2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Bernd Schneider (left) won his fourth Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Championship while Bruno Spengler (right) finished second in the championship.

The 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twentieth season of premier German touring car championship and also seventh season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series was resumed in 2000. The number of race weekends was reduced, from eleven in 2005, to ten for the 2006 season. Each track hosted one race, with the exception of Hockenheim, which hosted two. As in 2005, each event consisted of one race of approximately one hour, with two compulsory pit stops for each car. The Championship was won by Bernd Schneider driving an AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 for the HWA Team. Team Rosberg returned to the series after one-year absence and thus switched to Audi Sport machinery.

Changes for 2006

Opel exited the series, leaving Audi and Mercedes as remaining manufacturers. Audi and Mercedes respectively increased their number of entries from eight to ten cars each to fill up the four empty spots left by Opel.
Older 2004 models became cheaper, allowing privateer teams to buy them.
The rounds in Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps and Turkey at Istanbul Park were dropped in favour of Le Mans in France and Barcelona in Spain.
The round in Czech Republic at Brno were removed from the schedule.

Teams and drivers

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

Make	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2006	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	4	Martin Tomczyk	All
			5	Mattias Ekström	All
			6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	All
			7	Tom Kristensen	All
	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	12	Christian Abt	All
		Audi Sport Team Phoenix	14	Pierre Kaffer	All
		Audi Sport Team Rosberg	15	Frank Stippler	All
		Audi Sport Team Rosberg	16	Timo Scheider	All
	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Futurecom TME	19	Olivier Tielemans	1–3*
				Jeroen Bleekemolen	4–5**
				Nicolas Kiesa	6–8***
				Thed Björk	9–10
			20	Vanina Ickx	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006	HWA Team	2	Bernd Schneider	All
			3	Jamie Green	All
			8	Mika Häkkinen	All
			9	Bruno Spengler	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	Persson Motorsport	10	Jean Alesi	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005		11	Alexandros Margaritis	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004		21	Mathias Lauda	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	Mücke Motorsport	17	Stefan Mücke	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005		18	Daniel la Rosa	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004		22	Susie Stoddart	All
Sources:^[1]^[2]

* Olivier Tielemans was replaced by Jeroen Bleekemolen
** Jeroen Bleekemolen was replaced by Nicolas Kiesa after problems between the team of Colin Kolles where he drove and the main sponsor of Bleekemolen
*** Nicolas Kiesa was replaced by Thed Björk after being injured in a motocross accident

Race calendar and winners

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer	TV
	Präsentation Düsseldorf	26 March
1	Hockenheimring	9 April	Jamie Green	Bruno Spengler	Bernd Schneider	Vodafone AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
2	EuroSpeedway	30 April	Jamie Green	Bruno Spengler	Bernd Schneider	Vodafone AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
3	Oschersleben	21 May	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	ARD
4	Brands Hatch	2 July	Tom Kristensen	Bernd Schneider	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	ARD
5	Norisring	23 July	Jamie Green	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
6	Nürburgring	20 August	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
7	Zandvoort	3 September	Jamie Green	Mika Häkkinen	Tom Kristensen	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	ARD
8	Barcelona	24 September	Martin Tomczyk	Bernd Schneider	Martin Tomczyk	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	ARD
9	Le Mans	15 October	Bruno Spengler	Mika Häkkinen	Bruno Spengler	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
10	Hockenheimring	29 October	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jamie Green	Bruno Spengler	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
Source:^[3]

