2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Changes for 2006

• Opel exited 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.
• Older 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.
• The round in Czech Republic at Brno were removed from the schedule.

  Teams and drivers

	Car	Team		Drivers	Rounds
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2006	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	4	Martin Tomczyk	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2006	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	5	Mattias Ekström	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2006	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	6	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2006	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	7	Tom Kristensen	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	12	Christian Abt	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	14	Pierre Kaffer	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	15	Frank Stippler	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2005	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	16	Timo Scheider	All
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Futurecom TME	19	Olivier Tielemans	1–3*
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Futurecom TME	19	Jeroen Bleekemolen	4–5**
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Futurecom TME	19	Nicolas Kiesa	6–8***
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Futurecom TME	19	Thed Björk	9–10
Audi	Audi A4 DTM 2004	Futurecom TME	20	Vanina Ickx	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006	HWA Team	2	Bernd Schneider	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006	HWA Team	3	Jamie Green	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006	HWA Team	8	Mika Häkkinen	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006	HWA Team	9	Bruno Spengler	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	Persson Motorsport	10	Jean Alesi	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	Persson Motorsport	11	Alexandros Margaritis	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004	Persson Motorsport	21	Mathias Lauda	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	Mücke Motorsport	17	Stefan Mücke	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005	Mücke Motorsport	18	Daniel la Rosa	All
Mercedes-Benz	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004	Mücke Motorsport	22	Susie Stoddart	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	OSC	BRH	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	CAT	BUG	HOC	Points
1	Vodafone / Salzgitter AMG Mercedes	2	1	1	5	3	2	2	2	2	5	4	102
1	Vodafone / Salzgitter AMG Mercedes	3	Ret	4	3	2	Ret	9	8	Ret	6	2	102
2	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes	8	4	3	9	11	3	12	11	11	2	Ret	88
2	DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes	9	9	5	2	7	1	1	4	5	1	1	88
3	Audi Sport Team Abt	6	3	13	4	17†	11	6	5	3	10	14†	80
3	Audi Sport Team Abt	7	2	2	1	18†	5	5	1	9	3	3	80
4	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	4	7	8	6	4	16†	3	3	1	4	5	63
4	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	5	Ret	DSQ	7	1	6	8	13	4	Ret	12†	63
5	stern / Easy Rent AMG Mercedes	10	6	7	8	6	Ret	4	Ret	14	11	8	26
5	stern / Easy Rent AMG Mercedes	11	5	6	20†	8	Ret	15	Ret	8	7	13†	26
6	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	15	8	9	14	10	7	7	6	Ret	8	6	15
6	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	16	12	11	13	Ret	9	Ret	14	6	Ret	Ret	15
7	TV-Spielfilm / TrekStor AMG Mercedes	17	Ret	12	12	13	4	11	7	12	15	Ret	9
7	TV-Spielfilm / TrekStor AMG Mercedes	18	14	Ret	11	12	15†	16	10	7	Ret	Ret	9
8	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	12	Ret	Ret	17	5	10	10	Ret	10	9	7	7
8	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	14	Ret	10	10	9	8	14	9	Ret	12	NC	7
9	AutoScout24 / Junge Gebrauchte AMG Mercedes	21	11	14	16	15	Ret	13	15	13	Ret	10	0
9	AutoScout24 / Junge Gebrauchte AMG Mercedes	22	10	15	15	16	14†	Ret	12	15	13	9	0
10	Futurecom TME	19	13	17	19	14	12	17	16	Ret	14	15†	0
10	Futurecom TME	20	15	16	18	Ret	13	18	Ret	Ret	16	11	0
	Team		HOC	LAU	OSC	BRH	NOR	NÜR	ZAN	CAT	BUG	HOC	Points