2008 DTM season

2008 DTM season

Champions
Driver:	Timo Scheider
Season dates
Number of races:	11
<2007 season	2009 season>

The 2008 DTM season was the ninth DTM season . The first run took place on April 13, 2008 at the Hockenheimring and the season finale also took place on October 26 at the Hockenheimring.

A total of 11 races were held in Germany , Italy , the Netherlands , Great Britain , Spain and France .

Timo Scheider was the overall winner in the Audi A4 DTM with 75 points.

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend	image
1	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2008	all
2	Martin Tomczyk			all
3	Bruno Spengler	Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2008	all
4th	Paul di Resta			all
5	Jamie Green	Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes		all
6th	Bernd Schneider	Original parts AMG-Mercedes		all
7th	Gary Paffett	AMG Mercedes star	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2007	all
8th	Mathias Lauda	Pixum AMG-Mercedes		all
9	Tom Kristensen	Audi Sport Team Dept.	Audi A4 DTM 2008	all
10	Timo Scheider			all
11	Ralf Schumacher	Trilux AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2007	all
12	Maro Engel	Young star AMG Mercedes		all
14th	Alexandre Prémat	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi A4 DTM 2007	all
15th	Oliver Jarvis			all
16	Susie Stoddart	TV feature film AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2007	all
18th	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi A4 DTM 2007	all
19th	Markus Winkelhock			all
20th	Katherine Legge	Futurecom TME	Audi A4 DTM 2006	all
21st	Christijan Albers			all

Race calendar and results

round	Racetrack	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Hockenheimring	April 13th	169.239 km	Timo Scheider	Paul di Resta	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2008
2	Oschersleben	20th of April	162.624 km	Timo Scheider	Timo Scheider	Timo Scheider	Audi A4 DTM 2008
3	Mugello	May 4th	173.085 km	Timo Scheider	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2008
4th	Lausitzring	May 18	180.856 km	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2008
5	Norisring	June 29th	170.200 km	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	Jamie Green	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2008
6th	Zandvoort	July 13th	163.666 km	Mattias Ekström	Tom Kristensen	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2008
7th	Nürburgring	July 27th	156.047 km	Tom Kristensen	Martin Tomczyk	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2008
8th	Brands Hatch	August 31	158.178 km	Timo Scheider	Timo Scheider	Timo Scheider	Audi A4 DTM 2008
9	Barcelona	21st September	172.666 km	Bernd Schneider	Tom Kristensen	Paul di Resta	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2008
10	Le Mans	5th October	179.955 km	Tom Kristensen	Paul di Resta	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2008
11	Hockenheimring	October 26th	169.238 km	Mattias Ekström	Paul di Resta	Timo Scheider	Audi A4 DTM 2008

Season course

Special events - Nürburgring

Qualifying training was initially interrupted in Q2 due to heavy rain after an accident by Mike Rockenfeller , then canceled. Q3 was not started. According to the regulations, the times from Q1 were counted for the starting grid.

In the race itself there was a mistake by the Audi management team: As rain was forecast for the race, Audi put rain tires on almost all drivers except Christijan Albers , Katherine Legge and Oliver Jarvis . But the predicted rain did not materialize. Timo Scheider , Mattias Ekström and Markus Winkelhock came after the formation lap to the box , the other driver followed after the first lap. Due to the additional pit stop, which could not be counted as a mandatory pit stop, the Audi fell behind in the field, so that Mercedes-Benz temporarily led the field with seven cars. Due to Audi's wrong decision, Bernd Schneider won his first race of the season ahead of teammates Paul di Resta and Jamie Green . The best Audi driver was Timo Scheider in 5th place.

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 15 drivers made it into the points classification.

space	driver	HOC1	OSC	MUG	LAU	NOR	ZAN	ONLY	BRH	CAT	BUG	HOC2	Points
1	Timo Scheider	2	1	10	2	3	2	5	1	2	6th	1	75
2	Paul di Resta	13	4th	2	1	5	7th	2	2	1	2	2	71
3	Mattias Ekström	1	8th	6th	3	4th	1	6th	3	DSQ	1	7th	56
4th	Jamie Green	6th	5	1	5	1	6th	3	4th	8th	10	3	52
5	Bruno Spengler	4th	3	9	6th	2	5	7th	6th	DNF	7th	4th	38
6th	Bernd Schneider	8th	12	4th	7th	6th	9	1	9	3	5	6th	34
7th	Martin Tomczyk	5	2	17th	4th	DNF	4th	DNF	5	4th	DNF	8th	32
8th	Tom Kristensen	3	19 *	3	16	7th	3	DNF	7th	12	8th	5	27
9	Gary Paffett	7th	11	12	10	DSQ	11	4th	8th	DSQ	4th	11	13
10	Alexandre Prémat	11	9	8th	DSQ	14th	DNF	14th	10	6th	3	13	10
11	Mike Rockenfeller	10	7th	14th	9	13	10	15th	13	5	9	9	6th
12	Markus Winkelhock	12	6th	7th	DNF	11	8th	9	11	11	11	DNF	6th
13	Oliver Jarvis	9	15th	5	8th	12	17 *	13	12	9	DNF	10	5
14th	Ralf Schumacher	14th	10	DNF	13	16 *	12	8th	15th	7th	DNF	14th	3
15th	Mathias Lauda	15th	13	16	12	8th	13	10	16	DNF	15th	DNF	1
16	Christijan Albers	DNF	16	13	14th	DNF	DNF	11	14th	10	13	DNF	0
16	Maro Engel	17th	18 *	11	11	9	14th	DNF	17th	13	14th	12	0
16	Katherine Legge	18th	17th	18th	15th	15th	16 *	DNF	18th	DNF	16	NC	0
16	Susie Stoddart	16	14th	15th	17 *	10	15th	12	19th	DNF	12	DNF	0
space	driver	HOC1	OSC	MUG	LAU	NOR	ZAN	ONLY	BRH	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	OSC	MUG	LAU	NOR	ZAN	ONLY	BRH	CAT	BUG	HOC2	Points
1	Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG-Mercedes	5	11	8th	13	12	6th	10	11	10	10	13	109
2	Audi Sport Team Dept.	14th	10	6th	8th	8th	14th	4th	12	8th	4th	14th	102
3	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	14th	9	3	11	5	15th	3	10	5	10	3	88
4th	Salzgitter / Original Parts AMG-Mercedes	4th	4th	15th	6th	13	3	16	5	7th	4th	9	86
5	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	6th	0	15th
6th	Stern / Pixum AMG-Mercedes	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	5	0	14th
7th	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	4th	0	0	12
8th	Trilux / Young Stars AMG-Mercedes	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3
9	TV feature film AMG-Mercedes	0	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	0

Web links

• The 2008 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} DTM - website: 2008: What takes a long time ... At: www.dtm.com , accessed on November 30, 2018 .