2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

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.

Changes for 2004

• The coupe style cars were replaced by four-door sedans. Smaller independent teams were allowed to run the year-old coupes for one more season.
• Audi entered as an official works team.
• A non-championship one-off race was held at the streets of Shanghai, China.
• A1-Ring in Austria was removed from the schedule. The track was to undergo major repairs, but those were not completed (see article on A1-Ring for full story).
• DTM did not return to Donington Park in the United Kingdom for 2004. In 2006 a DTM race in Britain did return to the calendar, but with it being held at Brands Hatch.
• Shell became official control fuel supplier from 2004 season until mid-2005.

Teams and drivers

Make	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004	HWA Team	1	Bernd Schneider	All
			2	Christijan Albers	All
			7	Gary Paffett	All
			8	Jean Alesi	All
	AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003	Persson Motorsport	17	Markus Winkelhock	All
			18	Stefan Mücke	All
		Team Rosberg	20	Jarek Janiš	All
			21	Bernd Mayländer	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	5	Mattias Ekström	All
			6	Martin Tomczyk	All
			11	Christian Abt	All
			12	Tom Kristensen	All
	Abt Audi TT-R 2003		23	Peter Terting	*
	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Audi Sport Team Joest	22	Rinaldo Capello	*
			44	Emanuele Pirro	All
			45	Frank Biela	All
Opel	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004	OPC Team Phoenix	3	Marcel Fässler	All
			4	Laurent Aïello	1-5, 7-11
			14	Peter Dumbreck	1-5, 7-11
		OPC Team Holzer	9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	All
			10	Manuel Reuter	1-5, 7-11
			15	Timo Scheider	All
	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2003	OPC Euroteam	16	Jeroen Bleekemolen	All

• Entered non-championship round at Shanghai.

Race calendar and winners

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer	TV
1	Hockenheimring	18 April	Jean Alesi	Bernd Schneider	Gary Paffett	C-Klasse AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
2	Estoril	2 May	Mattias Ekström	Gary Paffett	Christijan Albers	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes	ZDF
3	Adria	16 May	Mattias Ekström	Bernd Schneider	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	ARD
4	EuroSpeedway	6 June	Christijan Albers	Bernd Schneider	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	ARD
5	Norisring	27 June	Jean Alesi	Bernd Schneider	Gary Paffett	C-Klasse AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ZDF
	Shanghai	18 July	Gary Paffett	Race abandoned due to Mayländer's accident after hitting a loose manhole cover sucked up by other cars
				Bernd Schneider	Gary Paffett	C-Klasse AMG Mercedes	Mercedes
6	Nürburgring	1 August	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	C-Klasse AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
7	Oschersleben	8 August	Martin Tomczyk	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	ZDF
8	Zandvoort	5 September	Mattias Ekström	Christijan Albers	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	ZDF
9	Brno	19 September	Mattias Ekström	Manuel Reuter	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	ARD
10	Hockenheimring	3 October	Martin Tomczyk	Mattias Ekström	Bernd Schneider	Vodafone AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes	ZDF

