2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
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The 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-first season of premier German touring car championship and also eighth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000.
Season summary
[edit]The season started dramatically with massive crash on opening lap of Hockenheim race. As a result, Tom Kristensen and Alexandre Prémat were forced to sit out races.[1][2]
The season also included many controversial moments. In Lausitzring, the safety car caught the wrong driver and this shook up race results almost completely. Organizers admitted that Mika Häkkinen deserved the win and Paul di Resta second place, but other drivers were not in the places where they should have been. As a result, half points were awarded and thus race director Roland Bruynseraede was sacked on 31 May 2007.[3]
At Zandvoort, Audi drivers swapped positions on the start/finish straight on the final lap, handing the race win to Martin Tomczyk instead of Prémat.[4] Audi Motorsport Director Wolfgang Ullrich denied the presence of team orders and instead said that Prémat did the move on his own.[5]
At the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona before 42,000 spectators, Häkkinen collided with Martin Tomczyk and Daniel la Rosa with Mattias Ekström. This and couple of other incidents caused that all Audi drivers withdrew from the race on the instruction of Audi Motorsport Director Wolfgang Ullrich with nine laps to go. Häkkinen and la Rosa were excluded from the race (which was meaningless as both drivers retired in the incidents), fined and given 10-place grid penalty for final race of the season.[6][7]
This was the final season that Vodafone was a front windscreen sponsor as well as Blaupunkt as a front vehicle plate sponsor.
Teams and drivers
[edit]The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.
| Make | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes-Benz | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007 | HWA Team | 1 |  Bernd Schneider
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All |
| 2 |  Bruno Spengler
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All | |||
| 5 |  Jamie Green
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All | |||
| 6 |  Mika Häkkinen
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All | |||
| AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 | Persson Motorsport | 9 | Gary Paffett
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All | |
| 10 |  Alexandros Margaritis
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All | |||
| AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 | 19 | Paul di Resta
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All | ||
| AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 | Mücke Motorsport | 14 | Susie Stoddart
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All | |
| 15 | Daniel la Rosa
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All | |||
| AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 | 18 |  Mathias Lauda
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All | ||
| Audi | Audi A4 DTM 2007 | Abt Sportsline | 3 |  Mattias Ekström
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All |
| 4 | Martin Tomczyk
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All | |||
| 7 |  Tom Kristensen
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1, 5-10 | |||
| Frank Biela
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2 | ||||
| Markus Winkelhock
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3-4 | ||||
| 8 | Timo Scheider
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All | |||
| Audi A4 DTM 2006 | Team Rosberg | 11 | Mike Rockenfeller
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All | |
| 12 | Lucas Luhr
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All | |||
| Team Phoenix | 16 | Christian Abt
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All | ||
| 17 |  Alexandre Prémat
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1, 3-10 | |||
| Marco Werner
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2 | ||||
| Audi A4 DTM 2005 | Futurecom TME | 20 | Adam Carroll
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1-5 | |
| Markus Winkelhock
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6-10 | ||||
| 21 |  Vanina Ickx
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All | |||
| Sources:[8][9] | |||||
Driver changes
[edit]Jean Alesi left the DTM after five seasons in the championship, citing frustration with driving a year old car in 2006.[10]
2006 Formula 3 Euro Series champion Paul di Resta joined the series with Persson Motorsport.[11]
Stefan Mücke left the series after five seasons.[12] He was replaced at Mücke Motorsport by Mathias Lauda who had driven for Perrsson Motorsport the previous season.
2005 DTM champion Gary Paffett returned to the series with Perrsson Motorsport after spending the previous year focussing on his role as test driver at the McLaren F1 Team.[13]
Heinz-Harald Frentzen left the series after claiming that he had no support from Audi.[14] He was replaced by Timo Scheider who had driven for Team Rosberg the previous season.[15]
Mike Rockenfeller and Lucas Luhr joined the series with Team Rosberg after both switching from being Porsche factory drivers to Audi factory drivers.[15]
GP2 frontrunner Alexandre Prémat joined the series with Team Phoenix.[15]
GP2 driver Adam Carroll joined the series with Futurecom TME.[16]
Pierre Kaffer and Frank Stippler both left the series.
