The 2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-sixth season of the premier German motor racing championship and also the twenty-third season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It was the second season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations.
Sheldon van der Linde won his first DTM championship driving a BMW M4 GT3 for Schubert Motorsport and Schubert Motorsport won the Teams' Championship.
Teams and drivers All teams competed with tyres supplied by Michelin. Manufacturer Car Engine Team Driver Status Rounds Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 Team Abt Sportsline Team Abt 3 Kelvin van der Linde All 7 Ricardo Feller All 33 René Rast All Team Rosberg 12 Dev Gore All 51 Nico Müller All Attempto Racing 66 Marius Zug All BMW BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 Walkenhorst Motorsport 10 Esteban Muth 1–6 Leon Köhler 7–8 11 Marco Wittmann All 34 Theo Oeverhaus 5 Schubert Motorsport 25 Philipp Eng All 31 Sheldon van der Linde All Ceccato Motors 50 Timo Glock 3 Ferrari Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Twin Turbo V8 AlphaTauri AF Corse Red Bull AF Corse 37 Sébastien Loeb 1 Nick Cassidy 2–3, 5–8 Ayhancan Güven 4 74 Felipe Fraga All Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 GRT GRT grasser-racing.com 6 Alessio Deledda All 19 Rolf Ineichen 1–3, 5–8 Franck Perera 4 63 Mirko Bortolotti All 85 Clemens Schmid All T3 Motorsport 26 Esmee Hawkey 1–2 95 Nicki Thiim 1–2 Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG Team Winward 1 Maximilian Götz All 22 Lucas Auer All 27 David Schumacher All Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 4 Luca Stolz All 36 Arjun Maini All Mercedes-AMG Team Mücke Motorsport 18 Maximilian Buhk All Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 55 Mikaël Grenier All 88 Maro Engel All Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche M97/80 4.0 L Flat-6 KÜS Team Bernhard 24 Thomas Preining All SSR Performance 92 Laurens Vanthoor 1–7 Christian Engelhart 8 94 Dennis Olsen All Icon Status Guest drivers ineligible for points
Team changes GT World Challenge Europe regulars Attempto Racing joined the DTM full-time, running a single Audi R8 LMS Evo II car. Rowe Racing, which ran two BMW M6 GT3 cars full-time in 2021, left the DTM in order to concentrate on endurance racing. Schubert Motorsport joined the series full-time by fielding two BMW M4 GT3 cars. Walkenhorst Motorsport also fielded two BMW M4 GT3 cars full-time in 2022, after racing with a single BMW M6 GT3 car in 2021. GRT Grasser Racing Team joined the series full-time by fielding a total of four Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo cars. The Austrian team is factory-backed by Lamborghini. T3 Motorsport were initially set not to be factory-backed by Lamborghini, after racing two Huracán GT3 Evo cars full-time in 2021, but the decision was reversed shortly before the start of the season. The team confirmed the retainment of their 2021 driver Esmee Hawkey and the signing of Nicki Thiim. JP Motorsport did not return to the series in 2022, after making guest appearances at three rounds in 2021 by fielding a single McLaren 720S GT3 car. Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed left the series after running a single-car effort for Arjun Maini in 2021. Timo Bernhard's KÜS Team Bernhard team joined the DTM full-time, entering a single Porsche 911 GT3 R car. SSR Performance joined the series full-time by fielding two Porsche 911 GT3 R cars, after making a guest appearance with a single car at the Nürburgring round in 2021.
Driver changes Three-time DTM champion René Rast returned to the series with Abt Sportsline and replaced Mike Rockenfeller, who retired from the series at the end of the 2021 season. Ricardo Feller, who won the 2021 ADAC GT Masters, joined the DTM for the first time, replacing Sophia Flörsch in the third Abt Sportsline car. German teen racer Marius Zug made his DTM debut for new team Attempto Racing. Esteban Muth left Lamborghini for BMW and T3 Motorsport for Walkenhorst Motorsport to become the team's second driver alongside Marco Wittmann. Philipp Eng returned to the DTM after a one-year absence and joined Schubert Motorsport to partner Sheldon van der Linde, who drove for Rowe Racing in 2021. Timo Glock, the other Rowe Racing driver in 2021, did not return to the DTM full-time in 2022. Mirko Bortolotti joined the series full-time for the GRT Grasser Racing Team, after making a guest appearance for T3 Motorsport at the Assen round in 2021 and finishing second in the first race. He is partnered by ADAC GT Masters racer Clemens Schmid, Formula 2 driver Alessio Deledda and Swiss gentleman driver Rolf Ineichen, all three making their DTM debuts. Aston Martin factory driver Nicki Thiim made his DTM debut, driving a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo for T3 Motorsport. Liam Lawson and Alex Albon, who drove for the Red Bull-backed AF Corse team in 2021, did not return to the series in 2022, as Lawson switched his focus to Formula 2 and Albon returned to Formula One with Williams Racing. They were replaced by Felipe Fraga, who made his DTM debut, and Nick Cassidy, who already stood in for Albon at the 2021 season finale. Defending champion Maximilian Götz left Team HRT to replace Philip Ellis at Team Winward, both teams running a Mercedes-AMG. Team HRT replaced Götz with Luca Stolz, who joined the DTM full-time after making a guest appearance at the Nürburgring round in 2021. Arjun Maini also moved between Mercedes-AMG teams, as he left Team GetSpeed for Team HRT to replace Vincent Abril. Maro Engel returned to the DTM for the first time since 2017 to drive a Mercedes-AMG for Team GruppeM Racing alongside Mikaël Grenier, who joined the series for the first time to replace Daniel Juncadella. Former FIA Formula 3 driver David Schumacher joined the series for the first time to drive a third car for Mercedes-AMG Team Winward, partnering Götz and Lucas Auer. Thomas Preining joined the series for the first time, driving KÜS Team Bernhard's sole Porsche 911 GT3 R car. Laurens Vanthoor and Dennis Olsen joined the series for the first time, driving the two Porsche 911 GT3 R cars fielded by SSR Performance.
