2020 DTM Trophy explained

The 2020 DTM Trophy was the inaugural season of the DTM support series for GT cars eligible for E2-SH and E2-SC-class FIA categories. The series will be run by ITR, the association also organising the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. The championship ran as part of selected DTM race weekends in 2020, commencing in Spa-Franchorchamps on 1 August and finishing on 8 November at the Hockenheimring.^[1]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers compete in the 2020 DTM Trophy. All teams compete with tyres supplied by Hankook. The entry list was revealed on 29 July 2020.^[2]

! ! Car! Team! No.! Driver! Status! Rounds Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG GT4 Leipert Motorsport[3] 2 Fidel Leib XP All 4 Jan Kisiel All 9 Marc de Fulgencio All Superdrink by Bremotion[4] 7 Jan Philipp Springob All HP Racing International[5] 46 Tim Heinemann All Audi Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo Racing One[6] 5 Lucas Mauron[7] All 6 Kelvin Snoeks[8] 1–3 Dominique Schaak[9] 4–6 Carbogaz Racing[10] 77 David Serban 1–4, 6 Superdrink by Spielkind Racing[11] 94 Felix von der Laden 1–4 BMW BMW M4 GT4 FK Performance[12] 10 Ben Green[13] All 11 Luke Wankmüller[14] All Walkenhorst Motorsport[15] 34 Ben Tuck All 35 Max Koebolt[16] All Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport[17] 61 Michael Schrey 3 Porsche Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Phoenix Racing[18] 17 Rudolf Rhyn All Allied Racing[19] 30 Felix Hirsiger 1–4 Bastian Buus[20] 5 Nicolas Schöll[21] 6 Porsche Cayman PRO4 GT4 PROsport Performance[22] 18 Peter Terting All KTM KTM X-Bow GT4 Teichmann Racing[23] 19 Kevin Strohschänk 1–2 Reinhard Kofler[24] 3 20 Laura Kraihamer[25] 2 Georg Griesemann 3 58 Yves Volte[26] 2 Toyota Toyota GR Supra GT4 TGR Ring Racing[27] 90 José María López[28] 2, 6 Heiko Hammel[29] 3 Nico Verdonck[30] 4–6 91 Heiko Hammel[31] 2 Andreas Gülden XP 3 Michael Tischner XP 4–5

Icon Legend Junior class XP XP class Guest driver

Calendar

The race calendar follows the DTM calendar, and was therefore also altered multiple times in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[32] [33]}

Round	Circuit	Race 1	Race 2
1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1 August	2 August
2	Lausitzring	22 August	23 August
3	Nürburgring Grand Prix	12 September	13 September
4	Nürburgring Sprint	19 September	20 September
5	Circuit Zolder	17 October	18 October
6	Hockenheimring	7 November	8 November

Results and Standings

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	Ben Tuck	Marc de Fulgencio	Ben Tuck	Walkenhorst Motorsport
	R2		Tim Heinemann	Ben Green	Ben Green	FK Performance
2	R1	Lausitzring	Felix Hirsiger	Jan Kisiel	Tim Heinemann	HP Racing International
	R2		Jan Kisiel	Tim Heinemann	Tim Heinemann	HP Racing International
3	R1	Nürburgring Grand Prix	Tim Heinemann	Tim Heinemann	Tim Heinemann	HP Racing International
	R2		Tim Heinemann	Tim Heinemann	Tim Heinemann	HP Racing International
4	R1	Nürburgring Sprint	Tim Heinemann	Tim Heinemann	Tim Heinemann	HP Racing International
	R2		Tim Heinemann	Peter Terting	Tim Heinemann	HP Racing International
5	R1	Circuit Zolder	Lucas Mauron	Lucas Mauron	Lucas Mauron	racing one
	R2		Lucas Mauron	Lucas Mauron	Lucas Mauron	racing one
6	R1	Hockenheimring	Lucas Mauron	Lucas Mauron	Lucas Mauron	racing one
	R2		Lucas Mauron	Lucas Mauron	Tim Heinemann	HP Racing International

