The 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-first season of premier German touring car championship and also eighteenth season under the moniker of

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a grand touring car series sanctioned by ITR e.V. who have been affiliated to the DMSB-FIA since 1984. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The ser ...

since the series' resumption in 2000. The season is scheduled to run from 6 May until 15 October over 18 races.

René Rast René Rast (born 26 October 1986 in Minden) is a German professional racing driver and the 2017, 2019 and 2020 DTM champion. He previously drove for Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler in Formula E from 2019 to 2021 before Audi left the sport at the end o ...

won his first

DTM DTM may refer to: Sport * Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, a motor-racing series staged annually in Germany since 2000 * Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, a motor-racing championship staged in Germany from 1984 to 1995 Computing * Deterministic T ...

championship after a total of nine events.

Supplier changes

*German wheel rim company

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became official standard control wheel rim supplier from 2017 season onwards as it was announced on 15 March 2016. *

Hankook Tire Hankook Tire & Technology (; , also known simply as Hankook and stylised ), is a South Korean tire company. Based in Seoul, Hankook is the seventh largest tire company in the world. History Hankook Tire was established by Jae Hun Chung's grandf ...

extend their DTM tyre supplier role until

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as the South Korean tyre company announced on 6 May 2016.

Rule changes

Sporting rules

*On 17 September 2016, DTM announced that the field may be reduced from 24 to 18 competitors. *The DTM race formats will be changed to 55 minutes respectively for race 1 and race 2 as it was announced on 30 March 2017. *The team-to-driver radio has been banned for 2017 season onwards as it was announced on 1 May 2017. *The simultaneously 4 tyre change in the pit stop has been replaced by the separated 4 tyre change in the pit stop to make longer pit duration up to 10 seconds (similar to

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). *Points will be awarded for qualification positions with the top three earning points.

Technical rules

*After using single-element rear wings for five seasons, the rear wing of all DTM cars has been changed back from a single-element plane wing to a dual-element plane wing. The double-element rear wing was last featured in the DTM in the 2011 season. *All DTM engines from 2017 season will be increased to 500 bhp as well as the increase of intake air restrictors diameter to 29 mm. *All DTM entrants to utilize all-new Hankook tyre compounds from 2017 season to produce aggressive grip.

Mid-season changes

*The allocation of Balance of Performance DTM car weights were revised again for fine tuning. *After several criticisms and protests from DTM teams, the Balance of Performance DTM car weights were officially abolished just before Austrian race.

Teams and drivers

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by

Hankook Hankook Tire & Technology (; , also known simply as Hankook and stylised ), is a South Korean tire company. Based in Seoul, Hankook is the seventh largest tire company in the world. History Hankook Tire was established by Jae Hun Chung's grandf ...

Team changes

* Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline announced that they were scaling down from four cars to a two-car team, moving in line with Audi Sport Team Phoenix and Audi Sport Team Rosberg. *

BMW Team RBM Racing Bart Mampaey (formerly Juma Racing) is a racing team based in Mechelen, Belgium that runs the BMW Team RBM operation in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. Previously the team had been racing in the European Touring Car Championship and World ...

and BMW Team RMG respectively increased their number of entries from two to three cars each to fill up the two empty spots left by

Team Schnitzer Schnitzer Motorsport was a motorsport team based in Freilassing near Munich, Germany. From the early days of its establishment, the team has operated an automobile racing squad for BMW, and has remarkable results in touring car and sports car rac ...

and

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. ; Leaving DTM *Both

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DTM teams

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and

Mücke Motorsport Mücke Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Germany, which is also known as ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg. History Single-seaters Mücke Motorsport was formed by Peter Mücke in 1998 to run his son Stefan Mücke in the German Formula BMW ADAC ...

ceased their DTM involvement due to the reduction in the DTM field to 18 cars (6 per manufacturer) as well as

focusing on junior single-seater formulas. *Both BMW DTM teams

and

also ceased their DTM involvement for similar reasons.

Driver changes

; Entering DTM *

, who replaced

Mattias Ekström Mattias Ekström (born 14 July 1978 in Falun, Sweden) is a racing driver from Sweden. He competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Audi from 2001 until his retirement in 2018, and has been competing in the FIA World Rallycross Championship ...

in the final round of DTM 2016, got his full seat with Audi. *

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winner and WEC champion driver

Loïc Duval Loïc Duval (; born 12 June 1982) is a French professional racing driver racing for Audi Sport as a factory driver in DTM and driving for Dragon Racing in Formula E. He won the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans with Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen driv ...

made his DTM debut with

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. * 2015 FIA GT World Cup winner and Venturi

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driver

Maro Engel Maro René Engel (born 27 August 1985) is a German professional racing driver based in Monaco. He is a long-time Mercedes-AMG factory driver, FIA GT World Cup Champion, Nürburgring 24 hour winner, DTM race winner, Suzuka 10h winner, Macau GT ...

returned to DTM with Mercedes after leaving the series in 2011. ; Changing teams * The 2016 DTM championship runner-up

Edoardo Mortara Edoardo "Edo" Mortara (born 12 January 1987) is a Swiss-Italian- French professional racing driver for Maserati MSG Racing. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, he holds triple nationality from all three countries. He is a former Formula Three Eurose ...

left Audi to join Mercedes. ; Leaving DTM * Former champions

Martin Tomczyk Martin Tomczyk (born 7 December 1981) is a German professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He was the DTM champion in 2011, third in 2007, fourth in 2006 and fifth in 2004, having won eight races. Racing career After a karti ...

and

Timo Scheider Timo Scheider (born 10 November 1978 in Lahnstein) is a German racing driver who competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship for Münnich Motorsport. He won the DTM title in 2008 and 2009. Career Karting Like most other drivers, Scheider ...

announced that they would both retire from DTM championship after 16 years. * BMW driver

António Félix da Costa António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa (born 31 August 1991) is a Portuguese professional racing driver for the Porsche Formula E Team and the 2019–20 Formula E Drivers' Champion. He won the Macau Grand Prix invitational Formula Thre ...

announced that he would leave DTM at the end of the 2016 season to focus on

. * Audi drivers Miguel Molina (between 2010 and 2016) and

Adrien Tambay Adrien Tambay (born 25 February 1991) is a French professional racing driver. He currently is an official CUPRA driver and is the 2022 ETCR Champion. He is the son of former Formula One driver Patrick Tambay, who won two Grands Prix for Ferrari ...

(between 2012 and 2016), both left the series. *

Daniel Juncadella Daniel Juncadella Pérez-Sala (born 7 May 1991) is a Spanish racing driver who currently competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. He is son of Xavier Juncadella and nephew of José María Juncadella, Alex Soler-Roig and Luis Pérez-Sala, als ...

Christian Vietoris Christian Vietoris (; ; born 1 April 1989) is a German racing driver. He competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, most recently for HWA Team. Vietoris has also been a part of the revitalized Mercedes-Benz Junior Team, together with Robert Wi ...

and

Maximilian Götz Maximilian Götz (born 4 February 1986) is a German racing driver. He has competed in such series as International Formula Master and the Formula 3 Euro Series. He won the 2003 Formula BMW ADAC season, taking six victories. He also won the 2021 ...

who all drove full-time in 2016, and

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, who was a midseason replacement, were all left off the Mercedes squad in 2017.

Calendar

The nine event calendar was announced on 16 December 2016. All races from 2016 will return in 2017.

Championship standings

;Scoring system Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows: Additionally, starting 2017, the top three placed drivers in qualifying will also receive points.

Drivers' championship

*† — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.