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Timo Scheider retained his series title.

The 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the tenth Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season since the series' resumption in 2000. The series began on May 17 at Hockenheim and finished on October 25 at the same venue. The series adopts new rule changes, as announced on April 21, 2009. Qualifying consists of four sessions, rather than two in 2008. The minimum weights of the cars have also been altered, with 2009 cars topping the scales at 1050 kg, 2008 cars at 1030 kg and 2007 machinery at 1010 kg.^[1]

Teams and drivers

• Of the nineteen drivers that competed in the 2008 season, only Bernd Schneider and Christijan Albers do not return. Rookies in 2009 are the Kolles Futurecom trio of Christian Bakkerud, Johannes Seidlitz and Tomáš Kostka.

Make	Car	Entrant	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2009	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	1	Timo Scheider[2]	All
			2	Tom Kristensen[2]	All
			5	Mattias Ekström[2]	All
			6	Martin Tomczyk[2]	All
	Audi A4 DTM 2008	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	11	Mike Rockenfeller[2]	All
			12	Markus Winkelhock[2]	All
		Audi Sport Team Phoenix	14	Alexandre Prémat[2]	All
			15	Oliver Jarvis[2]	All
		Audi Sport Team Abt Lady Power	21	Katherine Legge[2]	All
	Audi A4 DTM 2007	Kolles Futurecom-TME	18	Christian Bakkerud[3]	1-4, 6-10
			19	Johannes Seidlitz[4]	1-2, 5-10
		Kolles Futurecom-BRT	20	Tomáš Kostka[5]	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009	AMG Mercedes	3	Paul di Resta[6][7]	All
		TRILUX AMG Mercedes	4	Ralf Schumacher[8][7]	All
		Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG Mercedes	9	Bruno Spengler[6][7]	All
		Salzgitter AMG Mercedes	10	Gary Paffett[6][7]	All
	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes	7	Jamie Green[6][7]	All
		TV-Spielfilm AMG Mercedes	8	Susie Stoddart[7]	All
		GQ AMG Mercedes	16	Maro Engel[7]	All
		AMG Mercedes	17	Mathias Lauda[7]	All

Driver Changes

Changed Teams

• Katherine Legge: Futurecom-TME → Audi Sport Team Abt Lady Power

Entering DTM

• Christian Bakkerud: GP2 Series (Super Nova Racing) → Futurecom-TME
• Tomáš Kostka: Czech Touring Car Championship (BRT) → Futurecom-BRT
• Johannes Seidlitz: Formula Renault BARC (Mark Burdett Motorsport) → Futurecom-TME

Leaving DTM

• Christijan Albers: Futurecom-TME→ Le Mans Series (Kolles)
• Bernd Schneider: Original-Teile AMG Mercedes → Retirement

Calendar

To avoid a clash of coverage times with the 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix, the season opener traditionally held at Hockenheim will now take place on May 17, three weeks later than originally planned. Consequently, the EuroSpeedway round that had been scheduled for this date was moved to May 31. The Brands Hatch round was also moved back a week due to the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix, from August 30 to September 6.

Dijon-Prenois will make its maiden appearance on the DTM calendar in 2009. It will be the penultimate round of the season, to be held on October 11.

Mugello isn't a part of the 2009 DTM calendar, due to the lack of free spaces on the calendar to hold a race there.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Hockenheimring	May 17	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Tom Kristensen	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	May 31	Mattias Ekström	Jamie Green	Gary Paffett	Salzgitter AMG Mercedes
3	Norisring, Nuremberg	June 28	Timo Scheider	Katherine Legge	Jamie Green	Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes
4	Circuit Park Zandvoort	July 19	Oliver Jarvis	Mattias Ekström	Gary Paffett	Salzgitter AMG Mercedes
5	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	August 2	Tom Kristensen	Timo Scheider	Timo Scheider	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
6	Nürburgring	August 16	Martin Tomczyk	Mattias Ekström	Martin Tomczyk	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
7	Brands Hatch, Kent	September 6	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	AMG Mercedes
8	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	September 20	Tom Kristensen	Timo Scheider	Timo Scheider	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
9	Dijon-Prenois	October 11	Bruno Spengler	Paul di Resta	Gary Paffett	Salzgitter AMG Mercedes
10	Hockenheimring	October 25	Mattias Ekström	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Salzgitter AMG Mercedes

Championship Standings

Pos Driver HOC1 LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC2 Points 1 Timo Scheider 2 5 4 DSQ 1 2 2 1 6 2 64 2 Gary Paffett Ret 1 5 1 5 8 4 4 1 1 59 3 Paul di Resta 5 4 7 6 4 Ret 1 7 2 3 45 4 Bruno Spengler Ret 2 2 5 6 6 6 5 3 7 41 5 Mattias Ekström 7 3 3 3 2 3 5 6 9 Ret 41 6 Martin Tomczyk Ret Ret 11 4 3 1 3 3 7 Ret 35 7 Jamie Green 8 6 1 9 9 5 12 14 4 5 27 8 Tom Kristensen 1 12 8 8 8 Ret Ret 2 18 15 21 9 Oliver Jarvis 3 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret 8 9 15 6 18 10 Markus Winkelhock 4 Ret 13 DSQ Ret 4 Ret Ret 10 8 11 11 Ralf Schumacher 9 10 6 10 11 7 9 13 5 Ret 9 12 Maro Engel 6 8 Ret 7 7 12 10 10 12 10 8 13 Alexandre Prémat Ret Ret Ret DSQ Ret Ret 11 8 11 4 6 14 Mike Rockenfeller Ret 7 9 Ret 13 10 7 12 13 9 4 15 Mathias Lauda 10 9 14 Ret 12 9 Ret 11 8 14 1 16 Susie Stoddart Ret 11 10 11 10 11 13 15 14 Ret 0 17 Tomáš Kostka 11 13 Ret Ret 14 15 14 16 17 11 0 18 Katherine Legge 12 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 16 Ret 0 19 Christian Bakkerud 14 14 15 DSQ 13 16 17 Ret 12 0 20 Johannes Seidlitz 13 DNS Ret 14 17 18 Ret 13 0 Pos Driver HOC1 LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC2 Points

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

References

External links

• The official website of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters