2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
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The 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the ninth since the series' resumption in 2000. The series began on April 13 at the Hockenheimring and finished on October 26 at the same venue, after eleven rounds. Timo Scheider won the title, having never previously won a race before the start of the season.

Teams and Drivers

No.	Driver	Car	Team	Notes
1	Mattias Ekström	Audi A4 DTM 2008	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
2	Martin Tomczyk	Audi A4 DTM 2008	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
3	Bruno Spengler	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG
4	Paul di Resta	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	AMG Mercedes
5	Jamie Green	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	Salzgitter AMG Mercedes
6	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	Original-Teile AMG Mercedes
7	Gary Paffett	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007	stern AMG Mercedes
8	Mathias Lauda	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007	AMG Mercedes
9	Tom Kristensen	Audi A4 DTM 2008	Audi Sport Team Abt
10	Timo Scheider	Audi A4 DTM 2008	Audi Sport Team Abt
11	Ralf Schumacher	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007	TRILUX AMG Mercedes
12	Maro Engel	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007	JungeSterne AMG Mercedes
14	Alexandre Prémat	Audi A4 DTM 2007	Audi Sport Team Phoenix
15	Oliver Jarvis	Audi A4 DTM 2007	Audi Sport Team Phoenix
16	Susie Stoddart	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007	TV Spielfilm AMG Mercedes
18	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi A4 DTM 2007	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
19	Markus Winkelhock	Audi A4 DTM 2007	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
20	Katherine Legge	Audi A4 DTM 2006	Futurecom TME
21	Christijan Albers	Audi A4 DTM 2006	Futurecom TME

Race calendar and winners

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning car
Präsentation Düsseldorf		April 6	no race
1	Hockenheimring	April 13	Mattias Ekström	Audi
2	Oschersleben	April 20	Timo Scheider	Audi
3	Mugello	May 4	Jamie Green	Mercedes
4	EuroSpeedway	May 18	Paul di Resta	Mercedes
5	Norisring	June 29	Jamie Green	Mercedes
6	Zandvoort	July 13	Mattias Ekström	Audi
7	Nürburgring Short	July 27	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes
8	Brands Hatch Indy	August 31	Timo Scheider	Audi
9	Catalunya Short	September 21	Paul di Resta	Mercedes
10	Le Mans Bugatti	October 5	Mattias Ekström	Audi
11	Hockenheimring	October 26	Timo Scheider	Audi

Season Standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top eight finishers.

Drivers' Standings

Pos Driver HOC OSC MUG EUR NOR ZAN NUR BRA CAT FRA HOC Pts 1 Scheider 2 1 10 2 3 2 5 1 2 6 1 75 2 di Resta 13 4 2 1 5 7 2 2 1 2 2 71 3 Ekström 1 8 6 3 4 1 6 3 DSQ 1 7 56 4 Green 6 5 1 5 1 6 3 4 8 10 3 52 5 Spengler 4 3 9 6 2 5 7 6 Ret 7 4 38 6 Schneider 8 12 4 7 6 9 1 9 3 5 6 34 7 Tomczyk 5 2 17 4 Ret 4 Ret 5 4 Ret 8 32 8 Kristensen 3 Ret 3 16 7 3 Ret 7 13 8 5 27 9 Paffett 7 11 12 10 DSQ 11 4 8 11 4 11 13 10 Prémat 11 9 8 DSQ 14 Ret 14 10 6 3 13 10 11 Rockenfeller 10 7 14 9 13 10 15 13 5 9 9 6 12 Winkelhock 12 6 7 Ret 11 8 9 11 12 11 Ret 6 13 Jarvis 9 15 5 8 12 17 13 12 9 Ret 10 5 14 Schumacher 14 10 Ret 13 16 12 8 15 7 Ret 14 3 15 Lauda 15 13 16 12 8 13 10 16 Ret 15 Ret 1 16 Engel 17 Ret 11 11 9 14 Ret 17 15 14 12 0 17 Albers Ret 16 13 14 Ret Ret 11 14 10 13 Ret 0 18 Stoddart 16 14 15 17 10 15 12 19 Ret 12 Ret 0 19 Legge 18 17 18 15 15 16 Ret 18 Ret 16 NC 0 Pos Driver HOC OSC MUG EUR NOR ZAN NUR BRA 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)

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Notes:

• In the ninth round of the championship in Catalunya Ekström originally crossed the line 5th and Green 8th. However, due to an overly harsh duel between the two on the last lap the stewards penalized both men. Ekström was disqualified and Green was given a 30 seconds’ time penalty. As Ekström already had caught the attention of the stewards in a negative way during the race, his penalty was bigger.