German Touring Car Masters 2006

2006 DTM season

Champions
Driver:	Bernd Schneider
Season dates
Number of races:	10
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The German Touring Car Masters 2006 was the seventh season of the German Touring Car Masters ( DTM ). The first run took place on April 9, 2006 at the Hockenheimring and the season finale also took place on October 29 at the Hockenheimring.

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

Overall winner was Bernd Schneider in an AMG-Mercedes C-Class with 71 points. He was able to secure his fifth championship title after 1995, 2000, 2001 and 2003.

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend
2	Bernd Schneider	Vodafone AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2006	all
3	Jamie Green	Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes		all
4th	Martin Tomczyk	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2006	all
5	Mattias Ekström			all
6th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Audi Sport Team Dept.		all
7th	Tom Kristensen			all
8th	Mika Hakkinen	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2006	all
9	Bruno Spengler			all
10	Jean Alesi	AMG Mercedes star	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2005	all
11	Alexandros Margaritis	Easy Rent AMG-Mercedes		all
12	Christian Dept.	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi A4 DTM 2005	all
14th	Pierre Kaffer			all
15th	Frank Stippler	Audi Sport Team Rosberg		all
16	Timo Scheider			all
17th	Stefan Mücke	TV feature film AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2005	all
18th	Daniel la Rosa	TrekStor AMG-Mercedes		all
19th	Olivier Tielemans	Futurecom TME	Audi A4 DTM 2004	1-3
	Jeroen Bleekemolen			4, 5
	Nicolas Kiesa			6-8
	Thed Bjork			9, 10
20th	Vanina Ickx			all
21st	Mathias Lauda	Young Used AMG Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2004	all
22nd	Susie Stoddart	AutoScout 24 AMG-Mercedes		all

Season course

At the start at Hockenheim on April 9th, the German Bernd Schneider won the varied race with confidence and celebrated his 40th DTM victory of his career. Danish Tom Kristensen crossed the finish line in second place, 4.286 seconds back. Third place went to the German Heinz-Harald Frentzen for Audi .

Bernd Schneider was also able to celebrate his second victory in a row three weeks later at the EuroSpeedway . Second and third were Tom Kristensen and Mika Häkkinen . 76,000 visitors made the racing weekend at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz a complete success.

In Oschersleben there was tension in the fight for the DTM title. In the first two races of the season Mercedes-Benz won twice and in the third race of the season Tom Kristensen won for Audi, places two and three went to the Canadian Bruno Spengler and the Briton Jamie Green . Bernd Schneider finished fifth in the race.

In beautiful sunshine at Brands Hatch , England , 21,500 fans experienced a hot DTM race over the weekend. Kristensen seemed the sure winner, but had to park his car with problems 16 laps to go. The winner was the Swede Mattias Ekström , second and third were Jamie Green and Bernd Schneider. Schneider leads in the overall standings 4 points ahead of Kristensen.

Victory premiere at the audience record. Bruno Spengler is the winner of a turbulent and thrilling DTM race at the Norisring . Second and third were Bernd Schneider and Mika Häkkinen. After an outstanding performance, Stefan Mücke finished fourth in last year's car and completed the four-fold success for Mercedes-Benz. The best Audi driver was Tom Kristensen.

After his victory at the Norisring, Bruno Spengler also won the Nürburgring . Bernd Schneider was second, 10.7 seconds behind, and Martin Tomczyk in the Audi A4 was third, 1.8 seconds behind .

On Friday evening, Tom Kristensen went for a swim in the Audi paper boat race, but he was the first to confidently cross the finish line in his Audi A4 at the seventh DTM round of the season in Zandvoort . Kristensen celebrated his second DTM victory of the year in front of the Dutch record crowd of 78,500 spectators at the weekend. Schneider was second and Tomczyk third.

German Audi driver Martin Tomczyk celebrated his first DTM victory in Barcelona, ​​Spain . Bernd Schneider and Heinz-Harald Frentzen finished second and third respectively. Jamie Green (Salzgitter AMG Mercedes), Pierre Kaffer (Audi Sport Team Phoenix), Nicolas Kiesa and Vanina Ickx (both Futurecom TME) were eliminated in the first lap after a crash.

Bruno Spengler won the race at Le Mans in France for the third time . Mika Häkkinen and Tom Kristensen went second and third. Schneider became DTM champion early in fifth place, this is his fifth title.

At the finale at the Hockenheimring, the Canadian Bruno Spengler won the race for the fourth time. Jamie Green and Tom Kristensen came in second and third. The champion finished fourth in the race.

