The 2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the fourteenth season of the 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 the 2005 season without any female DTM drivers after Susie Wolff and Rahel Frey left the series after 2012 season.
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 1,100 kg (2,425 lb) to 1,110 kg (2,447 lb) to better aerodynamic reasons.
After competing with six cars in 2012, BMW will increase its involvement in the series by expanding to eight cars. Team MTEK will run 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.
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.
Race calendar and results
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 German Grand Prix. 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.
Notes
The 2013 season will see 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 will be 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.
Championship standings
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:
† — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.
