2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

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.

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

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]

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	4 May
2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt	18 May
3	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	1 June
4	Norisring, Nuremberg	29 June
5	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	13 July
6	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	3 August
7	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	17 August
8	Lausitzring, Brandenburg	14 September
9	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland	28 September
10	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	19 October

Teams and drivers

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

Make	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi Sport Team Phoenix^[3]	1	Mike Rockenfeller^[3]	All
		Audi Sport Team Phoenix^[3]	2	Timo Scheider^[3]	All
		Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline^[3]	7	Mattias Ekström^[3]	All
		Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline^[3]	8	Miguel Molina^[3]	All
		Audi Sport Team Abt^[3]	15	Edoardo Mortara^[3]	All
		Audi Sport Team Abt^[3]	16	Adrien Tambay^[3]	All
		Audi Sport Team Rosberg^[3]	21	Jamie Green^[3]	All
		Audi Sport Team Rosberg^[3]	22	Nico Müller^[3]	All
BMW	BMW M4 DTM^[4]	BMW Team RBM^[5]	3	Augusto Farfus^[6]	All
		BMW Team RBM^[5]	4	Joey Hand^[6]	All
		BMW Team Schnitzer^[5]	9	Bruno Spengler^[6]	All
		BMW Team Schnitzer^[5]	10	Martin Tomczyk^[6]	All
		BMW Team MTEK^[5]	17	Timo Glock^[6]	All
		BMW Team MTEK^[5]	18	António Félix da Costa^[6]	All
		BMW Team RMG^[5]	23	Marco Wittmann^[6]	All
		BMW Team RMG^[5]	24	Maxime Martin^[6]	All
Mercedes-Benz	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé	HWA Team^[7]	5	Christian Vietoris^[8]	All
			6	Paul di Resta^[9]	All
			11	Gary Paffett^[10]	All
			12	Robert Wickens^[8]	All
			25	Pascal Wehrlein^[8]	All
		Mücke Motorsport^[7]	19	Daniel Juncadella^[11]	All
		Mücke Motorsport^[7]	20	Vitaly Petrov^[12]	All

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

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer
1	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	4 May	Adrien Tambay	Martin Tomczyk	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW
2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt	18 May	Marco Wittmann	Miguel Molina	Christian Vietoris	HWA Team	Mercedes-Benz
3	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	1 June	Marco Wittmann	Nico Müller	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW
4	Norisring, Nuremberg	29 June	Robert Wickens	Mattias Ekström	Robert Wickens	HWA Team	Mercedes-Benz
5	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	13 July	Maxime Martin	Miguel Molina	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RMG	BMW
6	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	3 August	Robert Wickens	Mike Rockenfeller	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW
7	Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate	17 August	Marco Wittmann	Marco Wittmann	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW
8	Lausitzring, Brandenburg	14 September	Pascal Wehrlein	Timo Scheider	Pascal Wehrlein	HWA Team	Mercedes-Benz
9	Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland	28 September	Mike Rockenfeller	Marco Wittmann	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi
10	Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg	19 October	Miguel Molina	Marco Wittmann	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi

Championship standings

Scoring system

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

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	HOC	OSC	HUN	NOR	MSC	RBR	NÜR	LAU	ZAN	HOC	Points
1	Marco Wittmann	1	19	1	6	4	1	1	6	2	5	156
2	Mattias Ekström	2	13	9	3	3	7	Ret	Ret	1	1	106
3	Mike Rockenfeller	4	2	10	8	Ret	13	2	10	15	2	72
4	Christian Vietoris	15	1	20†	21†	7	9	6	2	5	14	69
5	Edoardo Mortara	22†	3	4	4	9	16	3	16	4	22†	68
6	Martin Tomczyk	7	9	13	Ret	13	4	8	8	3	7	49
7	Maxime Martin	20	14	6	17	1	14	7	14	6	Ret	47
8	Pascal Wehrlein	11	Ret	14	5	8	Ret	10	1	7	20†	46
9	Timo Scheider	9	7	Ret	10	Ret	5	Ret	3	9	6	44
10	Jamie Green	Ret	18†	7	2	Ret	8	14	17†	14	3	43
11	Bruno Spengler	6	12	3	11	2	10	12	15	16	12	42
12	Robert Wickens	18	Ret	11	1	14	DSQ	9	5	8	17	41
13	Augusto Farfus	8	5	21†	14	10	2	Ret	7	Ret	16	39
14	Adrien Tambay	3	10	5	9	Ret	6	11	18†	Ret	19†	36
15	Paul di Resta	14	4	18	15	Ret	18	4	Ret	Ret	4	36
16	Timo Glock	5	Ret	19	16	6	3	16	Ret	12	11	33
17	Miguel Molina	13	6	2	22†	12	11	Ret	9	18†	8	32
18	Daniel Juncadella	19	Ret	16	13	15	15	5	4	17	21†	22
19	Nico Müller	16	16	12	18	5	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	10
20	Joey Hand	10	15	15	7	17	12	17	11	10	15	8
21	António Félix da Costa	21†	11	8	20	11	Ret	13	Ret	13	9	6
22	Gary Paffett	12	8	Ret	12	16	17	15	13	19†	10	5
23	Vitaly Petrov	17	17	17	19	18	20	18	12	11	18†	0
Pos.	Driver	HOC	OSC	HUN	NOR	MSC	RBR	NÜR	LAU	ZAN	HOC	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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 75% of the winner's race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	No.	HOC	OSC	HUN	NOR	MSC	RBR	NÜR	LAU	ZAN	HOC	Points
1	BMW Team RMG	23	1	19	1	6	4	1	1	6	2	5	203
1	BMW Team RMG	24	20	14	6	17	1	14	7	14	6	Ret	203
2	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	7	2	13	9	3	3	7	Ret	Ret	1	1	138
2	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	8	13	6	2	22†	12	11	Ret	9	18†	8	138
3	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	1	4	2	10	8	Ret	13	2	10	15	2	116
3	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	2	9	7	Ret	10	Ret	5	Ret	3	9	6	116
4	HWA Team	5	15	1	20†	21†	7	9	6	2	5	14	105
4	HWA Team	6	14	4	18	15	Ret	18	4	Ret	Ret	4	105
5	Audi Sport Team Abt	15	22†	3	4	4	9	16	3	16	4	22†	104
5	Audi Sport Team Abt	16	3	10	5	9	Ret	6	11	18†	Ret	19†	104
6	BMW Team Schnitzer	9	6	12	3	11	2	10	12	15	16	12	91
6	BMW Team Schnitzer	10	7	9	13	Ret	13	4	8	8	3	7	91
7	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	21	Ret	18†	7	2	Ret	8	14	17†	14	3	53
7	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	22	16	16	12	18	5	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	53
8	BMW Team RBM	3	8	5	21†	14	10	2	Ret	7	Ret	16	47
8	BMW Team RBM	4	10	15	15	7	17	12	17	11	10	15	47
9	HWA Team	25	11	Ret	14	5	8	Ret	10	1	7	20†	46
10	HWA Team	11	12	8	Ret	12	16	17	15	13	19†	10	46
10	HWA Team	12	18	Ret	11	1	14	DSQ	9	5	8	17	46
11	BMW Team MTEK	17	5	Ret	19	16	6	3	16	Ret	12	11	39
11	BMW Team MTEK	18	21†	11	8	20	11	Ret	13	Ret	13	9	39
12	Mücke Motorsport	19	19	Ret	16	13	15	15	5	4	17	21†	22
12	Mücke Motorsport	20	17	17	17	19	18	20	18	12	11	18†	22
Pos.	Team	No.	HOC	OSC	HUN	NOR	MSC	RBR	NÜR	LAU	ZAN	HOC	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)