2020 DTM Season

2020 DTM Season
File:Rene Rast.png René Rast started the season as the defending Champion.
Season Information
No. Rounds	9 (18 Races)
First Round	DTM Spa 2020
Last Round	DTM Hockenheim 2020
Makers	Audi; BMW
Tyre(s)	Hankook
Drivers' Championship
Champion	Second	Third
Pt(s)	Pt(s)	Pt(s)
Teams' Championship
Champion	Second	Third
Pt(s)	Pt(s)	Pt(s)
Brands' Championship
Champion	Second	Third
Pt(s)	Pt(s)	Pt(s)
Season Guide
2019	2021

The 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, otherwise known as the 2020 DTM Season, will be the twenty-first edition of the DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, and the thirty-fourth season of German Touring Car Racing. The season would see Audi and BMW do battle, after the Aston Martin programme was cancelled.

René Rast would start the season as the defending Champion, while Audi Sport Team Rosberg and Audi opened the season as the reigning Teams' and Brands' Champions. There would, however, be some changes to the regulations, with a move to a new fuel blend by suppliers Aral AG, an increase in Push-to-Pass boost power, and unrestricted use of DRS.

An initial calendar of ten rounds and twenty races was announced in September 2019, with races at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy, Anderstorp Raceway in Sweden, and Igora Drive, Russia. Their addition resulted in the removal of one of the races at the Hockenheimring, as well as the removal of the Misano World Circuit from the calendar.

However, the DTM would be heavily impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic, resulting in a heavily revised calendar being published on 26 March 2020. The start of the season was initially delayed to the 11 July 2020 at the Norisring, and was set to conclude on 15 November in Autodromo Nazionale Monza. This was later revised on 3 and then 6 June 2020, with the season officially starting on 1 August at Spa-Francorchamps, before concluding at Hockenheim on 8 November.

The series would also receive another blow in April 2020, as Audi announced that they would withdraw from the DTM at the end of the season.

Calendar

The provisional calendar for the 2020 DTM Championship was announced on 19 September 2019, and would feature some heavy revisions to the previous 2019 schedule. Indeed, there would be three changes of venue, with rounds in Russia and Sweden added to the calendar, while the Hockenheimring would only host one race. Furthermore, the Misano World Circuit would be replaced by the legendary Autodromo Nazionale Monza, as the series shifted to a 40/60 split between rounds in Germany and the rest of Europe.

Primary Plans

The initial calendar for the 2020 campaign saw the season start in Zolder, Belgium, on 24 - 26 April, the first time in the Series' history that the season had started away from the Hockenheimring. The Lausitzring would then host the second round on 15-16 May, before the series headed to Russia to open the new Igora Drive race circuit near Saint Petersburg on 29 - 31 May. Another new venue for the DTM would follow on 12 - 14 June, with the Series heading to the Anderstorp Raceway in Sweden for the firs time.

The following round would see the series head to the Autodromo Nazionale Monza for the first time on the 26 - 28 June. The annual trip to Nuremberg and the Norisring then followed on 10 - 12 July, prior to the summer break which would last through the rest of July and into August. The season would then restart with a trip to Brands Hatch on 22 - 23 August, using the full Grand Prix layout once again.

Assen was to follow on the 4 - 6 September, before the DTM headed to the Eifel Mountains and the Nürburgring for its annual battle around the GP-Strecke on 11 - 13 September. The series would then conclude on home turf at the Hockenheimring on 2 - 4 October 2020, with ten rounds and twenty races to decide the Championship.

COVID Contractions

After the outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic and its global impact, the DTM were forced to heavily revise their original calendar, releasing a revised schedule on 26 March 2020. No circuits or rounds were added or removed, although there were sweeping changes to the schedule, with the series compressed to a five month run between July and November. The season would hence start on 11 July with the race at the Norisring, before heading to either Anderstorp or Igora Drive, depending on later confirmation.

