The 2025 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-ninth season of the premier German touring car championship, as well as the twenty-sixth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It was the fifth season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations, and the third under ADAC's promotion.
Teams and drivers All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli.
Manufacturer Car Engine Team Driver Status Rounds Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin AMR16A 4.0 L Turbo V8 Comtoyou Racing Gilles Magnus All Nicolas Baert All Audi Audi R8 LMS Evo II Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 Land-Motorsport 29 Ricardo Feller All BMW BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 Schubert Motorsport 11 Marco Wittmann All 33 René Rast All Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Twin Turbo V6 Emil Frey Racing 10 Ben Green All 14 Jack Aitken All 69 Thierry Vermeulen All Ford Ford Mustang GT3 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 HRT Ford Performance 36 Arjun Maini All 64 Fabio Scherer All Lamborghini Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 Abt Sportsline 1 Mirko Bortolotti All 2 Nicki Thiim All TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT 19 Luca Engstler All 63 Jordan Pepper All Paul Motorsport 71 Maximilian Paul All McLaren McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Twin Turbo V8 Dörr Motorsport 16 Timo Glock All 25 Ben Dörr All Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf 22 Lucas Auer All 84 Tom Kalender All Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter 24 Maro Engel All 48 Jules Gounon All Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 Manthey EMA Manthey Junior Team 90 Ayhancan Güven All 91 Thomas Preining All 92 Morris Schuring All Icon Status Rookie Guest drivers ineligible for points
Driver and team changes Aston Martin returned to DTM for the first time since 2019, as Belgian team Comtoyou Racing made its debut with a pair of Belgian rookies: former Audi factory driver Gilles Magnus and Nicolas Baert, the son of team owner Jean-Michel Baert. Schubert Motorsport scaled back to two entries, as 2022 champion Sheldon van der Linde left the series to focus on his LMDh duties. Emil Frey Racing expanded its entry to three cars, promoting Ben Green from its GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup set-up. Ford will make its DTM debut via a new partnership with former Mercedes-AMG customer Haupt Racing Team. HRT stalwart Arjun Maini was joined by returnee Fabio Scherer, who had previously entered the final Class 1 season in 2020 for WRT. Abt Sportsline switched to Lamborghini after 25 years with Audi. Kelvin van der Linde and Ricardo Feller both left the team as they changed manufacturers to BMW and Porsche respectively. Reigning champion Mirko Bortolotti and Nicki Thiim moved over from SSR Performance, which left the series, to form Abt's lineup. GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup runner-up Jordan Pepper joined TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT after a one-off appearance with the team in 2024. Timo Glock returned to the championship after two years away, joining Dörr Motorsport in place of Clemens Schmid, who will compete in the FIA WEC with Akkodis ASP. Team Landgraf returned to the series after a year away. The team welcomed Lucas Auer from Team Winward, while 17-year-old ADAC GT Masters champion Tom Kalender is set to become the youngest ever DTM driver. Winward Racing hired Jules Gounon for a full season after a one-off for HRT at the 2024 season finale. Manthey Racing expanded their presence with a third car under Manthey Junior Team, signing Le Mans class winner Morris Schuring. Allied Racing was scheduled to make its DTM debut fielding two Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) cars for Ricardo Feller and Bastian Buus. However, the plans fell through as the team filed for insolvency in March. In the aftermath, Land-Motorsport set up a last-minute programme for Feller, ensuring a continued presence for Audi in DTM and a record nine brands on the grid.
Rule changes A new 'DTM Pro Climate' synthetic fuel developed by Coryton was introduced to the championship, along with new Pirelli P Zero DHG slick tyres. The race length was shortened from 1 hour plus one lap to 55 minutes plus one lap. In the event of a safety car, a maximum two extra laps may be added. The Sunday race changed in format, now mandating two pit stops instead of one. The first is to be served between minutes 10 and 25 of the race, with the second pit window spanning from minutes 39 to 45. A new rookie of the year classification was created. Any Gold- or Silver-rated driver in their first season of DTM is eligible for the award. Second-year drivers may also be admitted at the discretion of the committee. Dörr Motorsport's Ben Dörr and HRT Ford Performance's Fabio Scherer were granted this exception.
