Timo Scheider defended his second Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Championship while Gary Paffett (right) finished second in the championship.

The 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-third season of premier German touring car championship and also tenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The series began on 17 May at Hockenheim and finished on 25 October at the same venue.

Timo Scheider successfully defended his championship title, taking his Audi A4 to a five-point series win over Mercedes-Benz driver Gary Paffett.

Teams and drivers

Of the nineteen drivers that competed in the 2008 season, only Bernd Schneider and Christijan Albers did not return. Rookies in 2009 are the Kolles Futurecom trio of Christian Bakkerud, Johannes Seidlitz and Tomáš Kostka. The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

Make	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2009	Abt Sportsline	1	Timo Scheider[1]	All
			2	Tom Kristensen[1]	All
			5	Mattias Ekström[1]	All
			6	Martin Tomczyk[1]	All
	Audi A4 DTM 2008		21	Katherine Legge[1]	All
		Team Rosberg	11	Mike Rockenfeller[1]	All
			12	Markus Winkelhock[1]	All
		Team Phoenix	14	Alexandre Prémat[1]	All
			15	Oliver Jarvis[1]	All
	Audi A4 DTM 2007	Kolles Futurecom	18	Christian Bakkerud[2]	1–4, 6–10
			19	Johannes Seidlitz[3]	1–2, 5–10
			20	Tomáš Kostka[4]	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009	HWA Team	3	Paul di Resta[5][6]	All
			4	Ralf Schumacher[6][7]	All
			9	Bruno Spengler[5][6]	All
			10	Gary Paffett[5][6]	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	Persson Motorsport	7	Jamie Green[5][6]	All
			8	Susie Stoddart[6]	All
		Mücke Motorsport	16	Maro Engel[6]	All
			17	Mathias Lauda[6]	All

Driver changes

Katherine Legge moved from the Futurecom-TME team to a team created for her at Audi Sport Team Abt Lady Power, gaining a later model Audi with the change.

Christian Bakkerud joined the series coming from GP2 Series along with Formula Renault BARC driver Johannes Seidlitz both joining the Colin Kolles owned Futurecom-TME team with Czech Touring Car Championship racer Tomáš Kostka joining sister-team Futurecom-BRT.

Christijan Albers left DTM to pursue sports car racing with Kolles' Le Mans Series team and the most successful driver in the history of DTM, four-time champion Bernd Schneider retired from the sport.

Technical changes

The series adopted new rule changes, as announced on 21 April 2009. Qualifying consisted of four sessions, rather than two in 2008. The minimum weights of the cars were also altered, with 2009 cars topping the scales at 1050 kg, 2008 cars at 1030 kg and 2007 machinery at 1010 kg.^[8]

Race calendar and results

To avoid a clash of coverage times with the 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, the season opener traditionally held at Hockenheim took place on 17 May, three weeks later than originally planned. Consequently, the EuroSpeedway round that had been scheduled for this date was moved to 31 May. The Brands Hatch round was also moved back a week due to the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix, from 30 August to 6 September.

French circuit Dijon-Prenois made its maiden appearance on the DTM calendar holding the penultimate round of the season on 11 October. Italian circuit Mugello was dropped from the calendar.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Hockenheimring	17 May	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Tom Kristensen	Abt Sportsline
2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	31 May	Mattias Ekström	Jamie Green	Gary Paffett	HWA Team
3	Norisring, Nuremberg	28 June	Timo Scheider	Katherine Legge	Jamie Green	Persson Motorsport
4	Circuit Park Zandvoort	19 July	Oliver Jarvis	Mattias Ekström	Gary Paffett	HWA Team
5	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	2 August	Tom Kristensen	Timo Scheider	Timo Scheider	Abt Sportsline
6	Nürburgring	16 August	Martin Tomczyk	Mattias Ekström	Martin Tomczyk	Abt Sportsline
7	Brands Hatch, Kent	6 September	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	HWA Team
8	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	20 September	Tom Kristensen	Timo Scheider	Timo Scheider	Abt Sportsline
9	Dijon-Prenois	11 October	Bruno Spengler	Paul di Resta	Gary Paffett	HWA Team
10	Hockenheimring	25 October	Mattias Ekström	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	HWA Team

Season results

Timo Scheider won his second DTM series crown for Audi team Abt Sportsline. With season long rival, Mercedes-Benz driver Gary Paffett taking four wins through the season, and with Scheider disqualified from the results at Zandvoort mid-season, left Scheider behind Paffett for much of the season. Schieder finished first or second in all bar one event for the remainder of the season after Zandvoort including victories at Oschersleben and Catalunya in an irresistible charge to the title. By the time Paffett returned to the podium with wins in the last two races of the year Scheider had built a points buffer large enough to secure the title.

