2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
The 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twentieth season of premier German touring car championship and also seventh season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series was resumed in 2000. The number of race weekends was reduced, from eleven in 2005, to ten for the 2006 season. Each track hosted one race, with the exception of Hockenheim, which hosted two. As in 2005, each event consisted of one race of approximately one hour, with two compulsory pit stops for each car. The Championship was won by Bernd Schneider driving an AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 for the HWA Team. Team Rosberg returned to the series after one-year absence and thus switched to Audi Sport machinery.
Bernd Schneider (left) won his fourth Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Championship while Bruno Spengler (right) finished second in the championship.
Changes for 2006
- Opel exited the series, leaving Audi and Mercedes as remaining manufacturers. Audi and Mercedes respectively increased their number of entries from eight to ten cars each to fill up the four empty spots left by Opel.
- Older 2004 models became cheaper, allowing privateer teams to buy them.
- The rounds in Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps and Turkey at Istanbul Park were dropped in favour of Le Mans in France and Barcelona in Spain.
- The round in Czech Republic at Brno were removed from the schedule.
Teams and drivers
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.
| Make | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audi | Audi A4 DTM 2006 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 4 |  Martin Tomczyk |
All |
| 5 |  Mattias Ekström |
All | |||
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
All | |||
| 7 |  Tom Kristensen |
All | |||
| Audi A4 DTM 2005 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 12 | Christian Abt |
All | |
| 14 | Pierre Kaffer |
All | |||
| Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 15 | Frank Stippler |
All | ||
| 16 | Timo Scheider |
All | |||
| Audi A4 DTM 2004 | Futurecom TME | 19 |  Olivier Tielemans |
1–3* | |
| Jeroen Bleekemolen |
4–5** | ||||
| Nicolas Kiesa |
6–8*** | ||||
| Thed Björk |
9–10 | ||||
| 20 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Vanina Ickx |
All | |||
| Mercedes-Benz | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 | HWA Team | 2 | Bernd Schneider |
All |
| 3 |  Jamie Green |
All | |||
| 8 |  Mika Häkkinen |
All | |||
| 9 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bruno Spengler |
All | |||
| AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 | Persson Motorsport | 10 |  Jean Alesi |
All | |
| 11 |  Alexandros Margaritis |
All | |||
| AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004 | 21 |  Mathias Lauda |
All | ||
| AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 | Mücke Motorsport | 17 | Stefan Mücke |
All | |
| 18 | Daniel la Rosa |
All | |||
| AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004 | 22 | Susie Stoddart |
All | ||
| Sources:[1][2] | |||||
* Olivier Tielemans was replaced by Jeroen Bleekemolen
** Jeroen Bleekemolen was replaced by Nicolas Kiesa after problems between the team of Colin Kolles where he drove and the main sponsor of Bleekemolen
*** Nicolas Kiesa was replaced by Thed Björk after being injured in a motocross accident
Race calendar and winners
Championship standings
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.[4]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship
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- † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Teams' championship
| Pos. | Team | No. | HOC |
LAU |
OSC |
BRH |
NOR |
NÜR |
ZAN |
CAT |
BUG |
HOC |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vodafone / Salzgitter AMG Mercedes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 102 |
| 3 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 9 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 2 | |||
| 2 | DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | Ret | 88 |
| 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 3 | Audi Sport Team Abt | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 17† | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14† | 80 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18† | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 16† | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 63 |
| 5 | Ret | DSQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 4 | Ret | 12† | |||
| 5 | stern / Easy Rent AMG Mercedes | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 14 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
| 11 | 5 | 6 | 20† | 8 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 13† | |||
| 6 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 15 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 15 |
| 16 | 12 | 11 | 13 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 14 | 6 | Ret | Ret | |||
| 7 | TV-Spielfilm / TrekStor AMG Mercedes | 17 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 15 | Ret | 9 |
| 18 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 15† | 16 | 10 | 7 | Ret | Ret | |||
| 8 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 12 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 5 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| 14 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 9 | Ret | 12 | NC | |||
| 9 | AutoScout24 / Junge Gebrauchte AMG Mercedes | 21 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14† | Ret | 12 | 15 | 13 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Futurecom TME | 19 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 14 | 15† | 0 |
| 20 | 15 | 16 | 18 | Ret | 13 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 11 | |||
| Pos. | Team | No. | HOC |
LAU |
OSC |
BRH |
NOR |
NÜR |
ZAN |
CAT |
BUG |
HOC |
Points |
| Sources:[4][5] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Summary". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2006: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Results 2006". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2006: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Standings 2006". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- "2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Standings". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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