The 2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-seventh season of premier German touring car championship and also fourteenth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000.

Bruno Spengler started the season as the defending drivers' champion. BMW was the defending manufacturers' champion, and BMW Team Schnitzer the defending teams' champion. Mike Rockenfeller clinched his first DTM title at the penultimate round of the season at Zandvoort, driving for Audi.

This was the first season since 2005 without any female DTM drivers after Susie Wolff and Rahel Frey left at the end of the 2012 season.

Calendar A provisional eleven-round calendar was announced on 23 October 2012, and the final schedule was published on 21 November 2012. A revised calendar was released by series organisers on 19 December 2012, with the Norisring round moved back by a week to avoid a clash with the . To accommodate the change of date, the Zandvoort meeting was moved from July to September, and would become the penultimate event of the season, with the Oschersleben and second Hockenheim meetings also being held later than originally scheduled. Rule changes Technical For the first time that all-DTM cars introduced the F1-style Drag Reduction Systems (DRS) to adjust the rear wing and assist overtaking with rear wing inclination angle to 15°. The minimum weight of the cars has been increased from due to better aerodynamic reasons. The softer option tyre were introduced to improve spectacle and more degradable as well as pit stop window allocation tweaked.

Results summary Round Circuit Date Maps 1 Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 5 May 2 Brands Hatch, Kent 19 May 3 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 2 June 4 Lausitzring, Brandenburg 16 June 5 Norisring, Nuremberg 14 July 6 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 4 August 7 Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate 18 August 8 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt 15 September 9 Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland 29 September 10 Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 20 October

Calendar changes The 2013 season saw the DTM series travel to Russia for the first time, with the inclusion of a round at the Moscow Raceway scheduled for August. The non-championship exhibition rounds held at the Munich Olympic Stadium in 2011 and 2012 was discontinued in 2013. The race at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain – which had been included on the DTM calendar in 2011 and 2012 – was discontinued.

Teams and drivers The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook. CarTeamDriversRounds BMW BMW M3 DTM BMW Team Schnitzer1 Bruno Spengler All2 Dirk Werner All BMW Team RBM7 Augusto Farfus All8 Joey Hand All BMW Team RMG15 Martin Tomczyk All16 Andy Priaulx All BMW Team MTEK21 Marco Wittmann All22 Timo Glock All Mercedes-Benz DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé HWA Team3 Gary Paffett All4 Roberto Merhi All9 Christian Vietoris All10 Robert Wickens All Mücke Motorsport17 Daniel Juncadella All18 Pascal Wehrlein All Audi Audi RS5 DTM Team Rosberg5 Edoardo Mortara All6 Filipe Albuquerque All Abt Sportsline11 Mattias Ekström All12 Jamie Green All Phoenix Racing19 Mike Rockenfeller All20 Miguel Molina All Audi Sport Team Abt23 Timo Scheider All24 Adrien Tambay All

Team changes After competing with six cars in 2012, BMW increased its involvement in the series by expanding to eight cars. Team MTEK ran the new team for the marque. Mercedes-Benz initially submitted eight entries to the grid, but later scaled back their commitment to six cars after parting company with Persson Motorsport.

Driver changes David Coulthard left DTM after three seasons racing for Mercedes-Benz in order to continue his role as commentator of Formula One races for the BBC. Rahel Frey, who drove for Audi in 2011 and 2012, left the series and joined Audi's GT programme. Timo Glock left Formula One to join the DTM series, driving for BMW. Glock joined Team MTEK, BMW's fourth team. Jamie Green left Mercedes-Benz after eight seasons with the manufacturer to join Audi. Joey Hand and Andy Priaulx swapped seats, with Hand moving from Team RMG to join Team RBM, with Priaulx going in the opposite direction, moving from Team RBM to Team RMG. Formula 3 Euro Series front-runners Daniel Juncadella and Pascal Wehrlein joined the DTM series, driving for Mücke Motorsport. Having originally been announced as one of the six Mercedes drivers for the 2013 season, Ralf Schumacher announced his retirement from motor racing on 15 March 2013. BMW test driver Marco Wittmann was promoted to a race seat for the 2013 season, racing for Team MTEK. Susie Wolff ended her DTM career after seven seasons with Mercedes-Benz to focus solely on Williams F1 testing duties. Results and standings Results summary Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer 1 Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 5 May Timo Scheider Augusto Farfus Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 2 Brands Hatch, Kent 19 May Mike Rockenfeller Gary Paffett Mike Rockenfeller Phoenix Racing Audi 3 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 2 June Bruno Spengler Marco Wittmann Bruno Spengler BMW Team Schnitzer BMW 4 Lausitzring, Brandenburg 16 June Christian Vietoris Mike Rockenfeller Gary Paffett HWA Team Mercedes-Benz 5 Norisring, Nuremberg 14 July Robert Wickens Christian Vietoris No winner 6 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 4 August Mike Rockenfeller Adrien Tambay Mike Rockenfeller Phoenix Racing Audi 7 Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate 18 August Augusto Farfus Pascal Wehrlein Robert Wickens HWA Team Mercedes-Benz 8 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt 15 September Jamie Green Joey Hand Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 9 Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland 29 September Marco Wittmann Marco Wittmann Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM BMW 10 Hockenheimring, Baden-Württemberg 20 October Bruno Spengler Christian Vietoris Timo Glock BMW Team MTEK BMW Notes

Championship standings Scoring system Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows: Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championship Driver HOC BRH RBR LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC Points 1 Mike Rockenfeller 8 1 4 2 5 1 4 2 2 16 142 2 Augusto Farfus 1 Ret 6 12 16 3 2 1 1 11 116 3 Bruno Spengler 5 2 1 7 6 19 14 21† 20 3 82 4 Christian Vietoris 3 8 7 3 3 10 3 18 15 7 77 5 Robert Wickens Ret 3 12 4 2 12 1 22† 16 18 70 6 Gary Paffett 4 6 9 1 18† 5 17 6 9 9 69 7 Mattias Ekström Ret 7 5 8 DSQ 2 13 7 4 4 68 8 Marco Wittmann 9 4 2 21† 10 15 7 12 5 DSQ 49 9 Timo Glock Ret 13 3 14 13 16 18 15 18 1 40 10 Timo Scheider 6 9 16 20 Ret 9 Ret 5 3 13 37 11 Jamie Green 14 15 18 5 19† 6 9 3 13 12 35 12 Joey Hand 7 5 Ret 15 8 7 Ret 16 7 20 32 13 Dirk Werner 2 12 8 13 11 8 15 13 21† 8 30 14 Adrien Tambay Ret 18 11 11 15 4 6 9 6 14 30 15 Roberto Merhi 10 16 20 10 7 14 19 14 Ret 2 26 16 Daniel Juncadella 12 20 13 6 4 18 Ret 17 17 10 21 17 Miguel Molina 15 11 14 16 14 Ret 8 8 10 5 19 18 Filipe Albuquerque 16 17 17 18 12 13 11 4 8 Ret 16 19 Martin Tomczyk 13 14 Ret 19 Ret 17 5 20† 11 19 10 20 Andy Priaulx 17† 19 19 22 9 20 16 19 19 6 10 21 Edoardo Mortara Ret 21† 15 9 17† Ret 12 10 14 15 3 22 Pascal Wehrlein 11 10 10 17 20† 11 10 11 12 17 3 Driver HOC BRH RBR LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.

Teams' championship Team HOC BRH RBR LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC Points 1 Audi Sport Team Phoenix 19 8 1 4 2 5 1 4 2 2 16 161 20 15 11 14 16 14 Ret 8 8 10 5 2 BMW Team RBM 7 1 Ret 6 12 16 3 2 1 1 11 148 8 7 5 Ret 15 8 7 Ret 16 7 20 3 HWA Team 9 3 8 7 3 3 10 3 18 15 7 147 10 Ret 3 12 4 2 12 1 22† 16 18 4 BMW Team Schnitzer 1 5 2 1 7 6 19 14 21† 20 3 112 2 2 12 8 13 11 8 15 13 21† 8 5 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline 11 Ret 7 5 8 DSQ 2 13 7 4 4 103 12 14 15 18 5 19† 6 9 3 13 12 6 HWA Team 3 4 6 9 1 18 5 17 6 9 9 95 4 10 16 20 10 7 14 19 14 Ret 2 7 BMW Team MTEK 21 9 4 2 21† 10 15 7 12 5 DSQ 89 22 Ret 13 3 14 13 16 18 15 18 1 8 Audi Sport Team Abt 23 6 9 16 20 Ret 9 Ret 5 3 13 67 24 Ret 18 11 11 15 4 6 9 6 14 9 Mücke Motorsport 17 12 20 13 6 4 18 Ret 17 17 10 24 18 11 10 10 17 20† 11 10 11 12 17 10 BMW Team RMG 15 13 14 Ret 19 Ret 17 5 20† 11 19 20 16 17† 19 19 22† 9 20 16 19 19 6 11 Audi Sport Team Rosberg 5 Ret 21† 15 9 17 Ret 12 10 14 15 19 6 16 17 17 18 12 13 11 4 8 Ret Team HOC BRH RBR LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturers' championship Pos. Manufacturer HOC BRH RBR LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC Points 1 BMW 61 40 70 6 15 25 34 25 41 52 369 2 Audi 12 33 22 34 10 65 26 65 58 22 347 3 Mercedes-Benz 28 28 9 61 51 11 41 8 2 27 266 Pos. Manufacturer HOC BRH RBR LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC Points

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External links The official website of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (English)