Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft

Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
Category Touring cars
Country or region Germany Germany
Inaugural season 1984
Folded 1996
Constructors Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Opel, Alfa Romeo, BMW
Tyre suppliers Michelin, Dunlop, Bridgestone
Last Drivers' champion Germany Manuel Reuter
Last Teams' champion Germany Opel
Official website http://www.dtm.de/

The Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German Touring Car Championship, or DTM) was a touring car racing series held from 1984 to 1996. Originally based in Germany, it held additional rounds elsewhere in Europe and later worldwide.

The original DTM had resumed racing with production based cars, as the former Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft had switched to Group 5 in the mid 1970s and even to expensive Group C sportscars in the 1980s, leading to its decline. Since 2000, a new DTM has been run as the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, again organised by ITR.

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History

Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI DTM (with 38 wins have still the all-time record of victories in DTM), this is Nicola Larini´s winning car from 1993.

Rise of the original DTM

The original DTM was started in 1984 with cars entered by privateer teams and under FIA Group A rules, but was extensively modified throughout the years, allowing more modifications. In the late 1980s, works teams joined the DTM, and it became one of the most popular motorsports in Europe. In 1993, the Group A rules were abandoned in favor of a more liberalised 2.5 L engine category called FIA Class 1 Touring Cars, with extensive use of ABS, four-wheel drive, electronic driver aids and carbon fibre chassis, the former three were technologies that were banned from F1. Opel, Mercedes-Benz and Alfa Romeo all fielded works teams after Audi and BMW had abandoned earlier.

DTM to ITC and demise

The DTM expanded its horizons for the 1995 season and the teams contested the inaugural FIA International Touring Car Series [1] as well as the traditional DTM.[2] The former was contested over ten races, all held outside of Germany and the latter over fourteen races within Germany. Plans were then made to combine the two into one new series, the International Touring Car Championship, for 1996. The ITR governing body then sought approval and support from the FIA to begin the new series. In exchange for FIA support, the ITR let the organisation take control over many aspects of the way the ITC was run: crucially, the financial side of the championship was revolutionised. A large proportion of the revenue generated by the championship went to the FIA, with the result that less went to the teams who subsequently complained of little return on their increasingly large investment in the high-tech series (this was further exacerbated by the travel costs to the new international rounds in Suzuka, Japan and Interlagos, Brazil). The FIA also increased the price for television rights dramatically with the result that television coverage of the series disappeared from all European countries except Italy, Germany and Finland, prices for tickets to races were almost doubled, and access to the circuit paddock to meet the drivers (which had previously been a big hit with fans) was drastically reduced. The choices of circuits on which to hold rounds of the championship were also unsuccessful - the rounds at Magny-Cours, France and particularly Interlagos suffered very poor attendance. Questions were also raised by the manufacturers as to why they were racing in countries in which their cars were not actually sold (Alfa Romeos were not sold in Brazil, and neither Opels nor Alfa Romeos are sold in Japan).[citation needed] Opel and Alfa Romeo both left the championship after the 1996 season, leaving only Mercedes; the championship was consequently cancelled.

The new DTM

The DTM returned in the year 2000 with different rules and without International Championship status. The DTM initials now stand for Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (German Touring Car Masters).

Champions

Season Series Name Champion Second Third Manufacturers Champion [3]
1984 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Germany Volker Strycek Germany Olaf Manthey Germany Harald Grohs not awarded
1985 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Sweden Per Stureson Germany Olaf Manthey Germany Harald Grohs not awarded
1986 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Denmark Kurt Thiim Germany Volker Weidler Germany Kurt König not awarded
1987 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Belgium Eric van de Poele Germany Manuel Reuter Germany Marc Hessel not awarded
1988 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Germany Klaus Ludwig Germany Roland Asch Germany Armin Hahne not awarded
1989 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Italy Roberto Ravaglia Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz France Fabien Giroix not awarded
1990 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Denmark Kurt Thiim not awarded
1991 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Germany Frank Biela Germany Klaus Ludwig Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Germany Mercedes-Benz
1992 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Germany Klaus Ludwig Denmark Kurt Thiim Germany Bernd Schneider Germany Mercedes-Benz
1993 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Italy Nicola Larini Germany Roland Asch Germany Bernd Schneider Italy Alfa Romeo
1994 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Germany Klaus Ludwig Germany Jörg van Ommen Italy Nicola Larini Germany Mercedes-Benz
1995 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Germany Bernd Schneider Germany Jörg van Ommen Germany Klaus Ludwig Germany Mercedes-Benz
International Touring Car Series[4] Germany Bernd Schneider Denmark Jan Magnussen United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Germany Mercedes-Benz
1996 International Touring Car Championship Germany Manuel Reuter Germany Bernd Schneider Italy Alessandro Nannini Germany Opel
1997-
1999
DTM / ITCC NOT HELD
2000-
date
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters See Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ 1995 ITC schedule and standings Retrieved from www.motorsport-archive.com on 17 November 2009
  2. ^ 1995 DTM schedule and standings Retrieved from www.motorsport-archive.com on 17 November 2009
  3. ^ www.motorsport-archive.com Retrieved on 17 November 2009
  4. ^ FIA results for the 1995 International Touring Car Series Retrieved from web.archive.org on 16 November 2009

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