2013 DTM season

2013 DTM season

Champions
Driver:	Mike Rockenfeller
Manufacturer:	BMW
Team:	Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Season dates
Number of races:	10
<2012 season	2014 season>

The 2013 DTM season was the 27th DTM season and the 14th since the series was re-established in 2000. The season began on May 5th in Hockenheim and ended on October 20th at the same point. Mike Rockenfeller was the first champion in an Audi RS 5 DTM from Team Phoenix . BMW was able to successfully defend the manufacturer's title.

Sporting and technical changes

Manufacturer

For the 2013 season, Audi renamed the vehicles previously used under the name Audi A5 DTM to Audi RS 5 DTM .

Teams

BMW increased its line-up from six to eight vehicles. The BMW Team MTEK entered the DTM in the course of this.

Mercedes reduced its vehicles from eight to six. In the course of this, they separated from Persson Motorsport .

Regulations

For the 2013 season, the DTM used the Drag Reduction System (DRS) already known from Formula 1 , which enables the rear wing to be folded down and thus reduces aerodynamic drag. If the distance to the vehicle in front was a maximum of two seconds - measured at the start-finish line - the driver behind was allowed to use the DRS once in this lap at any point. DRS was not allowed to be used in the first and last three laps of a race and the first three laps after a safety car phase.

Also known from Formula 1 was a second, softer tire compound that had to be used once in the race. This "option tire" allowed lap times to be 1 to 1.5 seconds faster, but deteriorated much faster than the standard tire.

The previous pit stop window regulation was no longer applicable, but each pilot still had to complete two mandatory pit stops per race. It was not allowed to stop in the first and last three laps of a race. A stop that was necessary due to a tire damage, for example, did not count as a mandatory pit stop.

Technically, the vehicles remained unchanged compared to the previous season. Only the rear tire was widened from 310 to 320 mm.

Teams and drivers

All teams used Hankook tires .

team	vehicle	No.	driver	run
BMW team blunder	BMW M3 DTM 2012	01	Bruno Spengler	1-10
		02	Dirk Werner	1-10
EURONICS / THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé 2012	03	Gary Paffett	1-10
		04th	Roberto Merhi	1-10
Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi RS 5 DTM 2012	05	Edoardo Mortara	1-10
		06th	Filipe Albuquerque	1-10
BMW team RBM	BMW M3 DTM 2012	07th	Augusto Farfus	1-10
		08th	Joey hand	1-10
STIHL / AMG Mercedes	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé 2012	09	Christian Vietoris	1-10
		10	Robert Wickens	1-10
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi RS 5 DTM 2012	11	Mattias Ekström	1-10
		12	Jamie Green	1-10
BMW Team RMG	BMW M3 DTM 2012	15th	Martin Tomczyk	1-10
		16	Andy Priaulx	1-10
star / AMG Mercedes	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé 2012	17th	Daniel Juncadella	1-10
		18th	Pascal Wehrlein	1-10
Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS 5 DTM 2012	19th	Mike Rockenfeller	1-10
		20th	Miguel Molina	1-10
BMW Team MTEK	BMW M3 DTM 2012	21st	Marco Wittmann	1-10
		22nd	Timo Glock	1-10
Audi Sport Team Dept.	Audi RS 5 DTM 2012	23	Timo Scheider	1-10
		24	Adrien Tambay	1-10

Changes in the drivers

The following list contains all drivers who took part in the 2012 DTM season and who did not start for the same team in the 2013 season as in 2012.

