DTM drivers choose their own race numbers for 2015
Following on from Formula 1’s adoption of a driver-driven car numbering system introduced last year, and with similar systems having been in place in other major touring car championships for a while, the DTM has now allowed its competitors to choose their own race number from this year onwards.
In previous years, the DTM system has shadowed the Formula 1 system which had been in use since 1996, with the championship winning driver being given the #1 for the following season and his team-mate the #2, while the following pairings of numbers have all followed in the order of the teams’ championship results.
This year, Marco Wittmann will compete with #1 as the reigning champion, while series’ stalwart Gary Paffett has opted for #2, with his British compatriot Paul di Resta snatching up #3.
Two-time champion Mattias Ekström has chosen #5, while the field have continued to select values all the way up to #99, which will be on the Audi RS 5 of 2013 champion Mike Rockenfeller, with #94 by HWA Mercedes-Benz driver Pascal Wehrlein, reflecting the year of the 20-year-old’s birth.
2015 DTM Entry List
No – Driver – Team
1 – Marco Wittmann – BMW Team RMG
2 – Gary Paffett – ART Mercedes-Benz
3 – Paul di Resta – HWA Mercedes-benz
5 – Mattias Ekstrom – Audi Sport Abt
6 – Robert Wickens – HWA Mercedes-benz
7 – Bruno Spengler – BMW Team MTEK
8 – Christian Vietoris – HWA Mercedes-benz
10 – Timo Scheider – Audi Team Phoenix
12 – Daniel Juncadella – Mücke Mercedes-Benz
13 – Antonio Felix da Costa – BMW Team Schnitzer
16 – Timo Glock – BMW Team MTEK
17 – Miguel Molina – Audi Sport Abt
18 – Augusto Farfus – BMW Team RBM
22 – Lucas Auer – ART Mercedes-Benz
27 – Adrien Tambay – Audi Sport Abt
31 – Tom Blomqvist – BMW Team RBM
36 – Maxime Martin – BMW Team RMG
44 – Jamie Green – Audi Sport Rosberg
48 – Edoardo Mortara – Audi Sport Abt
51 – Nico Muller – Audi Sport Rosberg
77 – Martin Tomczyk – BMW Team Schnitzer
84 – Maximilian Gotz – Mücke Mercedes-Benz
94 – Pascal Wehrlein – HWA Mercedes-benz
99 – Mike Rockenfeller – Audi Team Phoenix
