2008 DTM season
Champions | |
Driver: | Timo Scheider |
Season dates | |
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Number of races: | 11 |
<2007 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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 | ||
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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 |
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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
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d DTM - website: 2008: What takes a long time ... At: www.dtm.com , accessed on November 30, 2018 .