German Touring Car Masters 2004

2004 DTM season

Champions
Driver:	Mattias Ekström
Season dates
Number of races:	11
<2003 season	2005 season>

The German Touring Car Masters 2004 was the fifth season of the German Touring Car Masters ( DTM ). The first run took place on April 18, 2004 at the Hockenheimring and the season finale also took place on October 3 at the Hockenheimring.

A total of 11 races were held in Germany , Portugal , Italy , the Czech Republic , the Netherlands and the People's Republic of China . The invitation race held in Shanghai on July 18 was not counted towards the DTM championship.

The overall winner was the Swede Mattias Ekström in the Audi A4 DTM with 74 points.

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend
1	Bernd Schneider	Vodafone AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2004	all
2	Christijan Albers	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes		all
3	Marcel Fässler	OPC Team Phoenix	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004	all
4th	Laurent Aïello			1-5, 7-11
5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Dept.	Audi A4 DTM 2004	all
6th	Martin Tomczyk			all
7th	Gary Paffett	AMG Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2004	all
8th	Jean Alesi			all
9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004	all
10	Manuel Reuter			1-5, 7-11
11	Christian Dept.	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2004	all
12	Tom Kristensen			all
14th	Peter Dumbreck	OPC Team Phoenix	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004	1-5, 7-11
15th	Timo Scheider	OPC Team Holzer		all
16	Jeroen Bleekemolen	OPC Euroteam	Opel Astra V8 Coupe 2003	all
17th	Markus Winkelhock	Original parts AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2003	all
18th	Stefan Mücke			all
20th	Jarek Janiš	Sonax Dark Dog AMG-Mercedes		all
21st	Bernd Mayländer			all
22nd	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Infineon Team Joest	Audi A4 DTM 2004	6th
23	Peter Terting	Audi Sport Team Dept.	Abt-Audi TT-R 2003	6th
44	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport Infineon Team Joest	Audi A4 DTM 2004	all
45	Frank Biela			all

Race calendar and results

round	Racetrack	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Hockenheimring	April 18	169.238 km	Jean Alesi	Bernd Schneider	Gary Paffett	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2004
2	Estoril	2.May	154.771 km	Mattias Ekström	Gary Paffett	Christijan Albers	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2004
3	Adriatic	May 16	126.994 km	Mattias Ekström	Bernd Schneider	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2004
4th	Lausitzring	6th of June	167.758 km	Christijan Albers	Bernd Schneider	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2004
5	Norisring	June 27th	165,600 km	Jean Alesi	Bernd Schneider	Gary Paffett	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2004
6th	Shanghai	July 18th	62.480 km	Gary Paffett	Bernd Schneider	Gary Paffett	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2004
7th	Nürburgring	August 1st	148.789 km	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2004
8th	Oschersleben	8th August	154.014 km	Martin Tomczyk	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Audi A4 DTM 2004
9	Zandvoort	5th September	43.070 km	Mattias Ekström	Christijan Albers	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2004
10	Brno	September 19th	162.090 km	Mattias Ekström	Manuel Reuter	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2004
11	Hockenheimring	October 3	169.238 km	Martin Tomczyk	Mattias Ekström	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2004

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	EST	ADR	LAU	NOR	SHA	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	BRN	HOC2	Points
1	Mattias Ekström	3	2	1	1	4th	3	2	5	1	1	6th	74
2	Gary Paffett	1	13	4th	DSQ	1	1	1	4th	4th	3	3	57
3	Christijan Albers	2	1	2	2	2	6th	16 *	12	3	DNF	7th	50
4th	Tom Kristensen	4th	4th	10	10	6th	DNF	5	1	6th	2	4th	43
5	Martin Tomczyk	5	3	8th	14th	5	DNF	DNF	2	2	DNF	2	39
6th	Bernd Schneider	17 *	5	11	3	3	2	3	DNF	5	10	1	36
7th	Jean Alesi	DNF	7th	3	5	10	4th	7th	10	11	8th	5	19th
8th	Timo Scheider	8th	6th	5	16	DNF	DNF	6th	7th	12	7th	9	15th
9	Marcel Fässler	DNF	20 *	DNF	7th	DNF	14 *	4th	8th	10	4th	DNF	13
10	Laurent Aïello	9	8th	6th	4th	DNF		9	6th	DNF	15th	DNF	12
11	Emanuele Pirro	7th	11	9	6th	9	DNF	11	15th	7th	5	DNF	11
12	Manuel Reuter	10	16	13	8th	8th		12	3	8th	12	DNF	9
13	Peter Dumbreck	6th	9	DNF	11	7th		8th	11	DNF	9	DNF	6th
14th	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	11	12	12	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	14th	DNF	6th	12	3
15th	Stefan Mücke	18 *	14th	7th	DNF	15 *	10	10	17th	17th	11	10	2
16	Christian Dept.	DNF	10	DNF	9	14 *	DNF	13	9	DNF	12	8th	1
17th	Frank Biela	16	15th	DNF	12	11	13	DNF	13	9	14th	11	0
17th	Jeroen Bleekemolen	12	19th	14th	17th	12	12	14th	18th	13	17th	DNF	0
17th	Markus Winkelhock	15th	17th	DNF	13	DNF	9	DNF	16	14th	18th	13	0
17th	Bernd Mayländer	14th	18th	DNF	DNF	13	DNS	15th	19th	15th	16	14th	0
17th	Jarek Janiš	13	DNF	DNF	15th	16 *	8th	DNF	20 *	16	DNF	DNF	0
17th	Rinaldo Capello						5						0
17th	Peter Terting						11						0
space	driver	HOC1	EST	ADR	LAU	NOR	SHA	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	BRN	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

Remarks

1. ↑ The race in Shanghai was not part of the championship.

Brand valuation

space	constructor	HOC1	EST	ADR	LAU	NOR	SHA	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	BRN	HOC2	Points
1	Audi	17th	19th	11	13	12	0	12	22nd	23	22nd	17th	168
2	Mercedes Benz	18th	16	21st	18th	24	0	18th	5	15th	7th	22nd	164
3	Opel	4th	4th	7th	8th	3	0	9	12	1	10	0	58

Team evaluation

space	team	HOC1	EST	ADR	LAU	NOR	SHA	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	BRN	HOC2	Points
1	Audi Sport Team Dept.	10	14th	11	10	9	0	8th	12	18th	10	11	113
2	Vodafone / DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	8th	14th	8th	14th	14th	0	6th	0	10	0	12	86
3	AMG Mercedes	10	2	11	4th	10	0	12	5	5	7th	10	76
4th	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	5	5	0	0	3	0	4th	10	3	8th	6th	44
5	OPC Team Phoenix	3	1	3	7th	2	0	6th	4th	0	5	0	31
6th	OPC Team Holzer	1	3	4th	1	1	0	3	8th	1	5	0	27
7th	Audi Sport Infineon Team Joest	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	4th	0	11
8th	Original parts AMG-Mercedes	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
9	OPC Euroteam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Sonax Dark Dog AMG-Mercedes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Web links

• The 2004 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} DTM website: 2004: Perfect comeback. From: www.dtm.com , accessed October 19, 2018 .