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.^[4]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	HOC	LAU	OSC	BRH	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	CAT	BUG	HOC	Pts
1	Bernd Schneider	1	1	5	3	2	2	2	2	5	4	71
2	Bruno Spengler	9	5	2	7	1	1	4	5	1	1	63
3	Tom Kristensen	2	2	1	18†	5	5	1	9	3	3	56
4	Martin Tomczyk	7	8	6	4	16†	3	3	1	4	5	42
5	Jamie Green	Ret	4	3	2	Ret	9	8	Ret	6	2	31
6	Mika Häkkinen	4	3	9	11	3	12	11	11	2	Ret	25
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	3	13	4	17†	11	6	5	3	10	14†	24
8	Mattias Ekström	Ret	DSQ	7	1	6	8	13	4	Ret	12†	21
9	Jean Alesi	6	7	8	6	Ret	4	Ret	14	11	8	15
10	Timo Scheider	8	9	14	10	7	7	6	Ret	8	6	12
11	Alexandros Margaritis	5	6	20†	8	Ret	15	Ret	8	7	13†	11
12	Stefan Mücke	Ret	12	12	13	4	11	7	12	15	Ret	7
13	Christian Abt	Ret	Ret	17	5	10	10	Ret	10	9	7	6
14	Frank Stippler	12	11	13	Ret	9	Ret	14	6	Ret	Ret	3
15	Daniel la Rosa	14	Ret	11	12	15†	16	10	7	Ret	Ret	2
16	Pierre Kaffer	Ret	10	10	9	8	14	9	Ret	12	NC	1
17	Susie Stoddart	10	15	15	16	14†	Ret	12	15	13	9	0
18	Mathias Lauda	11	14	16	15	Ret	13	15	13	Ret	10	0
19	Vanina Ickx	15	16	18	Ret	13	18	Ret	Ret	16	11	0
20	Jeroen Bleekemolen				14	12						0
21	Olivier Tielemans	13	17	19								0
22	Thed Björk									14	15†	0
23	Nicolas Kiesa						17	16	Ret			0
Pos	Driver	HOC	LAU	OSC	BRH	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	CAT	BUG	HOC	Pts
Sources:^[5]^[6]

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	No.	HOC	LAU	OSC	BRH	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	CAT	BUG	HOC	Points
1	Vodafone / Salzgitter AMG Mercedes	2	1	1	5	3	2	2	2	2	5	4	102
1	Vodafone / Salzgitter AMG Mercedes	3	Ret	4	3	2	Ret	9	8	Ret	6	2	102
2	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes	8	4	3	9	11	3	12	11	11	2	Ret	88
2	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes	9	9	5	2	7	1	1	4	5	1	1	88
3	Audi Sport Team Abt	6	3	13	4	17†	11	6	5	3	10	14†	80
3	Audi Sport Team Abt	7	2	2	1	18†	5	5	1	9	3	3	80
4	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	4	7	8	6	4	16†	3	3	1	4	5	63
4	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	5	Ret	DSQ	7	1	6	8	13	4	Ret	12†	63
5	stern / Easy Rent AMG Mercedes	10	6	7	8	6	Ret	4	Ret	14	11	8	26
5	stern / Easy Rent AMG Mercedes	11	5	6	20†	8	Ret	15	Ret	8	7	13†	26
6	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	15	8	9	14	10	7	7	6	Ret	8	6	15
6	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	16	12	11	13	Ret	9	Ret	14	6	Ret	Ret	15
7	TV-Spielfilm / TrekStor AMG Mercedes	17	Ret	12	12	13	4	11	7	12	15	Ret	9
7	TV-Spielfilm / TrekStor AMG Mercedes	18	14	Ret	11	12	15†	16	10	7	Ret	Ret	9
8	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	12	Ret	Ret	17	5	10	10	Ret	10	9	7	7
8	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	14	Ret	10	10	9	8	14	9	Ret	12	NC	7
9	AutoScout24 / Junge Gebrauchte AMG Mercedes	21	11	14	16	15	Ret	13	15	13	Ret	10	0
9	AutoScout24 / Junge Gebrauchte AMG Mercedes	22	10	15	15	16	14†	Ret	12	15	13	9	0
10	Futurecom TME	19	13	17	19	14	12	17	16	Ret	14	15†	0
10	Futurecom TME	20	15	16	18	Ret	13	18	Ret	Ret	16	11	0
Pos.	Team	No.	HOC	LAU	OSC	BRH	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	CAT	BUG	HOC	Points
Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Summary". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
↑ "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2006: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
↑ "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Results 2006". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
1 2 "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2006: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
1 2 "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Standings 2006". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
↑ "2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Standings". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Summary". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[2] "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2006: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[3] "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Results 2006". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[2006Points-4] 1 2 "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2006: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[MSportStatsStandings-5] 1 2 "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Standings 2006". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[6] "2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Standings". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

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