2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

The 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters is the thirty-fourth season of premier German touring car championship and also twenty-first season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000 as well as second season of "Class One" regulations era. Audi will enter as the defending Manufacturers' Champion, after winning their seventh title in 2019,[1] Audi Sport Team Rosberg enters as the defending teams' champion and René Rast enters as the defending drivers' champion, after winning his second title in 2019.[2]

2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Previous: 2019 Next: 2021
Sister series:
Super GT
Support series:
DTM Trophy
W Series
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
DMV GTC
René Rast is the reigning Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Champion

After Aston Martin and R-Motorsport decided to withdraw from Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, the 2020 season marks the first season since 2011 that the series would feature only two manufacturers.

2020 will also mark the final season for Audi Sport in the DTM, shifting their focus to FIA Formula E and customer programmes.[3]

Teams and drivers
Ed Jones (left), Robert Kubica (right) and Fabio Scherer (not pictured) will make their DTM débuts in 2020.

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.

Key
Full-season entry Additional/wildcard entry Replacement entry
* Eligible for all championship points * Ineligible to score Drivers' championship points * Eligible for all championship points
Manufacturer Car Engine Team No. Driver name
Audi Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2020 Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI I-4t Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 4 Robin Frijns
51 Nico Müller[4][5]
Audi Sport Team WRT 13 Fabio Scherer[6]
62 Ferdinand von Habsburg
TBA Ed Jones[6]
Audi Sport Team Phoenix 28 Loïc Duval
99 Mike Rockenfeller
Audi Sport Team Rosberg 33 René Rast
53 Jamie Green[7]
BMW BMW M4 Turbo DTM 2020 BMW P48 Turbo I-4t BMW Team ART 8 Robert Kubica[8]
BMW Team RMG 11 Marco Wittmann[9]
16 Timo Glock[9]
BMW Team RMR 22 Lucas Auer[9]
27 Jonathan Aberdein[10]
BMW Team RBM 25 Philipp Eng[9]
31 Sheldon van der Linde[9]

Team changes

Driver changes

Calendar

A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 19 September 2019: four rounds will be held in Germany, and six outside of Germany.[26][27] However, the calendar was altered twice in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; initially on 26 March before a further modified schedule was published on 3 June.[28][29]

Round Circuit Race 1 Race 2
- Norisring Cancelled
1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 August 2 August
2 EuroSpeedway Lausitz 15 August 16 August
3 22 August 23 August
4 TT Circuit Assen 5 September 6 September
5 Nürburgring 12 September 13 September
6 19 September 20 September
7 Circuit Zolder 9 October 11 October
8 17 October 18 October
9 Hockenheimring 7 November 8 November

Calendar changes
Original calendar
First amendments
  • The first half of the season was postponed, with the opening race scheduled for the Norisring on its original date in July. Two event slots were left in early August and October respectively for either the Russian or Swedish round, with original season opener Zolder moved to August. The rounds at Brands Hatch, TT Circuit Assen and the Nürburgring were left on their original dates, with events at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Hockenheimring and Monza moved to October and November.[28]
Second amendments
  • The Norisring Trophy remained the opening round on a schedule restricted to Germany and the Benelux. The first blank slot was filled with the series' first event at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps since 2005, and will be followed by two events on back-to-back weekends at the Lausitzring. Further double-header events will be held at the Nürburgring and Zolder, with the Lausitz and Nürburg events punctuated by a round at Assen. The Hockenheimring returned to the season finale slot having been shuffled out by Monza in the first amendment.[29] The Nuremberg season-opener was eventually cancelled after the local council ruled against a proposed sans-spectator event on economic and health grounds.[33][34]

Regulation changes
  • All cars will utilise a revolutionary environment-friendly high-performance fuel, with 50% of renewable components blend like Ethanol in a bid to improve environmental safety and carbon dioxide balance improvement by 30%. The remaining 50% is an unleaded fuel blend developed by Aral Ultimate.[35]
  • After a successful 2019 season, the push-to-pass overtake systems will be doubled from 30 to 60 horsepower (22 to 45 kilowatts) and the drag reduction system (DRS) usage will be unrestricted.[36][37] To compensate, the engine's power output has been reduced from 610 to 580 horsepower (455 to 433 kilowatts).[38]
  • On 1 July 2019 it was announced that Hankook would once again extend their DTM tyre partner contract until at least 2023, beating out bids by Continental, Dunlop, Michelin, Pirelli and Yokohama to provide tyres for the series.[39]

References
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