Audi seemed poised to take home the championship after a dominating performance in the second to last race of the season which vaulted them into first place by a decent margin. BMW was in third place entering the final race but scoring 60 points compared to the 8 for Audi and 33 for Mercedes put them 11 points ahead of Audi and 17 ahead of Mercedes when the dust settled.
Simply a phenomenal come from behind victory that nobody saw coming with a complete Audi collapse when it mattered most. Congratulations to BMW and also to 2012 DTM Champion Bruno Spengler who BMW was able to snatch from Mercedes. A move that clearly paid off and resulted in a championship.
Final Results for the 2012 DTM season:
There are three annual classifications in the DTM. The title “DTM Champion” is awarded to the driver who has achieved the highest points score. The title “DTM Team Champion” is awarded to the team whose two drivers, in the aggregate, have scored the highest number of points. For the title “DTM Manufacturer Champion”, the six top drivers of a brand who finished a race in the top ten are counted.
Driver Championship
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| 1 | Bruno Spengler | BMW Team Schnitzer | 149 | - | 25 | 18 | - | 15 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Gary Paffett | HWA | 145 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 18 | - | 18 |
| 3 | Jamie Green | HWA | 121 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Mike Rockenfeller | Phoenix Racing | 85 | 10 | - | 15 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 10 | - |
| 5 | Edoardo Mortara | Team Rosberg | 82 | - | 4 | 2 | 25 | - | 18 | 25 | - | - | 8 |
| 6 | Mattias Ekström | ABT Sportsline | 81 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 12 | - | - | 15 | 4 | 15 | - |
| 7 | Augusto Farfus | BMW Team RBM | 69 | - | 15 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 15 |
| 8 | Martin Tomczyk | BMW Team RMG | 69 | - | 6 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Dirk Werner | BMW Team Schnitzer | 29 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 12 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Adrien Tambay | Audi Sport Team Abt | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 18 | - |
| 11 | Filipe Albuquerque | Team Rosberg | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 4 | - | 2 | 12 | - |
| 12 | Christian Vietoris | HWA | 25 | 12 | - | 8 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 13 | Andy Priaulx | BMW Team RBM | 24 | 8 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | Timo Scheider | ABT Sportsline | 19 | - | 8 | - | 8 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 15 | David Coulthard | Mücke Motorsport | 14 | 4 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Robert Wickens | Mücke Motorsport | 14 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | - | 6 | - | - |
| 17 | Ralf Schumacher | HWA | 10 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| 18 | Miguel Molina | Phoenix Racing | 8 | 2 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Rahel Frey | Audi Sport Team Abt | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| 20 | Joey Hand | BMW Team RMG | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Points for places one to ten of a DTM race are awarded according to the 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 system.
Team championship
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| 1 | BMW-Team-Schnitzer Bruno Spengler / Dirk Werner |
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178 | - | 25 | 18 | - | 16 | 25 | 12 | 37 | 10 | 35 |
| 2 | THOMAS SABO / Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG Gary Paffett / Christian Vietoris |
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170 | 37 | 18 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 18 | - | 19 |
| 3 | Mercedes AMG Jamie Green / Ralf Schumacher |
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131 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg Edoardo Mortara / Filipe Albuquerque |
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108 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 29 | - | 22 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 8 |
| 5 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Mattias Ekström / Timo Scheider |
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100 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 20 | - | 2 | 15 | 5 | 15 | - |
| 6 | BMW-Team-RBM Andy Priaulx / Augusto Farfus |
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93 | 8 | 15 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 29 | 21 |
| 7 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix Mike Rockenfeller / Miguel Molina |
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93 | 12 | - | 21 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 10 | - |
| 8 | BMW-Team-RMG Martin Tomczyk / Joey Hand |
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75 | - | 6 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 15 | - | - | - | 4 |
| 9 | ABT-Sportsline Rahel Frey / Adrien Tambay |
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34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 24 | - |
| 10 | DHL Paket / stern Mercedes AMG David Coulthard / Robert Wickens |
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28 | 4 | - | - | - | 12 | 6 | - | 6 | - | - |
Manufacturer championship
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| 1 | BMW | |
346 | 8 | 46 | 30 | 21 | 40 | 41 | 14 | 47 | 39 | 60 | |
| 2 | Audi | |
335 | 28 | 24 | 34 | 55 | 8 | 34 | 68 | 15 | 61 | 8 | |
| 3 | Mercedes-Benz | |
329 | 65 | 31 | 37 | 25 | 53 | 26 | 19 | 39 | 1 | 33 |
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