Paul di Resta stood on the podium three times in the final four races, including a win at Brands Hatch to emerge from the pack in third place in the series pointscore, four points ahead of Bruno Spengler and Mattias Ekström. Apart from Scheider, Paffett and di Resta, race wins were taken by Tom Kristensen at the Hockenheim season opener, his last ever touring car victory before semi-retirement; Jamie Green at the Norisring street circuit and by Martin Tomczyk at the Nürburgring.

The combined efforts of Paffett and Spengler saw the HWA run Salzgitter / Mercedes-Benz Bank team claim the teams prize at season's end, 100 points to 85 points of the Abt Sportsline team of Scheider and Kristensen.^[9]

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver HOC LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC Points 1 Timo Scheider 2 5 4 DSQ 1 2 2 1 6 2 64 2 Gary Paffett Ret 1 5 1 5 8 4 4 1 1 59 3 Paul di Resta 5 4 7 6 4 Ret 1 7 2 3 45 4 Bruno Spengler Ret 2 2 5 6 6 6 5 3 7 41 5 Mattias Ekström 7 3 3 3 2 3 5 6 9 Ret 41 6 Martin Tomczyk Ret Ret 11 4 3 1 3 3 7 Ret 35 7 Jamie Green 8 6 1 9 9 5 12 14 4 5 27 8 Tom Kristensen 1 12 8 8 8 Ret 19† 2 DSQ 15 21 9 Oliver Jarvis 3 Ret Ret 2 15† Ret 8 9 15 6 18 10 Markus Winkelhock 4 Ret 13 DSQ Ret 4 18† Ret 10 8 11 11 Ralf Schumacher 9 10 6 10 11 7 9 13 5 Ret 9 12 Maro Engel 6 8 Ret 7 7 12 10 10 12 10 8 13 Alexandre Prémat Ret Ret Ret DSQ 16† Ret 11 8 11 4 6 14 Mike Rockenfeller Ret 7 9 12† 13 10 7 12 13 9 4 15 Mathias Lauda 10 9 14 Ret 12 9 20† 11 8 14 1 16 Susie Stoddart Ret 11 10 11 10 11 13 15 14 16† 0 17 Tomáš Kostka 11 13 Ret Ret 14 15 14 16 17 11 0 18 Katherine Legge 12 Ret 12 Ret 17† Ret 15 Ret 16 17† 0 19 Christian Bakkerud 14 14 15 DSQ 13 16 17 Ret 12 0 20 Johannes Seidlitz 13 DNS Ret 14 17 18 Ret 13 0 Pos Driver HOC LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC Points

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 90% of the winner's race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	No.	HOC	LAU	NOR	ZAN	OSC	NÜR	BRH	CAT	DIJ	HOC	Points
1	Salzgitter / Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG	9	Ret	2	2	5	6	6	6	5	3	7	100
		10	Ret	1	5	1	5	8	4	4	1	1
2	Audi Sport Team Abt	1	2	5	4	DSQ	1	2	2	1	6	2	85
		2	1	12	8	8	8	Ret	19†	2	18†	15
3	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	5	7	3	3	3	2	3	5	6	9	Ret	76
		6	Ret	Ret	11	4	3	1	3	3	7	Ret
4	Trilux AMG Mercedes	3	5	4	7	6	4	Ret	1	7	2	3	54
		4	9	10	6	10	11	7	9	13	5	Ret
5	TV Spielfilm / Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes	7	8	6	1	9	9	5	12	14	4	5	27
		8	Ret	11	10	11	10	11	13	15	14	16†
6	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	DSQ	16†	Ret	11	8	11	4	24
		15	3	Ret	Ret	2	15†	Ret	8	9	15	6
7	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	11	Ret	7	9	12†	13	10	7	12	13	9	15
		12	4	Ret	13	DSQ	Ret	4	18†	Ret	10	8
8	GQ / stern AMG Mercedes	16	6	8	Ret	7	7	12	10	10	12	10	9
		17	10	9	14	Ret	12	9	20†	11	8	14
9	KOLLES Futurecom	18	14	14	15	DSQ		13	16	17	Ret	12	0
		19	13	DNS			Ret	14	17	18	Ret	13
		20	11	13	Ret	Ret	14	15	14	16	17	11
10	Audi Sport Team Abt Lady Power	21	12	Ret	12	Ret	17†	Ret	15	Ret	16	17†	0
Pos.	Team	No.	HOC	LAU	NOR	ZAN	OSC	NÜR	BRH	CAT	DIJ	HOC	Points

References

External links

• The official website of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters