The 2024 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters is the thirty-eighth season of the premier German touring car championship and also the twenty-fifth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It's the fourth season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations, and the second under ADAC's promotion.

Teams and drivers

All teams competed with tyres supplied by

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. Driver and team changes * Maximilian Paul returned to the series with a privately entered Lamborghini, having last competed as a replacement driver at GRT Grasser Racing Team. * GRT Grasser Racing Team entered a completely new line-up, fielding a pair of cars for Christian Engelhart, who drove for them in the 2023

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finale, and

Luca Engstler Luca Engstler (born 8 March 2000) is a German racing driver currently competing in the WTCR and ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship. Having previously competed in the TCR Middle East Touring Car Series and ADAC Formula 4 amongst others. ...

, who switched from

Engstler Motorsport Engstler Motorsport is a private German auto racing team based in Wiggensbach, run by driver Franz Engstler. It has competed successfully in the Asian Touring Car Championship and the ADAC Procar Series. It is sponsored by lubricants company Liq ...

. * SSR Performance scaled down to two cars.

Alessio Deledda Alessio Deledda (born 10 December 1994) is an Italian racing driver. He currently competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and previously competed in the Formula 2 Championship for HWA Racelab. Early career Beginnings Deledda was born i ...

left the team to compete in International GT Open with Oregon Team, while Franck Perera left to compete in the

FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship is an auto racing world championship organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The series supersedes the ACO's former Intercont ...

with

Iron Lynx Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab is an Italian auto racing team founded by Andrea Piccini, Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni and Sergio Pianezzola. The team is based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. They currently operate Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 spor ...

Nicki Thiim Nicki Thiim (born 17 April 1989 in Sønderborg, Denmark) is a Danish professional racing driver, and Aston Martin Racing works driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Biography After competing in karting, Thiim won the 2006 Danish For ...

, who last competed in

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with GMB Motorsport, was signed as their replacement. * Dörr Motorsport entered the series, fielding a pair of McLaren 720S GT3 Evos.

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switched from GRT Grasser Racing Team to join them, with Ben Dörr named as the second driver. *

Project 1 Project 1 Motorsport, formerly known as tolimit Motorsport, is a German auto racing team founded by Hans-Bernd Kamps and Jörg Michaels in 1993 to compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and later the Porsche Supercup. Based in Lohne, the tea ...

left the series, with Sandro Holzem joining Land Motorsport to compete in

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. Second driver

Marco Wittmann Marco Wittmann (born 24 November 1989) is a German professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He currently resides in Markt Erlbach. Wittmann has competed in such series as Formula Three Euroseries and Formula BMW ADAC/Europe. ...

switched to

Schubert Motorsport Schubert Motorsport is a private motorsport team founded and owned by team principal and European Autocross champion Torsten Schubert, and headquartered in Oschersleben, Germany (near the Motorsport Arena). The team has operated as a BMW priv ...

, with the team expanding to three cars as a result. * Porsche teams

Toksport WRT Toksport World Rally Team is a motorsport preparation and race team based at the Nürburgring in Quiddelbach, Germany. The team has prepared cars for, and entered events in 26 motorsports championship around the globe and has won notable FIA ch ...

and KÜS Team Bernhard left the series. Their drivers

Laurin Heinrich Laurin Heinrich (born 26 September 2001) is a German racing driver who competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and GT World Challenge Europe. He was selected as the 2022 Porsche Junior following the shootout at MotorLand Aragón. Career Ear ...

Marvin Dienst Marvin Christopher Dienst (; born 24 February 1997) is a German racing driver, who last competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Mercedes-AMG Team Mücke Motorsport. Dienst won the Formula BMW Talent Cup in 2012 and the ADAC Formula 4 ...

and

Tim Heinemann Tim Heinemann (born 23 October 1997) is a German driver. He won the inaugural DTM Trophy in 2020, driving for HP Racing International, followed by a second title in 2022. He has also raced in the VLN, Nürburgring 24 Hours, ADAC GT4 Germany, AD ...

left the series to compete in IMSA, GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie respectively.

Ayhancan Güven Ayhancan Güven (born 2 January 1998) is a Turkish racing driver and a Porsche factory driver. He currently competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. Born in 1998 in Istanbul, Ayhancan grown up with the racing background of his father. He's ...

moved KÜS Team Bernhard to Manthey EMA to replace Dennis Olsen, who joined Proton Competition in WEC instead. * Tresor Attempto Racing left the series, with both drivers

Mattia Drudi Mattia Drudi (born 16 July 1998) is an Italian racing driver who currently competes in the GT World Challenge Europe for Attempto Racing. Career Early career Drudi begin his karting career in 2005, at the age of 7, in his native Italy. In 2009, ...

and

Patric Niederhauser Patric Niederhauser (born 8 October 1991 in Münsingen) is a professional racing driver from Switzerland and a current Audi Factory Driver. He was the champion of the Formula Abarth Italian Series. Career Karting Niederhauser began karting in ...

moving to GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. * Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf left the series, having fielded two cars in 2023 under Team Mann-Filter and Team BWT.

Jusuf Owega Jusuf Owega (born 6 April 2002) is a German racing driver currently competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. Racing record Racing career summary † As Owega was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Complete BRDC B ...

left the series to compete in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.

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 ...

switched to Winward Racing to replace ADAC GT Masters bound David Schumacher, with the American team entering his car as Mercedes-AMG Team Winward and

Lucas Auer Lucas Auer (born 11 September 1994) is an Austrian racing driver. He is the nephew of former Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger. He currently drives for HTP Winward Motorsport in DTM. He was a member of the Red Bull Junior Team. Early career In ...

’s car under Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter.

Race calendar

Results and standings

Season summary

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified finishers as follows: Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points:

Drivers' championship

Teams' championship

Manufacturers' championship

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

Notes

References

External links

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