German touring car racing series
Bernd Schneider (left) won his third Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Championship while Christijan Albers (right) finished second in the: championship.
The 2003 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the——seventeenth season of premier German touring car championship. And also fourth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the "series' resumption in 2000." Unlike 2002 there were ten race weekends with only one race at each event.
Changes for 2003※
- The races were increased in length——to a total of one hour per race, as compared——to the 40 minutes each race had lasted in 2002.
- The race at Zolder, Belgium, was replaced by, Adria in Italy.
- The DTM did not return to Sachsenring. Instead, NĂĽrburgring hosted two events.
- The qualifying for Round 7 at NĂĽrburgring was held at nighttime.
Teams and drivers※
The following manufacturers, teams and "drivers competed in the 2003 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters." All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.
Make | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Audi | Abt-Audi TT-R 2003 | Abt Sportsline | 1 | Laurent AĂŻello | All |
2 | Christian Abt | All | |||
5 | Mattias Ekström | All | |||
6 | Karl Wendlinger | All | |||
Abt-Audi TT-R 2002 | Abt Sportsline Junior Team | 14 | Martin Tomczyk | All | |
15 | Peter Terting | All | |||
Mercedes-Benz | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003 | HWA Team | 3 | Bernd Schneider | All |
4 | Christijan Albers | All | |||
9 | Marcel Fässler | All | |||
10 | Jean Alesi | All | |||
AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2002 | Persson Motorsport | 11 | Thomas Jäger | All | |
12 | Bernd Mayländer | All | |||
20 | Katsutomo Kaneishi | All | |||
AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2002 | Team Rosberg | 24 | Patrick Huisman | 1–2 | |
Gary Paffett | 3–10 | ||||
42 | Stefan MĂĽcke | All | |||
Opel | Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2003 | OPC Team Holzer | 7 | Manuel Reuter | All |
8 | Alain Menu | All | |||
Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2002 | OPC Euroteam | 16 | Joachim Winkelhock | All | |
17 | Jeroen Bleekemolen | All | |||
Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2003 | OPC Team Phoenix | 18 | Timo Scheider | All | |
19 | Peter Dumbreck | All | |||
Sources: |
Race calendar and winners※
Championship standings※
Scoring system※
Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship※
|
Bold – Pole |
- †— Driver retired. But was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Teams' championship※
Pos. | Team | No. | HOC |
ADR |
NĂśR |
LAU |
NOR |
DON |
NĂśR |
A1R |
ZAN |
HOC |
Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vodafone / Express-Service AMG-Mercedes | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 132 | |
4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | ||||
2 | AMG-Mercedes | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 99 | |
10 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 1 | ||||
3 | PlayStation 2 Red Bull Abt-Audi | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 47 | |
6 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 17 | ||||
4 | Hasseröder Abt-Audi | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 44 | |
2 | 20†| DSQ | 8 | 9 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 9 | ||||
5 | OPC Team Phoenix | 18 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 43 | |
19 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 4 | ||||
6 | OPC Team Holzer | 7 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 15†| 10 | 4 | 19†| 14 | |
8 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 9 | 7 | Ret | 10 | ||||
7 | Service 24h AMG-Mercedes | 24 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 18†| 4 | |
42 | 17 | Ret | 15 | DNS | 15 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 14 | ||||
8 | OPC Euroteam | 16 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Ret | 3 | |
17 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 18†| 14 | 13 | 17†| 12 | 7 | 15 | ||||
9 | Original-Teile AMG-Mercedes | 11 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 | |
12 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 20†| ||||
10 | S Line Audi Junior Team | 14 | 12 | Ret | 18 | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 13 | 2 | |
15 | Ret | 13 | 14 | DNS | 12 | 14 | 18†| 13 | 14 | 8 | ||||
11 | ARTA AMG-Mercedes | 21 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 17†| Ret | 16†| 17 | 18 | 16 | 0 | |
Pos. | Team | No. | HOC |
ADR |
NĂśR |
LAU |
NOR |
DON |
NĂśR |
A1R |
ZAN |
HOC |
Points | |
Sources: |
Manufacturers' championship※
Pos. | Manufacturer | HOC |
ADR |
NĂśR |
LAU |
NOR |
DON |
NĂśR |
A1R |
ZAN |
HOC |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mercedes | 27 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 237 |
2 | Audi | 7 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 93 |
3 | Opel | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 60 |
Pos. | Manufacturer | HOC |
ADR |
NĂśR |
LAU |
NOR |
DON |
NĂśR |
A1R |
ZAN |
HOC |
Points |
Source: |
References※
- ^ "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2003 Entry List". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) - 2003: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Results 2003". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) - 2003: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Standings 2003". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "2003 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Standings". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) - Season 2003: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2023.