1988 DTM - round 8

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ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe „200 Meilen von Nürnberg“

Norisring, Nürnberg, BRD

Date: 25/6/1988 to: 26/6/1988
Track length: 2.300 m
Attendance: 60.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 32 (1); 32 (2)
Finishers: 26 (1); 26 (2)

Pole position: Ludwig in 0.56,73
Fastest lap: Cudini in 0.57,73 (1); Ludwig in 0.57,62 (2)

Distance: 44 laps (1); 41 laps (2)
Average speed: 141,882 kmh (1);
Weather: Warm and overcast; wet start for race 2
Ruleset: DTM with weight penalties and air restrictors
Car info: 1988 Cars

A close qualifying again at the Norisring; Ludwig on pole, but 96/100ths of a second covered the first 17 starters. But the Sierras were superior here, though van Ommen was second on the grid with his new Dunlop Kevlar tires - but BMW failed here; Grohs was fastest, but only eight on the grid, and the Alpina team only just qualified.
The Saturday race showed Ludwig and Hahne fighting for the lead, until Ludwig only had first gear left. The third victory in a row for Hahne, and he was followed by four Mercedes (Asch, Cecotto, Thiim and Cudini).
For race 2, the track was flooded only shortly before the start, but only Wollek opted for wets. But when the experienced Quester spun in the warmup lap, the start was postponed for a few minutes; some more people gambled on wets, like Heger who was in the lead for a while. But slicks were the better choice, Cudini soon taking the lead. But the drive of Ludwig showed the real power of the Sierra: he climbed from 23rd at the start to the lead in 28 laps, winning the race ahead of five Mercedes this time (Cudini, Asch, Cecotto, Thiim and Müller Jr). The way the Sierra passed Cudini on the straight opened yet another discussion: the restrictor of the Sierras was still too big, it seemed...

Race 1

Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc) Engine
Type Group Distance,
time Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks

1 25 Würth Wolf Racing Team
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth Armin Hahne, D
1993 tc L4 44 laps, 42.51,38 3 56,84

2 41 BMK-Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Roland Asch, D
2323 L4 44 laps, 42.57,11 5 0.57,10

3 44 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Johnny Cecotto, YV
2323 L4 44 laps, 42.57,55 14 0.57,57

4 31 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Kurt Thiim, DK
2323 L4 44 laps, 43.03,54 9 0.57,24

5 28 Snobeck Racing Service
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Alain Cudini, F
2323 L4 44 laps, 43.03,94 7 0.57,17 0.57,53

6 34 BMW M Team Linder
BMW M3 Altfrid Heger, D
2332 L4 44 laps, 43.13,98 16 0.57,60

7 9 Valier Motorsport
BMW M3 Harald Grohs, D
2332 L4 44 laps, 43.18,57 8 0.57,18

8 12 IPS Jet Racing
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Siegfried Müller Jr, D
2323 L4 44 laps, 43.23,81 13 0.57,54

9 2 BMW M Team Zakspeed
BMW M3 Markus Oestreich, D
2332 L4 44 laps, 43.28,34 21 0.57,93

10 43 BMK-Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Ralf-Werner Müller, D
2323 L4 44 laps, 43.32,49 24 0.58,07

11 23 Alpina
BMW M3 Peter Oberndorfer, D
2332 L4 44 laps, 43.39,61 23 0.57,98

12 33 BMW M Team Linder
BMW M3 Dieter Quester, A
2332 L4 44 laps, 43.41,49 22 0.57,97

13 1 BMW M Team Zakspeed
BMW M3 Frank Schmickler, D
2332 L4 44 laps, 43.42,67 17 0.57,60 Fuel pump

14 38 Euro Racing PCD-Computer
BMW M3 Rüdiger Schmitt, D
2332 L4 44 laps, 43.47,17 18 0.57,76

15 7 BMW Isert
BMW M3 Walter Mertes, D
2332 L4 43 27 0.58,45

16 40
BMW M3 Leopold von Bayern, D
2332 L4 43 32 0.58,65

17 56 Auto-Tauber
BMW M3 Gerhard Müller, D
2332 L4 43 31 0.58,50

18 10 IPS Jet Racing
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Per Stureson, S
2323 L4 43 20 0.57,89

19 16 Star AMG Marko RSM
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Franz Klammer, A
2323 L4 43 28 0.58,46

20 13 AC München
BMW M3 Anton Goeser, D
2332 L4 43 10 0.57,35

21 17 Visa Santander International Schwaben Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Thomas von Löwis of Menar, D
2323 L4 43 29 0.58,46

22 20 Ford-Grab Motorsport GmbH
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth Bernd Schneider, D
1993 tc L4 42 19 0.57,84 Puncture

