The 2026 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters is the fortieth season of the premier German touring car championship, as well as the twenty-seventh season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It is the sixth season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations, and the fourth under ADAC's promotion.
Teams and drivers All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli.
Manufacturer Car Engine Team Driver Status Rounds Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8 Comtoyou Racing Nicki Thiim 1–7 Nicolas Baert 1–7 Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 Seyffarth Motorsport 77 Simon Connor Primm 7 BMW BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 Schubert Motorsport 3 Kelvin van der Linde 1–7 11 Marco Wittmann 1–7 Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 Emil Frey Racing 14 Matteo Cairoli 1–7 69 Thierry Vermeulen 1–7 Ford Ford Mustang GT3 Evo Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 HRT Ford Racing 36 Arjun Maini 1–7 64 Finn Wiebelhaus 1–7 Lamborghini Lamborghini Temerario GT3 Lamborghini L411 4.0 L Turbo V8 Red Bull Team Abt 10 Marco Mapelli 1–7 130 Luca Engstler 1–7 TGI Team by GRT 19 Maximilian Paul 1–4, 7 Christian Engelhart 6 63 Mirko Bortolotti 1–7 Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf 22 Lucas Auer 1–7 84 Tom Kalender 1–7 Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter Mercedes-AMG Team Ravenol 48 Jules Gounon 1–7 80 Maro Engel 1–7 McLaren McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 Dörr Motorsport 16 Timo Glock 1–7 25 Ben Dörr 1–7 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 Land-Motorsport 29 Bastian Buus 1–7 Manthey Racing 90 Ricardo Feller 1–7 91 Thomas Preining 1–7 Icon Status Rookie Guest drivers
Driver and team changes Land-Motorsport will switch their car from Audi to Porsche. Bastian Buus will replace Manthey bound Ricardo Feller for his DTM debut.
Manthey Racing downsized their entry to 2 cars, as the team discontinued their junior team. Reigning Drivers' Champion Ayhancan Güven left the series after competing for over three years, switching to the team's FIA WEC LMGT3, and Morris Schuring will compete in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Boutsen VDS. Manthey signed Ricardo Feller from Land-Motorsport.
Emil Frey Racing also downsized their entry to 2 cars. Leaving Ben Green without a seat, and Jack Aitken left the series after three years to focus on his campaign with Cadillac. Aitken's replacement will be GT World Challenge Europe Endurance runner-up Matteo Cairoli.
Nicki Thiim will switch from ABT Sportsline to Comtoyou Racing, as he replaces Gilles Magnus.
Both Grasser Racing Team and ABT Sportsline will receive the new Lamborghini Temerario GT3, replacing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2. Both Luca Engstler and Jordan Pepper leave Grasser Racing Team, Pepper moves to GT World Challenge Europe with Team WRT. Their replacement will be 2024 champion Mirko Bortolotti and Maximilian Paul from ABT Sportsline and Paul Motorsport respectively.
HRT promoted ADAC GT Masters champion Finn Wiebelhaus to their line up, as he replaces Fabio Scherer.
Marco Mapelli and Luca Engstler joined Abt Sportsline.
Race calendar Round Circuit Location Race 1 Race 2 Map of circuit locations 1 Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria 25 April 26 April 2 Circuit Zandvoort Zandvoort, North Holland 23 May 24 May 3 Lausitzring Klettwitz, Brandenburg 20 June 21 June 4 Norisring Nuremberg, Bavaria 4 July 5 July 5 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt 25 July 26 July 6 Nürburgring Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate 15 August 16 August 7 Sachsenring Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Sachsen 12 September 13 September 8 Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg 10 October 11 OctoberSource:
Results and standings