Rule changes
Sporting One championship point will be awarded for the fastest race lap. Team orders were completely outlawed in the wake of the 2021 season finale controversy at the Norisring. Teams and drivers who influence the race via team orders might be excluded from the championship. Introduction of "full-course yellow" (FCY) to replace safety car interventions when appropriate. Restarts will be done two-abreast, similar to the series' race and safety car restarts. The mandatory pit stop can now be made while the safety car is deployed. The race start procedure has been revised: the race gets underway with a starting light at the hands of the race director. Previously, the pole-sitter could decide when to go full-throttle. The starting formation can now be left as soon as the starting light releases the field. Pit stop procedures have been modified: a maximum of two mechanics on each side of the car have to change the rear wheels first before the change at the front axle can begin. Mandatory pit stops can not be served prior to minute 10 or after minute 40 of the race.
Technical Balance of performance (BoP) can now be changed at any time throughout the season up until the last race.
Race calendar A nine-round 2022 calendar was announced on 3 September 2021. On 23 December 2021, it was announced that an unconfirmed round outside Germany on 4 and 5 June 2022 would not take place, making it an eight-round calendar. Round Circuit Location Race 1Race 21 Algarve International CircuitPortimão, Algarve30 April1 May 2 Lausitzring (GP Circuit with Banked Turn 1) Klettwitz, Brandenburg21 May22 May 3 Imola Circuit Imola, Emilia-Romagna18 June19 June 4 Norisring Nuremberg, Bavaria2 July3 July 5 Nürburgring (Sprint Circuit) Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate27 August 28 August 6 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Liège10 September11 September 7 Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria24 September25 September 8 Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg8 October9 October Source:
Calendar changes Spa-Francorchamps returns to the DTM calendar after a one-year hiatus while Portimão and Imola will make their DTM débuts. On the opposite side, the rounds at Zolder, Assen and Monza were ousted from the calendar. The Norisring round will return to its traditional spot in early July, after the circuit hosted the season finale for the first time in 2021. On the other hand, the Hockenheimring round will retain its traditional spot in early October and return to being the final round of the season.
Results and standings
Season summary RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamWinning manufacturerReports1R1 Algarve International Circuit Mirko Bortolotti Luca Stolz Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Mercedes ReportR2 Nico Müller Felipe Fraga Nico Müller Team Rosberg Audi2R1 Lausitzring(GP Circuit with Banked Turn 1) Lucas Auer Sheldon van der Linde Sheldon van der Linde Schubert Motorsport BMW ReportR2 Sheldon van der Linde Maro Engel Sheldon van der Linde Schubert Motorsport BMW3R1 Imola Circuit René Rast Mirko Bortolotti René Rast Team Abt Audi ReportR2 Ricardo Feller Nick Cassidy Ricardo Feller Team Abt Sportsline Audi4R1 Norisring Kelvin van der Linde Thomas Preining Thomas Preining KÜS Team Bernhard Porsche ReportR2 Felipe Fraga Mirko Bortolotti Felipe Fraga Red Bull AF Corse Ferrari5R1 Nürburgring(Sprint Circuit) Mirko Bortolotti Kelvin van der Linde Sheldon van der Linde Schubert Motorsport BMW ReportR2 Sheldon van der Linde Luca Stolz Luca Stolz Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Mercedes6R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Dennis Olsen Maximilian Götz Dennis Olsen SSR Performance Porsche ReportR2 René Rast Rolf Ineichen Nick Cassidy AlphaTauri AF Corse Ferrari7R1 Red Bull Ring Nick Cassidy Mirko Bortolotti Nick Cassidy AlphaTauri AF Corse Ferrari ReportR2 Maro Engel Lucas Auer Thomas Preining KÜS Team Bernhard Porsche8R1 Hockenheimring Lucas Auer Sheldon van der Linde Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Mercedes ReportR2 René Rast Marco Wittmann Marco Wittmann Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW
Scoring system Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows: Race Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th FL Points2518151210864211 Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points: Qualifying Position 1st 2nd 3rd Points321
Drivers' championship