Zolder was to then hold its race on 7 - 9 August, followed by Brands Hatch on 22 - 23 August and Assen on the 2 - 4 September. The Nürburgring also had its dates unchanged as it moved to serve as the sixth round of the season, followed by either Anderstorp or Igora Drive on 2 - 4 October. The Lausitzring moved to the 16 - 18 October, Hockenheim would host its races on the 7 - 8 November, while Monza would host the season finale on 13 - 15 November.

Second Revision

Another revised calendar for the 2020 season was released on 3 June 2020, which saw the removal of almost all of the international races due to quarantine rules. The season was still set to open on the 11 July at the Norisring, before the Series was to return to the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 1 August. Two weeks later the Series would head to the Lausitzring, which would host two race weekends in succession on 14-16 and 21-23 August.

Assen would then host its DTM races on 5/6 September, before the Championship returned to the Nürburgring to use the Grand Prix Strecke for the first time since 2001. A second battle around the Nürburgring's Sprint Circuit would follow a week later, before a trip to Zolder in Belgium on 9 - 11 October. Likewise, the Circuit Zolder would host a second set of races on 16 - 18 October, before the series came to a conclusion on 6 - 8 November at the Hockenheimring.

On 5 June the City of Nuremberg council voted to deny permission for the Norisring Speedweekend to be staged, resulting in the cancellation of the Norisring meeting. The season would hence officially start on 1 August at Spa-Francorchamps, with no event added to replace the trip to Nuremberg.

Schedule

The full calendar for the 2020 DTM Championship is shown below:

2020 DTM Championship Calendar
Round	Event	Circuit	Date	Report
I	DTM Spa-Francorchamps 2020	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1 August 2020	Report
			2 August 2020	Report
II	DTM Lausitz 2020	Lausitzring	15 August 2020	Report
			16 August 2020	Report
III	DTM Lausitzring 2020	Lausitzring	22 August 2020	Report
			23 August 2020	Report
IV	DTM Assen 2020	TT Circuit Assen	5 September 2020	Report
			6 September 2020	Report
V	DTM Nürburg 2020	Nürburgring	12 September 2020	Report
			13 September 2020	Report
VI	DTM Nürburg Sprint 2020	Nürburgring	19 September 2020	Report
			20 September 2020	Report
VII	DTM Zolder I 2020	Circuit Zolder	10 October 2020	Report
			11 October 2020	Report
VIII	DTM Zolder II 2020	Circuit Zolder	17 October 2020	Report
			18 October 2020	Report
IX	DTM Hockenheim 2020	Hockenheimring	7 November 2020	Report
			8 November 2020	Report
2020 DTM Tests
I†	DTM Nürburgring Test	Nürburgring	8 - 10 June 2020	Report
Cancelled Races
CAN‡	DTM Nuremberg Speedweekend 2020	Norisring	11 July 2020
			12 July 2020

• * The dates for the Igora Drive and Anderstorp rounds were not confirmed on the revised calendar published on 26 March 2020. Both rounds, as well as the trips to Monza and Brands Hatch were dropped from the calendar on 3 June 2020.
• ^† The Series initially planned to hold a pre-season test at Monza, although that was replaced by Hockenheim amid the outbreak of Coronavirus in early 2020.
• ^‡ The Norisring round was formally cancelled on 5 June 2020 due to the local council vetoing the event on safety grounds.

Entrants

Season Entry

The full entry list for the 2020 DTM Championship is outlined below:

