2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season

2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
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The 2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the fifth Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season since the series' resumption in 2000. There were 10 championship race weekend with one round each, plus a non-championship round at the streets of Shanghai. Originally each track hosted one race each with the exception of Hockenheimring (two races, premier and finale), but when Avignon lost their race EuroSpeedway also hosted two events. Each track hosted one race, with the exception of Hockenheim, which hosted two. As in 2003 each weekend compromised one race of circa one hour and with two compulsory pit stops for each contender.

Contents

Changes for 2004

Teams and drivers

Make Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Mercedes-Benz HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004 1 Bernd Schneider All
2 Christijan Albers All
7 Gary Paffett All
8 Jean Alesi All
Persson Motorsport AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003 17 Marcus Winkelhock All
18 Stefan Mücke All
Team Rosberg AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003 20 Jarek Janiš All
21 Bernd Mayländer All
Audi Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2004 5 Mattias Ekström All
6 Martin Tomczyk All
11 Christian Abt All
12 Tom Kristensen All
Audi Sport Team Joest Audi A4 DTM 2004 44 Emanuele Pirro All
45 Frank Biela All
Opel OPC Team Phoenix Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004 3 Marcel Fässler All
4 Laurent Aïello All
14 Peter Dumbreck All
OPC Team Holzer Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004 9 Heinz-Harald Frentzen All
10 Manuel Reuter All
15 Timo Scheider All
OPC Euroteam Opel Astra V8 Coupé 16 Jeroen Bleekemolen All

Race calendar and winners

Round Circuit Date Winning driver Winning car TV
1 Hockenheimring April 18 Gary Paffett Mercedes ARD
2 Estoril May 2 Christijan Albers Mercedes ZDF
3 Adria May 16 Mattias Ekström Audi ARD
4 EuroSpeedway June 6 Mattias Ekström Audi ARD
5 Norisring June 27 Gary Paffett Mercedes ZDF
Shanghai July 18 Gary Paffett Mercedes
6 Nürburgring August 1 Gary Paffett Mercedes ARD
7 Oschersleben August 8 Tom Kristensen Audi ZDF
8 Zandvoort September 5 Mattias Ekström Audi ZDF
9 Brno September 19 Mattias Ekström Audi ARD
10 Hockenheimring October 3 Bernd Schneider Mercedes ZDF

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

Pos Driver HOC1
EST
ADR
EUR
NOR
SHA†
NÜR
OSC
ZAN
BRN
HOC2
Pts
1 Mattias Ekström 3 2 1 1 4 3 2 5 1 1 6 74
2 Gary Paffett 1 13 4 DSQ 1 1 1 4 4 3 3 57
3 Christijan Albers 2 1 2 2 2 6 16 12 3 Ret 7 50
4 Tom Kristensen 4 4 10 10 6 Ret 5 1 6 2 4 43
5 Martin Tomczyk 5 3 8 14 5 Ret Ret 2 2 Ret 2 39
6 Bernd Schneider 17 5 11 3 3 2 3 Ret 5 10 1 36
7 Jean Alesi Ret 7 3 5 10 4 7 10 11 8 5 19
8 Timo Scheider 8 6 5 16 Ret Ret 6 7 12 7 9 15
9 Marcel Fässler Ret 20 Ret 7 Ret 14 4 8 10 4 Ret 13
10 Laurent Aïello 9 8 6 4 Ret 9 6 Ret 15 Ret 12
11 Emanuele Pirro 7 11 9 6 9 Ret 11 15 7 5 Ret 11
12 Manuel Reuter 10 16 13 8 8 12 3 8 12 Ret 9
13 Peter Dumbreck 6 9 Ret 11 7 8 11 Ret 9 Ret 6
14 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 11 12 12 Ret Ret 7 Ret 14 Ret 6 12 3
15 Stefan Mücke 18 14 7 Ret 15 10 10 17 17 11 10 2
16 Christian Abt Ret 10 Ret 9 14 Ret 13 9 Ret 12 8 1
17 Frank Biela 16 15 Ret 12 11 13 Ret 13 9 14 11 0
18 Jeroen Bleekemolen 12 19 14 17 12 12 14 18 13 17 Ret 0
19 Marcus Winkelhock 15 17 Ret 13 Ret 9 Ret 16 14 18 13 0
20 Bernd Mayländer 14 18 Ret Ret 13 15 19 15 16 14 0
21 Jarek Janiš 13 Ret Ret 15 16 8 Ret 20 16 Ret Ret 0
- Rinaldo Capello 5 0
- Peter Terting 11 0
Pos Driver HOC1
EST
ADR
EUR
NOR
SHA†
NÜR
OSC
ZAN
BRN
HOC2
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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 participate
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† Non Championship Round

Manufacturers' championship

Pos Manufacturer Points
1 Audi 168
2 Mercedes 164
3 Opel 58

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