2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
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The 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the seventh DTM season since the series's resumption in 2000. The number of race weekends were taken down from the eleven in 2005 to ten for the 2006 season. Each track hosted one race, with the exception of Hockenheim, which hosted two. As in 2005 each event was comprised of one race of circa one hour and with two compulsory pit stops for each car.

Changes for 2006

• Opel withdrew from the series, leaving Audi and Mercedes as remaining manufacturers. Audi and Mercedes respectively increased their number of entries from eight to ten cars each to fill up the four empty spots left by Opel.
• The aging 2004 models became cheaper, allowing privateer teams to buy them.
• The rounds in Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps and Turkey at Istanbul Park were dropped in favour of Le Mans in France and Barcelona in Spain.

Teams and Drivers

No.	Driver	Car	Team	Notes
2	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006	H.W.A. GmbH
3	Jamie Green	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006	H.W.A. GmbH
4	Martin Tomczyk	Audi A4 DTM 2006	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
5	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2006	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Audi A4 DTM 2006	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
7	Tom Kristensen	Audi A4 DTM 2006	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
8	Mika Häkkinen	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006	H.W.A. GmbH
9	Bruno Spengler	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006	H.W.A. GmbH
10	Jean Alesi	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	Persson Motorsport
11	Alexandros Margaritis	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	Persson Motorsport
12	Christian Abt	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Phoenix
14	Pierre Kaffer	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Phoenix
15	Timo Scheider	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
16	Frank Stippler	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
17	Stefan Mücke	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	Mücke Motorsport
18	Daniel la Rosa	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	Mücke Motorsport
19	Olivier Tielemans	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Futurecom TME	Rounds 1-3*
	Jeroen Bleekemolen			Rounds 4-5**
	Nicolas Kiesa			Rounds 6-8***
	Thed Björk			Rounds 9-10
20	Vanina Ickx	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Futurecom TME
21	Mathias Lauda	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004	Persson Motorsport
22	Susie Stoddart	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004	Mücke Motorsport

* Olivier Tielemans was replaced by Jeroen Bleekemolen after the former lost a lawsuit against his manager (Roger Peters) and sponsor (Henk van der Meene)
** Jeroen Bleekemolen was replaced by Nicolas Kiesa after problems with his main sponsor
*** Nicolas Kiesa was replaced by Thed Björk after being injured in a motocross accident

Race calendar and winners

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning manufacturer
	Präsentation Düsseldorf	26 March
1	Hockenheimring	9 April	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes
2	EuroSpeedway	30 April	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes
3	Oschersleben	21 May	Tom Kristensen	Audi
4	Brands Hatch (Indy)	2 July	Mattias Ekström	Audi
5	Norisring	23 July	Bruno Spengler	Mercedes
6	Nürburgring	20 August	Bruno Spengler	Mercedes
7	Zandvoort	3 September	Tom Kristensen	Audi
8	Barcelona	24 September	Martin Tomczyk	Audi
9	Le Mans	15 October	Bruno Spengler	Mercedes
10	Hockenheimring	29 October	Bruno Spengler	Mercedes

Championship standings

Standings

Pos Driver HOC EUR OSC BRA NOR NUR ZAN CAT FRA HOC Pts 1 Schneider 1 1 5 3 2 2 2 2 5 4 71 2 Spengler 9 5 2 7 1 1 4 5 1 1 63 3 Kristensen 2 2 1 18 5 5 1 9 3 3 56 4 Tomczyk 7 8 6 4 16 3 3 1 4 5 42 5 Green Ret 4 3 2 Ret 9 8 Ret 6 2 31 6 Häkkinen 4 3 9 11 3 12 11 11 2 Ret 25 7 Frentzen 3 13 4 17 11 6 5 3 10 14 24 8 Ekström Ret DSQ 7 1 6 8 13 4 Ret 12 21 9 Alesi 6 7 8 6 Ret 4 Ret 14 11 8 15 10 Scheider 8 9 14 10 7 7 6 Ret 8 6 12 11 Margaritis 5 6 20 8 Ret 15 Ret 8 7 13 11 12 Mücke Ret 12 12 13 4 11 7 12 15 Ret 7 13 Abt Ret Ret 17 5 10 10 Ret 10 9 7 6 14 Stippler 12 11 13 Ret 9 Ret 14 6 Ret Ret 3 14 la Rosa 14 Ret 11 12 15 16 10 7 Ret Ret 2 15 Kaffer Ret 10 10 9 8 14 9 Ret 12 Ret 1 16 Stoddart 10 15 15 16 14 Ret 12 15 13 9 0 17 Lauda 11 14 16 15 Ret 13 15 13 Ret 10 0 18 Ickx 15 16 18 Ret 13 18 Ret Ret 16 11 0 19 Bleekemolen 14 12 0 20 Tielemans 13 17 19 0 21 Björk 14 15 0 22 Kiesa 17 16 Ret Inj Inj 0 Pos Driver HOC EUR OSC BRA NOR NUR ZAN CAT FRA HOC Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

• Point system: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.

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