Sporting rules

• On 17 September 2016, DTM announced that the field may be reduced from 24 to 18 competitors.^[4][5]
• The DTM race formats will be changed to 55 minutes respectively for race 1 and race 2 as it was announced on 30 March 2017.^[6]
• The team-to-driver radio has been banned for 2017 season onwards as it was announced on 1 May 2017.^[7]
• The simultaneously 4 tyre change in the pit stop has been replaced by the separated 4 tyre change in the pit stop to make longer pit duration up to 10 seconds (similar to 24 Hours of Le Mans).^[8]
• Points will be awarded for qualification positions with the top three earning points.^[9]

Technical rules

• After using single-element rear wings for five seasons, the rear wing of all DTM cars has been changed back from a single-element plane wing to a dual-element plane wing. The double-element rear wing was last featured in the DTM in the 2011 season.^[10]
• All DTM engines from 2017 season will be increased to 500 bhp as well as the increase of intake air restrictors diameter to 29 mm.
• All DTM entrants to utilize all-new Hankook tyre compounds from 2017 season to produce aggressive grip.^[11]

Team changes

• Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline announced that they were scaling down from four cars to a two-car team, moving in line with Audi Sport Team Phoenix and Audi Sport Team Rosberg.^[18]
• BMW Team RBM and BMW Team RMG respectively increased their number of entries from two to three cars each to fill up the two empty spots left by Team Schnitzer and Team MTEK.^[19]

Leaving DTM

• Both Mercedes-Benz DTM teams ART Grand Prix and Mücke Motorsport ceased their DTM involvement due to the reduction in the DTM field to 18 cars (6 per manufacturer) as well as ART Grand Prix focusing on junior single-seater formulas.^[20]
• Both BMW DTM teams Team Schnitzer and Team MTEK also ceased their DTM involvement for similar reasons.^[19]

Driver changes

Entering DTM

• René Rast, who replaced Mattias Ekström in the final round of DTM 2016, got his full seat with Audi.^[16]
• 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and WEC champion driver Loïc Duval made his DTM debut with Audi.^[16]
• 2015 FIA GT World Cup winner and Venturi Formula E driver Maro Engel returned to DTM with Mercedes after leaving the series in 2011.

Changing teams

• The 2016 DTM championship runner-up Edoardo Mortara left Audi to join Mercedes.^[15]

Leaving DTM

• Former champions Martin Tomczyk and Timo Scheider announced that they would both retire from DTM championship after 16 years.^[21][22]
• BMW driver António Félix da Costa announced that he would leave DTM at the end of the 2016 season to focus on Formula E.^[23]
• Audi drivers Miguel Molina (between 2010 and 2016) and Adrien Tambay (between 2012 and 2016), both left the series.^[16]
• Daniel Juncadella, Christian Vietoris and Maximilian Götz who all drove full-time in 2016, and Felix Rosenqvist, who was a midseason replacement, were all left off the Mercedes squad in 2017.^[24]

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver HOC LAU HUN NOR MSC ZAN NÜR RBR HOC Points 1 René Rast 6 Ret2 3 7 61 11 122 Ret 12 43 9 Ret 5 12 13 12 6 22 179 2 Mattias Ekström 5 11 8 2 53 23 3 4 8 22 17† 3 15 6 13 5 11 8 176 3 Jamie Green 18 13 10 13 DSQ2 5 7 8 9 5 5 9 6 7 21 141 13 5 173 4 Mike Rockenfeller 3 7 5 5 4 10 13 Ret 23 12 4 1 14 17 7 2 2 3 167 5 Marco Wittmann 10 3 13 9 8 Ret2 4 5 31 6 23 DSQ2 92 31 5 63 13 13 160 6 Lucas Auer 11 4 11 10 12 Ret Ret 2 6 8 15 14 11 13 8 Ret 8 10 136 7 Timo Glock 2 81 11 15 2 7 5 10 5 13 11 7 12 8 10 7 31 12 133 8 Maxime Martin 11 Ret 43 8 Ret 3 21 1 16 Ret 3 63 17 11 6 11 42 6 132 9 Robert Wickens 15 Ret 22 31 Ret 8 Ret 112 4 9 11 15† 33 13 4 10 7 17† 119 10 Gary Paffett 72 2 6 4 7 9 10 Ret 7 16 8 5 10 14 17 4 9 4 102 11 Paul di Resta 8 6 16 13 1 6 11 6 14 DSQ 7 Ret 2 22 11 9 14 16 99 12 Nico Müller 9 5 18 6 10 4 9 133 15 15 10 4 11 Ret 32 3 12 11 81 13 Bruno Spengler 12 9 14 16 3 14 13 12 12 31 14 10 13 4 12 16 10 14 75 14 Edoardo Mortara 43 13 7 11 9 11 8 3 13 10 12 12 7 16 9 17† 5 9 61 15 Maro Engel 17 10 9 12 13 15 14 14 10 1 16 11 4 5 15 15 16 13 51 16 Augusto Farfus 13 Ret 12 14 11 12 Ret 7 17 11 62 81 8 9 Ret 12 17 7 35 17 Tom Blomqvist 16 12 17 172 15† 13 6 91 Ret 7 Ret 13 16 10 16 13 15 Ret1 25 18 Loïc Duval 14 Ret 15 18 14 16 15 15 11 14 13 2 18 15 14 8 18 15 22 Pos. Driver HOC LAU HUN NOR MSC ZAN NÜR RBR HOC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 1 – 3 Points for Pole 2 – 2 Points for P2 3 – 1 Point for P3

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• † — Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.

Manufacturers' championship

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Pos.	Driver	HOC		LAU		HUN		NOR		MSC		ZAN		NÜR		RBR		HOC		Points
1	Audi	35	44	30	68	37	70	25	17	52	43	25	72	18	14	70	77	52	49	798
2	Mercedes-Benz	53	39	64	31	33	14	5	43	27	32	10	10	81	56	18	15	22	15	568
3	BMW	19	24	13	8	37	23	77	47	28	32	72	25	8	37	19	14	33	43	560
Pos.	Driver	HOC		LAU		HUN		NOR		MSC		ZAN		NÜR		RBR		HOC		Points

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