2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

The 2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-seventh season of the premier German motor racing championship and also the twenty-fourth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It was the third season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations, and the first season with ADAC as the promoter after ITR ceased operations at the end of the previous year.

Teams and drivers

All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli. On 22 February all participating teams were announced.

Manufacturer Car Engine Team No. Driver Status Rounds Ref.
Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 Abt Sportsline 3 Kelvin van der Linde All
7 Ricardo Feller All
Liqui Moly Team Engstler 8 Luca Engstler All
Tresor Attempto Racing 40 Mattia Drudi All
83 Patric Niederhauser All
BMW BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 Schubert Motorsport 1 Sheldon van der Linde All
33 René Rast 1, 3–8
Dries Vanthoor 2
Project 1 11 Marco Wittmann All
56 Sandro Holzem G 4
5–8
Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 Emil Frey Racing 14 Jack Aitken 1, 3–8
Albert Costa 2
69 Thierry Vermeulen All
Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 SSR Performance 6 Alessio Deledda All
92 Mirko Bortolotti All
94 Franck Perera All
GRT Grasser Racing Team 19 Mick Wishofer 1–3
Maximilian Paul 4–5
Andrea Caldarelli 7
Christian Engelhart 8
63 Clemens Schmid All
Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 4 Luca Stolz All
36 Arjun Maini All
Mercedes-AMG Team Winward 22 Lucas Auer All
27 David Schumacher All
Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter
Mercedes-AMG Team BWT
48 Maro Engel All
84 Jusuf Owega All
Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 Toksport WRT 9 Tim Heinemann All
99 Christian Engelhart 1–4
Marvin Dienst 5–8
KÜS Team Bernhard 24 Ayhancan Güven All
75 Laurin Heinrich All
Manthey EMA 90 Dennis Olsen All
91 Thomas Preining All
Icon Status
G Guest drivers ineligible for points

Race calendar

Round Circuit Location Race 1 Race 2
1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt 27 May 28 May
2 Circuit Zandvoort Zandvoort, North Holland 24 June 25 June
3 Norisring Nuremberg, Bavaria 8 July 9 July
4 Nürburgring Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate 5 August 6 August
5 Lausitzring Klettwitz, Brandenburg 19 August 20 August
6 Sachsenring Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Sachsen 9 September 10 September
7 Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria 23 September 24 September
8 Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg 21 October 22 October
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Results and standings

Season summary

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer
1 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Franck Perera Ayhancan Güven Franck Perera SSR Performance Lamborghini
R2 Thomas Preining Thomas Preining Christian Engelhart Toksport WRT Porsche
2 R1 Circuit Zandvoort Maro Engel Maro Engel Maro Engel Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf Mercedes-AMG
R2 Ricardo Feller Ricardo Feller Ricardo Feller Abt Sportsline Audi
3 R1 Norisring Sheldon van der Linde Laurin Heinrich Sheldon van der Linde Schubert Motorsport BMW
R2 René Rast Kelvin van der Linde Thomas Preining Manthey EMA Porsche
4 R1 Nürburgring

(Sprint Circuit)

Mirko Bortolotti Lucas Auer Mirko Bortolotti SSR Performance Lamborghini
R2 Ricardo Feller Marco Wittmann Maximilian Paul GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini
5 R1 Lausitzring

(Sprint Circuit)

Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Jack Aitken Emil Frey Racing Ferrari
R2 Mirko Bortolotti Luca Stolz Mirko Bortolotti SSR Performance Lamborghini
6 R1 Sachsenring Luca Stolz Ayhancan Güven Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Mercedes-AMG
R2 Mirko Bortolotti Ricardo Feller Mirko Bortolotti SSR Performance Lamborghini
7 R1 Red Bull Ring Laurin Heinrich René Rast Kelvin van der Linde Abt Sportsline Audi
R2 René Rast Sheldon van der Linde René Rast Schubert Motorsport BMW
8 R1 Hockenheimring Thomas Preining Thomas Preining Thomas Preining Manthey EMA Porsche
R2 Thomas Preining Sheldon van der Linde Thomas Preining Manthey EMA Porsche

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified finishers as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Race 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points:

