2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Calendar

A provisional eleven-round calendar was announced on 23 October 2012, and the final schedule was published on 21 November 2012. A revised calendar was released by series organisers on 19 December 2012, with the Norisring round moved back by a week to avoid a clash with the . To accommodate the change of date, the Zandvoort meeting was moved from July to September, and would become the penultimate event of the season, with the Oschersleben and second Hockenheim meetings also being held later than originally scheduled.

Rule changes

Technical

• For the first time that all-DTM cars introduced the F1-style Drag Reduction Systems (DRS) to adjust the rear wing and assist overtaking with rear wing inclination angle to 15°.
• The minimum weight of the cars has been increased from 1100 to due to better aerodynamic reasons.
• The softer option tyre were introduced to improve spectacle and more degradable as well as pit stop window allocation tweaked.

Results summary

Calendar changes

• The 2013 season saw the DTM series travel to Russia for the first time, with the inclusion of a round at the Moscow Raceway scheduled for August.
• The non-championship exhibition rounds held at the Munich Olympic Stadium in 2011 and 2012 was discontinued in 2013.
• The race at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain – which had been included on the DTM calendar in 2011 and 2012 – was discontinued.

Teams and drivers

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.

Team changes

• After competing with six cars in 2012, BMW increased its involvement in the series by expanding to eight cars. Team MTEK ran the new team for the marque.
• Mercedes-Benz initially submitted eight entries to the grid, but later scaled back their commitment to six cars after parting company with Persson Motorsport.

Driver changes

• David Coulthard left DTM after three seasons racing for Mercedes-Benz in order to continue his role as commentator of Formula One races for the BBC.
• Rahel Frey, who drove for Audi in 2011 and 2012, left the series and joined Audi's GT programme.
• Timo Glock left Formula One to join the DTM series, driving for BMW. Glock joined Team MTEK, BMW's fourth team.
• Jamie Green left Mercedes-Benz after eight seasons with the manufacturer to join Audi.
• Joey Hand and Andy Priaulx swapped seats, with Hand moving from Team RMG to join Team RBM, with Priaulx going in the opposite direction, moving from Team RBM to Team RMG.
• Formula 3 Euro Series front-runners Daniel Juncadella and Pascal Wehrlein joined the DTM series, driving for Mücke Motorsport.
• Having originally been announced as one of the six Mercedes drivers for the 2013 season, Ralf Schumacher announced his retirement from motor racing on 15 March 2013.
• BMW test driver Marco Wittmann was promoted to a race seat for the 2013 season, racing for Team MTEK.
• Susie Wolff ended her DTM career after seven seasons with Mercedes-Benz to focus solely on Williams F1 testing duties.

Results and standings

Results summary

;Notes

Championship standings

;Scoring system Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

;Drivers' championship

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap |}

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

;Teams' championship

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap |}

;Manufacturers' championship

References

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