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2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

The 2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the nineteenth season of premier German touring car championship and also sixth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The number of race weekends were increased from 10 events in 2004 to eleven in 2005 (although 2004 had eleven events including the non-championship race at Shanghai).

Gary Paffett won his first Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Championship while Mattias Ekström (right) finished second in the championship.

Originally each track hosted one race each with the exception of Hockenheimring (two races, premier and finale), but when Avignon lost their race, EuroSpeedway also hosted two events.

Changes for 2005

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  • The cars built to 00-03 specs were banned from competition. Instead the whole field would be made up of cars built to the new 04 specs.
  • Italy and Portugal lost their respective events. They were replaced by Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps) and Turkey (Istanbul Park).
  • Opel scaled down from six to four cars, while Audi and Mercedes fielded eight each instead of the six they had run in 2004.
  • Opel announced that they would leave the series shortly after the 2005 season ended.
  • BP's German brand Aral AG would become the official fuel retailer and convenience store partner of the series starting from round 7 at Nürburgring in mid-2005, taking over Shell's fuel partner contract. The Aral Ultimate brand would provide 100 RON unleaded gasolines and displayed in the pit gantries, trackside sponsorships and all driver's race overalls on the sleeves.

Teams and drivers

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The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

Make Car Team No. Drivers Rounds
Audi Audi A4 DTM 2005 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 1   Mattias Ekström All
2   Martin Tomczyk All
5   Tom Kristensen All
6   Allan McNish All
Audi A4 DTM 2004 Audi Sport Team Joest 14   Christian Abt All
15   Pierre Kaffer All
18   Rinaldo Capello All
19   Frank Stippler All
Mercedes-Benz AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 HWA Team 3   Gary Paffett All
4   Jean Alesi All
7   Bernd Schneider All
8   Mika Häkkinen All
AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004 Mücke Motorsport 16   Stefan Mücke All
17   Alexandros Margaritis All
Persson Motorsport 20   Bruno Spengler All
21   Jamie Green All
Opel Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005 OPC Team Holzer 9   Marcel Fässler All
10   Heinz-Harald Frentzen All
OPC Team Phoenix 11   Laurent Aïello All
12   Manuel Reuter All
Sources:[1][2]

Team changes

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MG Rover announced that they would join the DTM in 2005 running a pair of Zytek prepared MG ZT’s.[3] The project would fail to materialize due to MG Rover falling into administration.[4]

Team Holzer and Team Phoenix both downscaled to 2 Opel’s each due to Opel’s reduced budget while Euroteam left the DTM after being part of Opel’s squad since 2000.[5]

Team Joest expanded from two to four cars.[6]

Mücke Motorsport replaced Team Rosberg as part of Mercedes’ DTM program.[7]

Driver changes

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Two time Formula One World Champion Mika Häkkinen joined the DTM with HWA Team.[8]

Christijan Albers left the DTM to join Formula 1 the Minardi F1 Team.[9]

Stefan Mücke left Persson Motorsport to join his Fathers team, Mücke Motorsport.[10]

Mercedes promoted three Formula 3 Euro Series drivers to the DTM. 2004 Champion Jamie Green and Bruno Spengler joined Persson Motorsport while Alexandros Margaritis joined Mücke Motorsport.[10]

Markus Winkelhock left the DTM to join the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Draco Racing.

Jarek Janiš and Bernd Mayländer were left without drives for 2005 after Team Rosberg withdrew.

1998 Le Mans winner Allan McNish joined the DTM with Abt Sportsline.[11]

Christian Abt switched from Abt Sportsline to Team Joest.[6]

Audi works drivers Pierre Kaffer and Frank Stippler joined the DTM with Team Joest.[6]

2003 and 2004 Le Mans winner Rinaldo Capello joined the DTM with Team Joest.[6]

Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro left the DTM to focus on Endurance racing.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Laurent Aïello swapped seats at Opel’s two teams.[5]

Peter Dumbreck, Timo Scheider and Jeroen Bleekemolen were left without seats in the DTM due to Opel downscaling their program.[5]

Race calendar and winners

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Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer TV Report
1   Hockenheimring 17 April   Mattias Ekström   Jamie Green   Jean Alesi DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes   Mercedes ARD Report
2   EuroSpeedway 1 May   Gary Paffett   Mika Häkkinen   Gary Paffett DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes   Mercedes ARD Report
3   Spa-Francorchamps 15 May   Mika Häkkinen   Mika Häkkinen   Mika Häkkinen Vodafone-Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes   Mercedes ARD Report
4   Brno 5 June   Gary Paffett   Martin Tomczyk   Mattias Ekström Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline   Audi ARD Report
5   Oschersleben 26 June   Tom Kristensen   Mattias Ekström   Gary Paffett DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes   Mercedes ARD Report
6   Norisring 17 July   Tom Kristensen   Gary Paffett   Gary Paffett DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes   Mercedes ARD Report
7   Nürburgring 7 August   Gary Paffett   Gary Paffett   Mattias Ekström Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline   Audi ARD Report
8   Zandvoort 28 August   Bernd Schneider   Gary Paffett   Gary Paffett DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes   Mercedes ARD Report
9   EuroSpeedway 18 September   Jamie Green   Gary Paffett   Mattias Ekström Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline   Audi ARD Report
10   Istanbul Park 2 October   Gary Paffett   Mika Häkkinen   Gary Paffett DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes   Mercedes ARD Report
11   Hockenheimring 23 October   Jamie Green   Jamie Green   Bernd Schneider Vodafone-Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes   Mercedes ARD Report
Source:[12]

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.[13]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' championship