Qualifying Position  1st   2nd   3rd 
Points 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver OSC
 ZAN
 NOR
 NÜR
 LAU
 SAC
 RBR
 HOC
 Points
1 Thomas Preining 11 31 7 22 122 12 32 5 15 4 2 4 6 3 11 11 246
2 Mirko Bortolotti 83 6 4 11 6 4 11 DNS 22 11 9 11 9 21 5 22 213
3 Ricardo Feller 4 7 15 11 8 14 43 61 7 22 4 6 3 15 4 9 179
4 Sheldon van der Linde Ret 11 22 10 11 33 7 172 5 13 6 Ret 13 22 20 4 151
5 René Rast 5 Ret 2 21 20 19 8 11 8 8 4 11 Ret 3 140
6 Luca Stolz Ret Ret 11 3 Ret 10 15 13 6 3 11 23 7 Ret 8 73 133
7 Dennis Olsen 10 4 16 9 3 6 5 Ret 12 5 7 Ret 10 5 23 12 129
8 Kelvin van der Linde 6 Ret 12 6 21 5 8 20 3 8 53 13 12 Ret 6 25 119
9 Lucas Auer 16 10 6 Ret 4 11 2 3 43 6 Ret 15 15 11 15 8 111
10 Maro Engel 13 14 11 53 7 9 12 4 13 Ret Ret Ret 5 12 17 5 107
11 Franck Perera 11 12 3 13 11 12 23 10 Ret Ret 11 3 19 13 14 14 95
12 Laurin Heinrich 7 9 Ret Ret 10 7 19 2 DSQ Ret 12 Ret 21 16 10 6 94
13 Marco Wittmann Ret 18 53 4 9 13 6 15 10 10 18 12 8 4 9 17 91
14 Jack Aitken 32 17 17 20 22 183 11 7 Ret Ret2 20 83 7 10 82
15 Ayhancan Güven 20 Ret 13 7 53 8 Ret WD 16 Ret 32 Ret 113 7 Ret 11 70
16 Thierry Vermeulen 15 16 Ret Ret 20 21 10 8 9 9 10 5 DSQ 9 11 23 58
17 Christian Engelhart 9 1 23 12 Ret 17 Ret WD 32 Ret 54
18 Tim Heinemann 2 22 19 16 Ret 16 14 12 Ret 16 16 14 21 20 Ret Ret 50
19 Clemens Schmid 12 53 21 Ret 18 Ret 18 DSQ 11 Ret3 Ret 17 25 6 12 24 32
20 Arjun Maini Ret 15 17 17 13 15 16 DSQ Ret 14 13 7 14 10 Ret 13 30
21 Maximilian Paul 13 1 19 Ret 28
22 Jusuf Owega 14 8 10 Ret Ret 18 17 16 14 17 14 10 Ret 19 22 15 28
23 Patric Niederhauser Ret 19 20 8 15 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 23 17 19 19 23
24 Luca Engstler 17 DSQ 14 14 Ret 19 Ret 7 DSQ 15 19 Ret 12 Ret Ret 22 18
25 David Schumacher 18 13 Ret 15 16 Ret Ret 9 DSQ Ret 17 11 18 18 18 16 16
26 Mattia Drudi Ret Ret 18 DSQ 14 Ret 11 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 20 13
27 Marvin Dienst 18 12 15 Ret 22 14 13 18 11
28 Albert Costa 8 Ret 8
29 Dries Vanthoor 9 Ret 7
30 Sandro Holzem 21 14 17 18 20 16 24 Ret 21 21 0
31 Andrea Caldarelli 17 DSQ 0
32 Alessio Deledda 19 20 24 Ret 19 Ret Ret DSQ Ret 19 21 18 26 22 Ret Ret 0
33 Mick Wishofer Ret Ret 22 Ret DSQ Ret 0
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

1 – 3 Points for Pole

2 – 2 Points for P2

3 – 1 Point for P3

Teams' championship

Pos. Team Points
1 Manthey EMA 357
2 SSR Performance 291
3 Abt Sportsline 286
4 Schubert Motorsport 282
5 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 158
6 KÜS Team Bernhard 157
7 Emil Frey Racing 139
8 Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf 131
9 Mercedes-AMG Team Winward 126
10 Toksport WRT 95
11 Project 1 90
12 GRT Grasser Racing Team 74
13 Tresor Attempto Racing 36
14 Liqui Moly Team Engstler 18

Manufacturers' championship

Only points scored by the top three drivers of a manufacturer in qualifying sessions and races count for the manufacturers' championship.

Pos. Manufacturer Points
1 Porsche 464
2 Lamborghini 396
3 Mercedes-AMG 364
4 BMW 356
5 Audi 336
6 Ferrari 199