Drivers who have changed their team:

• Jamie Green : Mercedes AMG → Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
• Joey Hand : BMW-Team-RMG → BMW-Team-RBM
• Roberto Merhi : Junge Sterne / TV feature film Mercedes AMG → EURONICS / THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG
• Andy Priaulx : BMW-Team-RBM → BMW-Team-RMG
• Robert Wickens : DHL Paket / stern Mercedes AMG → STIHL / AMG Mercedes

Drivers entering or returning to the DTM:

• Timo Glock : Formula 1 ( Marussia F1 Team ) → BMW-Team-MTEK
• Daniel Juncadella : Formula 3 Euro Series ( Prema Powerteam ) → stern / AMG Mercedes
• Pascal Wehrlein : Formula 3 Euro Series (Mücke Motorsport) → stern / AMG Mercedes
• Marco Wittmann : DTM test driver (BMW) → BMW Team MTEK

Drivers who have left the DTM:

• David Coulthard : DHL Paket / star Mercedes AMG → End of career
• Rahel Frey : ABT Sportsline → ADAC GT Masters ( Prosperia C. Abt Racing )
• Ralf Schumacher : Mercedes AMG → End of career
• Susie Wolff : Young Stars / TV feature film Mercedes AMG → Formula 1 test driver ( Williams F1 Team )

Race calendar and results

The racing calendar has been slightly modified compared to the previous season. The race at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia was no longer part of the racing calendar this year, but the Moscow Raceway in the Russian city of Wolokolamsk was added to the DTM calendar for the first time.

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest race lap	Overall leading driver	Overall leading manufacturer
01	5th of May	Hockenheim	Augusto Farfus	Dirk Werner	Christian Vietoris	Timo Scheider	Augusto Farfus	Augusto Farfus	BMW
02	May 19th	Brands Hatch	Mike Rockenfeller	Bruno Spengler	Robert Wickens	Mike Rockenfeller	Gary Paffett	Mike Rockenfeller
03	2th of June	Spielberg	Bruno Spengler	Marco Wittmann	Timo Glock	Bruno Spengler	Marco Wittmann	Bruno Spengler
04th	June 16	Klettwitz	Gary Paffett	Mike Rockenfeller	Christian Vietoris	Christian Vietoris	Mike Rockenfeller	Mike Rockenfeller
05	July 14th	Nuremberg	-	Robert Wickens	Christian Vietoris	Robert Wickens	Christian Vietoris
06th	4th of August	Volokolamsk	Mike Rockenfeller	Mattias Ekström	Augusto Farfus	Mike Rockenfeller	Adrien Tambay
07th	18th of August	Nürburg	Robert Wickens	Augusto Farfus	Christian Vietoris	Augusto Farfus	Pascal Wehrlein
08th	September 15th	Oschersleben	Augusto Farfus	Mike Rockenfeller	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Joey hand
09	September 29th	Zandvoort	Augusto Farfus	Mike Rockenfeller	Timo Scheider	Marco Wittmann	Marco Wittmann		Audi
10	the 20th of October	Hockenheim	Timo Glock	Roberto Merhi	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	Christian Vietoris		BMW

1. ↑ First place in the race at the Norisring was not awarded after the winner Mattias Ekström was subsequently disqualified.

Championship results

Point system

Points were awarded to the first 10 classified drivers in the following number:

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.
Points	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

