2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters


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

This 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 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

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.
CarTeamDriversRounds
Mercedes-BenzAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000HWA 11 Bernd SchneiderAll
Mercedes-BenzAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000HWA 12 Thomas JägerAll
Mercedes-BenzAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000HWA 25 Klaus LudwigAll
Mercedes-BenzAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000HWA 26 Marcel FässlerAll
Mercedes-BenzAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000Team Rosberg14 Pedro Lamy1-2
Mercedes-BenzAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000Team Rosberg24 Pedro Lamy3-10
Mercedes-BenzAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000Team Rosberg15 Darren Turner1-2
Mercedes-BenzAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000Team Rosberg42 Darren Turner3-10
Mercedes-BenzAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000Persson Motorsport18 Marcel TiemannAll
Mercedes-BenzAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000Persson Motorsport19 Peter DumbreckAll
OpelOpel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000Opel Team Holzer 13 Uwe AlzenAll
OpelOpel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000Opel Team Holzer 14 Joachim WinkelhockAll
OpelOpel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000Opel Team Phoenix7 Manuel ReuterAll
OpelOpel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000Opel Team Phoenix8 Michael BartelsAll
OpelOpel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000Opel Team Holzer 211 Éric HélaryAll
OpelOpel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000Opel Team Holzer 217 Timo ScheiderAll
OpelOpel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000Opel Team Irmscher12 Christian MenzelAll
OpelOpel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000Euroteam16 Stefano ModenaAll
AudiAbt-Audi TT-R 2000Abt Sportsline 19 Laurent Aïello1, 3-10
AudiAbt-Audi TT-R 2000Abt Sportsline 110 Christian Abt1, 3-10
AudiAbt-Audi TT-R 2000Abt Sportsline 123 Roland Asch2
AudiAbt-Audi TT-R 2000Abt Sportsline 220 Kris NissenAll
AudiAbt-Audi TT-R 2000Abt Sportsline 221 James Thompson2, 5-10

  1. – Audi did not enter as a manufacturer but Abt Sportsline entered as a semi-independent team.

    Race calendar and winners

All races were held in Germany. Each weekend feature two 100 km races, with equal points scales.

Drivers' championship

† Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship