2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

The 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the twenty-first season of premier German touring car championship and also eighth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000.

Mattias Ekström (left) won his second Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Championship while Bruno Spengler (right) finished second in the championship.

The Drivers' Championship was won by Mattias Ekström.

Season summary

The season started dramatically with massive crash on opening lap of Hockenheim race. As a result, Tom Kristensen and Alexandre Prémat were forced to sit out races.

The season also included many controversial moments. In Lausitzring, the safety car caught the wrong driver and this shook up race results almost completely. Organizers admitted that Mika Häkkinen deserved the win and Paul di Resta second place, but other drivers were not in the places where they should have been. As a result, half points were awarded and thus race director Roland Bruynseraede was sacked on 31 May 2007.[1]

At Zandvoort, Audi drivers swapped positions in the final straight, giving win to Martin Tomczyk instead of Prémat. Audi boss denied the presence of team orders and instead told that Prémat did the move on his own.

At Barcelona, Häkkinen collided with Martin Tomczyk and Daniel la Rosa with Mattias Ekström. This and couple of other incidents caused that all Audi drivers withdrew from the race with nine laps to go. Häkkinen and la Rosa were excluded from the race (which was meaningless as both drivers retired in the incidents), fined and given 10-place grid penalty for final race of the season.

This was the final season that Vodafone was a front windscreen sponsor as well as Blaupunkt as a front vehicle plate sponsor.

Teams and drivers

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

Make	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007	HWA Team	1	Bernd Schneider	All
			2	Bruno Spengler	All
			5	Jamie Green	All
			6	Mika Häkkinen	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006	Persson Motorsport	9	Gary Paffett	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006		10	Alexandros Margaritis	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005		19	Paul di Resta	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006	Mücke Motorsport	14	Susie Stoddart	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006		15	Daniel la Rosa	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005		18	Mathias Lauda	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2007	Abt Sportsline	3	Mattias Ekström	All
			4	Martin Tomczyk	All
			7	Tom Kristensen	1, 5-10
				Frank Biela	2
				Markus Winkelhock	3-4
			8	Timo Scheider	All
	Audi A4 DTM 2006	Team Rosberg	11	Mike Rockenfeller	All
		Team Rosberg	12	Lucas Luhr	All
		Team Phoenix	16	Christian Abt	All
			17	Alexandre Prémat	1, 3-10
			17	Marco Werner	2
	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Futurecom TME	20	Adam Carroll	1-5
			20	Markus Winkelhock	6-10
			21	Vanina Ickx	All
Sources:[2][3]

Race calendar and winners

Round	Circuit	Date	Local Time	Pole position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning manufacturer	TV
	Präsentation Düsseldorf	15 April	10:00
1	Hockenheimring	22 April	14:00	Bruno Spengler	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	ARD
2	Oschersleben	6 May	14:00	Mika Häkkinen	Jamie Green	Gary Paffett	Laureus AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
3	EuroSpeedway	20 May	14:00	Bruno Spengler	Mattias Ekström	Mika Häkkinen	AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
4	Brands Hatch	10 June	13:00	Mika Häkkinen	Martin Tomczyk	Bernd Schneider	Original-Teile AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
5	Norisring	24 June	14:00	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	Bruno Spengler	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
6	Mugello	15 July	17:45	Mattias Ekström	Martin Tomczyk	Mika Häkkinen	AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
7	Zandvoort	29 July	13:00	Timo Scheider	Jamie Green	Martin Tomczyk	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	ARD
8	Nürburgring	2 September	15:00	Martin Tomczyk	Bruno Spengler	Martin Tomczyk	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	ARD
9	Barcelona	23 September	14:00	Martin Tomczyk	Bruno Spengler	Jamie Green	Salzgitter AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
10	Hockenheimring	14 October	14:00	Tom Kristensen	Jamie Green	Jamie Green	Salzgitter AMG Mercedes	Mercedes	ARD
Source:[4]

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.[5]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	HOC	OSC	LAU•	BRH	NOR	MUG	ZAN	NÜR	CAT	HOC	Pts
1	Mattias Ekström	1	7	10	3	3	2	3	3	Ret	3	50
2	Bruno Spengler	14	Ret	3	5	1	4	5	2	2	4	47
3	Martin Tomczyk	2	5	9	2	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	9	40
4	Jamie Green	6	11	6	6	6	Ret	11	5	1	1	34.5
5	Paul di Resta	5	2	2	Ret	15	3	14	6	3	8	32
6	Bernd Schneider	7	6	4	1	2	11	12	7	Ret	5	31.5
7	Timo Scheider	9	4	5	13	14	Ret	4	4	Ret	2	25
8	Mika Häkkinen	10	17	1	4	9	1	7	10	DSQ	17	22
9	Gary Paffett	8	1	8	10	4	Ret	9	12	5	Ret	20.5
10	Alexandros Margaritis	4	8	Ret	9	7	Ret	8	13	4	7	16
11	Alexandre Prémat	Ret		Ret	7	8	7	2	9	10†	16	13
12	Mike Rockenfeller	12	3	13	Ret	13	6	10	17	7†	DSQ	11
13	Daniel la Rosa	3	14	16†	DSQ	12	5	DNS	14	DSQ	10	10
14	Tom Kristensen	Ret				5	8	18†	8	9†	6	9
15	Mathias Lauda	13	13	7	12	11	12†	15	11	6	11	4
16	Christian Abt	Ret	10	17†	8	10	Ret	6	15	11†	15	4
17	Lucas Luhr	11	12	14	11	18†	Ret	16	16	8†	12	1
18	Adam Carroll	Ret	9	11	15	17†						0
19	Markus Winkelhock			Ret	14		9	13	Ret	12†	13	0
20	Susie Stoddart	Ret	16	12	16	16	10	17	18	Ret	14	0
21	Vanina Ickx	15	Ret	15	17	Ret	Ret	DNS	19	13†	18	0
22	Marco Werner		15									0
23	Frank Biela		18†									0
Pos	Driver	HOC	OSC	LAU•	BRH	NOR	MUG	ZAN	NÜR	CAT	HOC	Pts
Sources:[6][7]

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

† — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

• Half points were awarded at EuroSpeedway because of mistakes by race director during the safety car period. (Points were awarded 5-4-3-2.5-2-1.5-1-0.5).

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	No.	HOC	OSC	LAU•	BRH	NOR	MUG	ZAN	NÜR	CAT	HOC	Points
1	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	3	1	7	10	3	3	2	3	3	Ret	3	90
1	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	4	2	5	9	2	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	9	90
2	Original-Teile / DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes	1	7	6	4	1	2	11	12	7	Ret	5	78.5
2	Original-Teile / DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes	2	14	Ret	3	5	1	4	5	2	2	4	78.5
3	Salzgitter / AMG Mercedes	5	6	11	6	6	6	Ret	11	5	1	1	56.5
3	Salzgitter / AMG Mercedes	6	10	17	1	4	9	1	7	10	DSQ	17	56.5
4	stern / Laureus AMG Mercedes	9	8	1	8	10	4	Ret	9	12	5	Ret	36.5
4	stern / Laureus AMG Mercedes	10	4	8	Ret	9	7	Ret	8	13	4	7	36.5
5	Audi Sport Team Abt	7	Ret	18†	Ret	14	5	8	18†	8	9†	6	34
5	Audi Sport Team Abt	8	9	4	5	13	14	Ret	4	4	Ret	2	34
6	TV Spielfilm / JAWA4U.de AMG Mercedes	14	Ret	16	12	16	16	10	17	18	Ret	14	32
6	TV Spielfilm / JAWA4U.de AMG Mercedes	19	5	2	2	Ret	15	3	14	6	3	8	32
7	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	16	Ret	10	17†	8	10	Ret	6	15	11†	15	17
7	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	17	Ret	15	Ret	7	8	7	2	9	10†	16	17
8	TrekStor / Trilux AMG Mercedes	15	3	14	16†	DSQ	12	5	DNS	14	DSQ	10	14
8	TrekStor / Trilux AMG Mercedes	18	13	13	7	12	11	12†	15	11	6	11	14
9	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	11	12	3	13	Ret	13	6	10	17	7†	DSQ	12
9	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	12	11	12	14	11	18†	Ret	16	16	8†	12	12
10	Futurecom TME	20	Ret	9	11	15	17†	9	13	Ret	12†	13	0
10	Futurecom TME	21	15	Ret	15	17	Ret	Ret	DNS	19	13†	18	0
Pos.	Team	No.	HOC	OSC	LAU•	BRH	NOR	MUG	ZAN	NÜR	CAT	HOC	Points
Sources:[5][6]

References

"DTM: Personeelswisselingen in wedstrijdleiding DTM". autosport.nl. 31 May 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
"Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Summary 2007". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
"DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2007: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
"Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Results 2007". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
"DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2007: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
"Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Standings 2007". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
"2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Standings". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

External links

Official website

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[1] "DTM: Personeelswisselingen in wedstrijdleiding DTM". autosport.nl. 31 May 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.

[2] "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Summary 2007". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[3] "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2007: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[4] "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Results 2007". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[2007Points-5] "DTM (German Touringcar Masters) – 2007: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[MSportStatsStandings-6] "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Standings 2007". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[7] "2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Standings". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

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