2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Champion Timo Scheider Teams' Champion HWA Team II 2008 2010 right horizontal 300 Timo Scheider Audi-Werkspilot DTM 2008.JPG Garypaffett.jpg Timo Scheider defended his second Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Championship while Gary Paffett (right) finished second in the championship. The 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-third season of premier German touring car championship and also tenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The series began on 17 May at Hockenheim and finished on 25 October at the same venue. Timo Scheider successfully defended his championship title, taking his Audi A4 to a five-point series win over Mercedes-Benz driver Gary Paffett. Teams and drivers Of the nineteen drivers that competed in the 2008 season, only Bernd Schneider and Christijan Albers did not return. Rookies in 2009 are the Kolles Futurecom trio of Christian Bakkerud, Johannes Seidlitz and Tomáš Kostka. The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop. ManufacturerCarTeamNo. Car numberDriversRounds Audi Audi A4 DTM 2009 Abt Sportsline 1 DEU Timo Scheiderhttp://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73323 Audi confirms unchanged lineup Steven English autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2009-02-17 2009-02-17 All 2 DNK Tom Kristensen All 5 SWE Mattias Ekström All 6 DEU Martin Tomczyk All Audi A4 DTM 2008 21 GBR Katherine Legge All Team Rosberg 11 DEU Mike Rockenfeller All 12 DEU Markus Winkelhock All Team Phoenix 14 FRA Alexandre Prémat All 15 GBR Oliver Jarvis All Audi A4 DTM 2007 Kolles Futurecom 18 DNK Christian Bakkerud http://dtm.com/newsausgabe.php?id=8127 Team Kolles plans another season in DTM Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2009-02-24 2009-02-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20090305060910/http://dtm.com/newsausgabe.php?id=8127 2009-03-05 dead 1–4, 6–10 19 DEU Johannes Seidlitzhttp://www.crash.net/DTM/News/145368/1/jarvis_tops_opening_day_of_09_testing.html Jarvis tops opening day of '09 testing crash.net 2009-04-15 2009-04-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20090609121656/http://www.crash.net/dtm/news/145368/1/jarvis_tops_opening_day_of_09_testing.html 2009-06-09 live 1–2, 5–10 20 CZE Tomáš Kostka http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=3410 Tomas Kostka joins Futurecom-TME TouringCarTimes 2009-05-01 2009-05-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20090521224329/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=3410 2009-05-21 dead All Mercedes-Benz AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HWA Team 3 GBR Paul di Resta12 March 2009 Green loses top Mercedes drive Autosport 195 10 26http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74548 Senna not part of Mercedes DTM team Matt Beer autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2009-04-17 2009-04-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20090420110654/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74548 2009-04-20 live All 4 DEU Ralf Schumacherhttp://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73218 Schumacher steps up to new Mercedes Steven English autosport.com Haymarket Publications 2009-02-11 2009-02-17 All 9 CAN Bruno Spengler All 10 GBR Gary Paffett All AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008 Persson Motorsport 7 GBR Jamie Green All 8 GBR Susie Stoddart All Mücke Motorsport 16 DEU Maro Engel All 17 AUT Mathias Lauda All Driver changes Katherine Legge moved from the Futurecom-TME team to a team created for her at Audi Sport Team Abt Lady Power, gaining a later