The 2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the fourteenth season of premier German touring car championship and also first season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the original series' demise in 1996. Nine events were held with two 40-minute races at each racing weekend.
Pre-season
editThis was the resurrected DTM's first season since the cancellation of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft at the end of 1996. Mercedes returned to the series after their unfortunate CLR Le Mans project along with H.W.A GmbH and AMG. They were joined by Opel, who brought along the Holzer, Phoenix, Irmscher and Euroteam from the German Super Touring Championship (STW) where they had raced in 1999. The resumption of DTM also meant the end of STW. Audi did not enter, but was still represented through the semi-independent Abt Sportsline team. Two additional teams also ran Mercedes; they were Persson Motorsport and Team Rosberg.
Teams and drivers
editThe following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.
Make | Car | Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Mercedes-Benz | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000 | HWA 1 | 1 | Bernd Schneider | All |
2 | Thomas Jäger | All | |||
HWA 2 | 5 | Klaus Ludwig | All | ||
6 | Marcel Fässler | All | |||
Team Rosberg | 14 | Pedro Lamy | 1–2 | ||
24 | 3–10 | ||||
15 | Darren Turner | 1–2 | |||
42 | 3–10 | ||||
Persson Motorsport | 18 | Marcel Tiemann | All | ||
19 | Peter Dumbreck | All | |||
Opel | Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | Opel Team Holzer 1 | 3 | Uwe Alzen | All |
4 | Joachim Winkelhock | All | |||
Opel Team Phoenix | 7 | Manuel Reuter | All | ||
8 | Michael Bartels | All | |||
Opel Team Holzer 2 | 11 | Éric Hélary | All | ||
17 | Timo Scheider | All | |||
Opel Team Irmscher | 12 | Christian Menzel | All | ||
Euroteam | 16 | Stefano Modena | All | ||
Audi1 | Abt-Audi TT-R 2000 | Abt Sportsline 1 | 9 | Laurent Aïello | 1, 3–10 |
10 | Christian Abt | 1, 3–10 | |||
23 | Roland Asch | 2 | |||
Abt Sportsline 2 | 20 | Kris Nissen | All | ||
21 | James Thompson | 2, 5–10 |
- ^ – Audi did not enter as a manufacturer but Abt Sportsline entered as a semi-independent team.
Race calendar and winners
editAll races were held in Germany. Each weekend feature two 100 km races, with equal points scales.
Drivers' championship
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Bold – Pole |
† Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Teams' Championship
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References
edit- ^ "Rain stops play permanently at Lausitzring…". Autosport. 3 September 2000. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Standings 2000". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Drivers' Standings". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 3 October 2023.