2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season

Sportscar season
Sportscar_series = Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Current = 2004
Next = 2005
Previous = 2003The 2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the fifth DTM season since the series' resumption in 2000. There were 10 championship race weekend with one round each, plus a non-championship round at the streets of Shanghai. Originally each track hosted one race each with the exception of Hockenheimring (two races, premier and finale), but when Avignon lost their race EuroSpeedway also hosted two events. Each track hosted one race, with the exception of Hockenheim, which hosted two. As in 2003 each weekend compromised one race of circa one hour and with two compulsory pit stops for each contender.

Changes for 2004

* The coupe style cars were replaced by four-door sedans. Smaller independent teams were allowed to run the year-old coupes for one more season.
* Audi entered as an official works team.
* A non-championship one-off race was held at the streets of Shanghai, China.
* A1-Ring in Austria was removed from the schedule. The track was to undergo major repairs, but those were not completed (see article on A1-Ring for full story).
* DTM wouldn't return to Donington Park in the United Kingdom for 2004. In 2006 Britain regained it's DTM event, but now at Brands Hatch.

Teams and Drivers

External links

* [http://www.dtm.de Official DTM website]