2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
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The 2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the eleventh season of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The season began on 25 April at the Hockenheimring, and ended on 28 November at the Shanghai Street Circuit, after eleven rounds held in Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy and China. Having finished second in 2008 and third in 2009, HWA Team's Paul di Resta became champion for the first time, having come out on top of a three-way title battle in Shanghai.

Di Resta had trailed teammate Bruno Spengler – a race winner at Lausitz and the Nürburgring – by as many as fifteen points after four races, but by the ninth race, di Resta had taken the championship lead after five top-two finishes including three wins. A poor finish for di Resta at Adria – ninth after being helped into spins by Audi drivers Mike Rockenfeller and Miguel Molina – coupled with Spengler's third place allowed the Canadian driver to take a three-point lead into the final race. Another HWA driver, 2005 season champion Gary Paffett remained in mathematical contention, succeeding in needing a top-two finish at Adria, which left him nine points behind with ten available. Spengler left himself immediately in trouble in Shanghai, crashing during the qualification session which left him 17th on the grid, while di Resta and Paffett lined up on the front row. Spengler could only advance to thirteenth in the race, while his teammates battled for victory. Ultimately, Paffett won the race – ended early due to a collision between Rockenfeller and Susie Stoddart – but di Resta's second place allowed him to take the championship by four points. Paffett's victory also enabled him to overhaul Spengler for second place, by just one point.

Best of the rest went to the defending two-time champion Timo Scheider, who finished as top Audi in fourth place in the championship standings. Scheider, albeit scoring in each of the first five races, struggled for form in the early running, but recovered towards the end of the season and took a single victory during the season, winning at Adria. Mattias Ekström was the only other Audi driver to win a race during the season, winning the series' inaugural race at Valencia but only returned twice to the podium after that; finishing the season in fifth place. Jamie Green was the season's other race-winner, winning for the third season in a row at the Norisring, each of which had been taken in a 2008-specification car. Green finished three points behind Ekström, in sixth place in the points standings.

Teams and drivers

With the championship undergoing a development freeze until the 2011 season, teams will use 2008 and 2009 cars only.^[1]

Make	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2009	Abt Sportsline	1	Timo Scheider^[2]	All
			2	Oliver Jarvis^[3]	All
			5	Mattias Ekström^[2]	All
			6	Martin Tomczyk^[2]	All
	Audi A4 DTM 2008		18	Miguel Molina^[2]	All
		Team Phoenix	9	Alexandre Prémat^[2]	1–10
			9	Darryl O'Young^[4]	11
			10	Mike Rockenfeller^[2]	All
		Team Rosberg	14	Markus Winkelhock^[2]	All
		Team Rosberg	15	Katherine Legge^[2]	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009	HWA Team	3	Gary Paffett^[5]	All
			4	Bruno Spengler^[6]	All
			7	Paul di Resta^[7]	All
			8	Ralf Schumacher^[8]	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	Persson Motorsport	11	Jamie Green^[9]	All
			12	Susie Stoddart^[10]	All
			21	Congfu Cheng^[11]	All
		Mücke Motorsport	16	Maro Engel^[6]	All
		Mücke Motorsport	17	David Coulthard^[12]	All

Driver Changes

Changed Teams

Oliver Jarvis: Team Phoenix → Abt Sportsline
Katherine Legge: Abt Sportsline → Team Rosberg
Mike Rockenfeller: Team Rosberg → Team Phoenix

Entering DTM

Congfu Cheng: A1 Grand Prix (A1 Team China) → Persson Motorsport
David Coulthard: Sabbatical → Mücke Motorsport
Miguel Molina: Formula Renault 3.5 Series (Ultimate Motorsport) → Abt Sportsline
Darryl O'Young: World Touring Car Championship (bamboo-engineering) → Team Phoenix