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

Drivers' championship

Driver(s) Points 1 Tim Heinemann 275 2 Jan Kisiel 165 3 Ben Tuck 133 4 Ben Green 120 5 Lucas Mauron 115 6 Peter Terting 72 7 Max Koebolt 62 8 Marc de Fulgencio 62 9 Jan Philipp Springob 54 10 Felix Hirsiger 52 11 Nico Verdonck 36 12 Nicolas Schöll 29 13 Luke Wankmüller 24 14 Reinhard Kofler 21 15 Rudolf Rhyn 20 16 Kelvin Snoeks 12 17 José María López 12 18 Bastian Buus 12 19 Felix von der Laden 4 20 Fidel Leib 3 21 Dominique Schaak 1 23 Kevin Strohschänk 0 22 Heiko Hammel 0 24 David Serban 0 25 Michael Tischner 0 26 Andreas Gülden 0 27 Michael Schrey 0 Source:[34]

Junior standings

The junior standings is based on only race results of eligible drivers, and thus any bonus points for qualifying do not count towards the junior classification.

Driver Points 1 Ben Green 113 2 Lucas Mauron 103 3 Marc de Fulgencio 60 4 Jan Philipp Springob 54 5 Felix Hirsiger 49 6 Nicolas Schöll 25 7 Luke Wankmüller 24 8 Rudolf Rhyn 18 9 Bastian Buus 12 10 David Serban 0 Driver Points Source:[35]

XP standings

Driver Points 1 Fidel Leib 286 2 Michael Tischner 72 3 Andreas Gülden 50 Driver Points Source:[36]

Teams' championship

Team Points 1 HP Racing International 254 2 Leipert Motorsport 161 3 Walkenhorst Motorsport 149 4 FK Performance Motorsport 135 5 Hella Pagid-Racing One 133 6 Allied Racing 51 7 PROsport Performance 70 8 Superdrink by Bremotion 68 9 Ring Racing 58 10 Phoenix Racing 32 11 Teichmann Racing 31 12 Carbogaz Racing 4 13 Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport 0 Team Points References

