2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

The 2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the fifth Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season since the series' resumption in 2000. There were 10 championship race weekend with one round each, plus a non-championship round at the streets of Shanghai. Originally each track hosted one race each with the exception of Hockenheimring (two races, premier and finale), but when Avignon lost their race EuroSpeedway also hosted two events. Each track hosted one race, with the exception of Hockenheim, which hosted two. As in 2003 each weekend compromised one race of circa one hour and with two compulsory pit stops for each contender.

Changes for 2004

The coupe style cars were replaced by four-door sedans. Smaller independent teams were allowed to run the year-old coupes for one more season.
Audi entered as an official works team.
A non-championship one-off race was held at the streets of Shanghai, China.
A1-Ring in Austria was removed from the schedule. The track was to undergo major repairs, but those were not completed (see article on A1-Ring for full story).
DTM did not return to Donington Park in the United Kingdom for 2004. In 2006 a DTM race in Britain did return to the calendar, but with it being held at Brands Hatch.
Shell became official control fuel supplier from 2004 season until mid-2005.

Teams and drivers

Make	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004	HWA Team	1	Bernd Schneider	All
			2	Christijan Albers	All
			7	Gary Paffett	All
			8	Jean Alesi	All
	AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003	Persson Motorsport	17	Markus Winkelhock	All
		Persson Motorsport	18	Stefan Mücke	All
		Team Rosberg	20	Jarek Janiš	All
		Team Rosberg	21	Bernd Mayländer	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	5	Mattias Ekström	All
			6	Martin Tomczyk	All
			11	Christian Abt	All
			12	Tom Kristensen	All
	Abt Audi TT-R 2003		23	Peter Terting	*
	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Audi Sport Team Joest	22	Rinaldo Capello	*
			44	Emanuele Pirro	All
			45	Frank Biela	All
Opel	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004	OPC Team Phoenix	3	Marcel Fässler	All
			4	Laurent Aïello	1-5, 7-11
			14	Peter Dumbreck	1-5, 7-11
		OPC Team Holzer	9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	All
			10	Manuel Reuter	1-5, 7-11
			15	Timo Scheider	All
	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2003	OPC Euroteam	16	Jeroen Bleekemolen	All

Entered non-championship round at Shanghai.

Race calendar and winners

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer	TV
1	Hockenheimring	18 April	Jean Alesi	Bernd Schneider	Gary Paffett	C-Klasse AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
2	Estoril	2 May	Mattias Ekström	Gary Paffett	Christijan Albers	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes	ZDF
3	Adria	16 May	Mattias Ekström	Bernd Schneider	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	ARD
4	EuroSpeedway	6 June	Christijan Albers	Bernd Schneider	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	ARD
5	Norisring	27 June	Jean Alesi	Bernd Schneider	Gary Paffett	C-Klasse AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ZDF
	Shanghai	18 July	Gary Paffett	Race abandoned due to Mayländer's accident after hitting a loose manhole cover sucked up by other cars
	Shanghai	18 July		Bernd Schneider	Gary Paffett	C-Klasse AMG Mercedes	Mercedes
6	Nürburgring	1 August	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	C-Klasse AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
7	Oschersleben	8 August	Martin Tomczyk	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	ZDF
8	Zandvoort	5 September	Mattias Ekström	Christijan Albers	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	ZDF
9	Brno	19 September	Mattias Ekström	Manuel Reuter	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	ARD
10	Hockenheimring	3 October	Martin Tomczyk	Mattias Ekström	Bernd Schneider	Vodafone AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes	ZDF