Leaving DTM

Christian Bakkerud: Kolles Futurecom-TME → 24 Hours of Le Mans (Kolles)
Tomáš Kostka: Kolles Futurecom-BRT → Auto GP (Charouz-Gravity Racing)
Tom Kristensen: Abt Sportsline → DTM retirement; Sportscars only.
Mathias Lauda: Mücke Motorsport → Porsche Supercup (Porsche AG)
Johannes Seidlitz: Kolles Futurecom-BRT → FIA GT3 European Championship (Team Rosberg)

Race calendar and results

A nine-round calendar was announced on 18 December 2009.^[13] This was later expanded to ten races, with the addition of a street race in Shanghai, China that was announced on 28 January 2010. This race closed the season on 28 November.^[14] On 15 July 2010, it was announced that an additional round would take place on 31 October at Adria; returning to the circuit which held races in 2003 and 2004.^[15]

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Hockenheimring	25 April	Gary Paffett	Bruno Spengler	Gary Paffett	HWA Team
2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	23 May	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Abt Sportsline
3	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	6 June	Paul di Resta	Mike Rockenfeller	Bruno Spengler	HWA Team
4	Norisring, Nuremberg	4 July	Ralf Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Jamie Green	Persson Motorsport
5	Nürburgring	8 August	Mattias Ekström	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	HWA Team
6	Circuit Park Zandvoort	22 August	Timo Scheider	Timo Scheider	Gary Paffett	HWA Team
7	Brands Hatch, Kent	5 September	Paul di Resta	Miguel Molina	Paul di Resta	HWA Team
8	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	19 September	Paul di Resta	Timo Scheider	Paul di Resta	HWA Team
9	Hockenheimring	17 October	Timo Scheider	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	HWA Team
10	Adria International Raceway	31 October	Gary Paffett	Mattias Ekström	Timo Scheider	Abt Sportsline
11	Shanghai Street Circuit	28 November	Paul di Resta	David Coulthard	Gary Paffett	HWA Team

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	HOC	VAL	LAU	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	BRH	OSC	HOC	ADR	SHA	Points
1	Paul di Resta	4	5	2	10	2	2	1	1	1	9	2	71
2	Gary Paffett	1	7	5	6	3	1	5	4	4	2	1	67
3	Bruno Spengler	2	2	1	3	1	7	2	2	Ret	3	13	66
4	Timo Scheider	7	4	8	5	4	3	3	11	2	1	3	53
5	Mattias Ekström	6	1	Ret	2	7	4	Ret	3	Ret	8	9	35
6	Jamie Green	3	9	3	1	5	10	10	7	8	12	6	32
7	Mike Rockenfeller	5	6	4	12	9	13	9	5	3	16	12	22
8	Martin Tomczyk	17†	DSQ	6	8	13	8	7	8	5	6	4	20
9	Oliver Jarvis	Ret	14†	11	4	11	6	6	13	6	5	17	18
10	Miguel Molina	8	8	13	Ret	14	5	4	Ret	Ret	17†	5	15
11	Alexandre Prémat	10	3	Ret	7	Ret	11	8	6	Ret	Ret		12
12	Markus Winkelhock	15	15†	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	15†	Ret	Ret	4	7	7
13	Susie Stoddart	11	10	7	15	Ret	15	Ret	10	7	14	11	4
14	Ralf Schumacher	9	Ret	9	11	6	9	Ret	9	Ret	11	10	3
15	Maro Engel	16	11	15	9	8	Ret	11	12	9	7	16	3
16	David Coulthard	12	13†	Ret	13	10	12	12	14	Ret	10	8	1
—	Congfu Cheng	13	12	12	14	12	16	13	Ret	Ret	13	15	0
—	Katherine Legge	14	DNS	14	16	15	14	14	Ret	Ret	15	14	0
—	Darryl O'Young											DNS	0
Pos	Driver	HOC	VAL	LAU	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	BRH	OSC	HOC	ADR	SHA	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	No.	HOC	VAL	LAU	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	BRH	OSC	HOC	ADR	SHA	Points
1	Salzgitter / Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG	3	1	7	5	6	3	1	5	4	4	2	1	133
1	Salzgitter / Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG	4	2	2	1	3	1	7	2	2	Ret	3	13	133
2	Laureus AMG Mercedes	7	4	5	2	10	2	2	1	1	1	9	2	74
2	Laureus AMG Mercedes	8	9	Ret	9	11	6	9	Ret	9	Ret	11	10	74
3	Audi Sport Team Abt	1	7	4	8	5	4	3	3	11	2	1	3	71
3	Audi Sport Team Abt	2	Ret	14†	11	4	11	6	6	13	6	5	17	71
4	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	5	6	1	Ret	2	7	4	Ret	3	Ret	8	9	55
4	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	6	17†	DSQ	6	8	13	8	7	8	5	6	4	55
5	TV Spielfilm / Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes	11	3	9	3	1	5	10	10	7	8	12	6	36
5	TV Spielfilm / Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes	12	11	10	7	15	Ret	15	Ret	10	7	14	11	36
6	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	9	10	3	Ret	7	Ret	11	8	6	Ret	Ret	DNS	34
6	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	10	5	6	4	12	9	13	9	5	3	16	12	34
7	Audi Sport Rookie Team Abt	18	8	8	13	Ret	14	5	4	Ret	Ret	17†	5	15
8	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	14	15	15†	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	15†	Ret	Ret	4	7	7
8	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	15	14	DNS	14	16	15	14	14	Ret	Ret	15	14	7
8	Deutsche Post / GQ AMG Mercedes	16	16	11	15	9	8	Ret	11	12	9	7	16	4
8	Deutsche Post / GQ AMG Mercedes	17	12	13†	Ret	13	10	12	12	14	Ret	10	8	4
Pos.	Team	No.	HOC	VAL	LAU	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	BRH	OSC	HOC	ADR	SHA	Points

