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.
Supplier changes German wheel rim company ATS became official standard control wheel rim supplier from 2017 season onwards as it was announced on 15 March 2016. Hankook extend its DTM tyre supplier role until 2019 as the South Korean tyre company announced on 6 May 2016.
Rule changes Sporting rules On 17 September 2016, DTM announced that the field may be reduced from 24 to 18 competitors. 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. The team-to-driver radio has been banned for 2017 season onwards as it was announced on 1 May 2017. The simultaneously 4 tyre change in the pit stop has been replaced by the separated 4 tyre change in the pit stop to make longer pit duration up to 10 seconds (similar to 24 Hours of Le Mans). Points will be awarded for qualification positions with the top three earning points.
Technical rules 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. All DTM engines from 2017 season will be increased from 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.
Mid-season changes The allocation of Balance of Performance DTM car weights were revised again for fine tuning. After several criticisms and protests from DTM teams, the Balance of Performance DTM car weights were officially abolished just before Austrian race.
Teams and drivers The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook. CarTeamDriversRounds Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Mercedes Me 2 Gary Paffett All 6 Robert Wickens All Mercedes-AMG Motorsport SILBERPFEIL Energy 3 Paul di Resta All 63 Maro Engel All Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT 22 Lucas Auer All 48 Edoardo Mortara All Audi Audi RS5 DTM Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 5 Mattias Ekström All 51 Nico Müller All Team Rosberg 33 René Rast All 53 Jamie Green All Team Phoenix 77 Loïc Duval All 99 Mike Rockenfeller All BMW BMW M4 DTM BMW Team RBM 7 Bruno Spengler All 31 Tom Blomqvist All 36 Maxime Martin All BMW Team RMG 11 Marco Wittmann All 15 Augusto Farfus All 16 Timo Glock All
Team changes 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. 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. Leaving DTM Both Mercedes-Benz DTM teams ART Grand Prix and Mücke 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. Both BMW DTM teams Team Schnitzer and Team MTEK also ceased their DTM involvement for similar reasons.
Driver changes Entering DTM René Rast, who replaced Mattias Ekström in the final round of DTM 2016, got his full seat with Audi. 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and WEC champion driver Loïc Duval made his DTM debut with Audi. 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.
Leaving DTM Former champions Martin Tomczyk and Timo Scheider announced that they would both retire from DTM championship after 16 years. BMW driver António Félix da Costa announced that he would leave DTM at the end of the 2016 season to focus on Formula E. Audi drivers Miguel Molina (between 2010 and 2016) and Adrien Tambay (between 2012 and 2016), both left the series. Daniel Juncadella, Christian Vietoris and Maximilian Götz who all drove full-time in 2016, and Felix Rosenqvist, who was a midseason replacement, were all left off the Mercedes squad in 2017.
Calendar The nine event calendar was announced on 16 December 2016. All races from 2016 will return in 2017.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer 1 R1 Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 6 May Lucas Auer Mattias Ekström Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT Mercedes-Benz R2 7 May Timo Glock Jamie Green Jamie Green Team Rosberg Audi 2 R1 Lausitzring, Brandenburg 20 May Lucas Auer René Rast Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT Mercedes-Benz R2 21 May Robert Wickens René Rast Jamie Green Team Rosberg Audi 3 R1 Hungaroring, Mogyoród 17 June René Rast Paul di Resta Mercedes-Benz R2 18 June René Rast Mattias Ekström René Rast Team Rosberg Audi 4 R1 Norisring, Nuremberg 1 July Maxime Martin Tom Blomqvist BMW Team RBM BMW R2 2 July Tom Blomqvist Maxime Martin BMW Team RBM BMW 5 R1 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 22 July René Rast Robert Wickens René Rast Team Rosberg Audi R2 23 July Jamie Green Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG Motorsport SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-Benz 6 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland 19 August Timo Glock René Rast Timo Glock BMW Team RMG BMW R2 20 August Augusto Farfus Loïc Duval Team Phoenix Audi 7 R1 Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate 9 September Lucas Auer Nico Müller Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT Mercedes-Benz R2 10 September René Rast Robert Wickens Mercedes-Benz 8 R1 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg Jamie Green Jamie Green Mattias Ekström Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi R2 Jamie Green Jamie Green René Rast Team Rosberg Audi 9 R1 Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 14 October Timo Glock Mike Rockenfeller Jamie Green Team Rosberg Audi R2 15 October Tom Blomqvist Jamie Green Marco Wittmann BMW Team RMG BMW
Championship standings 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. Qualifying Position 1st 2nd 3rd Points 3 2 1
Drivers' championship Driver HOC LAU HUN NOR MSC ZAN NÜR RBR HOC Points 1 René Rast 6 Ret2 3 7 61 11 122 Ret 12 43 9 Ret 5 12 13 12 6 22 179 2 Mattias Ekström 5 11 8 2 53 23 3 4 8 22 17† 3 15 6 13 5 11 8 176 3 Jamie Green 18 13 10 13 DSQ2 5 7 8 9 5 5 9 6 7 21 141 13 5 173 4 Mike Rockenfeller 3 7 5 5 4 10 13 Ret 23 12 4 1 14 17 7 2 2 3 167 5 Marco Wittmann 10 3 13 9 8 Ret2 4 5 31 6 23 DSQ2 92 31 5 63 13 13 160 6 Lucas Auer 11 4 11 10 12 Ret Ret 2 6 8 15 14 11 13 8 Ret 8 10 136 7 Timo Glock 2 81 11 15 2 7 5 10 5 13 11 7 12 8 10 7 31 12 133 8 Maxime Martin 11 Ret 43 8 Ret 3 21 1 16 Ret 3 63 17 11 6 11 42 6 132 9 Robert Wickens 15 Ret 22 31 Ret 8 Ret 112 4 9 11 15† 33 13 4 10 7 17† 119 10 Gary Paffett 72 2 6 4 7 9 10 Ret 7 16 8 5 10 14 17 4 9 4 102 11 Paul di Resta 8 6 16 13 1 6 11 6 14 DSQ 7 Ret 2 22 11 9 14 16 99 12 Nico Müller 9 5 18 6 10 4 9 133 15 15 10 4 11 Ret 32 3 12 11 81 13 Bruno Spengler 12 9 14 16 3 14 13 12 12 31 14 10 13 4 12 16 10 14 75 14 Edoardo Mortara 43 13 7 11 9 11 8 3 13 10 12 12 7 16 9 17† 5 9 61 15 Maro Engel 17 10 9 12 13 15 14 14 10 1 16 11 4 5 15 15 16 13 51 16 Augusto Farfus 13 Ret 12 14 11 12 Ret 7 17 11 62 81 8 9 Ret 12 17 7 35 17 Tom Blomqvist 16 12 17 172 15† 13 6 91 Ret 7 Ret 13 16 10 16 13 15 Ret1 25 18 Loïc Duval 14 Ret 15 18 14 16 15 15 11 14 13 2 18 15 14 8 18 15 22 Driver HOC LAU HUN NOR MSC ZAN NÜR RBR HOC PointsBold – 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
Driver HOC LAU HUN NOR MSC ZAN NÜR RBR HOC 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 Driver HOC LAU HUN NOR MSC ZAN NÜR RBR HOC Points
Teams' championship 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 150
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