Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup


The Deutsche Tourenwagen Cup was a yearly motorsport series in Germany and some surrounding countries. The series has been running since 1995 and was folded in 2017.

Current status

Currently the DTC is the highest level of German motorsport that runs cars to the Super 2000 regulations used in World Touring Car Championship. To fill up the grid, and to promote new, young drivers the few Super 2000 cars are joined by the less advanced Division 2 and 3 series, bringing up the total number of starting drivers to around 20 to 25. Division 1 also allows cars of BTCC-spec – the 2005 champion Mathias Schläppi won in a BTCC-built MG ZS.
As of 2016 there are 3 different classes in the DTC
The DTC have existed since 1995 as a championship for Super Production cars under the name DTC. Ford and Hotfiel Sport had an important presence in the early and middle parts of the history of the series with Thomas Klenke winning the championship in 2002. The series was called the DMSB Produktionswagen Meisterschaft in 2004 and raced in two rounds of the European Touring Car Championship.
The 2005 season saw the introduction of Super 2000 rules for Division 1 and the series changed its name to the DMSB Produktionswagen Meisterschaft. Mathias Schläppi in a MG ZS for Maurer Motorsport was the undisputed champion, winning 12 out of 16 races. 2006 saw Maurer Motorsport swapping their MG's for Chevrolet's and Mathias Schläppi for ex-BTCC driver Vincent Radermecker. Schläppi instead drove for the new TFS-Yaco team running Toyota Corollas. Vincent Radermecker would win Maurer's second title while Schläppi was second in the championship.
While arguably having some talented drivers and teams such as Radermecker, Schläppi, Maurer Motorsport and so on the DTC is very minor compared to the immensely popular DTM series.

Scoring system

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th
Points108654321

Champions

SeasonChampionCarTeam Champion
1995 Mario HeblerRenault Clio Williams Arkenau Motorsport
1996 Jürgen HohenesterVolkswagen Golf GTI Hohenester Motorsport
1997 Jürgen HohenesterVolkswagen Golf GTI Hohenester Motorsport
1998 Thomas WinkelhockBMW 320i Brinkmann Motorsport
1999 Jürgen HohenesterVolkswagen Golf GTI Hohenester Motorsport
2000 Franz EngstlerBMW 320i Bertrand Schäfer Racing
2001 Markus GedlichBMW 320i Schubert Motors
2002 Thomas KlenkeFord Focus Hotfiel Sport
2003 Claudia HürtgenBMW 320i Schubert Motors
2004 Claudia HürtgenBMW 320i Schubert Motors
2005 Mathias SchläppiMG ZS Maurer Motorsport
2006 Vincent RadermeckerChevrolet Lacetti Maurer Motorsport
2007 Franz EngstlerBMW 320i Engstler Motorsport
2008 Philip GeipelToyota Auris TFS Yaco Racing
2009 Remo FribergBMW 320i Liqui Moly Team Engstler
2010 Roland HertnerBMW 320si Liqui Moly Team Engstler
2011 Johannes LeidingerBMW 320si E90 Liqui Moly Team Engstler
2012 Jens Guido WeimannBMW 320si E90 Thate Motorsport
2013 Jens Guido WeimannBMW 320si E90 Thate Motorsport
2014 Heiko HammelFord Fiesta ST Wolf Racing
2015 Fredrik LestrupMini John Cooper Works Besapalast Team Dombek
2016 Milenko VukovicAudi S3 Saloon Vukovic Motorsport
2017
2018