The 2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirtieth season of premier German touring car championship and also seventeenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The season started on 7 May at Hockenheim, and ended on 16 October at the same venue. Marco Wittmann won his 2nd DTM championship after a total of nine events.

Rule changes for 2016 Technical The Balance of Performance DTM car weights were revised to improve racing spectacle.

Teams and drivers The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook. Car Team Drivers Rounds Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM Mercedes-AMG Team ART 2 Gary Paffett All 34 Esteban Ocon 1–5 88 Felix Rosenqvist 6–9 Mercedes-AMG Team HWA II 3 Paul di Resta All 84 Maximilian Götz All Mercedes-AMG Team HWA I 6 Robert Wickens All 12 Daniel Juncadella All Mercedes-AMG Team Mücke 8 Christian Vietoris All 22 Lucas Auer All Audi Audi RS5 DTM Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 5 Mattias Ekström 1–8 48 Edoardo Mortara All 99 Mike Rockenfeller 9 Audi Sport Team Phoenix 10 Timo Scheider All 72 René Rast 9 99 Mike Rockenfeller 1–8 Audi Sport Team Abt 17 Miguel Molina All 51 Nico Müller All Audi Sport Team Rosberg 27 Adrien Tambay 53 Jamie Green All 72 René Rast BMW BMW M4 DTM BMW Team MTEK 7 Bruno Spengler All 18 Augusto Farfus All BMW Team RMG 11 Marco Wittmann All 16 Timo Glock All BMW Team Schnitzer 13 António Félix da Costa All 100 Martin Tomczyk All BMW Team RBM 31 Tom Blomqvist All 36 Maxime Martin All

Driver changes Entering DTM 2015 GP3 Series champion and Mercedes DTM reserve driver Esteban Ocon made his DTM debut with Mercedes-Benz.

Leaving DTM 2015 DTM champion Pascal Wehrlein left the series to race in Formula One with Manor Racing.

Mid-season changes Adrien Tambay was injured in the first race of Round 5 with René Rast replacing him for race 2. 　 After Round 5, Esteban Ocon left the DTM to race in Formula One with Manor Racing. He was replaced by 2015 European Formula 3 champion and Mercedes DTM reserve driver Felix Rosenqvist. René Rast replaced Mattias Ekström at Hockenheim for the final round. After that he and Mike Rockenfeller were swapped in the team.

Calendar The nine event calendar was announced on 30 November 2015. Oschersleben was officially removed from calendar.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer 1 R1 Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 7 May Nico Müller Robert Wickens Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi R2 8 May Paul di Resta Paul di Resta Paul di Resta Mercedes-Benz 2 R1 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 21 May Marco Wittmann Mattias Ekström Marco Wittmann BMW Team RMG BMW R2 22 May Jamie Green Robert Wickens Timo Glock BMW Team RMG BMW 3 R1 Lausitzring, Brandenburg 4 June Miguel Molina Miguel Molina Miguel Molina Audi Sport Team Abt Audi R2 5 June Lucas Auer Jamie Green Lucas Auer Mercedes-Benz 4 R1 Norisring, Nuremberg 25 June Christian Vietoris Edoardo Mortara Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi R2 26 June Tom Blomqvist Tom Blomqvist Nico Müller Audi Sport Team Abt Audi 5 R1 Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland 16 July Robert Wickens Robert Wickens Robert Wickens Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I Mercedes-Benz R2 17 July Jamie Green Daniel Juncadella Jamie Green Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi 6 R1 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 20 August Gary Paffett Daniel Juncadella Robert Wickens Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I Mercedes-Benz R2 21 August Marco Wittmann Nico Müller Marco Wittmann BMW Team RMG BMW 7 R1 Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate 10 September Marco Wittmann Jamie Green Marco Wittmann BMW Team RMG BMW R2 11 September Lucas Auer Nico Müller Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi 8 R1 Hungaroring, Mogyoród Edoardo Mortara Edoardo Mortara Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi R2 25 September Edoardo Mortara Mattias Ekström Mattias Ekström Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi 9 R1 Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 15 October Miguel Molina Audi Sport Team Abt Audi R2 16 October António Félix da Costa Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi