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

Pos	Driver	HOC	EST	ADR	LAU	NOR	SHA‡		NÜR	OSC	ZAN	BRN	HOC	Pts
1	Mattias Ekström	3	2	1	1	4	C	3	2	5	1	1	6	74
2	Gary Paffett	1	13	4	DSQ	1	C	1	1	4	4	3	3	57
3	Christijan Albers	2	1	2	2	2	C	6	16†	12	3	Ret	7	50
4	Tom Kristensen	4	4	10	10	6	C	Ret	5	1	6	2	4	43
5	Martin Tomczyk	5	3	8	14	5	C	Ret	Ret	2	2	Ret	2	39
6	Bernd Schneider	17†	5	11	3	3	C	2	3	Ret	5	10	1	36
7	Jean Alesi	Ret	7	3	5	10	C	4	7	10	11	8	5	19
8	Timo Scheider	8	6	5	16	Ret	C	Ret	6	7	12	7	9	15
9	Marcel Fässler	Ret	20†	Ret	7	Ret	C	14†	4	8	10	4	Ret	13
10	Laurent Aïello	9	8	6	4	Ret			9	6	Ret	15	Ret	12
11	Emanuele Pirro	7	11	9	6	9	C	Ret	11	15	7	5	Ret	11
12	Manuel Reuter	10	16	13	8	8			12	3	8	12	Ret	9
13	Peter Dumbreck	6	9	Ret	11	7			8	11	Ret	9	Ret	6
14	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	11	12	12	Ret	Ret	C	7	Ret	14	Ret	6	12	3
15	Stefan Mücke	18†	14	7	Ret	15†	C	10	10	17	17	11	10	2
16	Christian Abt	Ret	10	Ret	9	14†	C	Ret	13	9	Ret	12	8	1
17	Frank Biela	16	15	Ret	12	11	C	13	Ret	13	9	14	11	0
18	Jeroen Bleekemolen	12	19	14	17	12	C	12	14	18	13	17	Ret	0
19	Markus Winkelhock	15	17	Ret	13	Ret	C	9	Ret	16	14	18	13	0
20	Bernd Mayländer	14	18	Ret	Ret	13	C	DNS	15	19	15	16	14	0
21	Jarek Janiš	13	Ret	Ret	15	16†	C	8	Ret	20†	16	Ret	Ret	0
-	Rinaldo Capello						C	5						0
-	Peter Terting						C	11						0
Pos	Driver	HOC	EST	ADR	LAU	NOR	SHA‡		NÜR	OSC	ZAN	BRN	HOC	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

‡ Non Championship Round

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	No.	HOC	EST	ADR	LAU	NOR	SHA‡		NÜR	OSC	ZAN	BRN	HOC	Points
1	Audi Sport Team Abt	5	3	2	1	1	4	C	3	2	5	1	1	6	113
1	Audi Sport Team Abt	6	5	3	8	14	5	C	Ret	Ret	2	2	Ret	2	113
2	Vodafone / DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	1	17†	5	11	3	3	C	2	3	Ret	5	10	1	86
2	Vodafone / DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	2	2	1	2	2	2	C	6	16†	12	3	Ret	7	86
3	C-Klasse AMG Mercedes	7	1	13	4	DSQ	1	C	1	1	4	4	3	3	76
3	C-Klasse AMG Mercedes	8	Ret	7	3	5	10	C	4	7	10	11	8	5	76
4	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	11	Ret	10	Ret	9	14†	C	Ret	13	9	Ret	12	8	44
4	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	12	4	4	10	10	6	C	Ret	5	1	6	2	4	44
5	OPC Team 2	4	9	8	6	4	Ret			9	6	Ret	15	Ret	27
5	OPC Team 2	15	8	6	5	16	Ret	C	Ret	6	7	12	7	9	27
6	OPC Team 4	3	Ret	20†	Ret	7	Ret	C	14†	4	8	10	4	Ret	19
6	OPC Team 4	14	6	9	Ret	11	7			8	11	Ret	9	Ret	19
7	OPC Team 3	9	11	12	12	Ret	Ret	C	7	Ret	14	Ret	6	12	12
7	OPC Team 3	10	10	16	13	8	8			12	3	8	12	Ret	12
8	Audi Sport Infinion Team Joest	44	7	11	9	6	9	C	Ret	11	15	7	5	Ret	11
8	Audi Sport Infinion Team Joest	45	16	15	Ret	12	11	C	13	Ret	13	9	14	11	11
9	Original-Teile / CLK AMG-Mercedes	17	15	17	Ret	13	Ret	C	9	Ret	16	14	18	13	2
9	Original-Teile / CLK AMG-Mercedes	18	18†	14	7	Ret	15†	C	10	10	17	17	11	10	2
10	OPC Euroteam	16	12	19	14	17	12	C	12	14	18	13	17	Ret	0
11	Sonax Dark Dog / CLK AMG-Mercedes	20	13	Ret	Ret	15	16†	C	8	Ret	20†	16	Ret	Ret	0
11	Sonax Dark Dog / CLK AMG-Mercedes	21	14	18	Ret	Ret	13	C	DNS	15	19	15	16	14	0
Pos.	Team	No.	HOC	EST	ADR	LAU	NOR	SHA‡		NÜR	OSC	ZAN	BRN	HOC	Points

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	HOC	EST	ADR	LAU	NOR	SHA‡		NÜR	OSC	ZAN	BRN	HOC	Points
1	Audi	17	19	11	13	12	C	0	12	22	23	22	17	168
2	Mercedes	18	16	21	18	24	C	0	18	5	15	7	22	164
3	Opel	4	4	7	8	3	C	0	9	12	1	10	0	58
Pos.	Manufacturer	HOC	EST	ADR	LAU	NOR	SHA‡		NÜR	OSC	ZAN	BRN	HOC	Points

External links

Official DTM website