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2002 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

sports season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ1155872 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 2002 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the sixteenth season of premier German touring car championship and also third season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. There were ten race weekends with two races; a 30 km qualifying race and a 100 km main race at each event.

Laurent Aïello was the Drivers Champion driving an Audi, and HWA Team were the Teams Champion utilising Mercedes-Benz cars.

Changes for 2002

Rule Changes

Standing starts were introduced for the first time.

Formula One points system was adopted.

HANS devices were mandatory for all drivers.

Calendar Changes

Only one race would now take place at the Nürburgring.

Oschersleben was removed from the calendar.

Donington Park and Zolder were added to the calendar.

Teams and drivers

The following manufacturers, teams and drivers competed in the 2002 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002, 2000—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Deutsche, Tourenwagen and Masters can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as sports season. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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This entry incorporates text from “2002 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.