Championship standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows: Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th  Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' championship + Driver HOC RBR LAU NOR ZAN MSC NÜR HUN HOC Points 1 Marco Wittmann 16 8 1 7 4 6 4 6 2 4 19 1 1 3 7 DSQ 2 4 206 2 Edoardo Mortara 1 11 3 Ret 8 12 1 8 17 3 8 6 4 1 1 19† 3 1 202 3 Jamie Green 15 Ret 14 3 2 4 2 17† 5 1 7 22 3 16 2 Ret 8 8 145 4 Robert Wickens 2 5 11 20 3 3 Ret 11 1 16 1 5 9 13 10 10 23† 9 124 5 Paul di Resta 4 1 7 15 13 21† 3 4 15 8 2 20 6 Ret Ret 13 10 3 116 6 Tom Blomqvist 13 6 2 6 22 11 15 2 16 10 22 2 2 8 22 4 9 7 113 7 Mattias Ekström 9 Ret 16 Ret 6 2 Ret Ret 7 7 5 9 DSQ 4 18 Ret 107 8 Maxime Martin 8 3 6 5 9 13 6 3 10 Ret 6 17 8 10 13 7 13 6 90 9 Nico Müller 3 7 10 Ret 10 8 20 1 20 5 13 7 11 5 5 Ret 15 13 88 10 Timo Glock Ret DSQ 4 1 12 10 21 9 21 6 11 24† 5 14 13 5 7 5 84 11 Gary Paffett 11 4 18 13 14 5 14 DSQ 4 2 3 18 19 7 20 16 19 15 73 12 Lucas Auer 17† 15† 21 16 7 1 13 5 12 9 18 10 7 2 15 15 18 16 68 13 Miguel Molina 10 Ret 19 14 1 19 17 14 18 Ret 17 11 15 20 3 18 1 14 66 14 Christian Vietoris 5 14 Ret 17 5 7 10 15 3 20† 23 14 13 17 17 14 22 2 60 15 Bruno Spengler 6 Ret 13 9 11 9 5 7 13 14 15 3 18 6 14 12 14 12 51 16 Augusto Farfus 14 2 9 4 21 Ret 11 Ret Ret 13 14 4 22 21 19 Ret 11 Ret 44 17 António Félix da Costa 7 Ret 22 21 15 14 9 DSQ 6 17 20 19 20 19 16 3 4 Ret 43 18 Adrien Tambay Ret 13 8 11 20 20 7 DSQ Ret 12 8 Ret 15 6 2 12 Ret 40 19 Mike Rockenfeller Ret 10 12 8 19 17 18 DSQ 14 15 16 15 14 22 4 8 5 11 31 20 Maximilian Götz Ret 12 15 22 16 Ret 8 12 Ret Ret 4 16 10 23 21 17 17 19 17 21 Martin Tomczyk 12 9 5 19 Ret 18 12 10 19 11 21 23 16 12 23 9 20 10 16 22 Timo Scheider Ret Ret 17 10 17 16 16 16 11 Ret 9 13 21 11 9 6 16 18 13 23 René Rast 19 6 17 8 24 Daniel Juncadella Ret 16† Ret 12 18 Ret 19 DSQ 8 12 24 12 17 9 11 DSQ 21 Ret 6 25 Felix Rosenqvist 10 21 12 18 8 11 Ret Ret 5 26 Esteban Ocon Ret Ret 20 18 23 15 Ret 13 9 18 2 Driver HOC RBR LAU NOR ZAN MSC NÜR HUN HOC PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Manufacturers' championship

Driver HOC RBR LAU NOR ZAN MSC NÜR HUN HOC Points 1 Audi 43 7 20 38 56 34 49 29 16 56 22 20 27 47 90 55 62 29 700 2 BMW 18 47 75 63 14 11 32 50 27 21 8 70 57 28 6 45 38 37 647 3 Mercedes-Benz 40 47 6 0 31 56 20 22 58 24 71 11 17 26 5 1 1 35 471 Driver HOC RBR LAU NOR ZAN MSC NÜR HUN HOC Points

Teams' championship Team Points 1 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 319 2 BMW Team RMG 290 3 BMW Team RBM 203 4 Audi Sport Team Rosberg 185 5 Audi Sport Team Abt 154 6 Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA II 133 7 Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I 130 8 Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke 128 9 BMW Team MTEK 95 10 Mercedes-Benz DTM Team ART 80 11 BMW Team Schnitzer 59 12 Audi Sport Team Phoenix 42

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