23 18 Team Hein Gericke Ford Grab Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth Klaus Ludwig, D
1993 tc L4 42 1 0.56,73 Gearbox stuck in first

24 22 Alpina
BMW M3 Christian Danner, D
2332 L4 39 26 0.58,37

25 47 BMK-Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Bob Wollek, F
2323 L4 36 30 0.58,48

26 15 Star AMG Marko RSM
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Jörg van Ommen, D
2323 L4 32 2 0.56,73 Blackflagged: exhaust noise

DNF 8 BMW Isert
BMW M3 Olaf Manthey, D
2332 L4 25 15 0.57,58

DNF 30 Kissling Motorsport
Opel Kadett GSi 16V Heinz-Friedrich Peil, D
1998 L4 24 25 0.58,11

DNF 27 Snobeck Racing Service
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Dany Snobeck, F
2323 L4 22 12 0.57,47 Tires

DNF 5 Ford Ringshausen Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth Manuel Reuter, D
1993 tc L4 4 4 0.57,02 Wheel bearing

DNF 6 Ford Ringshausen Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth Steve Soper, GB
1993 tc L4 2 6 0.57,16 Accident

DNF 14 Kamei Crew
BMW M3 Kurt König, D
2332 L4 1 11 0.587,39 Accident

Race 2

Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc) Engine
Type Group Distance,
time Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks

1 18 Team Hein Gericke Ford Grab Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth Klaus Ludwig, D
1993 tc L4 44 laps, 41.29,61 0.57,62

2 28 Snobeck Racing Service
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Alain Cudini, F
2323 L4 44 laps, 41.30,37

3 41 BMK-Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Roland Asch, D
2323 L4 44 laps, 41.36,31

4 44 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Johnny Cecotto, YV
2323 L4 44 laps, 41.39,83

5 31 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Kurt Thiim, DK
2323 L4 44 laps, 41.45,97

6 12 IPS Jet Racing
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Siegfried Müller Jr, D
2323 L4 44 laps, 41.52,00

7 8 BMW Isert
BMW M3 Olaf Manthey, D
2332 L4 44 laps, 41.52,92

8 9 Valier Motorsport
BMW M3 Harald Grohs, D
2332 L4 44 laps, 41.57,20

9 5 Ford Ringshausen Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth Manuel Reuter, D
1993 tc L4 44 laps, 41.57,72

10 20 Ford-Grab Motorsport GmbH
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth Bernd Schneider, D
1993 tc L4 44 laps, 41.57,98

11 23 Alpina
BMW M3 Peter Oberndorfer, D
2332 L4 44 laps, 42.11,10

12 13 AC München
BMW M3 Anton Goeser, D
2332 L4 44 laps, 42.19,91

13 1 BMW M Team Zakspeed
BMW M3 Frank Schmickler, D
2332 L4 44 laps, 42.20,74

14 14 Kamei Crew
BMW M3 Kurt König, D
2332 L4 44 laps, 42.20,96

15 34 BMW M Team Linder
BMW M3 Altfrid Heger, D
2332 L4 43

16 2 BMW M Team Zakspeed
BMW M3 Markus Oestreich, D
2332 L4 43 Accident, puncture

17 56 Auto-Tauber
BMW M3 Gerhard Müller, D
2332 L4 43

18 33 BMW M Team Linder
BMW M3 Dieter Quester, A
2332 L4 43 Accident

19 10 IPS Jet Racing
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Per Stureson, S
2323 L4 43

20 40
BMW M3 Leopold von Bayern, D
2332 L4 43

21 43 BMK-Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Ralf-Werner Müller, D
2323 L4 42

22 15 Star AMG Marko RSM
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Jörg van Ommen, D
2323 L4 42

23 16 Star AMG Marko RSM
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Franz Klammer, A
2323 L4 41

24 38 Euro Racing PCD-Computer
BMW M3 Rüdiger Schmitt, D
2332 L4 41

25 6 Ford Ringshausen Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth Steve Soper, GB
1993 tc L4 33

26 30 Kissling Motorsport
Opel Kadett GSi 16V Heinz-Friedrich Peil, D
1998 L4 30

DNF 17 Visa Santander International Schwaben Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Thomas von Löwis of Menar, D
2323 L4 18

DNF 27 Snobeck Racing Service
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Dany Snobeck, F
2323 L4 16 Gearbox

DNF 47 BMK-Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16 Bob Wollek, F
2323 L4 12 Accident

DNF 22 Alpina
BMW M3 Christian Danner, D
2332 L4 8 Spark plug

DNF 7 BMW Isert
BMW M3 Walter Mertes, D
2332 L4 7

DNF 25 Würth Wolf Racing Team
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth Armin Hahne, D
1993 tc L4 3 Rear axle

