2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season

The 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the ninth season of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. The series began on April 13 at the Hockenheimring and finished on October 26 at the same venue, after eleven rounds. Timo Scheider won the title, having never previously won a race before the start of the season.

Teams and drivers

DTM-Mercedes C-Class (W204) of season 2008

DTM-Audi A4 of season 2008

Make	Car	Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2008	Abt Sportsline	1	Mattias Ekström	All
			2	Martin Tomczyk	All
			9	Tom Kristensen	All
			10	Timo Scheider	All
	Audi A4 DTM 2007	Team Phoenix	14	Alexandre Prémat	All
			15	Oliver Jarvis	All
		Team Rosberg	18	Mike Rockenfeller	All
			19	Markus Winkelhock	All
	Audi A4 DTM 2006	Futurecom TME	20	Katherine Legge	All
			21	Christijan Albers	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	HWA Team	3	Bruno Spengler	All
			4	Paul di Resta	All
			5	Jamie Green	All
			6	Bernd Schneider	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007	Persson Motorsport	7	Gary Paffett	All
			8	Mathias Lauda	All
			16	Susie Stoddart	All
		Mücke Motorsport	11	Ralf Schumacher	All
			12	Maro Engel	All

Race calendar and winners

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car
Präsentation Düsseldorf		April 6	no race
1	Hockenheimring	April 13	Mattias Ekström	Audi
2	Oschersleben	April 20	Timo Scheider	Audi
3	Mugello	May 4	Jamie Green	Mercedes
4	EuroSpeedway	May 18	Paul di Resta	Mercedes
5	Norisring	June 29	Jamie Green	Mercedes
6	Zandvoort	July 13	Mattias Ekström	Audi
7	Nürburgring Short	July 27	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes
8	Brands Hatch Indy	August 31	Timo Scheider	Audi
9	Catalunya Short	September 21	Paul di Resta	Mercedes
10	Le Mans Bugatti	October 5	Mattias Ekström	Audi
11	Hockenheimring	October 26	Timo Scheider	Audi

Season standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top eight finishers.

Drivers' Standings

Pos Driver HOC OSC MUG EUR NOR ZAN NUR BRA CAT FRA HOC Pts 1 Timo Scheider 2 1 10 2 3 2 5 1 2 6 1 75 2 Paul di Resta 13 4 2 1 5 7 2 2 1 2 2 71 3 Mattias Ekström 1 8 6 3 4 1 6 3 DSQ 1 7 56 4 Jamie Green 6 5 1 5 1 6 3 4 8 10 3 52 5 Bruno Spengler 4 3 9 6 2 5 7 6 Ret 7 4 38 6 Bernd Schneider 8 12 4 7 6 9 1 9 3 5 6 34 7 Martin Tomczyk 5 2 17 4 Ret 4 Ret 5 4 Ret 8 32 8 Tom Kristensen 3 Ret 3 16 7 3 Ret 7 13 8 5 27 9 Gary Paffett 7 11 12 10 DSQ 11 4 8 11 4 11 13 10 Alexandre Prémat 11 9 8 DSQ 14 Ret 14 10 6 3 13 10 11 Mike Rockenfeller 10 7 14 9 13 10 15 13 5 9 9 6 12 Markus Winkelhock 12 6 7 Ret 11 8 9 11 12 11 Ret 6 13 Oliver Jarvis 9 15 5 8 12 Ret 13 12 9 Ret 10 5 14 Ralf Schumacher 14 10 Ret 13 Ret 12 8 15 7 Ret 14 3 15 Mathias Lauda 15 13 16 12 8 13 10 16 Ret 15 Ret 1 16 Maro Engel 17 Ret 11 11 9 14 Ret 17 15 14 12 0 17 Christijan Albers Ret 16 13 14 Ret Ret 11 14 10 13 Ret 0 18 Susie Stoddart 16 14 15 Ret 10 15 12 19 Ret 12 Ret 0 19 Katherine Legge 18 17 18 15 15 Ret Ret 18 Ret 16 NC 0 Pos Driver HOC OSC MUG EUR NOR ZAN NUR BRA CAT FRA HOC 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)

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Notes:

• In the ninth round of the championship in Catalunya Ekström originally crossed the line 5th and Green 8th. However, due to an overly harsh duel between the two on the last lap the stewards penalized both men. Ekström was disqualified and Green was given a 30 seconds’ time penalty. As Ekström already had caught the attention of the stewards in a negative way during the race, his penalty was bigger.

External links

• The official website of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters