2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
The 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters is the thirty-fourth season of premier German touring car championship and also twenty-first season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000 as well as second season of "Class One" regulations era.
Audi will enter as the defending Manufacturers' Champion, after winning their seventh title in 2019, Audi Sport Team Rosberg enters as the defending teams' champion and René Rast enters as the defending drivers' champion, after winning his second title in 2019.
After Aston Martin and R-Motorsport decided to withdraw from Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, the 2020 season marks the first season since 2011 that the series would feature only two manufacturers.
2020 will also mark the final season for Audi Sport in the DTM, shifting their focus to FIA Formula E and customer programmes.
Teams and drivers
The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Hankook.| Manufacturer | Car | Engine | Team | No. | Rounds | |
| Audi | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2020 | Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI I-4t | 4 |  Robin Frijns | 1 | |
| Audi | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2020 | Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI I-4t | 51 |  Nico Müller | 1 | |
| Audi | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2020 | Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI I-4t | 10 |  Harrison Newey | 1 | |
| Audi | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2020 | Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI I-4t | 13 | Fabio Scherer | 1 | |
| Audi | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2020 | Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI I-4t | 62 | 1 | ||
| Audi | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2020 | Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI I-4t | 28 |  Loïc Duval | 1 | |
| Audi | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2020 | Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI I-4t | 99 |  Mike Rockenfeller | 1 | |
| Audi | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2020 | Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI I-4t | 33 | René Rast | 1 | |
| Audi | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2020 | Audi RC8 2.0 TFSI I-4t | 53 | Jamie Green | 1 | |
| BMW | BMW M4 Turbo DTM 2020 | BMW P48 Turbo I-4t | BMW Team ART | 8 |  Robert Kubica | 1 |
| BMW | BMW M4 Turbo DTM 2020 | BMW P48 Turbo I-4t | BMW Team RMG | 11 | Marco Wittmann | 1 |
| BMW | BMW M4 Turbo DTM 2020 | BMW P48 Turbo I-4t | BMW Team RMG | 16 | Timo Glock | 1 |
| BMW | BMW M4 Turbo DTM 2020 | BMW P48 Turbo I-4t |  BMW Team RMR | 22 |  Lucas Auer | 1 |
| BMW | BMW M4 Turbo DTM 2020 | BMW P48 Turbo I-4t | BMW Team RMR | 27 |  Jonathan Aberdein | 1 |
| BMW | BMW M4 Turbo DTM 2020 | BMW P48 Turbo I-4t | BMW Team RBM | 25 | Philipp Eng | 1 |
| BMW | BMW M4 Turbo DTM 2020 | BMW P48 Turbo I-4t | BMW Team RBM | 31 | Sheldon van der Linde | 1 |
Team changes
- BMW is due to introduce customer teams for the 2020 season, increasing their line-up size to eight cars. This led to the return of ART Grand Prix, which last competed in 2016.
- Aston Martin terminated their contract with engine partner HWA after the 2019 season. Aston Martin ultimately withdrew from the series in January 2020.
Driver changes
- 2019 Audi Sport Team WRT drivers Jonathan Aberdein and Pietro Fittipaldi were dropped after one season with the team. They were replaced by another all-rookie lineup consisting of 2016 Indy Lights champion Ed Jones, who left the IndyCar Series after 3 seasons, and FIA Formula 3 Championship driver Fabio Scherer. Jones later pulled out of the championship due to complications in travel owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates, paving the way for Harrison Newey to make his début instead. Aberdein will move across to BMW replacing Bruno Spengler, who will leave the series after fifteen years to join BMW Team RLL in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Fittipaldi planned to return to the Super Formula Championship, but would later join Haas F1 Team as their test and reserve driver. All factory Audi DTM drivers will return for the third season running.
- Former Mercedes driver Lucas Auer returns to the series with BMW after a one-year hiatus; he replaces Joel Eriksson, who left the series after two seasons to drive in the ADAC GT Masters.
- Ferdinand von Habsburg moved to Audi Sport Team WRT after Aston Martin failed to return for 2020. His 2019 team-mates Daniel Juncadella, Paul di Resta and Jake Dennis were left without drives after the British marque's departure from the series.
- Former Formula One driver Robert Kubica will make his DTM debut with BMW Team ART.
Calendar
Calendar changes
;Original calendar- The Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli was removed from the calendar, owing to declining attendance numbers. It will be replaced by the Autodromo Nazionale Monza which will make its series début. Also making its début on the calendar will be a Swedish round at Anderstorp Raceway.
- The Hockenheimring will feature just one round instead of the usual two rounds, with Circuit Zolder becoming the new season-opener.
- Russia will return to DTM for the first time since 2017, with the series inaugurating the Igora Drive circuit near Saint Petersburg.
- The first half of the season was postponed, with the opening race scheduled for the Norisring on its original date in July. Two event slots were left in early August and October respectively for either the Russian or Swedish round, with original season opener Zolder moved to August. The rounds at Brands Hatch, TT Circuit Assen and the Nürburgring were left on their original dates, with events at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz, Hockenheimring and Monza moved to October and November.
- The Norisring Trophy remained the opening round on a schedule restricted to Germany and Benelux. The first blank slot was filled with the series' first event at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps since 2005, and will be followed by two events on back-to-back weekends at the Lausitzring. Further double-header events will be held at the Nürburgring and Zolder, with the Lausitz and Nürburg events punctuated by a round at Assen. The Hockenheimring returned to the season finale slot having been shuffled out by Monza in the first amendment. The Nuremberg season-opener was eventually cancelled after the local council ruled against a proposed sans-spectator event on economic and health grounds.
Regulation changes
- All cars will utilise a revolutionary environment-friendly high-performance fuel, with 50% of renewable components blend like Ethanol in a bid to improve environmental safety and carbon dioxide balance improvement by 30%. The remaining 50% is an unleaded fuel blend developed by Aral Ultimate.
- After a successful 2019 season, the push-to-pass overtake systems will be doubled from and the drag reduction system usage will be unrestricted. To compensate, the engine's power output has been reduced from.
- On 1 July 2019 it was announced that Hankook would once again extend their DTM tyre partner contract until at least 2023, beating out bids by Continental, Dunlop, Michelin, Pirelli and Yokohama to provide tyres for the series.
- A High Yaw Lift-Off system will be introduced in front of the two rear wing pillars, to avoid cars becoming airborne in the event of a high-speed collision.
- The fuel-mass flow restrictor rate for all Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters engines will be slightly reduced from to compensate more fuel-efficiency and maximum performance with fuel-mass flow restrictor for extra push-to-pass mode slightly increased from.
Results and standings
Season summary
Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:| Race Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Additionally, the top three placed drivers in qualifying also received points:
| Qualifying Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Points | 3 | 2 | 1 |