15 10 7 15 14 6 17 10 16 9 13 8 6 5 17 12 10 DSQ 17 9 TV Spielfilm AMG Mercedes Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes 10 12 12 13 DNS 13 DNQ 14 14 14 Ret 11 15 4 11 13 15 15 9 11 11 4 13 13 5 12 Ret — stern AMG Mercedes 20 18 13 10 14 10 4 3 11 15 Ret DSQ 12 0 Pos Team Car No. HOC ZAN RBR LAU NOR OLY[N 2] NÜR BRH OSC VAL HOC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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

Notable events[]

• The celebrations on the podium at final DTM race at Hockenheimring were muted due to the death of 2005, 2011 Indy 500 and 2005 IndyCar Series champion Dan Wheldon who was killed in a fiery 15-car crash at Sunday's season-ending IndyCar race in Las Vegas. Jamie Green won that finale DTM race as Green pays tribute to his compatriot a week after Las Vegas Indy tragedy.

Footnotes[]

References[]

External links[]

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