Gary Paffett (left) won his second Drivers' Championship while 2017 DTM champion René Rast (right) finished second in the championship.
The 2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-second season of premier German touring car championship and also nineteenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. 2018 would be the final season for the traditional 4.0-litre V8 naturally-aspirated engine package that debuted in the inaugural reborn season; as the brand new engine package has been introduced for the following season as part of the "Class One Project" prospect with Japanese Super GT GT500 cars.[1] 2018 also marked the final season for Mercedes-Benz in DTM due to Mercedes-Benz departing to FIA Formula E from the 2019–20 season and thus ended its 19-year participation.[2]
Gary Paffett won his second title at the final round of the season with a third-place finish, beating previous champion René Rast by four points despite a late charge to six consecutive wins by Rast, a new series record.[3] Paffett became the second non-German driver to have won more than one DTM driver title, and thus repeating Swedish driver Mattias Ekström's feat in 2004 and 2007 seasons.
Mercedes-Benz won the manufacturer's championship for the first time since 2010.
Rule changes
- Aerodynamic downforce aids, such as side winglets and side fences, has been enforced to all cars, in order to improve competition.[4] As a result, the minimum weight of all cars has been reduced from 2,480 lb (1,125 kg) to 2,458 lb (1,115 kg).[5]
- The quantity of engine components a driver may use during the season has been increased from seven complete engines during the entire season, to a new system where each of the engine components are combined. Therefore, in 2018, each driver is permitted to use up to eight set engines.[5]
- The additional wildcard entry is introduced for the first time ever, but ineligible for championship points even if they finish in top 10.
Calendar
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Start of a race at Brands Hatch.
The provisional ten event calendar was announced on 24 November 2017,[6] and later finalized on 18 December 2017.[7]
| Round | Circuit | Race 1 | Race 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hockenheimring, Germany |
5 May | 6 May |
| 2 | Lausitzring, Germany |
19 May | 20 May |
| 3 |  Hungaroring, Hungary |
2 June | 3 June |
| 4 | Norisring, Germany |
23 June | 24 June |
| 5 |  Circuit Zandvoort, Netherlands |
14 July | 15 July |
| 6 |  Brands Hatch, Great Britain |
11 August | 12 August |
| 7 |  Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Italy |
25 August | 26 August |
| 8 | Nürburgring, Germany |
8 September | 9 September |
| 9 |  Red Bull Ring, Austria |
22 September | 23 September |
| 10 | Hockenheimring, Germany |
13 October | 14 October |
Calendar changes
- The races in Great Britain and Italy are scheduled to return to the DTM schedule for the first time since 2013 and 2010 respectively. On 6 December 2017 it was confirmed that the British round would be held at Brands Hatch, on the circuit's GP layout as opposed to the Indy layout of previous DTM races.[8] Moscow Raceway was dropped from the 2018 schedule.[9] For the first time, Misano will host the round in Italy, as a night-time event.[10] The Lausitzring round will revert to full road course layout after last used in 2004.[11]
Teams and drivers
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.
| Full-season entry | Additional/wildcard entry |
| * Eligible for all championship points | * Ineligible to score Drivers' championship points |
| Make | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas |
2 | Gary Paffett[12] |
All |
| 94 | Pascal Wehrlein[13] |
All | |||
| Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Remus |
3 | Paul di Resta[12] |
All | ||
| 17 |  Sébastien Ogier[14][15] |
9 | |||
| 23 |  Daniel Juncadella[16] |
All | |||
| Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport |
22 | Lucas Auer[12] |
All | ||
| 48 | Edoardo Mortara[12] |
All | |||
| Audi | Audi RS5 DTM | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline |
4 | Robin Frijns[17] |
All |
| 5 |  Mattias Ekström[18] |
1 | |||
| 51 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Nico Müller[17] |
All | |||
| Audi Sport Team Phoenix |
28 | Loïc Duval[17] |
All | ||
| 99 | Mike Rockenfeller[17] |
All | |||
| Audi Sport Team Rosberg |
33 | René Rast[17] |
All | ||
| 53 | Jamie Green[17] |
All | |||
| BMW | BMW M4 DTM | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} BMW Team RBM[19] |
7 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bruno Spengler[19] |
All |
| 47 | Joel Eriksson[19] |
All | |||
| BMW Team RMG[19] |
11 | Marco Wittmann[19] |
All | ||
| 15 |  Augusto Farfus[19] |
All | |||
| BMW Team RMR |
12 | Alex Zanardi[20] |
7 | ||
| 16 | Timo Glock[19] |
All | |||
| 25 | Philipp Eng[19] |
All | |||
Driver changes
- Mattias Ekström left the series after eighteen years, but remains with Audi via its FIA World Rallycross Championship programme.[21] 2017 Blancpain GT Series driver Robin Frijns will make his DTM début with Audi Sport.[17] In addition, the two-time champion made a one-off appearance in the 2018 season opener in Hockenheim with an additional Audi RS 5 to mark his retirement from the series.[18]
- Philipp Eng and Joel Eriksson – both members of BMW's junior team – joined BMW Team RBM, to partner Canadian Bruno Spengler.[22] After five years with BMW Motorsport, Maxime Martin left the marque, and its DTM programme after four years to join Aston Martin Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for the 2018–19 season.[23] Tom Blomqvist will also leave the series after three years, but remains with BMW Motorsport via its Formula E and GT programmes.
- After spending two years in Formula One with Manor and Sauber, Pascal Wehrlein returned to the DTM with Mercedes-AMG's HWA Team. After a one-year sabbatical, Daniel Juncadella also returned to the DTM with HWA.[16] Robert Wickens left the series after six years to join Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the IndyCar Series for the 2018 season.[24] Maro Engel left the series after one season to focus solely on Formula E.[25]
- Former Williams Formula One driver, two-time CART champion and four-time Paralympic gold medallist Alex Zanardi made his DTM début with BMW Motorsport at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli as a guest driver.
