2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Jake Dennis driving the Aston Martin Vantage DTM during practice at the Hockenheimring.

• Aston Martin entered the championship, replacing Mercedes-Benz, with cars based on the Vantage. The entry is run by AF Racing AG and built by HWA.[11][12]
• W Racing Team entered the championship as a customer team, fielding two Audi RS5 Turbo DTM machines.[13] They were the first Audi Sport DTM independent customer team since Futurecom TME, that competed between 2006 and 2009.
• Super GT manufacturers Honda, Lexus and Nissan fielded one car each as wildcard entries at the Hockenheimring season finale, to mark the beginning of the shared "Class One" regulations for DTM and Super GT GT500.[9]

• Augusto Farfus left the series after seven years to join BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Racing Team in the World Touring Car Cup. He continued his association with BMW in the FIA World Endurance Championship.[14][15] He was replaced by 2018 ADAC GT Masters runner-up Sheldon van der Linde.[7]
• Reigning champion Gary Paffett left the series after sixteen years to compete with HWA Racelab in Formula E. Pascal Wehrlein (Mahindra Racing) and Edoardo Mortara (Venturi) also compete in Formula E.
• Following Mercedes' exit from the series, Lucas Auer joined Super Formula with the B-MAX Racing with Motopark team.
• Ferdinand Habsburg and Jake Dennis made their DTM débuts with the R-Motorsport Aston Martin team.
• 2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship winner Jonathan Aberdein and 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 champion Pietro Fittipaldi made their DTM débuts with the W Racing Team.

• Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso was announced to be replacing Pietro Fittipaldi at Misano due to Fittipaldi having a Friday practice commitment for the Haas F1 Team at the concurrent Canadian Grand Prix.[16] However, Fittipaldi was announced to be competing in the meeting after all – albeit for Audi Sport Team Rosberg – replacing Jamie Green, who was recovering from appendicitis.

• With the adoption of Class One regulations, the series will share two rounds with the Super GT championship. One is planned to be held in Europe and the other in Asia. A balance of performance formula will be applied to ensure parity between DTM cars and Super GT as Super GT will not adopt Class One regulations until 2020.[17]
• The rounds at the Hungaroring, Red Bull Ring and Zandvoort were removed from the schedule. The series will instead make its debut at the TT Circuit Assen and return to Circuit Zolder for the first time since 2002. Meanwhile the Misano round will revert to a daytime start time instead of nighttime.[18]
• A non-championship race will be held at Fuji as a supporting event of the Super GT x DTM Dream Race.

• The 2019 season saw the introduction of a new road car-based fuel-efficient engine configuration, with turbocharged engines returning to the sport for the first time since 1989. The new engines are 2.0 litres (122 cubic inches) inline-4 cylinder format single-turbocharged engines, tuned to produce approximately 610 horsepower (450 kilowatts) and limited to 9,500 rpm as it was announced on 20 January 2016;[19] Garrett Advancing Motion will provide the turbochargers for all DTM cars from 2019 onwards. Individual engine units under the 2019 specifications had to last for at least 6,000 km (3,728 mi) before being replaced, in comparison to the pre-2019 engines, which were required to last for 10,000 km (6,214 mi). Engine unit changes during a race weekend result in a 10-place grid penalty for the requisite driver. All engines would remain to run on Aral Ultimate 102 RON unleaded fuel. The traditional 4.0 litres (244 cubic inches) naturally-aspirated V8 engines that were used since 2000 were permanently retired. The all-new engine configuration also incorporates the IndyCar-style push-to-pass overtake assist system in a bid to improve the racing spectacle; the push-to-pass system will produce around 30 hp (22 kW) and will be used by the driver up to 12 times in a race.[20]

• The single-element rear wing returns for the first time since 2016 but will be wider. As a result, the drag reduction system used for assisting overtaking manoeuvres will be revised, with use now within three seconds of a driver in front.
• The minimum weight of the cars was decreased from 1,115 to 1,070 kg (2,458 to 2,359 lb) (including driver and fuel respectively) to account for the decreased weight of the engine and other components.
• Launch control was outlawed,[21] while the traditional interior rear view mirror was replaced by a rear-view camera.[21] Meanwhile all electronic devices were upgraded due to new Class One regulations.

• The two races per round format was retained, but the fixed lap distance format (last used in 2014) was initially brought back, replacing the timed race format (55 minutes plus 1 lap most recently) that had been used for the previous 4 years; there was a caveat in the case of a safety car period, the race could be extended by up to 3 laps.[21] However after the opening round of the season, the previous timed race format was reinstated with the addition of the race-extending safety car rule.

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

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

René Rast claimed his second championship.

Pos. Driver HOC ZOL MIS NOR ASS BRH LAU NÜR HOC Points 1 René Rast 16† 1 NC2 12 21 31 13 71 32 51 22 11 Ret1 1 11 32 11 3 322 2 Nico Müller 8 2 3 8 5 1 21 82 2 3 3 2 13 23 153 6 17 12 250 3 Marco Wittmann 11 82 71 13 1 Ret 8 16† 11 2 11 10 4 6 3 Ret 22 12 202 4 Mike Rockenfeller 22 Ret 5 4 6 10 Ret 3 9 13 7 6 3 3 Ret 73 33 21 182 5 Robin Frijns 3 33 12 Ret Ret 42 Ret 4 Ret 6 4 33 2 5 DSQ 2 4 7 157 6 Philipp Eng 14 41 1 23 7 2 7 5 4 13 6 5 5 10 13 8 Ret 14 144 7 Loïc Duval 5 Ret 4 11 33 11 4 63 83 11 53 42 6 8 5 4 5 10 134 8 Jamie Green 12 9 6 3 11 2 7 9 11 15 102 41 6 11 12 5 115 9 Bruno Spengler 7 5 103 7 4 8 52 1 15 Ret 12 Ret 9 14 22 10 8 9 106 10 Jonathan Aberdein 15 14 NC 12 82 73 13 14 6 42 9 13 14 72 4 5 14 Ret 67 11 Joel Eriksson 13 10 2 10 Ret 6 3 13 16 16† DNS Ret 8 13 8 11 10 6 61 12 Timo Glock 4 6 13 14 10 Ret Ret 9 5 14 13 12 Ret 15† 9 9 6 43 58 13 Sheldon van der Linde 6 13 11 51 9 9 Ret Ret 10 15 8 7 16 11 7 16 16 13 42 14 Daniel Juncadella 9 16 Ret Ret 13 14 6 10 Ret 7 10 8 12 12 10 12 Ret Ret 23 15 Pietro Fittipaldi 10 15 14 9 11 5 Ret 15 11 10 DNS 16 7 9 14 13 15 15 22 16 Paul di Resta Ret3 7 8 DNS 16 Ret 12 Ret 14 8 14† 14 13 Ret 12 DNS 7 DNS 21 17 Jake Dennis 11 11 Ret 6 15 13 9 12 12 Ret Ret 9 11 Ret Ret 14 11 8 17 18 Ferdinand von Habsburg Ret 12 9 Ret 14 12 10 11 13 12 15† 11 15 Ret 11 15 DNS 11 3 19 Andrea Dovizioso 12 15 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points — Jenson Button 9 16 — — Ryō Hirakawa 13 — — Ronnie Quintarelli 17 — — Tsugio Matsuda NC — — Nick Cassidy Ret — Pos. Driver HOC ZOL MIS NOR ASS BRH LAU NÜR HOC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 1 – 3 Points for Pole 2 – 2 Points for P2 3 – 1 Point for P3

• † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.