Marco Wittmann (left) won his first Drivers' Championship while Mattias Ekström (right) finished second in the championship.
The 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-eighth season of premier German touring car championship and also fifteenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The season started on 4 May at Hockenheim, and ended on 19 October at the same venue, after a total of ten rounds.
In his second season in the series, BMW Team RMG driver Marco Wittmann became champion after his consistent finishes throughout the season left him with a comfortable 50-point winning margin. Wittmann took his first series victory in the opening race at Hockenheim, and quickly added a second victory at the Hungaroring. He also won back-to-back races at the Red Bull Ring and the Nürburgring, before clinching the title at Lausitzring. Mattias Ekström finished the season as runner-up for Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline, winning the season's final two races at Zandvoort and Hockenheim – Audi's only victories of the 2014 season. Another Audi driver clinched third in the championship, as defending champion Mike Rockenfeller finished in the position for Audi Sport Team Phoenix; he took three second places during the year, but went winless. Other drivers to take victories were Wittmann's team-mate Maxime Martin at Moscow Raceway, with HWA triumvirate Robert Wickens (Norisring), Christian Vietoris (Oschersleben) and Pascal Wehrlein (Lausitzring) taking victories for Mercedes; for Vietoris and Wehrlein, it was their first in the series.
It was also the last season of the single-legged race format before it was replaced by the two-legged DTM race format for the following season (with both races held on Saturday and Sunday).
Calendar
A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 16 October 2013.[1]
In July, it was announced that the Chinese round – originally scheduled for 28 September on a temporary street circuit in Guangzhou – was cancelled, as the modifications necessary for erecting the circuit proved to be far more extensive than first planned. As a result, a replacement round was scheduled for the same weekend, held at Zandvoort in the Netherlands.[2]
Dirk Werner, who drove for BMW in 2012 and 2013, left the series and joined the BMW endurance programme, including competing at the 24 Hours Nürburgring.[6]
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^East, George (18 August 2013). "BMW to run M4 DTM in 2014". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
^ a b c d"BMW shuffles DTM line-up for 2014 season". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l"Martin and Félix da Costa line up in the DTM". BMW Motorsport. BMW. 6 December 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
^ a b"HWA adds fifth DTM Mercedes, promotes Pascal Wehrlein". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ a b c d"Mercedes to field expanded seven-car attack in 2014 DTM". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
^Freeman, Glenn (21 January 2014). "Paul di Resta seals DTM return with Mercedes". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
^East, George (15 August 2013). "Gary Paffett unsure on 2014 Mercedes driver contracts". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
^"Daniel Juncadella lands Force India F1 team's reserve role". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
^ a bEast, George (28 February 2014). "Mercedes signs Vitaly Petrov for 2014". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ a b"Nico Müller to compete for Audi in the DTM". Audi Sport. Audi. 16 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
External links
The official website of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters(in English)