- Five-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Ogier made his DTM début with HWA Team as a guest driver at the Red Bull Ring.
Results
Championship standings
- Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:
| Race Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points:
| Qualifying Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship
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- † — Driver retired, but was classified as he completed 75% of the winner's race distance.
Teams' championship
| Pos. | Team | Car | HOC |
LAU |
HUN |
NOR |
ZAN |
BRH |
MIS |
NÜR |
RBR |
HOC |
Points | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas | 2 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 132 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 21 | Ret | 14 | 32 | 52 | 10 | 31 | 42 | 33 | 363 |
| 94 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 13 | 122 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 11 | DSQ | |||
| 2 | Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Remus | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 53 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 8 | 14 | 294 |
| 23 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 14† | 173 | 15 | 17† | 141 | 11 | 14 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 33 | 9 | 72 | Ret | DNS | 4 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 43 | 3 | Ret3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 278 |
| 53 | 19 | 17 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 15 | Ret | 8 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 16 | |||
| 4 | Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport | 22 | 2 | 15 | 41 | 14 | 23 | DSQ1 | 7 | 53 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 18† | 6 | Ret | Ret1 | DSQ | 261 |
| 48 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 11 | 5 | DSQ | 11 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 5 | BMW Team RMR | 16 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 16 | Ret2 | 7 | 33 | 10 | 246 |
| 25 | 16 | 14 | 32 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 52 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 83 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 8 | |||
| 6 | BMW Team RMG | 11 | 112 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | Ret | 21 | 220 |
| 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 7 | |||
| 7 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 4 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | DSQ | 2 | 5 | 180 |
| 51 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 17 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 4 | |||
| 8 | BMW Team RBM | 7 | 6 | 8 | 53 | 15 | 12 | DSQ | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 23 | 4 | Ret | 14 | 9 | 6 | 157 |
| 47 | 12 | 43 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 28 | 10 | 5 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 15 | Ret | 16 | 4 | 71 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 5 | 12 | 141 |
| 99 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 11 | |||
| Pos. | Team | Car | HOC |
LAU |
HUN |
NOR |
ZAN |
BRH |
MIS |
NÜR |
RBR |
HOC |
Points | ||||||||||
Manufacturers' championship
| Pos. | Manufacturer | HOC |
LAU |
HUN |
NOR |
ZAN |
BRH |
MIS |
NÜR |
RBR |
HOC |
Points | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes-Benz | 78 | 25 | 54 | 55 | 66 | 16 | 68 | 59 | 76 | 50 | 63 | 67 | 53 | 31 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 903 |
| 2 | BMW | 26 | 46 | 53 | 39 | 0 | 72 | 39 | 38 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 46 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 42 | 623 |
| 3 | Audi | 3 | 36 | 0 | 13 | 41 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 14 | 24 | 42 | 50 | 41 | 29 | 69 | 49 | 67 | 49 | 599 |
| Pos. | Manufacturer | HOC |
LAU |
HUN |
NOR |
ZAN |
BRH |
MIS |
NÜR |
RBR |
HOC |
Points | ||||||||||
References
- ↑ Adam, Mitchell (20 January 2016). "DTM delays new engines and Class One rules to 2019". Autosport.com. Autosport. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ↑ Klein, Jamie (25 July 2017). "Mercedes to quit DTM after 2018, confirms Formula E entry". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ↑ "Hockenheim DTM: Paffett crowned champion as Rast wins finale". motorsport.com. motorsport.com. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ↑ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (1 March 2018). "DTM reveals rule tweaks to cut downforce "by a third"". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- 1 2 "DTM 2018: The Changes For the Season". DTM.com. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ Cozens, Jack (6 December 2017). "DTM announces expanded 2018 calendar". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ↑ "Brands Hatch returns on 2018 DTM schedule". TouringCarTimes.com. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ↑ Klein, Jamie (6 December 2017). "DTM poised for Brands Hatch return in 2018". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ↑ Klein, Jamie (24 November 2017). "DTM set to return to the UK in 2018". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ↑ Klein, Jamie (21 February 2018). "DTM planning to hold night races at Misano". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ Klein, Jamie (14 March 2018). "DTM planning to hold night races at Misano". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 Khorounzhiy, Valentin (7 February 2018). "Mercedes retains four drivers for farewell DTM season". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ↑ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (7 February 2018). "Wehrlein to make DTM return in 2018". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ↑ "Sébastien Ogier secures Mercedes wild card drive at the Red Bull Ring". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ↑ "Mercedes-AMG reveal Sébastien Ogier's livery for his DTM debut". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- 1 2 Rachit, Thukral (8 February 2018). "Mercedes confirms Juncadella's DTM return". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Robin Frijns to join Audi DTM roster as Ekström replacement". TouringCarTimes.com. TouringCarTimes.com. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- 1 2 "Mattias Ekström back in DTM season opener for farewell race". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "BMW promotes Eng, Eriksson to 2018 DTM seats". motorsport.com. motorsport.com. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ↑ "Alex Zanardi to make DTM debut at Misano". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ↑ Aller, Tamara. "Mattias Ekström calls time on DTM career". TouringCarTimes.com. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ↑ Goldschmidt, Alex (16 December 2017). "Joel Eriksson and Philipp Eng join BMW for 2018". touringcars.net. touringcars.net. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ↑ Khorounzhiy, Valentin. "DTM race winner Martin splits with BMW". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ↑ Malsher, David. "Robert Wickens leaves DTM to race for Schmidt in IndyCar in 2018". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ↑ Khorounzhiy, Valentin. "Engel vacates DTM seat for Mercedes' final season". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
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