Race calendar Round Circuit Location Race 1 Race 2 1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt 26 April 27 April 2 Lausitzring Klettwitz, Brandenburg 24 May 25 May 3 Circuit Zandvoort Zandvoort, North Holland 7 June 8 June 4 Norisring Nuremberg, Bavaria 5 July 6 July 5 Nürburgring Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate 9 August 10 August 6 Sachsenring Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Sachsen 23 August 24 August 7 Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria 13 September 14 September 8 Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg 4 October 5 OctoberSource:
Results and standings
Season summary Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning manufacturer Winning rookie 1R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Lucas Auer Lucas Auer Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf Mercedes-AMG Ben DörrR2 Jules Gounon Maro Engel Ayhancan Güven Manthey EMA Porsche Ben Dörr 2R1 Lausitzring Lucas Auer Jules Gounon Lucas Auer Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf Mercedes-AMG Ben DörrR2 Jack Aitken René Rast Jack Aitken Emil Frey Racing Ferrari Morris Schuring 3R1 Circuit Zandvoort Jordan Pepper Ayhancan Güven Ayhancan Güven Manthey EMA Porsche Morris SchuringR2 René Rast Jack Aitken René Rast Schubert Motorsport BMW Morris Schuring 4R1 Norisring Jordan Pepper Jack Aitken Jordan Pepper TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT Lamborghini Gilles MagnusR2 Thierry Vermeulen Thomas Preining Thomas Preining Manthey EMA Porsche Morris Schuring 5R1 Nürburgring Jack Aitken Ricardo Feller Jack Aitken Emil Frey Racing Ferrari Ben DörrR2 Ben Dörr René Rast René Rast Schubert Motorsport BMW Gilles Magnus 6R1 Sachsenring Jordan Pepper Thomas Preining Ayhancan Güven Manthey EMA Porsche Fabio SchererR2 Jack Aitken Thomas Preining Ayhancan Güven Manthey EMA Porsche Morris Schuring 7R1 Red Bull Ring Marco Wittmann Timo Glock René Rast Schubert Motorsport BMW Gilles MagnusR2 Thierry Vermeulen Jack Aitken Ricardo Feller Land-Motorsport Audi Tom Kalender 8R1 Hockenheimring Ben Green Thomas Preining Thomas Preining Manthey EMA Porsche Morris SchuringR2 Gilles Magnus Ayhancan Güven Ayhancan Güven Manthey EMA Porsche Tom Kalender
Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen classified finishers as follows: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Race252016131110987654321 Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points: Qualifying Position 1st 2nd 3rd Points321