model Audi with the change. Christian Bakkerud joined the series coming from GP2 Series along with Formula Renault BARC driver Johannes Seidlitz both joining the Colin Kolles owned Futurecom-TME team with Czech Touring Car Championship racer Tomáš Kostka joining sister-team Futurecom-BRT. Christijan Albers left DTM to pursue sports car racing with Kolles' Le Mans Series team and the most successful driver in the history of DTM, four-time champion Bernd Schneider retired from the sport. Technical changes The series adopted new rule changes, as announced on 21 April 2009. Qualifying consisted of four sessions, rather than two in 2008. The minimum weights of the cars were also altered, with 2009 cars topping the scales at 1050 kg, 2008 cars at 1030 kg and 2007 machinery at 1010 kg.http://www.crash.net/DTM/News/145637/1/qualifying_weights_among_rule_changes_for_09.html Qualifying, weights among rule changes for '09 crash.net 2009-04-21 2009-04-21 Race calendar and results To avoid a clash of coverage times with the 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, the season opener traditionally held at Hockenheim took place on 17 May, three weeks later than originally planned. Consequently, the EuroSpeedway round that had been scheduled for this date was moved to 31 May. The Brands Hatch round was also moved back a week due to the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix, from 30 August to 6 September. French circuit Dijon-Prenois made its maiden appearance on the DTM calendar by replacing the Le Mans Bugatti track and thus holding the penultimate round of the season on 11 October. Italian circuit Mugello was dropped from the calendar. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 DEU Hockenheimring 17 May SWE Mattias Ekström SWE Mattias Ekström DNK Tom Kristensen Abt Sportsline 2 DEU EuroSpeedway Lausitz 31 May SWE Mattias Ekström GBR Jamie Green GBR Gary Paffett HWA Team 3 DEU Norisring, Nuremberg 28 June DEU Timo Scheider GBR Katherine Legge GBR Jamie Green Persson Motorsport 4 NLD Circuit Park Zandvoort 19 July GBR Oliver Jarvis SWE Mattias Ekström GBR Gary Paffett HWA Team 5 DEU Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 2 August DNK Tom Kristensen DEU Timo Scheider DEU Timo Scheider Abt Sportsline 6 DEU Nürburgring 16 August DEU Martin Tomczyk SWE Mattias Ekström DEU Martin Tomczyk Abt Sportsline 7 GBR Brands Hatch, Kent 6 September GBR Paul di Resta GBR Paul di Resta GBR Paul di Resta HWA Team 8 ESP Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 20 September DNK Tom Kristensen DEU Timo Scheider DEU Timo Scheider Abt Sportsline 9 FRA Dijon-Prenois 11 October CAN Bruno Spengler GBR Paul di Resta GBR Gary Paffett HWA Team 10 DEU Hockenheimring 25 October SWE Mattias Ekström GBR Gary Paffett GBR Gary Paffett HWA Team Season results Timo Scheider won his second DTM series crown for Audi team Abt Sportsline. With season long rival, Mercedes-Benz driver Gary Paffett taking four wins through the season, and with Scheider disqualified from the results at Zandvoort mid-season, left Scheider behind Paffett for much of the season. Schieder finished first or second in all bar one event for the remainder of the season after Zandvoort including victories at Oschersleben and Catalunya in an irresistible charge to the title. By the time Paffett returned to the podium with wins in the last two races of the year Scheider had built a points buffer large enough to secure the title. Paul di Resta stood on the podium three times in the final four races, including a win at Brands Hatch to emerge from the pack in third place in the series pointscore, four points ahead of Bruno Spengler and Mattias Ekström. Apart from Scheider, Paffett and di Resta, race wins were taken by Tom Kristensen at the Hockenheim season opener, his last ever touring car victory before semi-retirement; Jamie Green at the Norisring street circuit and by Martin Tomczyk at the Nürburgring. The combined efforts of Paffett and Spengler saw the HWA run Salzgitter / Mercedes-Benz Bank team claim the teams prize at season's end, 100 points to 85 points of the Abt Sportsline team of Scheider and Kristensen.http://dtm.com/tabelle.php www.dtm.com Gesamtwertung 2010-02-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20100218124740/http://www.dtm.com/tabelle.php 2010-02-18 dead Championship standings Drivers' championship Pos Driver HOCDEU LAUDEU NORDEU ZANNLD OSCDEU NÜRDEU BRHGBR CATESP DIJFRA HOCDEU Points 1 DEU Timo Scheider 2 5 4 DSQ 1 2 2 1 6 2 64 2 GBR Gary Paffett Ret 1 5 1 5 8 4 4 1 1 59 3 GBR Paul di Resta 5 4 7 6 4 Ret 1 7 2 3 45 4 CAN Bruno Spengler Ret 2 2 5 6 6 6 5 3 7 41 5 SWE Mattias Ekström 7 3 3 3 2 3 5 6 9 Ret 41 6 DEU Martin Tomczyk Ret Ret 11 4 3 1 3 3 7 Ret 35 7 GBR Jamie Green 8 6 1 9 9 5 12 14 4 5 27 8 DNK Tom Kristensen 1 12 8 8 8 Ret 19† 2 DSQ 15 21 9 GBR Oliver Jarvis 3 Ret Ret 2 15† Ret 8 9 15 6 18 10 DEU Markus Winkelhock 4 Ret 13 DSQ Ret 4 18† Ret 10 8 11 11 DEU Ralf Schumacher 9 10 6 10 11 7 9 13 5 Ret 9 12 DEU Maro Engel 6 8 Ret 7 7 12 10 10 12 10 8 13 FRA Alexandre Prémat Ret Ret Ret DSQ 16† Ret 11 8 11 4 6 14 DEU Mike Rockenfeller Ret 7 9 12† 13 10 7 12 13 9 4 15 AUT Mathias Lauda 10 9 14 Ret 12 9 20† 11 8 14 1 16 GBR Susie Stoddart Ret 11 10 11 10 11 13 15 14 16† 0 17 CZE Tomáš Kostka 11 13 Ret Ret 14 15 14 16 17 11 0 18 GBR Katherine Legge 12 Ret 12 Ret 17† Ret 15 Ret 16 17† 0 19 DNK Christian Bakkerud 14 14 15 DSQ 13 16 17 Ret 12 0 20 DEU Johannes Seidlitz 13 DNS Ret 14 17 18 Ret 13 0 Pos Driver HOCDEU LAUDEU NORDEU ZANNLD OSCDEU NÜRDEU BRHGBR CATESP DIJFRA HOCDEU PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance. Teams' championship Pos. Position Team No. Car number HOCDEU LAUDEU NORDEU ZANNLD OSCDEU NÜRDEU BRHGBR CATESP DIJFRA HOCDEU Points 1 Salzgitter / Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG 9 Ret 2 2 5 6 6 6 5 3 7 100 10 Ret 1 5 1 5 8 4 4 1 1 2 Audi Sport Team Abt 1 2 5 4 DSQ 1 2 2 1 6 2 85 2 1 12 8 8 8 Ret 19† 2 18† 15 3 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 5 7 3 3 3 2 3 5 6 9 Ret 76 6 Ret Ret 11 4 3 1 3 3 7 Ret 4 Trilux AMG Mercedes 3 5 4 7 6 4 Ret 1 7 2 3 54 4 9 10 6 10 11 7 9 13 5 Ret 5 TV Spielfilm / Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes 7 8 6 1 9 9 5 12 14 4 5 27 8 Ret 11 10 11 10 11 13 15 14 16† 6 Audi Sport Team Phoenix 14 Ret Ret Ret DSQ 16† Ret 11 8 11 4 24 15 3 Ret Ret 2 15† Ret 8 9 15 6 7 Audi Sport Team Rosberg 11 Ret 7 9 12† 13 10 7 12 13 9 15 12 4 Ret 13 DSQ Ret 4 18† Ret 10 8 8 GQ / stern AMG Mercedes 16 6 8 Ret 7 7 12 10 10 12 10 9 17 10 9 14 Ret 12 9 20† 11 8 14 9 KOLLES Futurecom 18 14 14 15 DSQ 13 16 17 Ret 12 0 19 13 DNS Ret 14 17 18 Ret 13 20 11 13 Ret Ret 14 15 14 16 17 11 10 Audi Sport Team Abt Lady Power 21 12 Ret 12 Ret 17† Ret 15 Ret 16 17† 0 Pos. Position Team No. Car number HOCDEU LAUDEU NORDEU ZANNLD OSCDEU NÜRDEU BRHGBR CATESP DIJFRA HOCDEU Points References Bibliography Voigt Thomas November 2009 DTM Jahrbuch 2009: Das offizielle Buch der DTM German Heel Verlag Königswinter 978-3-89880-691-6 Schröder Torben November 2009 Tourenwagen Story 2009 German Adrenalin Verlag Saint Vith 978-3-940672-18-6 External links The official website of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Category:Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters seasons Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters