2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season

The 2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the fifth Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season since the series' resumption in 2000. There were 10 championship race weekend with one round each, plus a non-championship round at the streets of Shanghai. Originally each track hosted one race each with the exception of Hockenheimring (two races, premier and finale), but when Avignon lost their race EuroSpeedway also hosted two events. Each track hosted one race, with the exception of Hockenheim, which hosted two. As in 2003 each weekend compromised one race of circa one hour and with two compulsory pit stops for each contender.

Changes for 2004

• The coupe style cars were replaced by four-door sedans. Smaller independent teams were allowed to run the year-old coupes for one more season.
• Audi entered as an official works team.
• A non-championship one-off race was held at the streets of Shanghai, China.
• A1-Ring in Austria was removed from the schedule. The track was to undergo major repairs, but those were not completed (see article on A1-Ring for full story).
• DTM did not return to Donington Park in the United Kingdom for 2004. In 2006 a DTM race in Britain did return to the calendar, but with it being held at Brands Hatch.

Teams and drivers

Make	Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Mercedes-Benz	HWA Team	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004	1	Bernd Schneider	All
			2	Christijan Albers	All
			7	Gary Paffett	All
			8	Jean Alesi	All
	Persson Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003	17	Marcus Winkelhock	All
			18	Stefan Mücke	All
	Team Rosberg	AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003	20	Jarek Janiš	All
			21	Bernd Mayländer	All
Audi	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2004	5	Mattias Ekström	All
			6	Martin Tomczyk	All
			11	Christian Abt	All
			12	Tom Kristensen	All
	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi A4 DTM 2004	44	Emanuele Pirro	All
			45	Frank Biela	All
Opel	OPC Team Phoenix	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004	3	Marcel Fässler	All
			4	Laurent Aïello	All
			14	Peter Dumbreck	All
	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004	9	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	All
			10	Manuel Reuter	All
			15	Timo Scheider	All
	OPC Euroteam	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	16	Jeroen Bleekemolen	All

Race calendar and winners

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car	TV
1	Hockenheimring	April 18	Gary Paffett	Mercedes	ARD
2	Estoril	May 2	Christijan Albers	Mercedes	ZDF
3	Adria	May 16	Mattias Ekström	Audi	ARD
4	EuroSpeedway	June 6	Mattias Ekström	Audi	ARD
5	Norisring	June 27	Gary Paffett	Mercedes	ZDF
	Shanghai	July 18	Gary Paffett	Mercedes
6	Nürburgring	August 1	Gary Paffett	Mercedes	ARD
7	Oschersleben	August 8	Tom Kristensen	Audi	ZDF
8	Zandvoort	September 5	Mattias Ekström	Audi	ZDF
9	Brno	September 19	Mattias Ekström	Audi	ARD
10	Hockenheimring	October 3	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes	ZDF

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers.

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver HOC1 EST ADR EUR NOR SHA† NÜR OSC ZAN BRN HOC2 Pts 1 Mattias Ekström 3 2 1 1 4 3 2 5 1 1 6 74 2 Gary Paffett 1 13 4 DSQ 1 1 1 4 4 3 3 57 3 Christijan Albers 2 1 2 2 2 6 16 12 3 Ret 7 50 4 Tom Kristensen 4 4 10 10 6 Ret 5 1 6 2 4 43 5 Martin Tomczyk 5 3 8 14 5 Ret Ret 2 2 Ret 2 39 6 Bernd Schneider 17 5 11 3 3 2 3 Ret 5 10 1 36 7 Jean Alesi Ret 7 3 5 10 4 7 10 11 8 5 19 8 Timo Scheider 8 6 5 16 Ret Ret 6 7 12 7 9 15 9 Marcel Fässler Ret 20 Ret 7 Ret 14 4 8 10 4 Ret 13 10 Laurent Aïello 9 8 6 4 Ret 9 6 Ret 15 Ret 12 11 Emanuele Pirro 7 11 9 6 9 Ret 11 15 7 5 Ret 11 12 Manuel Reuter 10 16 13 8 8 12 3 8 12 Ret 9 13 Peter Dumbreck 6 9 Ret 11 7 8 11 Ret 9 Ret 6 14 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 11 12 12 Ret Ret 7 Ret 14 Ret 6 12 3 15 Stefan Mücke 18 14 7 Ret 15 10 10 17 17 11 10 2 16 Christian Abt Ret 10 Ret 9 14 Ret 13 9 Ret 12 8 1 17 Frank Biela 16 15 Ret 12 11 13 Ret 13 9 14 11 0 18 Jeroen Bleekemolen 12 19 14 17 12 12 14 18 13 17 Ret 0 19 Marcus Winkelhock 15 17 Ret 13 Ret 9 Ret 16 14 18 13 0 20 Bernd Mayländer 14 18 Ret Ret 13 15 19 15 16 14 0 21 Jarek Janiš 13 Ret Ret 15 16 8 Ret 20 16 Ret Ret 0 - Rinaldo Capello 5 0 - Peter Terting 11 0 Pos Driver HOC1 EST ADR EUR NOR SHA† NÜR OSC ZAN BRN HOC2 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (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 participate Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† Non Championship Round

Manufacturers' championship

External links

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