2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Technical

• The Balance of Performance DTM car weights were revised to improve racing spectacle.^[2]

Driver changes

Entering DTM

• 2015 GP3 Series champion and Mercedes DTM reserve driver Esteban Ocon made his DTM debut with Mercedes-Benz.^[5]

Leaving DTM

• 2015 DTM champion Pascal Wehrlein left the series to race in Formula One with Manor Racing.^[5]

Mid-season changes

• Adrien Tambay was injured in the first race of Round 5 with René Rast replacing him for race 2.^[11] 　
• 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.^[6]
• René Rast replaced Mattias Ekström at Hockenheim for the final round.^[10] After that he and Mike Rockenfeller were swapped in the team.^[9]

Drivers' championship

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Pos. 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 2 6 2 Ret Ret 7 7 5 9 DSQ 4 18 1 107 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 Pos. Driver HOC RBR LAU NOR ZAN MSC NÜR HUN HOC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

Manufacturers' championship

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Pos.	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
Pos.	Driver	HOC		RBR		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MSC		NÜR		HUN		HOC		Points

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Teams' championship