Season summary RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamWinning manufacturerWinning rookie1R1 Red Bull Ring Maro Engel Bastian Buus Thomas Preining Manthey Racing Porsche Tom KalenderR2 Kelvin van der Linde Nicki Thiim Maro Engel Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG Finn Wiebelhaus2R1 Circuit Zandvoort Matteo Cairoli Ricardo Feller Matteo Cairoli Emil Frey Racing Ferrari Finn WiebelhausR2 Kelvin van der Linde Timo Glock Kelvin van der Linde Schubert Motorsport BMW Tom Kalender3R1 Lausitzring Nicki Thiim Maro Engel Ben Dörr Dörr Motorsport McLaren Tom KalenderR2 Arjun Maini Arjun Maini Matteo Cairoli Emil Frey Racing Ferrari Finn Wiebelhaus4R1 Norisring Nicki Thiim Lucas Auer Nicki Thiim Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Finn WiebelhausR2 Nicki Thiim Maro Engel Nicki Thiim Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Finn Wiebelhaus5R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Thomas Preining Bastian Buus Thomas Preining Manthey Racing Porsche Tom KalenderR2 Thomas Preining Nicki Thiim Maro Engel Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG Tom Kalender6R1 Nürburgring Matteo Cairoli Matteo Cairoli Matteo Cairoli Emil Frey Racing Ferrari Nicolas BaertR2 Jules Gounon Finn Wiebelhaus Marco Wittmann Schubert Motorsport BMW Tom Kalender7R1 Sachsenring Marco Wittmann Thomas Preining Marco Wittmann Schubert Motorsport BMW Tom KalenderR2 Maro Engel Finn Wiebelhaus Ben Dörr Dörr Motorsport McLaren Finn Wiebelhaus8R1 Hockenheimring R2
Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified finishers as follows: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Race252016131110987654321 Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points: Qualifying Position 1st 2nd 3rd Points321
Drivers' championship DriverRBRZANLAUNOROSCNÜRSACHOC Points 1 Thomas Preining 13 13 7 8 12 10 9 9 11 21 22 3 32 2 197 2 Maro Engel 31 1 6 4 15 7 22 7 33 1 6 Ret 5 171 174 3 Marco Wittmann 5 2 11 3 5 8 Ret 10 Ret 33 3 1 11 6 173 4 Lucas Auer 2 33 23 13 63 11 4 3 4 11 53 Ret 11 5 152 5 Matteo Cairoli 8 14 11 11 8 12 11 Ret 11 9 11 133 6 4 150 6 Nicki Thiim 10 5 9 18 41 23 11 11 12 12 11 7 8 Ret 147 7 Ben Dörr Ret2 7 5 2 1 16 10 13 Ret 15 4 Ret2 10 1 123 8 Arjun Maini 7 11 12 16 92 41 33 43 6 5 Ret 4 12 11 117 9 Jules Gounon Ret 4 4 12 7 Ret 7 5 Ret 8 8 141 23 Ret3 102 10 Thierry Vermeulen 13 9 32 52 13 14 5 6 9 14 13 12 9 7 99 11 Ricardo Feller 9 12 10 10 3 13 12 12 10 7 9 11 13 32 98 12 Luca Engstler 15 18 8 63 Ret 6 14 16 22 42 7 6 Ret 8 96 13 Kelvin van der Linde DSQ 61 Ret 11 10 9 Ret WD 7 6 Ret Ret 4 18 86 14 Mirko Bortolotti 12 16 14 9 Ret 5 8 11 5 DSQ Ret 5 7 13 71 15 Finn Wiebelhaus 11 82 16 Ret Ret 3 6 22 Ret Ret Ret 16 17 12 67 16 Bastian Buus 14 10 DSQ Ret Ret 12 13 8 14 10 10 10 Ret 9 50 17 Tom Kalender 4 Ret Ret 15 11 Ret Ret 14 13 17 Ret 2 14 Ret 46 18 Marco Mapelli 17 19 15 7 2 15 16 Ret Ret 13 Ret 9 Ret 14 43 19 Timo Glock 6 15 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 16 Ret 8 Ret 15 30 20 Maximilian Paul 16 20 13 Ret 14 Ret Ret WD Ret 10 11 21 Nicolas Baert Ret 17 17 17 16 17 15 15 Ret Ret 12 15 16 Ret 8 22 Christian Engelhart 14 WD 2 Guest drivers ineligible to score points — Simon Connor Primm 15 16 — DriverRBRZANLAUNOROSCNÜRSACHOC PointsBold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
1 – 3 Points for Pole
2 – 2 Points for P2
3 – 1 Point for P3
'Rookie of the Year' classification Driver Points 1 Tom Kalender 334 2 Finn Wiebelhaus 317 3 Nicolas Baert 310 4 Simon Connor Primm 29Source:
Teams' championship Team Points 1 Manthey Racing 282 2 Winward Racing 262 3 Schubert Motorsport 249 4 Emil Frey Racing 236 5 194 6 HRT Ford Racing 173 7 Dörr Motorsport 149 8 Comtoyou Racing 145 9 Red Bull Team Abt 134 10 TGI Team by GRT 84 11 Land-Motorsport 50
Manufacturers' championship Only points scored by the top two drivers of a manufacturer in races count for the manufacturers' championship. Manufacturer Points 1 Mercedes-AMG 373 2 Porsche 305 3 BMW 256 4 Ferrari 253 5 Lamborghini 215 6 Ford 191 7 Aston Martin 173 8 McLaren 167
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