2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Changes for 2005

• The cars built to 00-03 specs were banned from competition. Instead the whole field would be made up of cars built to the new 04 specs.
• Italy and Portugal lost their respective events. They were replaced by Belgium and Turkey.
• Opel scaled down from six to four cars, while Audi and Mercedes fielded eight each instead of the six they had run in 2004.
• Opel announced that they would leave the series shortly after the 2005 season ended.
• BP's German brand Aral AG would become the official fuel retailer and convenience store partner of the series starting from round 7 at Nürburgring in mid-2005, taking over Shell's fuel partner contract. The Aral Ultimate brand would provide 100 RON unleaded gasolines and displayed in the pit gantries, trackside sponsorships and all driver's race overalls on the sleeves.

  Teams and drivers

	Car	Team		Drivers	Rounds
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	1	Mattias Ekström	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	2	Martin Tomczyk	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	5	Tom Kristensen	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	6	Allan McNish	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Audi Sport Team Joest	14	Christian Abt	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Audi Sport Team Joest	15	Pierre Kaffer	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Audi Sport Team Joest	18	Rinaldo Capello	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Audi Sport Team Joest	19	Frank Stippler	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	HWA Team	3	Gary Paffett	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	HWA Team	4	Jean Alesi	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	HWA Team	7	Bernd Schneider	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	HWA Team	8	Mika Häkkinen	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004	Mücke Motorsport	16	Stefan Mücke	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004	Mücke Motorsport	17	Alexandros Margaritis	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004	Persson Motorsport	20	Bruno Spengler	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004	Persson Motorsport	21	Jamie Green	All
Opel	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005	OPC Team Holzer	9	Marcel Fässler	All
Opel	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005	OPC Team Holzer	10	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	All
Opel	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005	OPC Team Phoenix	11	Laurent Aïello	All
Opel	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005	OPC Team Phoenix	12	Manuel Reuter	All

Race calendar and winners

Championship standings

Scoring system

Drivers' championship

• † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

  Teams' championship

	Team		HOC	LAU	SPA	BRN	OSC	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	LAU	IST	HOC	Points
1	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	3	2	1	8	4	1	1	3	1	2	1	3	106
1	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes	4	1	7	4	9	13	Ret	7	Ret	8	7	13	106
2	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	1	5	4	2	1	2	3	1	2	1	12	7	79
2	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	2	Ret	12	6	14	Ret	5	11	6	10	16†	Ret	79
3	Audi Sport Team Abt	5	Ret	2	3	2	5	7	2	4	3	5	4	69
3	Audi Sport Team Abt	6	11	Ret	18†	7	6	4	6	15†	9	15	17	69
4	Vodafone-Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes	7	3	17†	17†	Ret	4	10	5	8	Ret	3	1	62
4	Vodafone-Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes	8	8	3	1	13	Ret	Ret	4	12	12	2	15	62
5	Salzgitter / Junge Gebrauchte von Mercedes	20	12	15†	Ret	11	16	13†	15	9	6	8	8	35
5	Salzgitter / Junge Gebrauchte von Mercedes	21	6	Ret	19†	5	3	Ret	8	7	Ret	4	2	35
6	GMAC Stern Team OPC	9	9	13	5	15	8	Ret	13	5	Ret	10	6	29
6	GMAC Stern Team OPC	10	Ret	14	15	3	14	6	12	3	7	Ret	18†	29
7	Audi Sport Team Joest Racing	14	4	9	10	6	12	2	10	10	Ret	Ret	14	21
7	Audi Sport Team Joest Racing	15	13†	5	14	12	17	8	18	11	Ret	Ret	10	21
8	Team OPC	11	Ret	10	7	16	7	12†	9	14	4	6	9	16
8	Team OPC	12	Ret	16	16†	Ret	15	9	20	Ret	5	14	12	16
9	Audi Sport Team Joest	18	Ret	11	13	10	10	Ret	19	Ret	11	Ret	16	8
9	Audi Sport Team Joest	19	10	6	11	8	9	Ret	14	Ret	13	13	5	8
10	Mücke Motorsport	16	7	8	12	Ret	11	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	9	11	3
10	Mücke Motorsport	17	Ret	Ret	9	17†	18	11	16	13	14	11	Ret	3
	Team		HOC	LAU	SPA	BRN	OSC	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	LAU	IST	HOC	Points

Manufacturers' championship