Driver ranking

Item	driver	Manufacturer	HO1	BRH	RBR	LAU	NOR	MOS	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	HO2	Points
01	M. Rockenfeller	Audi	8th	1	4th	2	5	1	4th	2	2	16	142
02	A. Farfus	BMW	1	DNF	6th	12	16	3	2	1	1	11	116
03	B. Spengler	BMW	5	2	1	7th	6th	19th	14th	21 *	13	3	82
04th	C. Vietoris	Mercedes	3	8th	7th	3	3	10	3	18th	17th	7th	77
05	R. Wickens	Mercedes	DNF	3	12	4th	2	12	1	DNF	15th	18th	70
06th	G. Paffett	Mercedes	4th	6th	9	1	18 *	5	17th	6th	9	9	69
07th	M. Ekström	Audi	DNF	7th	5	8th	DSQ	2	13	7th	4th	4th	68
08th	M. Wittmann	BMW	9	4th	2	21 *	10	15th	7th	12	5	DSQ	49
09	T. Glock	BMW	DNF	13	3	14th	13	16	18th	15th	19th	1	40
10	T. Scheider	Audi	6th	9	16	20th	DNF	9	DNF	5	3	13	37
11	J. Green	Audi	14th	15th	18th	5	19 *	6th	9	3	14th	12	35
12	J. Hand	BMW	7th	5	DNF	15th	8th	7th	DNF	16	7th	20th	32
13	D. Werner	BMW	2	12	8th	13	11	8th	15th	13	21 *	8th	30th
14th	A. Tambay	Audi	DNF	18th	11	11	15th	4th	6th	9	6th	14th	30th
15th	R. Merhi	Mercedes	10	16	20th	10	7th	14th	19th	14th	DNF	2	26th
16	D. Juncadella	Mercedes	12	20th	13	6th	4th	18th	DNF	17th	18th	10	21st
17th	M. Molina	Audi	15th	11	14th	16	14th	DNF	8th	8th	10	5	19th
18th	F. Albuquerque	Audi	16	17th	17th	18th	12	13	11	4th	8th	DNF	16
19th	M. Tomczyk	BMW	13	14th	DNF	19th	DNF	17th	5	20 *	11	19th	10
20th	A. Priaulx	BMW	17 *	19th	19th	22nd	9	20th	16	19th	20th	6th	10
21st	E. Mortara	Audi	DNF	21 *	15th	9	17 *	DNF	12	10	16	15th	3
22nd	P. Wehrlein	Mercedes	11	10	10	17th	20 *	11	10	11	12	17th	3
Item	driver	Manufacturer	HO1	BRH	RBR	LAU	NOR	MOS	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	HO2	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

Manufacturer rating

Item	Manufacturer	HO1	BRH	RBR	LAU	NOR	MOS	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	HO2	Points
1	BMW	61	40	70	6th	15th	25th	34	25th	41	52	369
2	Audi	12	33	22nd	34	10	65	26th	65	58	22nd	347
3	Mercedes	28	28	9	61	51	11	41	8th	2	27	266

1. ↑ According to the regulations, only the points of the best six vehicles were included in the manufacturers' classification (eight vehicles in the points)

Web links

• The 2013 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mercedes teams: Persson is out. Motorsport-Total.com, February 11, 2013, accessed February 11, 2013 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} DTM specifies regulations: pit stop window closes. Motorsport-Total.com, April 9, 2013, accessed May 29, 2013 . 
3. ↑ DRS & Option-Reifen: Regulations become specific. Motorsport-Total.com, March 29, 2013, accessed May 29, 2013 . 
4. ↑ DTM cars 2013: Technical data. Motorsport-Total.com, May 2, 2013, accessed May 29, 2013 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Markus Lüttgens and Stefanie Szlapka: Wittmann secures BMW cockpit. Motorsport-Total.com, December 1, 2012, accessed January 13, 2012 . 
6. ^ Roman Wittemeier: Paffett: The developer at Mercedes. Motorsport-Total.com, June 17, 2011, accessed January 25, 2013 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} René Fagnan: Mercedes confirms Merhi et Wickens for 2013. auto123.com, October 3, 2012, accessed on January 25, 2013 (English). 
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Audi confirms seven drivers for 2013. Number 8 is hoping. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 19, 2012, accessed January 25, 2013 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Mercedes squad stands: Gary, Ralf and the young wild ones. Motorsport-Total.com, February 20, 2013, accessed February 20, 2013 . 
10. ↑ Karin Sturm: Schumacher ends DTM career. Change to another position. Motorsport-Magazin.com, March 16, 2013, accessed March 16, 2013 . 
11. ↑ Audi: Molina is allowed to run again in 2013. Frey from the DTM racing car to the sports car. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 4, 2013, accessed February 4, 2013 . 
12. ↑ BMW signs Glock. Motorsport-Total.com, January 25, 2013, accessed January 25, 2013 .