2020 DTM Championship Entry List
Entrant	No.	Name	Abbr.	Rnds.	Livery
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	4	Robin Frijns	FRI	All
	51	Nico Müller	MUE	All
BMW Team ART Orlen BMW M4 Turbo DTM	8	Robert Kubica	KUB	All
Audi Sport Team WRT Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	10	Harrison Newey*	NEW	All
	13	Fabio Scherer	SCH	All
	62	Ferdinand von Habsburg	HAB	All
BMW Team RMG BMW M4 Turbo DTM	11	Marco Wittmann	WIT	All
	16	Timo Glock	GLO	All
BMW Team RMR BMW M4 Turbo DTM	22	Lucas Auer	AUE	All
	27	Jonathan Aberdein	ABE	All
BMW Team RBM BMW M4 Turbo DTM	25	Philipp Eng	ENG	All
	31	Sheldon van der Linde	SDL	All
Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	28	Loïc Duval	DUV	1-7, 9
	19	Benoît Tréluyer	TRE	8
	99	Mike Rockenfeller	ROC	All
Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	33	René Rast	RAS	All
	53	Jamie Green	GRE	All

• * Ed Jones was originally signed to take the third WRT seat, although he left the team before the start of the season.

Regulations

Sporting

There were no changes made to the scoring system ahead of the 2020 season, with the top ten in the race registering points according the the FIA's standard system, while the top three in qualifying received additional points. The mandatory pit stop rule was also retained for 2020, while Free Practice was moved exclusively to Fridays to limit the amount of running on race weekends. Races were still time limited to 55 minutes plus one lap, while the DTM also continued to use standing starts.

The full points scoring system for the 2020 DTM campaign is outlined below:

2020 DTM Championship Race Points
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
2020 DTM Championship Qualifying Points
1st			2nd				3rd
3			2				1

All of the DTM field in 2020 will use tyres provided by Hankook, with no variation in compounds.

Standings

2020 DTM Championship for Drivers

Outlined below are the Championship standings for the 2020 DTM Championship for Drivers:

2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship for Drivers
Pos.	Abb.																			Pts.
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1st	RAS	5th1	3rd3	7th	1st1	1st2	6th1	5th	5th3	2nd2	2nd1	2nd3	3rd	1st3	1st1	1st3	1st2	2nd3	1st3	353
2nd	MUE	1st2	1st1	1st2	2nd2	2nd3	5th2	3rd1	3rd	1st3	5th3	5th1	1st1	3rd	9th	6th	2nd	1st2	2nd	330
3rd	FRI	9th3	2nd2	3rd3	4th3	3rd1	3rd3	1st2	2nd1	5th1	1st2	1st2	2nd3	2nd1	Ret	2nd1	Ret1	7th	5th	279
4th	ROC	4th	5th	11th	5th	6th	11th	4th	11th	4th	3rd	9th	7th	8th	2nd	Ret	6th	6th	4th2	139
5th	GLO	8th	13th	5th	6th	4th	2nd	9th	6th	7th	14th	10th	8th	4th2	4th3	9th	4th	14th	8th	120
6th	VDL	15th	6th	2nd	15th	9th	10th	7th	1st	8th	6th	8th	4th	6th	10th2	13th	7th	10th	9th	108
7th	DUV	3rd	7th	Ret1	8th	7th	8th	2nd3	4th2	9th	4th	Ret	9th	10th	13th			4th	6th	108
8th	GRE	2nd	4th	8th	Ret	10th	4th	NC	12th	13th	7th	14th	15th	Ret	15th	8th	5th	3rd	3rd1	98
9th	WIT	11th	10th	4th	3rd	5th	9th	14th	8th	3rd	9th	3rd	5th	15th	8th	10th	8th	Ret	11th	95
10th	HAB	DNS	15th	6th	10th	11th	14th	8th	7th	11th	15th	7th	6th2	7th	7th	3rd2	10th3	11th	14th	68
11th	ABE	10th	9th	15th	9th	14th	7th	6th	13th	10th	8th	6th	10th	11th	11th	4th	Ret	5th1	7th	62
12th	AUE	7th	8th	12th	14th	12th	1st	11th	10th	12th	11th	12th	13th	12th	3rd	11th	Ret	12th	16th	51
13th	ENG	6th	11th	9th	7th	8th	12th	13th	9th	6th	10th	4th	12th	9th	14th	12th	Ret	9th	10th	48
14th	NEW	13th	Ret	10th	12th	15th	13th	12th	15th	14th	13th	11th	11th	5th	6th	7th	9th	Ret	13th	27
15th	KUB	14th	14th	13th	13th	16th	16th	10th	14th	16th	12th	13th	Ret	14th	12th	Ret	3rd	8th	15th	20
16th	SCH	12th	12th	14th	11th	13th	15th	15th	Ret	15th	16th	Ret	14th	13th	5th	5th	Ret	13th	12th	20
17th	TRE															14th	Ret			0
Pos.	Abb.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pts.

