German Touring Car Masters 2003

2003 DTM season

Champions
Driver:	Bernd Schneider
Season dates
Number of races:	10
<2002 season	2004 season>

The 2003 German Touring Car Masters was the fourth season of the German Touring Car Masters ( DTM ). The first run took place on April 27, 2003 at the Hockenheimring and the season finale also took place at the Hockenheimring on October 5.

A total of 10 races were held in Germany , Italy , Great Britain , Austria and the Netherlands .

Overall winner was Bernd Schneider in the AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM with 68 points. For Schneider it was the fourth title win after 1995, 2000 and 2001.

history

For the 2003 season, the DTM regulations were changed in several places. The most extensive changes were in the execution of the race and the allocation of points.

The races in Zolder and the Sachsenring were canceled and replaced by races in Adria and on the Nürburgring .

Instead of a qualification run and a competition run, only one competition run was held in which points were awarded. To compensate for the omission of the qualification run, the duration of the rated race was extended from 40 to 60 minutes.

The qualification and determination of the starting positions has also been changed. After qualifying, the ten best drivers from this training started in an individual time trial for the first starting positions (the so-called Super Pole). During the race, each driver had to complete two mandatory pit stops.

The point system was changed and adapted to that of Formula 1 . The first eight drivers classified received points according to the scheme 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1.

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend
1	Laurent Aïello	Hasseröder Abt-Audi	Abt-Audi TT-R 2003	all
2	Christian Dept.			all
3	Bernd Schneider	Vodafone AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2003	all
4th	Christijan Albers	ExpressService AMG-Mercedes		all
5	Mattias Ekström	PlayStation 2 Red Bull Abt-Audi	Abt-Audi TT-R 2003	all
6th	Karl Wendlinger			all
7th	Manuel Reuter	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupe 2003	all
8th	Alain Menu			all
9	Marcel Fässler	AMG Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2003	all
10	Jean Alesi			all
11	Thomas Hunter	Original parts AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2002	all
12	Bernd Mayländer			all
14th	Martin Tomczyk	S line Audi Junior Team	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002	all
15th	Peter Terting			all
16	Joachim Winkelhock	OPC Euroteam	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2002	all
17th	Jeroen Bleekemolen			all
18th	Timo Scheider	OPC Team Phoenix	Opel Astra V8 Coupe 2003	all
19th	Peter Dumbreck			all
20th	Katsutomo Kaneishi	ARTA AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2002	all
24	Patrick Huisman	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes		1, 2
	Gary Paffett			3-10
42	Stefan Mücke			all

Race calendar and results

round	Racetrack	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Hockenheimring	April 27	169.238 km	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2003
2	Adriatic	May 11th	126.994 km	Marcel Fässler	Bernd Schneider	Christijan Albers	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2003
3	Nürburgring	25. May	148.789 km	Marcel Fässler	Bernd Schneider	Christijan Albers	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2003
4th	Lausitzring	8th June	160.125 km	Bernd Schneider	Alain Menu	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2003
5	Norisring	June 22	165,600 km	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Christijan Albers	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2003
6th	Donington	July 27th	144.828 km	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Jean Alesi	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2003
7th	Nürburgring	17th August	148.789 km	Mattias Ekström	Peter Dumbreck	Laurent Aïello	Abt-Audi TT-R 2003
8th	A1 ring	7th of September	173.040 km	Marcel Fässler	Bernd Schneider	Marcel Fässler	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2003
9	Zandvoort	21st September	154,800 km	Timo Scheider	Christijan Albers	Christijan Albers	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2003
10	Hockenheimring	5th October	169.238 km	Mattias Ekström	Alain Menu	Jean Alesi	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2003

Championship results

Point system

Points were awarded to the first 8 classified drivers in the following number:

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.
Points	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

A total of 18 drivers made it into the points classification.

space	driver	HOC1	ADR	DON	SAC	NOR	LAU	ONLY	A1R	ZAN	HOC2	Points
1	Bernd Schneider	1	5	4th	1	3	2	3	2	2	6th	68
2	Christijan Albers	5	1	1	7th	1	5	2	3	1	12	64
3	Marcel Fässler	2	4th	2	10	2	4th	5	1	6th	3	57
4th	Mattias Ekström	8th	2	7th	3	DNF	3	4th	5	3	2	46
5	Jean Alesi	4th	7th	DNF	5	5	1	6th	DNF	5	1	42
6th	Laurent Aïello	3	3	3	8th	6th	DNF	1	4th	9	5	41
7th	Peter Dumbreck	6th	6th	5	2	4th	6th	10	DNF	10	4th	31
8th	Timo Scheider	7th	15th	13	4th	16	8th	7th	DNF	DNF	7th	12
9	Alain Menu	18th	8th	6th	6th	10	DNF	9	7th	DNF	10	9
10	Manuel Reuter	9	DNF	9	12	13	DNF	15 *	10	4th	19 *	5
11	Gary Paffett			DNF	15th	DNF	9	8th	6th	12	18 *	4th
12	Christian Dept.	20 *	DSQ	8th	9	7th	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	9	3
13	Jeroen Bleekemolen	14th	11	11	18 *	14th	13	17 *	12	7th	15th	2
13	Thomas Hunter	10	DNF	12	14th	9	7th	DNF	9	13	11	2
15th	Peter Terting	DNF	13	14th	DNS	12	14th	18 *	13	14th	8th	1
15th	Martin Tomczyk	12	DNF	18th	DNS	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	13	1
15th	Karl Wendlinger	15th	12	16	13	11	15th	11	16	8th	17th	1
15th	Joachim Winkelhock	16	9	10	11	8th	10	13	14th	15th	DNF	1
19th	Patrick Huisman	13	DNF									0
19th	Katsutomo Kaneishi	19th	14th	19th	17th	17 *	DNF	16 *	17th	18th	16	0
19th	Bernd Mayländer	11	10	17th	16	DNF	12	14th	15th	16	20 *	0
19th	Stefan Mücke	17th	DNF	15th	DNS	15th	11	12	11	17th	14th	0
space	driver	HOC1	ADR	DON	SAC	NOR	LAU	ONLY	A1R	ZAN	HOC2	Points

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Brand valuation

space	constructor	HOC1	ADR	DON	SAC	NOR	LAU	ONLY	A1R	ZAN	HOC2	Points
1	Mercedes Benz	27	21st	23	16	28	29	22nd	27	25th	19th	237
2	Audi	7th	14th	9	7th	5	6th	15th	10	7th	13	93
3	Opel	5	4th	7th	16	6th	4th	2	2	7th	7th	60

Team evaluation

space	team	HOC1	ADR	DON	SAC	NOR	LAU	ONLY	A1R	ZAN	HOC2	Points
1	Vodafone / Express Service AMG-Mercedes	14th	14th	15th	12	16	12	14th	14th	18th	3	132
2	AMG Mercedes	13	7th	8th	4th	12	15th	7th	10	7th	16	99
3	PlayStation 2 Red Bull Abt-Audi	1	8th	2	6th	0	6th	5	4th	7th	8th	47
4th	Hasseröder Abt-Audi	6th	6th	7th	1	5	0	10	5	0	4th	44
5	OPC Team Phoenix	5	3	4th	13	5	4th	2	0	0	7th	43
6th	OPC Team Holzer	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	2	5	0	14th
7th	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4th
8th	OPC Euroteam	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3
9	Original parts AMG-Mercedes	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
10	S line Audi Junior Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
11	ARTA AMG-Mercedes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Web links

• The 2003 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} DTM website: 2003: Shining stars. From: www.dtm.com , accessed October 19, 2018 .