2026 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Driver and team changes

• Land-Motorsport will switch their car from Audi to Porsche.^[14] Bastian Buus will replace Manthey bound Ricardo Feller for his DTM debut.^[15]

• 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.^[17][18][19] Manthey signed Ricardo Feller from Land-Motorsport.^[16]

• 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.^[20][21] Aitken's replacement will be GT World Challenge Europe Endurance runner-up Matteo Cairoli.^[5]

• Nicki Thiim will switch from ABT Sportsline to Comtoyou Racing, as he replaces Gilles Magnus.^[1]

• Both Grasser Racing Team and ABT Sportsline will receive the new Lamborghini Temerario GT3, replacing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2.^[7] Both Luca Engstler and Jordan Pepper leave Grasser Racing Team, Pepper moves to GT World Challenge Europe with Team WRT.^[22] Their replacement will be 2024 champion Mirko Bortolotti and Maximilian Paul from ABT Sportsline and Paul Motorsport respectively.^[9]

• HRT promoted ADAC GT Masters champion Finn Wiebelhaus to their line up, as he replaces Fabio Scherer.^[6]

• Marco Mapelli and Luca Engstler joined Abt Sportsline.^[8]

Season summary

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Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer	Winning rookie
1	R1	Red Bull Ring	Maro Engel	Bastian Buus	Thomas Preining	Manthey Racing	Porsche	Tom Kalender
	R2		Kelvin van der Linde	Nicki Thiim	Maro Engel	Winward Racing	Mercedes-AMG	Finn Wiebelhaus
2	R1	Circuit Zandvoort	Matteo Cairoli	Ricardo Feller	Matteo Cairoli	Emil Frey Racing	Ferrari	Finn Wiebelhaus
	R2		Kelvin van der Linde	Timo Glock	Kelvin van der Linde	Schubert Motorsport	BMW	Tom Kalender
3	R1	Lausitzring	Nicki Thiim	Maro Engel	Ben Dörr	Dörr Motorsport	McLaren	Tom Kalender
	R2		Arjun Maini	Arjun Maini	Matteo Cairoli	Emil Frey Racing	Ferrari	Finn Wiebelhaus
4	R1	Norisring	Nicki Thiim	Lucas Auer	Nicki Thiim	Comtoyou Racing	Aston Martin	Finn Wiebelhaus
	R2		Nicki Thiim	Maro Engel	Nicki Thiim	Comtoyou Racing	Aston Martin	Finn Wiebelhaus
5	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Thomas Preining	Bastian Buus	Thomas Preining	Manthey Racing	Porsche	Tom Kalender
	R2		Thomas Preining	Nicki Thiim	Maro Engel	Winward Racing	Mercedes-AMG	Tom Kalender
6	R1	Nürburgring	Matteo Cairoli	Matteo Cairoli	Matteo Cairoli	Emil Frey Racing	Ferrari	Nicolas Baert
	R2		Jules Gounon	Finn Wiebelhaus	Marco Wittmann	Schubert Motorsport	BMW	Tom Kalender
7	R1	Sachsenring	Marco Wittmann	Thomas Preining	Marco Wittmann	Schubert Motorsport	BMW	Tom Kalender
	R2		Maro Engel	Finn Wiebelhaus	Ben Dörr	Dörr Motorsport	McLaren	Finn Wiebelhaus
8	R1	Hockenheimring
	R2

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified finishers as follows:

Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points:

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver RBR ZAN LAU NOR OSC NÜR SAC HOC 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 — Pos. Driver RBR ZAN LAU NOR OSC NÜR SAC 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 1 – 3 Points for Pole 2 – 2 Points for P2 3 – 1 Point for P3

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'Rookie of the Year' classification

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Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Tom Kalender	334
2	Finn Wiebelhaus	317
3	Nicolas Baert	310
4	Simon Connor Primm	29
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Teams' championship

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Pos.	Team	Points
1	Manthey Racing	282
2	Winward Racing	262
3	Schubert Motorsport	249
4	Emil Frey Racing	236
5	Landgraf Motorsport [de]	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

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Manufacturers' championship

Only points scored by the top two drivers of a manufacturer in races count for the manufacturers' championship.

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Pos.	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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