2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

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

The 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-eighth season of premier German touring car championship and also fifteenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The season started on 4 May at Hockenheim, and ended on 19 October at the same venue, after a total of ten rounds.

In his second season in the series, BMW Team RMG driver Marco Wittmann became champion after his consistent finishes throughout the season left him with a comfortable 50-point winning margin. Wittmann took his first series victory in the opening race at Hockenheim, and quickly added a second victory at the Hungaroring. He also won back-to-back races at the Red Bull Ring and the Nürburgring, before clinching the title at Lausitzring. Mattias Ekström finished the season as runner-up for Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline, winning the season's final two races at Zandvoort and Hockenheim – Audi's only victories of the 2014 season. Another Audi driver clinched third in the championship, as defending champion Mike Rockenfeller finished in the position for Audi Sport Team Phoenix; he took three second places during the year, but went winless. Other drivers to take victories were Wittmann's team-mate Maxime Martin at Moscow Raceway, with HWA triumvirate Robert Wickens (Norisring), Christian Vietoris (Oschersleben) and Pascal Wehrlein (Lausitzring) taking victories for Mercedes; for Vietoris and Wehrlein, it was their first in the series.

It was also the last season of the single-legged race format before it was replaced by the two-legged DTM race format for the following season (with both races held on Saturday and Sunday).

Calendar

A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 16 October 2013.^[1]

In July, it was announced that the Chinese round – originally scheduled for 28 September on a temporary street circuit in Guangzhou – was cancelled, as the modifications necessary for erecting the circuit proved to be far more extensive than first planned. As a result, a replacement round was scheduled for the same weekend, held at Zandvoort in the Netherlands.^[2]

Teams and drivers

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.

Driver changes

Entering DTM

BMW test driver and Marc VDS Racing Team driver Maxime Martin was promoted to a race seat in BMW Team RMG for the 2014 season.^[6]
Both António Félix da Costa and Nico Müller, who finished third and fifth in the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, joined the DTM series, driving for BMW Team MTEK and Team Rosberg respectively.^[6]^[13]
Former Renault and Caterham Formula One driver Vitaly Petrov entered the championship, driving a Mercedes-Benz.^[12]

Leaving DTM

Filipe Albuquerque, who drove for Audi switched to the marque's LMP and GT programme.^[13]
Andy Priaulx, who drove for BMW in 2012 and 2013, left the series and joined the United SportsCar Championship.^[6]
Dirk Werner, who drove for BMW in 2012 and 2013, left the series and joined the BMW endurance programme, including competing at the 24 Hours Nürburgring.^[6]
Roberto Merhi who drove for Mercedes in 2012 and 2013, left the series and joined Zeta Corse in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. He remained a Mercedes test and reserve driver.^[8]

Results and standings

Results summary

Championship standings

Scoring system

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

Drivers' championship

† — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.

Teams' championship

Manufacturers' championship

References

^ "2014 DTM calendar: Return to China and Hungary". Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. ITR e.V. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
^ "DTM selects Zandvoort as replacement venue for China". Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. ITR e.V. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Audi names driver teams for the DTM". Audi. Audi. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
^ East, George (18 August 2013). "BMW to run M4 DTM in 2014". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
^ a b c d "BMW shuffles DTM line-up for 2014 season". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Martin and Félix da Costa line up in the DTM". BMW Motorsport. BMW. 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
^ a b "HWA adds fifth DTM Mercedes, promotes Pascal Wehrlein". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ a b c d "Mercedes to field expanded seven-car attack in 2014 DTM". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
^ Freeman, Glenn (21 January 2014). "Paul di Resta seals DTM return with Mercedes". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
^ East, George (15 August 2013). "Gary Paffett unsure on 2014 Mercedes driver contracts". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
^ "Daniel Juncadella lands Force India F1 team's reserve role". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
^ a b East, George (28 February 2014). "Mercedes signs Vitaly Petrov for 2014". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ a b "Nico Müller to compete for Audi in the DTM". Audi Sport. Audi. 16 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 16 January 2014.

External links

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