Drivers' championship Driver OSC LAU ZAN NOR NÜR SAC RBR HOC Points 1 Ayhancan Güven 7 1 8 14 1 12 11 11 Ret 5 1 13 16 7 5 12 192 2 Lucas Auer 11 10 11 9 4 7 6 8 6 32 10 8 12 3 12 4 188 3 Maro Engel 3 12 23 5 92 5 3 4 Ret 4 9 6 5 4 4 3 184 4 Thomas Preining 43 3 6 Ret3 Ret 3 2 1 9 10 4 102 6 21 13 6 182 5 Marco Wittmann 8 6 5 82 6 23 18 Ret 5 2 7 4 21 12 18 2 170 6 René Rast Ret 5 3 2 Ret 11 10 7 14 1 14 5 12 13 7 Ret 169 7 Jordan Pepper 22 42 11 4 71 Ret 11 9 4 9 21 Ret 7 6 Ret DSQ 164 8 Jack Aitken 6 14 7 11 12 42 5 22 11 16 3 151 Ret 203 62 DSQ 162 9 Jules Gounon 5 21 4 3 14 8 7 10 Ret 11 52 2 8 8 Ret 17 142 10 Thierry Vermeulen 13 133 15 7 Ret 13 43 31 152 21 Ret 13 3 21 19 12 102 11 Ricardo Feller 21 11 Ret2 12 16 16 9 14 3 20 6 16 17 12 2 9 100 12 Luca Engstler 10 7 Ret Ret 103 6 Ret Ret 73 13 11 12 10 10 9 8 81 13 Ben Green 18 15 10 Ret 15 17 Ret 6 2 15 Ret3 3 4 Ret 101 Ret3 79 14 Mirko Bortolotti 9 9 13 6 8 9 15 Ret Ret 14 15 Ret 15 9 11 7 68 15 Arjun Maini 15 16 12 17 Ret 10 8 53 Ret 6 20 Ret 11 5 14 13 62 16 Morris Schuring 16 17 Ret 11 5 11 14 12 Ret 12 17 7 19 18 3 14 58 17 Ben Dörr 11 8 9 18 13 DSQ 17 15 8 81 19 DSQ 13 16 20 15 47 18 Nicki Thiim 14 Ret 14 13 2 14 202 Ret 12 18 16 Ret 20 15 8 16 44 19 Maximilian Paul 12 19 Ret 19 3 18 16 Ret 11 Ret 12 14 Ret Ret 16 10 37 20 Gilles Magnus DSQ 21 18 16 Ret 19 12 Ret 16 73 18 9 93 17 13 201 35 21 Tom Kalender 17 20 16 15 17 15 13 Ret 13 17 21 Ret 18 11 15 5 25 22 Timo Glock 20 Ret 17 10 Ret DSQ 19 Ret 10 Ret 13 Ret 22 14 Ret 11 22 23 Fabio Scherer 19 18 Ret Ret 11 DNS DNS Ret 18 19 8 11 14 Ret 17 18 20 24 Nicolas Baert DSQ Ret 19 Ret 18 20 Ret 13 17 22 Ret 17 21 19 21 19 3 Driver OSC LAU ZAN NOR NÜR SAC RBR HOC PointsBold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
1 – 3 Points for Pole
2 – 2 Points for P2
3 – 1 Point for P3
'Rookie of the Year' classification Driver OSC LAU ZAN NOR NÜR SAC RBR HOC Points 1 Morris Schuring 162 173 Ret2 113 51 113 145 125 Ret4 123 174 71 195 186 31 142 409 2 Ben Dörr 111 81 91 181 134 DSQ1 176 151 81 81 193 DSQ2 132 163 203 154 394 3 Tom Kalender 173 202 164 155 172 152 133 Ret4 135 176 215 Ret5 186 112 155 53 355 4 Gilles Magnus DSQ5 214 185 162 Ret3 194122 Ret2 162 72 181 93 91 174 132 201 346 5 Fabio Scherer 194 185 Ret3 Ret4 115 DNS5 DNS4 Ret3 183 195 82 116 144 Ret1 176 186 258 6 Nicolas Baert DSQ6 Ret6 196 Ret6 186 206 Ret1 13 176 224 Ret6 174 213 195 214 195 213 Driver OSC LAU ZAN NOR NÜR SAC RBR HOC PointsSource:
Teams' championship Team Points 1 Manthey 392 2 Schubert Motorsport 330 3 Winward Racing 319 4 Emil Frey Racing 304 5 TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT 234 6 Landgraf Motorsport 210 7 Abt Sportsline 116 8 Land-Motorsport 101 9 HRT Ford Performance 84 10 Dörr Motorsport 69 11 Paul Motorsport 40 12 Comtoyou Racing 38
Manufacturers' championship Only points scored by the top two drivers of a manufacturer in races count for the manufacturers' championship. Manufacturer Points 1 Mercedes-AMG 418 2 Porsche 406 3 BMW 348 4 Ferrari 329 5 Lamborghini 313 6 Ford 119 7 Audi 118 8 McLaren 105 9 Aston Martin 69
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