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Pos Driver HOC1
  		LAU1
  		SPA
  		BRN
  		OSC
  		NOR
  		NÜR
  		ZAN
  		LAU2
  		IST
  		HOC2
  		Pts
1   Gary Paffett 2 1 8 4 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 84
2   Mattias Ekström 5 4 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 12 7 71
3   Tom Kristensen Ret 2 3 2 5 7 2 4 3 5 4 56
4   Bernd Schneider 3 17† 17† Ret 4 10 5 8 Ret 3 1 32
5   Mika Häkkinen 8 3 1 13 Ret Ret 4 12 12 2 15 30
6   Jamie Green 6 Ret 19† 5 3 Ret 8 7 Ret 4 2 29
7   Jean Alesi 1 7 4 9 13 Ret 7 Ret 8 7 13 22
8   Heinz-Harald Frentzen Ret 14 15 3 14 6 12 3 7 Ret 18† 17
9   Christian Abt 4 9 10 6 12 2 10 10 Ret Ret 14 16
10   Allan McNish 11 Ret 18† 7 6 4 6 15† 9 15 17 13
11   Laurent Aïello Ret 10 7 16 7 12† 9 14 4 6 9 12
12   Marcel Fässler 9 13 5 15 8 Ret 13 5 Ret 10 6 12
13   Martin Tomczyk Ret 12 6 14 Ret 5 11 6 10 16† Ret 10
14   Frank Stippler 10 6 11 8 9 Ret 14 Ret 13 13 5 8
15   Pierre Kaffer 13† 5 14 12 17 8 18 11 Ret Ret 10 5
16   Bruno Spengler 12 15† Ret 11 16 13† 15 9 6 8 8 5
17   Manuel Reuter Ret 16 16† Ret 15 9 20 Ret 5 14 12 4
18   Stefan Mücke 7 8 12 Ret 11 Ret 17 Ret Ret 9 11 3
19   Alexandros Margaritis Ret Ret 9 17† 18 11 16 13 14 11 Ret 0
20   Rinaldo Capello Ret 11 13 10 10 Ret 19 Ret 11 Ret 16 0
Pos Driver HOC1
  		LAU1
  		SPA
  		BRN
  		OSC
  		NOR
  		NÜR
  		ZAN
  		LAU2
  		IST
  		HOC2
  		Pts
Sources:[14][15]
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)
  • † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Teams' championship

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Pos. Team No. HOC1
  		LAU1
  		SPA
  		BRN
  		OSC
  		NOR
  		NÜR
  		ZAN
  		LAU2
  		IST
  		HOC2
  		Points
1 DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes 3 2 1 8 4 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 106
4 1 7 4 9 13 Ret 7 Ret 8 7 13
2 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 1 5 4 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 12 7 79
2 Ret 12 6 14 Ret 5 11 6 10 16† Ret
3 Audi Sport Team Abt 5 Ret 2 3 2 5 7 2 4 3 5 4 69
6 11 Ret 18† 7 6 4 6 15† 9 15 17
4 Vodafone-Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes 7 3 17† 17† Ret 4 10 5 8 Ret 3 1 62
8 8 3 1 13 Ret Ret 4 12 12 2 15
5 Salzgitter / Junge Gebrauchte von Mercedes 20 12 15† Ret 11 16 13† 15 9 6 8 8 35
21 6 Ret 19† 5 3 Ret 8 7 Ret 4 2
6 GMAC Stern Team OPC 9 9 13 5 15 8 Ret 13 5 Ret 10 6 29
10 Ret 14 15 3 14 6 12 3 7 Ret 18†
7 Audi Sport Team Joest Racing 14 4 9 10 6 12 2 10 10 Ret Ret 14 21
15 13† 5 14 12 17 8 18 11 Ret Ret 10
8 Team OPC 11 Ret 10 7 16 7 12† 9 14 4 6 9 16
12 Ret 16 16† Ret 15 9 20 Ret 5 14 12
9 Audi Sport Team Joest 18 Ret 11 13 10 10 Ret 19 Ret 11 Ret 16 8
19 10 6 11 8 9 Ret 14 Ret 13 13 5
10 Mücke Motorsport 16 7 8 12 Ret 11 Ret 17 Ret Ret 9 11 3
17 Ret Ret 9 17† 18 11 16 13 14 11 Ret
Pos. Team No. HOC1
  		LAU1
  		SPA
  		BRN
  		OSC
  		NOR
  		NÜR
  		ZAN
  		LAU2
  		IST
  		HOC2
  		Points
Sources:[14][16]

Manufacturers' championship

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Pos. Manufacturer HOC1
  		LAU1
  		SPA
  		BRN
  		OSC
  		NOR
  		NÜR
  		ZAN
  		LAU2
  		IST
  		HOC2
  		Points
1 Mercedes 30 19 16 9 21 10 18 13 12 32 25 205
2 Audi 9 20 17 24 15 26 21 16 16 4 11 179
3 Opel 0 0 6 6 3 3 0 10 11 3 3 45
Pos. Manufacturer HOC1
  		LAU1
  		SPA
  		BRN
  		OSC
  		NOR
  		NÜR
  		ZAN
  		LAU2
  		IST
  		HOC2
  		Points
Source:[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Summary". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. ^ "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2005: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Two MG ZT's in the DTM".
  4. ^ "MG Rover goes into administration".
  5. ^ a b c "Opel racing for its future".
  6. ^ a b c d "DTM champion Audi is setting the course for the new season".
  7. ^ "Mücke confirms privateer entry".
  8. ^ "Hakkinen signs DTM deal".
  9. ^ "Albers to race for Minardi in 2005".
  10. ^ a b "Mercedes confirms 2005 line up".
  11. ^ "McNish gets DTM Audi".
  12. ^ "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Results 2005". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  13. ^ "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2005: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  14. ^ a b c "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Standings 2005". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  15. ^ "2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Standings". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  16. ^ "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) - Season 2005: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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