References

↑ Freeman, Glenn (2009-08-20). "DTM development freeze begins". Racer (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2010-07-13.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Anderson, Ben (2010-02-18). "Molina moves to DTM with Audi". autosport.com (Haymarket Publishing). Retrieved 2010-02-18.
↑ Beer, Matt (2009-12-09). "Jarvis to get 2010 Audi with Abt". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2009-12-09.
↑ Beer, Matt (17 November 2010). "Premat dropped by Audi". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 17 November 2010.
↑ English, Steven (2010-01-16). "Paffett to stay on as McLaren tester". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2010-01-16. I've got a job in DTM with Mercedes and a job in Formula 1 with McLaren. There is still a relationship between the two through the engines and, although there is a rivalry there now, I'm very much with McLaren in F1 and Mercedes in DTM.
1 2 Freeman, Glenn (2010-04-15). "Mercedes confirms DTM line-up". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2010-04-15.
↑ Meissner, Johan (2010-02-05). "F1 not going to stop Paul di Resta". touringcartimes.com (TouringCarTimes). Retrieved 2010-02-18.
↑ Elizalde, Pablo (2010-03-23). "Ralf Schumacher stays on in the DTM". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2010-03-23.
↑ Glendenning, Mark (2010-01-15). "Green hopes for current car in 2010". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2010-01-15.
↑ Тонкий намек. auto-sport.ru (in Russian) (Auto Sport). 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
↑ Freeman, Glenn (ed.) (2010-04-01). "Pit & Paddock: Coulthard says yes to DTM deal". Autosport 200 (1): 30. Coulthard will be joined in the 2008 Mercedes line-up by former A1GP racer Franky Cheng.
↑ Beer, Matt (2010-04-03). "Coulthard seals Mercedes DTM drive". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2010-04-03.
↑ "2010 International Series: DTM" (PDF). fia.com (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile). 2009-12-18. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
↑ "Contract signed: DTM finale at Shanghai on 28 November". Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (ITR e.V.). 2010-06-05. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
↑ English, Steven (2010-07-15). "Adria added to DTM schedule". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2010-07-15.

External links

The official website of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

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