1993 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft

The 1993 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft was the tenth season of premier German touring car championship and also eighth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft. It was the first DTM to utilize FIA Class 1 Touring Cars regulations which limited engines to a maximum of six cylinders and 2.5 litres capacity, but allowed liberal modifications to engine, chassis and aerodynamics. Italian driver Nicola Larini won the championship for Alfa Corse after scoring 11 wins (series record) ahead of Roland Asch and Bernd Schneider, both driving for the AMG-Mercedes team.

Teams and drivers

Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI DTM as driven by 1993 DTM champion Nicola Larini
Manufacturer Car Team No. Drivers Rounds
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
Mercedes 190E Class 1
AMG-Mercedes 1 Klaus Ludwig All*
2 Ellen Lohr All*
Zakspeed 3 Kurt Thiim All*
4 Jörg van Ommen All*
Opel Opel Calibra V6 4x4 Joest Racing 5 Manuel Reuter 10
6 Keke Rosberg 10
Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti Alfa Corse 7 Alessandro Nannini All*
8 Nicola Larini All*
BMW BMW M3 Sport Evolution Linder Motorsport 10 Harald Becker All*
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
Mercedes 190E Class 1
AMG-Mercedes 11 Bernd Schneider All*
12 Roland Asch All*
Ford Ford Mustang GT Challenger Auto Racing 13 Jürgen Feucht All*
Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti Schübel Engineering 14 Christian Danner All*
15 Giorgio Francia All*
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II Persson Motorsport 16 Uwe Alzen 1-7, 9-10*
17 Olaf Manthey All*
BMW BMW M3 Sport Evolution Auto Maass 18 Kurt König 1-8, 10*
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II DTM Junior Team 20 Alexander Grau 1-9*
Opel Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo Kissling Motorsport 22 Marco Werner 10
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II DTM Junior Team 23 Stig Amthor All*
Opel Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo Kissling Motorsport 25 Volker Strycek 1-9*
BMW BMW M3 Sport Evolution Kaucuk Motorsport 32 Josef Venc All*
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II Persson Motorsport 44 Markus Oestreich 8
Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 155 TS Scuderia Giudici 51 Gianni Giudici All*
Engstler Motorsport 52 Franz Engstler 5-10*
Opel Opel Astra 16V Dürkopp Euroent Motorsport 54 Marco Werner 1-2, 5, 8
Dellenbach Motorsport 55 Luigino Pagotto 2, 4, 6-7, 10
Dellenbach Motorsport 59 Hermann Roth 2-4, 6-7, 10
Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Cavalier Maxted Motorsport 60 Ian Khan *
BMW BMW 318i Team Dynamics 61 Matt Neal *
Pinkney Motorsport 62 David Pinkney *

Numbers from 51 entered the 2000 Cup, drivers with the asterisk took part at Donington non-championship round.

Schedule and results

Round Country Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 R1 Belgium Zolder 4 April Nicola Larini Christian Danner Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Report
R2 Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse
2 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 18 April Alessandro Nannini Nicola Larini Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes Report
R2 Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes
3 R1 Germany Nürburgring 2 May Bernd Schneider Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Report
R2 Bernd Schneider Klaus Ludwig AMG-Mercedes
4 R1 Germany Wunstorf 16 May Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Report
R2 Nicola Larini Kurt Thiim Zakspeed
5 R1 Germany Nürburgring Nordschleife 10 June Jörg van Ommen Klaus Ludwig Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Report
R2 Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse
6 R1 Germany Norisring 27 June Kurt Thiim Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Report
R2 Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse
NC R1 Great Britain Donington Park 18 July Christian Danner Alessandro Nannini Christian Danner Schübel Report
R2 Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse
7 R1 Germany Diepholz Airfield Circuit 8 August Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Roland Asch AMG-Mercedes Report
R2 Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse
8 R1 Germany Alemannenring 29 August Nicola Larini Bernd Schneider Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Report
R2 Christian Danner Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes
9 R1 Germany AVUS 12 September Alessandro Nannini Alessandro Nannini Roland Asch AMG-Mercedes Report
R2 Nicola Larini Roland Asch AMG-Mercedes
10 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 19 September Kurt Thiim Nicola Larini Alessandro Nannini Alfa Corse Report
R2 Klaus Ludwig Alessandro Nannini Alfa Corse
  Non-Championship race

Driver standings/results

Points system is as follows: 1st=20, 2nd=15, 3rd=12, 4th=10, 5th=8, 6th=6, 7th=4, 8th=3, 9th=2, 10th=1