2020 DTM Championship for Teams

Outlined below are the Championship standings for the 2020 DTM Championship for Teams:

2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship for Teams
Pos.	Abb.	No.																			Pts.
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1st	ABT	4	9th3	2nd2	3rd3	4th3	3rd1	3rd3	1st2	2nd1	5th1	1st2	1st2	2nd3	2nd1	Ret	2nd1	Ret1	7th	5th	609
		51	1st2	1st1	1st2	2nd2	2nd3	5th2	3rd1	3rd	1st3	5th3	5th1	1st1	3rd	9th	6th	2nd	1st2	2nd
2nd	ROS	33	5th1	3rd3	7th	1st1	1st2	6th1	5th	5th3	2nd2	2nd1	2nd3	3rd	1st3	1st1	1st3	1st2	2nd3	1st3	451
		53	2nd	4th	8th	Ret	10th	4th	NC	12th	13th	7th	14th	15th	Ret	15th	8th	5th	3rd	3rd1
3rd	PHO	19															14th	Ret			247
		28	3rd	7th	Ret1	8th	7th	8th	2nd3	4th2	9th	4th	Ret	9th	10th	13th			4th	6th
		99	4th	5th	11th	5th	6th	11th	4th	11th	4th	3rd	9th	7th	8th	2nd	Ret	6th	6th	4th2
4th	RMG	11	11th	10th	4th	3rd	5th	9th	14th	8th	3rd	9th	3rd	5th	15th	8th	10th	8th	Ret	11th	215
		16	8th	13th	5th	6th	4th	2nd	9th	6th	7th	14th	10th	8th	4th2	4th3	9th	4th	14th	8th
5th	RBM	25	6th	11th	9th	7th	8th	12th	13th	9th	6th	10th	4th	12th	9th	14th	12th	Ret	9th	10th	156
		31	10th	9th	15th	9th	14th	7th	6th	13th	10th	8th	6th	10th	11th	11th	4th	Ret	5th1	7th
6th	RMR	22	7th	8th	12th	14th	12th	1st	11th	10th	12th	11th	12th	13th	12th	3rd	11th	Ret	12th	16th	113
		27	10th	9th	15th	9th	14th	7th	6th	13th	10th	8th	6th	10th	11th	11th	4th	Ret	5th1	7th
7th	WRT	10	13th	Ret	10th	12th	15th	13th	12th	15th	14th	13th	11th	11th	5th	6th	7th	9th	Ret	13th	103
		13	12th	12th	14th	11th	13th	15th	15th	Ret	15th	16th	Ret	14th	13th	5th	5th	Ret	13th	12th
		62	DNS	15th	6th	10th	11th	14th	8th	7th	11th	15th	7th	6th2	7th	7th	3rd2	10th3	11th	14th
8th	ART	8	14th	14th	13th	13th	16th	16th	10th	14th	16th	12th	13th	Ret	14th	12th	Ret	3rd	8th	15th	20
Pos.	Abb.	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pts.

2020 DTM Championship for Manufacturers

Outlined below are the Championship standings for the 2020 DTM Championship for Manufacturers:

2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship for Manufacturers
Pos.	Name																			Pts.
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1st	Audi	76	76	60	71	72	51	76	61	71	76	65	72	72	62	74	67	75	76	1253
2nd	BMW	19	15	42	31	28	51	17	39	33	15	39	27	24	37	15	37	16	13	500

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