2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
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The 2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season is the seventeenth season of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, since the series' resumption in 2000. The season starts on 7 May at Hockenheim, and will end on 16 October at the same venue, after a total of nine events.[1]
Teams and drivers
| Make | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM[2] | TBA | 2 |  Gary Paffett[3] |
TBA |
| 3 | Paul di Resta[3] |
TBA | |||
| TBA | 6 |  Robert Wickens[3] |
TBA | ||
| 8 |  Christian Vietoris[3] |
TBA | |||
| TBA | 12 |  Daniel Juncadella[3] |
TBA | ||
| 22 |  Lucas Auer[3] |
TBA | |||
| TBA | 34 |  Esteban Ocon[3] |
TBA | ||
| 84 | Maximilian Götz[3] |
TBA | |||
| Audi | Audi RS5 DTM | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline[4] | 5 |  Mattias Ekström[4] |
TBA |
| 17 | Miguel Molina[4] |
TBA | |||
| 48 |  Edoardo Mortara[4] |
TBA | |||
| 51 |  Nico Müller[4] |
TBA | |||
| Audi Sport Team Phoenix[4] | 10 | Timo Scheider[4] |
TBA | ||
| 99 | Mike Rockenfeller[4] |
TBA | |||
| Audi Sport Team Rosberg[4] | 27 | Adrien Tambay[4] |
TBA | ||
| 53 | Jamie Green[4] |
TBA | |||
| BMW | BMW M4 DTM | BMW Team MTEK[5] | 7 | Bruno Spengler[6] |
TBA |
| 18 |  Augusto Farfus[6] |
TBA | |||
| BMW Team RMG[5] | 11 | Marco Wittmann[6] |
TBA | ||
| 16 | Timo Glock[6] |
TBA | |||
| BMW Team Schnitzer[5] | 13 |  António Félix da Costa[6] |
TBA | ||
| 77 | Martin Tomczyk[6] |
TBA | |||
| BMW Team RBM[5] | 31 | Tom Blomqvist[6] |
TBA | ||
| 36 | .svg.png){kind=small} Maxime Martin[6] |
TBA |
Driver changes
- Entering DTM
- 2015 GP3 Series champion and Mercedes DTM reserve driver Esteban Ocon will make his DTM debut with Mercedes-Benz.[3]
- Leaving DTM
- 2015 DTM champion Pascal Wehrlein left the series to race in Formula One with Manor Racing.[3]
Calendar
The nine event calendar was announced on 30 November 2015.[1]
| Round | Circuit | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg |
7 May |
| R2 | 8 May | ||
| 2 | R1 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg |
21 May |
| R2 | 22 May | ||
| 3 | R1 | EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Brandenburg |
4 June |
| R2 | 5 June | ||
| 4 | R1 | Norisring, Nuremberg |
25 June |
| R2 | 26 June | ||
| 5 | R1 |  Circuit Park Zandvoort, Noord-Holland |
16 July |
| R2 | 17 July | ||
| 6 | R1 |  Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk |
20 August |
| R2 | 21 August | ||
| 7 | R1 | Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate |
10 September |
| R2 | 11 September | ||
| 8 | R1 |  Hungaroring, Mogyoród |
24 September |
| R2 | 25 September | ||
| 9 | R1 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg |
15 October |
| R2 | 16 October | ||
References
- 1 2 "ITR reveals the 2016 DTM calendar". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 30 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ↑ "Mercedes AMG present their 2016 DTM car". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 4 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Esteban Ocon completes 2016 DTM line-up for Mercedes". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Audi Sport DTM driver line up unchanged for 2016". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 28 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "BMW Motorsport announces driver pairings for the 2016 DTM.". BMW Motorsport (BMW). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "BMW Motorsport retains all eight of its drivers for 2016". TouringCarTimes.com (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 4 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
External links
- The official website of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (German) (English)
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