2010 DTM season

2010 DTM season

Champions
Driver:	Paul di Resta
Season dates
Number of races:	11
<2009 season	2011 season>

The 2010 DTM season was the eleventh DTM season . The first run took place on April 25, 2010 at the Hockenheimring . The season finale took place on November 28, for the first time since the DTM re-run in 2000, not at the Hockenheimring but in Shanghai .

A total of 11 races were held in Germany , Spain , the Netherlands , Great Britain , Italy and the People's Republic of China .

Overall winner was the Scot Paul di Resta in an AMG-Mercedes C-Class with 71 points.

history

For the 2010 season, the DTM regulations were “frozen” in order to reduce costs for the two manufacturers. Audi and Mercedes started the season with unchanged racing cars from the previous year.

The races in Zolder and the Sachsenring were canceled and replaced by races in Valencia and Shanghai . During the current season, in addition to the ten originally planned races, an eleventh race was planned in the Italian Adriatic Sea .

The Kolles team withdrew from the DTM after four years after the end of the 2009 season.

Former British Formula 1 driver David Coulthard started in the DTM for the first time and replaced the Austrian Mathias Lauda at Team Mücke Motorsport . Also new this season were Congfu Cheng for Persson Motorsport and Miguel Molina for Audi Sport Rookie Team Abt in the DTM. Before the season finale in Shanghai, Alexandre Prémat was replaced by Darryl O'Young on Team Phoenix .

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend	image
1	Timo Scheider	Audi Sport Team Dept.	Audi A4 DTM 2009	all
2	Oliver Jarvis			all
3	Gary Paffett	Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2009	all
4th	Bruno Spengler	Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG-Mercedes		all
5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2009	all
6th	Martin Tomczyk			all
7th	Paul di Resta	AMG Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2009	all
8th	Ralf Schumacher	Laureus AMG-Mercedes		all
9	Alexandre Prémat	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi A4 DTM 2008	1-10
	Darryl O'Young			11
10	Mike Rockenfeller			all
11	Jamie Green	Young star AMG Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2008	all
12	Susie Stoddart	TV feature film AMG-Mercedes		all
14th	Markus Winkelhock	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi A4 DTM 2008	all
15th	Katherine Legge			all
16	Maro Engel	GQ AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2008	all
17th	David Coulthard	Deutsche Post AMG-Mercedes		all
18th	Miguel Molina	Audi Sport Rookie Team Dept.	Audi A4 DTM 2008	all
21st	Congfu Cheng	AMG Mercedes star	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2008	all

Race calendar and results

round	Racetrack	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Hockenheimring	April 25	178.386 km	Gary Paffett	Bruno Spengler	Gary Paffett	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2009
2	Valencia	23. May	180.225 km	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2009
3	Lausitzring	6th of June	180.856 km	Paul di Resta	Mike Rockenfeller	Bruno Spengler	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2009
4th	Norisring	July 4th	188,600 km	Ralf Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher	Jamie Green	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2008
5	Nürburgring	8th August	177.821 km	Mattias Ekström	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2009
6th	Zandvoort	August 22nd	180.894 km	Timo Scheider	Timo Scheider	Gary Paffett	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2009
7th	Brands Hatch	5th September	189.042 km	Paul di Resta	Miguel Molina	Paul di Resta	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2009
8th	Oschersleben	September 19th	184.800 km	Paul di Resta	Timo Scheider	Paul di Resta	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2009
9	Hockenheimring	October 17th	175.592 km	Timo Scheider	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2009
10	Adriatic	October 31	159.418 km	Gary Paffett	Mattias Ekström	Timo Scheider	Audi A4 DTM 2009
11	Shanghai	November 28th	147,900 km	Paul di Resta	David Coulthard	Gary Paffett	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2009

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	VAL	LAU	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	BRH	OSC	HOC2	ADR	SHA	Points
1	Paul di Resta	4th	5	2	10	2	2	1	1	1	9	2	71
2	Gary Paffett	1	7th	5	6th	3	1	5	4th	4th	2	1	67
3	Bruno Spengler	2	2	1	3	1	7th	2	2	DNF	3	13	66
4th	Timo Scheider	7th	4th	8th	5	4th	3	3	11	2	1	3	53
5	Mattias Ekström	6th	1	DNF	2	7th	4th	DNF	3	DNF	8th	9	35
6th	Jamie Green	3	9	3	1	5	10	10	7th	8th	12	6th	32
7th	Mike Rockenfeller	5	6th	4th	12	9	13	9	5	3	16	12	22nd
8th	Martin Tomczyk	17 *	DSQ	6th	8th	13	8th	7th	8th	5	6th	4th	20th
9	Oliver Jarvis	DNF	14 *	11	4th	11	6th	6th	13	6th	5	17th	18th
10	Miguel Molina	8th	8th	13	DNF	14th	5	4th	DNF	DNF	17 *	5	15th
11	Alexandre Prémat	10	3	DNF	7th	DNF	11	8th	6th	DNF	DNF		12
12	Markus Winkelhock	15th	15 *	10	DNF	DNF	DNS	15 *	DNF	DNF	4th	7th	7th
13	Susie Stoddart	11	10	7th	15th	DNF	15th	DNF	10	7th	14th	11	4th
14th	Ralf Schumacher	9	DNF	9	11	6th	9	DNF	9	DNF	11	10	3
14th	Maro Engel	16	11	15th	9	8th	DNF	11	12	9	7th	16	3
16	David Coulthard	12	13 *	DNF	13	10	12	12	14th	DNF	10	8th	1
17th	Congfu Cheng	13	12	12	14th	12	16	13	DNF	DNF	13	15th	0
17th	Katherine Legge	14th	DNS	14th	16	15th	14th	14th	DNF	DNF	15th	14th	0
17th	Darryl O'Young											DNS	0
space	driver	HOC1	VAL	LAU	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	BRH	OSC	HOC2	ADR	SHA	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	VAL	LAU	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	BRH	OSC	HOC2	ADR	SHA	Points
1	Salzgitter / Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG-Mercedes	18th	10	14th	9	16	12	12	13	5	14th	10	133
2	Laureus AMG-Mercedes	5	4th	8th	0	11	8th	10	10	10	0	8th	74
3	Audi Sport Team Dept.	2	5	1	9	5	9	9	0	11	14th	6th	71
4th	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	3	10	3	9	2	6th	2	7th	4th	4th	5	55
5	TV feature film / Junge Sterne AMG-Mercedes	6th	0	8th	10	4th	0	0	2	3	0	3	36
6th	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	4th	9	5	2	0	0	1	7th	6th	0	0	34
7th	Audi Sport Rookie Team Dept.	1	1	0	0	0	4th	5	0	0	0	4th	15th
8th	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	7th
9	Deutsche Post / GQ AMG-Mercedes	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	4th

Web links

• The 2010 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} DTM website: 2010: The tide has turned. From: www.dtm.com , accessed December 14, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Motorsport-Total - website: Freezing for 2010 now also official. From: www.motorsport-total.com , August 2, 2009, accessed on December 14, 2018 . 
3. ^ Motorsport-Total - Website: Official: Additional races in October in Adria. From: www.motorsport-total.com , July 15, 2010, accessed on December 14, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Motorsport-Total - Website: Before Shanghai: Audi throws Prémat out! From: www.motorsport-total.com , November 17, 2010, accessed on December 14, 2018 .