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver HOC EST ADR LAU NOR SHA‡ NÜR OSC ZAN BRN HOC Pts 1 Mattias Ekström 3 2 1 1 4 C 3 2 5 1 1 6 74 2 Gary Paffett 1 13 4 DSQ 1 C 1 1 4 4 3 3 57 3 Christijan Albers 2 1 2 2 2 C 6 16† 12 3 Ret 7 50 4 Tom Kristensen 4 4 10 10 6 C Ret 5 1 6 2 4 43 5 Martin Tomczyk 5 3 8 14 5 C Ret Ret 2 2 Ret 2 39 6 Bernd Schneider 17† 5 11 3 3 C 2 3 Ret 5 10 1 36 7 Jean Alesi Ret 7 3 5 10 C 4 7 10 11 8 5 19 8 Timo Scheider 8 6 5 16 Ret C Ret 6 7 12 7 9 15 9 Marcel Fässler Ret 20† Ret 7 Ret C 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 C 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 C 7 Ret 14 Ret 6 12 3 15 Stefan Mücke 18† 14 7 Ret 15† C 10 10 17 17 11 10 2 16 Christian Abt Ret 10 Ret 9 14† C Ret 13 9 Ret 12 8 1 17 Frank Biela 16 15 Ret 12 11 C 13 Ret 13 9 14 11 0 18 Jeroen Bleekemolen 12 19 14 17 12 C 12 14 18 13 17 Ret 0 19 Markus Winkelhock 15 17 Ret 13 Ret C 9 Ret 16 14 18 13 0 20 Bernd Mayländer 14 18 Ret Ret 13 C DNS 15 19 15 16 14 0 21 Jarek Janiš 13 Ret Ret 15 16† C 8 Ret 20† 16 Ret Ret 0 - Rinaldo Capello C 5 0 - Peter Terting C 11 0 Pos Driver HOC EST ADR LAU NOR SHA‡ NÜR OSC ZAN BRN HOC Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

‡ Non Championship Round

Teams' championship

Pos. Team No. HOC EST ADR LAU NOR SHA‡ NÜR OSC ZAN BRN HOC Points 1 Audi Sport Team Abt 5 3 2 1 1 4 C 3 2 5 1 1 6 113 6 5 3 8 14 5 C Ret Ret 2 2 Ret 2 2 Vodafone / DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes 1 17† 5 11 3 3 C 2 3 Ret 5 10 1 86 2 2 1 2 2 2 C 6 16† 12 3 Ret 7 3 C-Klasse AMG Mercedes 7 1 13 4 DSQ 1 C 1 1 4 4 3 3 76 8 Ret 7 3 5 10 C 4 7 10 11 8 5 4 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 11 Ret 10 Ret 9 14† C Ret 13 9 Ret 12 8 44 12 4 4 10 10 6 C Ret 5 1 6 2 4 5 OPC Team 2 4 9 8 6 4 Ret 9 6 Ret 15 Ret 27 15 8 6 5 16 Ret C Ret 6 7 12 7 9 6 OPC Team 4 3 Ret 20† Ret 7 Ret C 14† 4 8 10 4 Ret 19 14 6 9 Ret 11 7 8 11 Ret 9 Ret 7 OPC Team 3 9 11 12 12 Ret Ret C 7 Ret 14 Ret 6 12 12 10 10 16 13 8 8 12 3 8 12 Ret 8 Audi Sport Infinion Team Joest 44 7 11 9 6 9 C Ret 11 15 7 5 Ret 11 45 16 15 Ret 12 11 C 13 Ret 13 9 14 11 9 Original-Teile / CLK AMG-Mercedes 17 15 17 Ret 13 Ret C 9 Ret 16 14 18 13 2 18 18† 14 7 Ret 15† C 10 10 17 17 11 10 10 OPC Euroteam 16 12 19 14 17 12 C 12 14 18 13 17 Ret 0 11 Sonax Dark Dog / CLK AMG-Mercedes 20 13 Ret Ret 15 16† C 8 Ret 20† 16 Ret Ret 0 21 14 18 Ret Ret 13 C DNS 15 19 15 16 14 Pos. Team No. HOC EST ADR LAU NOR SHA‡ NÜR OSC ZAN BRN HOC Points Manufacturers' championship Pos. Manufacturer HOC EST ADR LAU NOR SHA‡ NÜR OSC ZAN BRN HOC Points 1 Audi 17 19 11 13 12 C 0 12 22 23 22 17 168 2 Mercedes 18 16 21 18 24 C 0 18 5 15 7 22 164 3 Opel 4 4 7 8 3 C 0 9 12 1 10 0 58 Pos. Manufacturer HOC EST ADR LAU NOR SHA‡ NÜR OSC ZAN BRN HOC Points External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2004 in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. Official DTM website Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 (DTM & ITCS) 1996 (ITC) Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018