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2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

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Dates
  
6 May 2016 – 16 Oct 2016

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Location
  
Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany

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The 2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters is the seventeenth season of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, since the series' resumption in 2000. The season started on 7 May at Hockenheim, and ended on 16 October at the same venue. Marco Wittmann won his 2nd DTM championship after a total of nine events.

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Driver changes

Entering DTM
  • 2015 GP3 Series champion and Mercedes DTM reserve driver Esteban Ocon will make his DTM debut with Mercedes-Benz.
    • Leaving DTM
  • 2015 DTM champion Pascal Wehrlein left the series to race in Formula One with Manor Racing.
    • Mid-season changes
  • Adrien Tambay was injured in the first race of Round 5 with René Rast replacing him for race 2. 　
  • After Round 5, Esteban Ocon left the DTM to race in Formula One with Manor Racing. He was replaced by 2015 European Formula 3 champion and Mercedes DTM reserve driver Felix Rosenqvist.
  • René Rast replaced Mattias Ekström at Hockenheim for the final round. After that he and Mike Rockenfeller were swapped in the team.

    • Calendar

    The nine event calendar was announced on 30 November 2015. Oschersleben was officially removed from calendar.

    Championship standings

    Scoring system

    Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

    Drivers' championship

  • † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.

    • References

    2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Wikipedia
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