Notes and References

1. Web site: DTM Trophy Facts At A Glance. www.dtm.com . 2020-07-23.
2. Web site: 2020-07-29. DTM Trophy präsentiert Starterfeld. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-07-29.
3. Web site: Leipert Motorsport. leipert-autosport.de . de-de . 2020-07-23.
4. Web site: The next step for Jan Philipp Springob: with Bremotion in the DTM Trophy . automobilsport.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724040301/http://www.automobilsport.com/jan-phillip-springob-bremotion-dtm-trophy---208928.html. usurped. July 24, 2020. 2020-07-24.
5. Web site: HP Racing International and Tim Heinemann to race in DTM Trophy . automobilsport.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724003537/http://www.automobilsport.com/hp-racing-international-tim-heinemann-race-dtm-trophy---209460.html. usurped. July 24, 2020. 2020-07-24.
6. Web site: racing one bolsters Audi presence with two-car DTM Trophy squad . automobilsport.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20200312194602/http://www.automobilsport.com/racing-one-audi-presence-two-car-dtm-trophy---205060.html. usurped. March 12, 2020. 2020-07-23.
7. Web site: 2020-07-29. DTM Trophy: Lamborghini-Junior Lucas Ayrton Mauron für racing one. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-07-29.
8. Web site: Max Koebolt en Kelvin Snoeks kiezen voor DTM Trophy; veel belangstelling voor nieuwe raceserie + ENTRYLIST RaceXpress. www.racexpress.nl . 2020-07-23.
9. Web site: 2020-09-16. DTM Trophy: Dominique Schaak startet für Racing One. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-09-16.
10. Web site: 2020-03-12. DTM Trophy: Carbogaz Racing steigt ein. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-07-24.
11. News: Felix von der Laden startet für Superdrink by Car Republic. Motorsport XL (in german). 2020-07-24.
12. Web site: FK Performance joins busy DTM Trophy grid for 2020 . automobilsport.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724032354/https://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24,204931,FK-Performance-joins-busy-DTM-Trophy-grid-for-2020,news.htm. usurped. July 24, 2020. 2020-07-23.
13. Web site: 2020-03-19. DTM Trophy: Ben Green für FK Performance. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-07-23.
14. Web site: 2020-07-29. DTM Trophy: ADAC Stiftung Sport-Pilot Luke Wankmüller startet für FK Performance. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-07-29.
15. Web site: Walkenhorst Motorsport commits to 2020 DTM Trophy. www.dtm.com . 2020-07-23.
16. Web site: 2020-02-17. DTM Trophy: Max Koebolt komplettiert Walkenhorst Motorsport-Aufgebot. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-07-29.
17. Web site: 2020-08-26. DTM Trophy: Michael Schrey absolviert Gaststart auf dem Nürburgring. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-08-26.
18. Web site: 2020-07-14. DTM Trophy: Phoenix Racing startet mit Porsche. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-07-24.
19. Web site: 2020-03-06. Team Allied-Racing startet in DTM Trophy. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-07-23.
20. Web site: 2020-10-13. DTM Trophy: Bastian Buus ersetzt Felix Hirsiger in Zolder. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-10-15.
21. Web site: 2020-11-03. DTM Trophy: Nicolas Schöll startet in Hockenheim für Allied-Racing. 2021-04-14. gt-place.com. de-CH.
22. Web site: 2020-07-10. DTM Trophy: Peter Terting startet für PROsport Racing. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-07-23.
23. Web site: DTM Trophy: Teichmann Racing puts KTM X-Bow on the grid . automobilsport.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724011323/http://www.automobilsport.com/-dtm-trophy-teichmann-racing-ktm-x-bow-grid-charity-scheider---208590.html. usurped. July 24, 2020. 2020-07-24.
24. Web site: 2020-09-08. DTM Trophy: Teichmann Racing mit zwei KTM auf Nürburgring. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-09-08.
25. Web site: 2020-08-12. Starterfeld in DTM Trophy wächst weiter – Laura Kraihamer startet auf dem Lausitzring. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-08-12.
26. Web site: 2020-08-14. DTM Trophy: Yves Volte auf Lausitzring im dritten Teichmann KTM. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-08-14.
27. Web site: Ring Racing to run Toyota GR Supra in the DTM Trophy . automobilsport.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724003502/http://www.automobilsport.com/ring-racing-toyota-gr-supra-dtm-trophy---209103.html. usurped. July 24, 2020. 2020-07-24.
28. Web site: 2020-08-14. DTM Trophy: José María López startet für Ring Racing. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-08-14.
29. Web site: 2020-09-07. DTM Trophy: Andreas Gülden und Heiko Hammel für Ring Racing auf dem Nürburgring. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-09-07.
30. Web site: 2020-09-17. DTM Trophy: Nico Verdonck und Michael Tischner für Ring Racing. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-09-17.
31. Web site: 2020-08-15. DTM Trophy: Heiko Hammel für Ring Racing. gt-place.com . de-CH . 2020-08-15.
32. Web site: DTM-Trophy 2020: Rennkalender und Starterfeld für Debütsaison. Motorsport-Magazin.com . 3 April 2020 . de . 2020-07-23.
33. Web site: Thukral. Sven Haidinger, Rachit. Delayed 2020 DTM season-opener at Norisring will be cancelled. Autosport.com . 4 June 2020 . en . 2020-07-23.
34. Web site: DTM Trophy Standings Season 2020. www.dtm.com . 2020-08-13.
35. Web site: DTM Trophy Standings Season 2020. www.dtm.com . 2020-08-13.
36. Web site: DTM Trophy Standings Season 2020. www.dtm.com . 2020-08-13.