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). Originally each track hosted one race each with the exception of
Hockenheimring
The Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg () is a motor racing circuit situated in the Rhine valley near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Amongst other motor racing events, it has hos ...
(two races, premier and finale), but when Avignon lost their race,
EuroSpeedway
The Lausitzring (formally known as the Dekra Lausitzring for ownership reasons) is a race track located near Klettwitz (a civil parish of Schipkau, Oberspreewald-Lausitz district) in the state of Brandenburg in northeast Germany, near the bor ...
also hosted two events.
Changes for 2005
* 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
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), frequently referred to as ''Spa'', is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is the current venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, hosting its first Grand Prix in 1925, and has he ...
) and Turkey (
Istanbul Park
Intercity Istanbul Park ( tr, İstanbul Park), also known as the Istanbul Racing Circuit or initially as the Istanbul Otodrom, is a motor sports race track in the Tuzla, Istanbul, Tuzla district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was designed by the well ...
).
* 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
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would become the official fuel retailer and convenience store partner of the series starting from round 7 at
Nürburgring
The is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Formula One, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around t ...
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
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by
Dunlop.
Race calendar and winners
Championship standings
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.
Drivers' championship
*† — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Teams' championship
Manufacturers' championship
External links
Official DTM website
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