Tomczyk won the 2011 DTM title in a year-old Team Phoenix Audi, his final year of a 10-year stint with the brand before joining BMW for 2012.
The 40-year-old, who raced in sportscars for BMW following his exit from the DTM in 2016, has since joined DTM organising body ITR to head up its DTM Trophy support series for GT4 cars.
He has also been involved in rule discussions with DTM, which announced in January a ban on team orders following the controversial 2021 championship decider.
Speaking to Autosport for a career retrospective feature, Tomczyk explained that he never enjoyed playing political games but always heeded team orders.
“I never denied any radio call from anyone, I always did what they told me I had to do,” Tomczyk said.
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“Obviously I was hoping that [team-mates] do exactly the same when I do it. At that time I thought, ‘Okay, if I do it [obey team orders] then everyone else will do it as well…
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