2026 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

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Thomas Preining (left) was the driver's champion, while his team Manthey Racing (right) was the teams' champion.

The 2026 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the fortieth season of the premier German touring car championship, as well as the twenty-seventh season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It was the sixth season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations, and the fourth under ADAC's promotion.

Teams and drivers

All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli.

Manufacturer Car Engine Team No. Driver Status Rounds Ref.
Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8 Belgium Comtoyou Racing 7 Denmark Nicki Thiim All [1]
8 Belgium Nicolas Baert R All
Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 Germany Seyffarth Motorsport 77 Germany Simon Connor Primm R G 7 [2][3]
BMW BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 Germany Schubert Motorsport 3 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde All [4]
11 Germany Marco Wittmann All
Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 Switzerland Emil Frey Racing 14 Italy Matteo Cairoli All [5]
69 Netherlands Thierry Vermeulen All
Ford Ford Mustang GT3 Evo Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 Germany HRT Ford Racing 36 India Arjun Maini All [6]
64 Germany Finn Wiebelhaus R All
Lamborghini Lamborghini Temerario GT3 Lamborghini L411 4.0 L Turbo V8 Germany Red Bull Team Abt 10 Italy Marco Mapelli All [7][8]
130 Germany Luca Engstler All
Austria TGI Team by GRT 19 Germany Maximilian Paul 1–4, 7–8 [7][9]
Germany Christian Engelhart 6 [10]
63 Italy Mirko Bortolotti All [7][9]
Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Germany Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf 22 Austria Lucas Auer All [11]
84 Germany Tom Kalender R All
United States Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter[a]
Mercedes-AMG Team Ravenol[a]
 48 France Jules Gounon All [11]
80 Germany Maro Engel All
McLaren McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 Germany Dörr Motorsport 16 Germany Timo Glock All [12][13]
25 Germany Ben Dörr All [13]
Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 Germany Land-Motorsport 29 Denmark Bastian Buus All [14][15]
Germany Manthey Racing 90 Switzerland Ricardo Feller All [16]
91 Austria Thomas Preining All
Icon Status
R Rookie
G Guest drivers

Driver and team changes

Race calendar

Round Circuit Location Race 1 Race 2 Map of circuit locations
1 Austria Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria 25 April 26 April
2 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort Zandvoort, North Holland 23 May 24 May
3 Germany Lausitzring Klettwitz, Brandenburg 20 June 21 June
4 Germany Norisring Nuremberg, Bavaria 4 July 5 July
5 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt 25 July 26 July
6 Germany Nürburgring Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate 15 August 16 August
7 Germany Sachsenring Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Sachsen 12 September 13 September
8 Germany Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg 10 October 11 October
Source:[23]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer Winning rookie
1 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring Germany Maro Engel Denmark Bastian Buus Austria Thomas Preining Germany Manthey Racing Germany Porsche Germany Tom Kalender
R2 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde Denmark Nicki Thiim Germany Maro Engel United States Winward Racing Germany Mercedes-AMG Germany Finn Wiebelhaus
2 R1 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort Italy Matteo Cairoli Switzerland Ricardo Feller Italy Matteo Cairoli Switzerland Emil Frey Racing Italy Ferrari Germany Finn Wiebelhaus
R2 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde Germany Timo Glock South Africa Kelvin van der Linde Germany Schubert Motorsport Germany BMW Germany Tom Kalender
3 R1 Germany Lausitzring Denmark Nicki Thiim Germany Maro Engel Germany Ben Dörr[b] Germany Dörr Motorsport United Kingdom McLaren Germany Tom Kalender
R2 India Arjun Maini India Arjun Maini Italy Matteo Cairoli Switzerland Emil Frey Racing Italy Ferrari Germany Finn Wiebelhaus
4 R1 Germany Norisring Denmark Nicki Thiim Austria Lucas Auer Denmark Nicki Thiim Belgium Comtoyou Racing United Kingdom Aston Martin Germany Finn Wiebelhaus
R2 Denmark Nicki Thiim Germany Maro Engel Denmark Nicki Thiim Belgium Comtoyou Racing United Kingdom Aston Martin Germany Finn Wiebelhaus
5 R1 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Austria Thomas Preining Denmark Bastian Buus Austria Thomas Preining Germany Manthey Racing Germany Porsche Germany Tom Kalender
R2 Austria Thomas Preining Denmark Nicki Thiim Germany Maro Engel[c] United States Winward Racing Germany Mercedes-AMG Germany Tom Kalender
6 R1 Germany Nürburgring Italy Matteo Cairoli Italy Matteo Cairoli Italy Matteo Cairoli Switzerland Emil Frey Racing Italy Ferrari Belgium Nicolas Baert
R2 France Jules Gounon Germany Finn Wiebelhaus Germany Marco Wittmann Germany Schubert Motorsport Germany BMW Germany Tom Kalender
7 R1 Germany Sachsenring Germany Marco Wittmann Austria Thomas Preining Germany Marco Wittmann Germany Schubert Motorsport Germany BMW Germany Tom Kalender
R2 Germany Maro Engel Germany Finn Wiebelhaus Germany Ben Dörr Germany Dörr Motorsport United Kingdom McLaren Germany Finn Wiebelhaus
8 R1 Germany Hockenheimring Germany Luca Engstler Germany Maro Engel Austria Lucas Auer Germany Landgraf Motorsport Germany Mercedes-AMG Germany Finn Wiebelhaus
R2 Denmark Bastian Buus India Arjun Maini Germany Maro Engel United States Winward Racing Germany Mercedes-AMG Germany Finn Wiebelhaus

