German Touring Car Masters 2005

2005 DTM season

Champions
Driver:	Gary Paffett
Season dates
Number of races:	11
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The 2005 German Touring Car Masters was the sixth season of the German Touring Car Masters ( DTM ). The first run took place on April 17, 2005 at the Hockenheimring and the season finale also took place on October 23 at the Hockenheimring.

A total of 11 races were held in Germany , Belgium , the Czech Republic , the Netherlands and Turkey .

Overall winner was the Briton Gary Paffett in the AMG-Mercedes C-Class with 84 points. Opel ended its involvement in the DTM after the 2005 racing season.

history

The venues Estoril and Adria have been replaced by Spa-Francorchamps and Istanbul in the racing calendar.

DTM racing cars that were built between 2000 and 2003 inclusive were no longer registered. Only vehicles from 2004 and 2005 were allowed to start.

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend
1	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2005	all
2	Martin Tomczyk			all
3	Gary Paffett	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2005	all
4th	Jean Alesi	AMG Mercedes		all
5	Tom Kristensen	Audi Sport Team Dept.	Audi A4 DTM 2005	all
6th	Allan McNish			all
7th	Bernd Schneider	Vodafone AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2005	all
8th	Mika Hakkinen	Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes		all
9	Marcel Fässler	GMAC Team OPC	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005	all
10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Stern Team OPC		all
11	Laurent Aïello	Team OPC		all
12	Manuel Reuter			all
14th	Christian Dept.	Audi Sport Team Joest Racing	Audi A4 DTM 2004	all
15th	Pierre Kaffer			all
16	Stefan Mücke	Mücke Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2004	all
17th	Alexandros Margaritis			all
18th	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi A4 DTM 2004	all
19th	Frank Stippler			all
20th	Bruno Spengler	Young used from Mercedes AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2004	all
21st	Jamie Green	Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes		all

Race calendar and results

round	Racetrack	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Hockenheimring	17th April		Mattias Ekström	Jamie Green	Jean Alesi	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2005
2	Lausitzring	1st of May		Gary Paffett	Mika Hakkinen	Gary Paffett	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2005
3	Spa Francorchamps	May 15		Mika Hakkinen	Mika Hakkinen	Mika Hakkinen	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2005
4th	Brno	June 5th		Gary Paffett	Martin Tomczyk	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2005
5	Oschersleben	June 26th		Tom Kristensen	Mattias Ekström	Gary Paffett	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2005
6th	Norisring	17th July		Tom Kristensen	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2005
7th	Nürburgring	August 7th		Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2005
8th	Zandvoort	August 28th		Bernd Schneider	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2005
9	Lausitzring	September 18		Jamie Green	Gary Paffett	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2005
10	Istanbul	October 2nd		Gary Paffett	Mika Hakkinen	Gary Paffett	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2005
11	Hockenheimring	23rd October		Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2005

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	LAU1	SPA	BRN	OSC	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	LAU2	IS	HOC2	Points
1	Gary Paffett	2	1	8th	4th	1	1	3	1	2	1	3	84
2	Mattias Ekström	5	4th	2	1	2	3	1	2	1	12	7th	71
3	Tom Kristensen	DNF	2	3	2	5	7th	2	4th	3	5	4th	56
4th	Bernd Schneider	3	17 *	17 *	DNF	4th	10	5	8th	DNF	3	1	32
5	Mika Hakkinen	8th	3	1	13	DNF	DNF	4th	12	12	2	15th	30th
6th	Jamie Green	6th	DNF	19 *	5	3	DNF	8th	7th	DNF	4th	2	29
7th	Jean Alesi	1	7th	4th	9	13	DNF	7th	DNF	8th	7th	13	22nd
8th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	DNF	14th	15th	3	14th	6th	12	3	7th	DNF	18 *	17th
9	Christian Dept.	4th	9	10	6th	12	2	10	10	DNF	DNF	14th	16
10	Allan McNish	11	DNF	18 *	7th	6th	4th	6th	15 *	9	15th	17th	13
11	Laurent Aïello	DNF	10	7th	16	7th	12 *	9	14th	4th	6th	9	12
11	Marcel Fässler	9	13	5	15th	8th	DNF	13	5	DNF	10	6th	12
13	Martin Tomczyk	DNF	12	6th	14th	DNF	5	11	6th	10	16 *	DNF	10
14th	Frank Stippler	10	6th	11	8th	9	DNF	14th	DNF	13	13	5	8th
15th	Pierre Kaffer	13 *	5	14th	12	17th	8th	18th	11	DNF	DNF	10	5
15th	Bruno Spengler	12	15 *	DNF	11	16	13 *	15th	9	6th	8th	8th	5
17th	Manuel Reuter	DNF	16	16 *	DNF	15th	9	20th	DNF	5	14th	12	4th
18th	Stefan Mücke	7th	8th	12	DNF	11	DNF	17th	DNF	DNF	9	11	3
19th	Alexandros Margaritis	DNF	DNF	9	17 *	18th	11	16	13	14th	11	DNF	0
19th	Rinaldo Capello	DNF	11	13	10	10	DNF	19th	DNF	11	DNF	16	0
space	driver	HOC1	LAU1	SPA	BRN	OSC	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	LAU2	IS	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	LAU1	SPA	BRN	OSC	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	LAU2	IS	HOC2	Points
1	Mercedes Benz	30th	19th	16	9	21st	10	18th	13	12	32	25th	205
2	Audi	9	20th	17th	24	15th	26th	21st	16	16	4th	11	179
3	Opel	0	0	6th	6th	3	3	0	10	11	3	3	45

Team evaluation

space	team	HOC1	LAU1	SPA	BRN	OSC	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	LAU2	IS	HOC2	Points
1	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	18th	12	6th	5	10	10	8th	10	9	12	6th	106
2	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	4th	5	11	10	8th	10	10	11	10	0	2	81
3	Audi Sport Team Dept.	0	8th	6th	10	7th	7th	11	5	6th	4th	5	69
4th	Vodafone / Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes	7th	6th	10	0	5	0	9	1	0	14th	10	62
5	Salzgitter / Junge used by Mercedes AMG-Mercedes	3	0	0	4th	6th	0	1	2	3	6th	9	34
6th	GMAC / Stern Team OPC	0	0	4th	6th	1	3	0	10	2	0	3	29
7th	Audi Sport Team Joest Racing	5	4th	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	21st
8th	Team OPC	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	9	3	0	16
9	Audi Sport Team Joest	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4th	8th
10	Mücke Motorsport	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

literature

• DTM Yearbook 2005 - The official book of the DTM . Heel Verlag GmbH, Königswinter 2005, ISBN 3-89880-526-3 .

Web links

• The 2005 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} DTM website: 2005: Pure excitement. From: www.dtm.com , accessed October 31, 2018 .