Mid season changes
[edit]Tom Kristensen had to miss three rounds due to injuries sustained at the season opener in Hockenheim. He was replaced by Frank Biela at Oschersleben and Markus Winkelhock at EuroSpeedway and Brands Hatch.[17][18]
Alexandre Prémat had to miss the Oschersleben round due to injuries sustained at the season opener in Hockenheim. He was replaced by Marco Werner.[19]
Adam Carroll left Futurecom TME after the fifth round after failing to fulfill sponsorship obligations and returned to the GP2 Series. He was replaced by Markus Winkelhock for the remainder of the season.[20]
Race calendar and winners
[edit]Championship standings
[edit]Scoring system
[edit]Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.[22]
| 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.
• Half points were awarded at EuroSpeedway because of mistakes by race director during the safety car period. (Points were awarded 5-4-3-2.5-2-1.5-1-0.5).
Teams' championship
[edit]| Pos. | Team | No. | HOC
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OSC
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LAU•
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BRH
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NOR
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MUG
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ZAN
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NÜR
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CAT
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HOC
|
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 90 |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 1 | Ret | 9 | |||
| 2 | Original-Teile / DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 78.5 |
| 2 | 14 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Salzgitter / AMG Mercedes | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 56.5 |
| 6 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 10 | DSQ | 17 | |||
| 4 | stern / Laureus AMG Mercedes | 9 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 5 | Ret | 36.5 |
| 10 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 7 | Ret | 8 | 13 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 5 | Audi Sport Team Abt | 7 | Ret | 18† | Ret | 14 | 5 | 8 | 18† | 8 | 9† | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | Ret | 4 | 4 | Ret | 2 | |||
| 6 | TV Spielfilm / JAWA4U.de AMG Mercedes | 14 | Ret | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 17 | 18 | Ret | 14 | 32 |
| 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 15 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 8 | |||
| 7 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 16 | Ret | 10 | 17† | 8 | 10 | Ret | 6 | 15 | 11† | 15 | 17 |
| 17 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 10† | 16 | |||
| 8 | TrekStor / Trilux AMG Mercedes | 15 | 3 | 14 | 16† | DSQ | 12 | 5 | DNS | 14 | DSQ | 10 | 14 |
| 18 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 12† | 15 | 11 | 6 | 11 | |||
| 9 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | 11 | 12 | 3 | 13 | Ret | 13 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 7† | DSQ | 12 |
| 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 18† | Ret | 16 | 16 | 8† | 12 | |||
| 10 | Futurecom TME | 20 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 15 | 17† | 9 | 13 | Ret | 12† | 13 | 0 |
| 21 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 17 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 19 | 13† | 18 | |||
| Pos. | Team | No. | HOC
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OSC
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LAU•
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BRH
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NOR
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MUG
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ZAN
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NÜR
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CAT
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HOC
|
Points |
| Sources:[22][23] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Meissner, Johan (24 April 2007). "Kristensen and Prémat are ok". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ Dumitru, Mihai (21 November 2012). "Werner, Biela to fill in for Prémat, Kristensen". AutoEvolution. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "DTM: Personeelswisselingen in wedstrijdleiding DTM". autosport.nl. 31 May 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
- ^ "Tomczyk inherits win". Eurosport. 29 July 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Ullrich: "Fahrer haben selbst entschieden"" [Ullrich: "Drivers decided for themselves"]. Motorsport-Total.com (in German). 29 July 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (23 September 2007). "DTM Barcelona: Scandal as Audi withdraw". RaceFans. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Wester, Arno (23 September 2022). "DTM heute vor 15 Jahren: Der unglaubliche Barcelona-Skandal" [DTM 15 years ago today: The unbelievable Barcelona scandal]. Motorsport Magazin (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Summary 2007". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2007: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Alesi to leave DTM after this year".
- ^ "Many new teams up for 2007". 8 September 2006.
- ^ "Stefan Mucke quits the DTM". 17 February 2007.
- ^ "Mercedes confirm Paffett return".
- ^ "Frentzen hits out at Audi team".
- ^ a b c "Audi completes squad for 2007 DTM".
- ^ "Carroll gets final Audi seat".
- ^ "Biela to replace Kristensen".
- ^ "Winkelhock Joins Audi".
- ^ "Premat set for layoff".
- ^ "Carroll dropped by TME".
- ^ "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Results 2007". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ a b "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2007: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Standings 2007". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Standings". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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