Scoring system

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

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Race 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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

Qualifying Position  1st   2nd   3rd 
Points 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver RBR
Austria		 ZAN
Netherlands		 LAU
Germany		 NOR
Germany		 OSC
Germany		 NÜR
Germany		 SAC
Germany		 HOC
Germany		 Points
1 Austria Thomas Preining 13 13 7 8 12 10 9 9 11 21 22 3 32 2 53 3 225
2 Germany Maro Engel 31 1 6 4 15 7 22 7 33 1 6 Ret 5 171 4 13 213
3 Germany Marco Wittmann 5 2 11 3 5 8 Ret 10 Ret 33 3 1 11 6 3 7 198
4 Austria Lucas Auer 2 33 23 13 63 11 4 3 4 11 53 Ret 11 5 12 13 182
5 Italy Matteo Cairoli 8 14 11 11 8 12 11 Ret 11 9 11 133 6 4 18 6 160
6 Denmark Nicki Thiim 10 5 9 18 41 23 11 11 12 12 11 7 8 Ret 16 14 149
7 Germany Ben Dörr Ret2 7 5 2 1 16 10 13 Ret 15 4 Ret2 10 1 11 5 139
8 India Arjun Maini 7 11 12 16 92 41 33 43 6 5 Ret 4 12 11 8 8 133
9 Switzerland Ricardo Feller 9 12 10 10 3 13 12 12 10 7 9 11 13 32 15 22 121
10 France Jules Gounon Ret 4 4 12 7 Ret 7 5 Ret 8 8 141 23 Ret3 7 Ret 111
11 Netherlands Thierry Vermeulen 13 9 32 52 13 14 5 6 9 14 13 12 9 7 12 12 107
12 Germany Luca Engstler 15 18 8 63 Ret 6 14 16 22 42 7 6 Ret 8 Ret1 WD 99
13 Italy Mirko Bortolotti 12 16 14 9 Ret 5 8 11 5 DSQ Ret 5 7 13 2 10 97
14 South Africa Kelvin van der Linde DSQ 61 Ret 11 10 9 Ret WD 7 6 Ret Ret 4 18 6 18 96
15 Germany Finn Wiebelhaus 11 82 16 Ret Ret 3 6 22 Ret Ret Ret 16 17 12 10 11 78
16 Denmark Bastian Buus 14 10 DSQ Ret Ret 12 13 8 14 10 10 10 Ret 9 DSQ 41 66
17 Italy Marco Mapelli 17 19 15 7 2 15 16 Ret Ret 13 Ret 9 Ret 14 9 9 57
18 Germany Tom Kalender 4 Ret Ret 15 11 Ret Ret 14 13 17 Ret 2 14 Ret 14 15 49
19 Germany Timo Glock 6 15 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 16 Ret 8 Ret 15 Ret 16 30
20 Germany Maximilian Paul 16 20 13 Ret 14 Ret Ret WD Ret 10 13 17 14
21 Belgium Nicolas Baert Ret 17 17 17 16 17 15 15 Ret Ret 12 15 16 Ret 17 19 8
22 Germany Christian Engelhart 14 WD 2
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
— Germany Simon Connor Primm 15 16 —
Pos. Driver RBR
Austria		 ZAN
Netherlands		 LAU
Germany		 NOR
Germany		 OSC
Germany		 NÜR
Germany		 SAC
Germany		 HOC
Germany		 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap

1 – 3 Points for Pole

2 – 2 Points for P2

3 – 1 Point for P3

'Rookie of the Year' classification

Pos. Driver Points
1 Germany Tom Kalender 394
2 Germany Finn Wiebelhaus 385
3 Belgium Nicolas Baert 357
Source:[24]

Teams' championship

Pos. Team Points
1 Germany Manthey Racing 330
2 United States Winward Racing 309
3 Germany Schubert Motorsport 284
4 Switzerland Emil Frey Racing 254
5 Germany Landgraf Motorsport 225
6 Germany HRT Ford Racing 200
7 Germany Dörr Motorsport 165
8 Germany Red Bull Team Abt 148
9 Belgium Comtoyou Racing 147
10 Austria TGI Team by GRT 113
11 Germany Land-Motorsport 63

Manufacturers' championship

Only points scored by the top two drivers of a manufacturer in races count for the manufacturers' championship.

Pos. Manufacturer Points
1 Germany Mercedes-AMG 440
2 Germany Porsche 356
3 Germany BMW 293
4 Italy Ferrari 275
5 Italy Lamborghini 258
6 United States Ford 222
7 United Kingdom McLaren 188
8 United Kingdom Aston Martin 181

Notes

  1. Car No. 48 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter, car No. 80 entered as Mercedes-AMG Team Ravenol. Both cars share a teams' championship entry as "Winward Racing".
  2. Marco Mapelli originally won the race, but received a 15-second time penalty for speeding under full-course yellow. Ben Dörr, initially classified second, inherited the win.
  3. Mirko Bortolotti originally won the race, but was disqualified due to the wheel bearings in his car not complying with the homologation. Maro Engel, initially classified second, inherited the win.

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