Pos Driver ZOL
HOC1
NÜR1
WUN
NÜR2
NOR
DON
DIE
SIN
AVU
HOC2
Pts
1 Nicola Larini 1 1 9 2 1 Ret 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 3 1 10 1 1 2 6 3 4 19 261
2 Roland Asch 3 4 2 4 4 3 6 4 7 17 5 2 5 5 1 5 Ret 6 1 1 6 3 204
3 Bernd Schneider Ret 9 1 1 2 2 7 6 5 5 Ret Ret 4 3 2 6 2 1 3 23 Ret 6 172
4 Klaus Ludwig 4 7 Ret 3 3 1 5 3 2 3 Ret 5 6 Ret 3 2 5 Ret 2 22 5 Ret 171
5 Christian Danner 2 2 8 6 6 Ret 4 5 6 2 3 3 1 2 7 Ret 6 4 4 2 Ret 5 161
6 Kurt Thiim 8 6 3 5 5 5 3 1 9 Ret 8 Ret 2 4 5 8 7 5 10 4 3 4 138
7 Giorgio Francia 7 Ret 6 12 9 Ret Ret 2 8 6 4 8 7 6 6 3 4 3 Ret 5 2 2 127
8 Alessandro Nannini Ret 3 13 8 10 4 2 Ret 4 4 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 18 3 Ret 5 Ret 1 1 121
9 Jörg van Ommen 5 5 4 10 8 Ret 11 Ret 3 Ret 2 4 Ret 9 9 11 Ret 8 8 10 Ret 7 80
10 Ellen Lohr 6 8 Ret 7 7 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 4 4 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 43
11 Uwe Alzen Ret 11 5 9 Ret DNS 9 9 23 12 7 7 9 7 8 7 7 7 8 Ret 40
12 Olaf Manthey Ret 10 Ret 11 Ret DNS 8 7 10 7 9 6 10 8 Ret Ret 10 7 17 8 9 8 34
13 Alexander Grau 9 12 11 14 12 7 10 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 10 11 9 9 9 9 6 21
14 Harald Becker 12 Ret 12 15 11 6 NC 8 13 18 11 9 Ret DNS 13 Ret Ret DNS 14 9 12 9 15
15 Stig Amthor 10 13 10 13 18 9 Ret 10 12 8 Ret 10 13 11 15 10 16 Ret Ret 14 10 Ret 11
16 Kurt König 11 14 7 Ret Ret 8 Ret DNS 14 11 Ret DNS Ret DNS 12 Ret 22 DNS 13 Ret 7
17 Markus Oestreich 8 10 4
18 Keke Rosberg 7 Ret 4
19 Volker Strycek 14 16 Ret DNS Ret Ret 12 Ret 20 9 Ret 11 12 12 14 13 13 11 13 11 2
20 Josef Venc 17 21 19 19 17 10 13 Ret 16 14 Ret 13 14 13 Ret Ret 20 17 12 12 Ret DNS 1
21 Armin Hahne 25 10 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS 1
22 Gerd Ruch Ret DNS 18 Ret 14 11 14 13 DNS DNS 10 12 22 Ret Ret 15 Ret 15 11 Ret Ret DNS 1
23 Marco Werner Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret DNS 11 10 1
24 Achille Voltolina 16 22 17 Ret 21 14 16 11 15 17 19 17 20 16 22 24 16 14 0
25 Jürgen Ruch Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS DNS DNS DNQ Ret 23 15 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 21 Ret 11 0
26 Georg Severich Ret 18 Ret DNS 13 12 Ret DNS 15 13 Ret DNS 18 16 Ret DNS 15 13 20 Ret Ret 13 0
27 Vaclav Bervid Ret 19 15 Ret 16 Ret 17 12 17 21 Ret 16 15 Ret 17 Ret 14 Ret 15 15 Ret DNS 0
28 German Tauber 13 15 14 16 15 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS 12 14 16 DNS Ret DNS 21 Ret 18 18 Ret 12 0
29 Marc Gindorf Ret DNS Ret DNS 16 12 12 Ret Ret 16 15 20 0
30 Armin Bernhard Ret DNS 19 14 17 12 Ret DNS Ret DNS 0
31 Carsten Struwe 15 17 Ret 17 19 Ret 15 Ret Ret 19 13 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 0
32 Wolfgang Lackinger Ret Ret 20 13 Ret DNS 19 DNS 14 15 17 14 0
33 Jürgen Feucht Ret Ret 20 Ret 22 Ret 19 14 Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret Ret 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 0
34 Hermann Duller 21 Ret 19 14 16 17 18 15 0
35 Gianni Giudici Ret Ret Ret 21 25 Ret 21 15 22 16 24 22 NC Ret 14 Ret 0
36 Werner Lenk Ret 20 16 18 Ret 15 18 Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS Ret DNS 21 20 17 16 0
37 Axel Göbel 18 15 0
38 Václav Švarc Ret 23 Ret DNS 23 16 Ret DNS 24 DNS DNQ Ret 0
39 Franz Engstler 21 20 DNQ 18 20 20 Ret 17 18 16 19 19 19 17 0
40 Hermann Roth Ret Ret 24 Ret 23 Ret DNQ 19 22 Ret 20 18 0
41 Luigino Pagotto 21 20 22 Ret DNQ Ret NC Ret 21 Ret 0
42 Ralf Kludt 20 Ret 0
Andreas Henningsen Ret DNS 0
Josef Bröhling Ret DNS 0
Marco Munding Ret DNS 0
Manuel Reuter Ret DNS 0
Heinz-Harald Frentzen DNS DNS 0
Ian Khan 21 18 0†
Matt Neal Ret 19 0†
David Pinkney NC 21 0†
Pos Driver ZOL
HOC1
NÜR1
WUN
NÜR2
NOR
DON
DIE
SIN
AVU
HOC2
Pts
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

† Not classified in championship due to only entering in non-championship event.

‡ Non-championship event.

References

  1. ^ 1993 DTM Season Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.dtm.com on 20 November 2009