Marco Wittmann (left) won his first Drivers' Championship while
Mattias Ekström (right) finished second in the championship.
The 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-eighth season of premier German touring car championship and also fifteenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The season started on 4 May at Hockenheim, and ended on 19 October at the same venue, after a total of ten rounds.
In his second season in the series, BMW Team RMG driver Marco Wittmann became champion after his consistent finishes throughout the season left him with a comfortable 50-point winning margin. Wittmann took his first series victory in the opening race at Hockenheim, and quickly added a second victory at the Hungaroring. He also won back-to-back races at the Red Bull Ring and the Nürburgring, before clinching the title at Lausitzring. Mattias Ekström finished the season as runner-up for Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline, winning the season's final two races at Zandvoort and Hockenheim – Audi's only victories of the 2014 season. Another Audi driver clinched third in the championship, as defending champion Mike Rockenfeller finished in the position for Audi Sport Team Phoenix; he took three second places during the year, but went winless. Other drivers to take victories were Wittmann's team-mate Maxime Martin at Moscow Raceway, with HWA triumvirate Robert Wickens (Norisring), Christian Vietoris (Oschersleben) and Pascal Wehrlein (Lausitzring) taking victories for Mercedes; for Vietoris and Wehrlein, it was their first in the series.
It was also the last season of the single-legged race format before it was replaced by the two-legged DTM race format for the following season (with both races held on Saturday and Sunday).
Calendar
A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 16 October 2013.[1]
In July, it was announced that the Chinese round – originally scheduled for 28 September on a temporary street circuit in Guangzhou – was cancelled, as the modifications necessary for erecting the circuit proved to be far more extensive than first planned. As a result, a replacement round was scheduled for the same weekend, held at Zandvoort in the Netherlands.[2]
Round | Circuit | Date | Maps |
1 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg | 4 May | |
2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt | 18 May |
3 | Hungaroring, Mogyoród | 1 June |
4 | Norisring, Nuremberg | 29 June |
5 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 13 July |
6 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 3 August |
7 | Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate | 17 August |
8 | Lausitzring, Brandenburg | 14 September |
9 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland | 28 September |
10 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg | 19 October |
Teams and drivers
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.
Driver changes
- Entering DTM
- Leaving DTM
Results and standings
Results summary
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning manufacturer |
1 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg | 4 May | Adrien Tambay | Martin Tomczyk | Marco Wittmann | BMW Team RMG | BMW |
2 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt | 18 May | Marco Wittmann | Miguel Molina | Christian Vietoris | HWA Team | Mercedes-Benz |
3 | Hungaroring, Mogyoród | 1 June | Marco Wittmann | Nico Müller | Marco Wittmann | BMW Team RMG | BMW |
4 | Norisring, Nuremberg | 29 June | Robert Wickens | Mattias Ekström | Robert Wickens | HWA Team | Mercedes-Benz |
5 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 13 July | Maxime Martin | Miguel Molina | Maxime Martin | BMW Team RMG | BMW |
6 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 3 August | Robert Wickens | Mike Rockenfeller | Marco Wittmann | BMW Team RMG | BMW |
7 | Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate | 17 August | Marco Wittmann | Marco Wittmann | Marco Wittmann | BMW Team RMG | BMW |
8 | Lausitzring, Brandenburg | 14 September | Pascal Wehrlein | Timo Scheider | Pascal Wehrlein | HWA Team | Mercedes-Benz |
9 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland | 28 September | Mike Rockenfeller | Marco Wittmann | Mattias Ekström | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi |
10 | Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg | 19 October | Miguel Molina | Marco Wittmann | Mattias Ekström | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi |
Championship standings
- Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
- Drivers' championship
| 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 |
- † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.
- Teams' championship
| 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 |
- Manufacturers' championship
References
- ^ "2014 DTM calendar: Return to China and Hungary". Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. ITR e.V. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ "DTM selects Zandvoort as replacement venue for China". Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. ITR e.V. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-29. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Audi names driver teams for the DTM". Audi. Audi. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- ^ East, George (18 August 2013). "BMW to run M4 DTM in 2014". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d "BMW shuffles DTM line-up for 2014 season". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Martin and Félix da Costa line up in the DTM". BMW Motorsport. BMW. 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
- ^ a b "HWA adds fifth DTM Mercedes, promotes Pascal Wehrlein". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Mercedes to field expanded seven-car attack in 2014 DTM". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
- ^ Freeman, Glenn (21 January 2014). "Paul di Resta seals DTM return with Mercedes". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ East, George (15 August 2013). "Gary Paffett unsure on 2014 Mercedes driver contracts". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ^ "Daniel Juncadella lands Force India F1 team's reserve role". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ a b East, George (28 February 2014). "Mercedes signs Vitaly Petrov for 2014". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Nico Müller to compete for Audi in the DTM". Audi Sport. Audi. 16 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
External links
- The official website of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (in English)