Race calendar and results

round	Racetrack	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Hockenheimring	9th April	169.238 km	Jamie Green	Bruno Spengler	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2006
2	Lausitzring	April, 30th	165.216 km	Jamie Green	Bruno Spengler	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2006
3	Oschersleben	May 21	161.348 km	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Audi A4 DTM 2006
4th	Brands Hatch	2nd July	167.705 km	Tom Kristensen	Bernd Schneider	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2006
5	Norisring	July 23	170.200 km	Jamie Green	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2006
6th	Nürburgring	20th of August	156.047 km	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2006
7th	Zandvoort	September 3	163.666 km	Jamie Green	Mika Hakkinen	Tom Kristensen	Audi A4 DTM 2006
8th	Barcelona	September 24th	171.199 km	Martin Tomczyk	Bernd Schneider	Martin Tomczyk	Audi A4 DTM 2006
9	Le Mans	15th October	163.020 km	Bruno Spengler	Mika Hakkinen	Bruno Spengler	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2006
10	Hockenheimring	October 29th	169.238 km	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jamie Green	Bruno Spengler	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2006

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 16 drivers made it into the points classification.

space	driver	HOC1	LAU	OSC	BRH	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	CAT	BUG	HOC2	Points
1	Bernd Schneider	1	1	5	3	2	2	2	2	5	4th	71
2	Bruno Spengler	9	5	2	7th	1	1	4th	5	1	1	63
3	Tom Kristensen	2	2	1	18 *	5	5	1	9	3	3	56
4th	Martin Tomczyk	7th	8th	6th	4th	16 *	3	3	1	4th	5	42
5	Jamie Green	DNF	4th	3	2	DNF	9	8th	DNF	6th	2	31
6th	Mika Hakkinen	4th	3	9	11	3	12	11	11	2	DNF	25th
7th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	13	4th	17 *	11	6th	5	3	10	14 *	24
8th	Mattias Ekström	DNF	DSQ	7th	1	6th	8th	13	4th	DNF	12 *	21st
9	Jean Alesi	6th	7th	8th	6th	DNF	4th	DNF	14th	11	8th	15th
10	Timo Scheider	8th	9	14th	10	7th	7th	6th	DNF	8th	6th	12
11	Alexandros Margaritis	5	6th	20 *	8th	DNF	15th	DNF	8th	7th	13 *	11
12	Stefan Mücke	DNF	12	12	13	4th	11	7th	12	15th	DNF	7th
13	Christian Dept.	DNF	DNF	17th	5	10	10	DNF	10	9	7th	6th
14th	Frank Stippler	12	11	13	DNF	9	DNF	14th	6th	DNF	DNF	3
15th	Daniel la Rosa	14th	DNF	11	12	15 *	16	10	7th	DNF	DNF	2
16	Pierre Kaffer	DNF	10	10	9	8th	14th	9	DNF	12	NC	1
17th	Susie Stoddart	10	15th	15th	16	14 *	DNF	12	15th	13	9	0
17th	Mathias Lauda	11	14th	16	15th	DNF	13	15th	13	DNF	10	0
17th	Vanina Ickx	15th	16	18th	DNF	13	18th	DNF	DNF	16	11	0
17th	Olivier Tielemans	13	17th	19th								0
17th	Jeroen Bleekemolen				14th	12						0
17th	Nicolas Kiesa						17th	16	DNF			0
17th	Thed Bjork									14th	15 *	0
space	driver	HOC1	LAU	OSC	BRH	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	CAT	BUG	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

Team evaluation

space	team	HOC1	LAU	OSC	BRH	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	CAT	BUG	HOC2	Points
1	Vodafone / Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes	10	15th	10	14th	8th	8th	9	8th	7th	13	102
2	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	5	10	8th	2	16	10	5	4th	18th	10	88
3	Audi Sport Team Dept.	14th	8th	15th	0	4th	7th	14th	6th	6th	6th	80
4th	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	2	1	5	15th	3	7th	6th	15th	5	4th	63
5	Stern / Easy Rent AMG-Mercedes	7th	5	1	4th	0	5	0	1	2	1	26th
6th	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	1	3	15th
7th	TV feature film / TrekStor AMG-Mercedes	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	2	0	0	9
8th	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	0	0	0	4th	1	0	0	0	0	2	7th
9	AutoScout24 / Junge Used AMG-Mercedes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Futurecom TME	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Web links

• The 2006 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} DTM website: 2006: Schneider's High Five. From: www.dtm.com , accessed November 2, 2018 .