Race 1
Pos	Pos in class	#	Team / Entrant Car- Engine	Drivers, Nationality	Engine vol. (cc)	Engine Type	Group	Distance, time	Qualifying position	Qualifying time	Fastest lap	Reason out, remarks
1		25	Würth Wolf Racing Team Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	Armin Hahne, D	1993 tc	L4		44 laps, 42.51,38	3	56,84
2		41	BMK-Motorsport Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Roland Asch, D	2323	L4		44 laps, 42.57,11	5	0.57,10
3		44	AMG Motorenbau GmbH Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Johnny Cecotto, YV	2323	L4		44 laps, 42.57,55	14	0.57,57
4		31	AMG Motorenbau GmbH Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Kurt Thiim, DK	2323	L4		44 laps, 43.03,54	9	0.57,24
5		28	Snobeck Racing Service Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Alain Cudini, F	2323	L4		44 laps, 43.03,94	7	0.57,17	0.57,53
6		34	BMW M Team Linder BMW M3	Altfrid Heger, D	2332	L4		44 laps, 43.13,98	16	0.57,60
7		9	Valier Motorsport BMW M3	Harald Grohs, D	2332	L4		44 laps, 43.18,57	8	0.57,18
8		12	IPS Jet Racing Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Siegfried Müller Jr, D	2323	L4		44 laps, 43.23,81	13	0.57,54
9		2	BMW M Team Zakspeed BMW M3	Markus Oestreich, D	2332	L4		44 laps, 43.28,34	21	0.57,93
10		43	BMK-Motorsport Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Ralf-Werner Müller, D	2323	L4		44 laps, 43.32,49	24	0.58,07
11		23	Alpina BMW M3	Peter Oberndorfer, D	2332	L4		44 laps, 43.39,61	23	0.57,98
12		33	BMW M Team Linder BMW M3	Dieter Quester, A	2332	L4		44 laps, 43.41,49	22	0.57,97
13		1	BMW M Team Zakspeed BMW M3	Frank Schmickler, D	2332	L4		44 laps, 43.42,67	17	0.57,60		Fuel pump
14		38	Euro Racing PCD-Computer BMW M3	Rüdiger Schmitt, D	2332	L4		44 laps, 43.47,17	18	0.57,76
15		7	BMW Isert BMW M3	Walter Mertes, D	2332	L4		43	27	0.58,45
16		40	BMW M3	Leopold von Bayern, D	2332	L4		43	32	0.58,65
17		56	Auto-Tauber BMW M3	Gerhard Müller, D	2332	L4		43	31	0.58,50
18		10	IPS Jet Racing Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Per Stureson, S	2323	L4		43	20	0.57,89
19		16	Star AMG Marko RSM Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Franz Klammer, A	2323	L4		43	28	0.58,46
20		13	AC München BMW M3	Anton Goeser, D	2332	L4		43	10	0.57,35
21		17	Visa Santander International Schwaben Motorsport Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Thomas von Löwis of Menar, D	2323	L4		43	29	0.58,46
22		20	Ford-Grab Motorsport GmbH Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	Bernd Schneider, D	1993 tc	L4		42	19	0.57,84		Puncture
23		18	Team Hein Gericke Ford Grab Motorsport Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	Klaus Ludwig, D	1993 tc	L4		42	1	0.56,73		Gearbox stuck in first
24		22	Alpina BMW M3	Christian Danner, D	2332	L4		39	26	0.58,37
25		47	BMK-Motorsport Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Bob Wollek, F	2323	L4		36	30	0.58,48
26		15	Star AMG Marko RSM Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Jörg van Ommen, D	2323	L4		32	2	0.56,73		Blackflagged: exhaust noise
DNF		8	BMW Isert BMW M3	Olaf Manthey, D	2332	L4		25	15	0.57,58
DNF		30	Kissling Motorsport Opel Kadett GSi 16V	Heinz-Friedrich Peil, D	1998	L4		24	25	0.58,11
DNF		27	Snobeck Racing Service Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Dany Snobeck, F	2323	L4		22	12	0.57,47		Tires
DNF		5	Ford Ringshausen Motorsport Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	Manuel Reuter, D	1993 tc	L4		4	4	0.57,02		Wheel bearing
DNF		6	Ford Ringshausen Motorsport Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	Steve Soper, GB	1993 tc	L4		2	6	0.57,16		Accident
DNF		14	Kamei Crew BMW M3	Kurt König, D	2332	L4		1	11	0.587,39		Accident

Race 2
Pos	Pos in class	#	Team / Entrant Car- Engine	Drivers, Nationality	Engine vol. (cc)	Engine Type	Group	Distance, time	Qualifying position	Qualifying time	Fastest lap	Reason out, remarks
1		18	Team Hein Gericke Ford Grab Motorsport Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	Klaus Ludwig, D	1993 tc	L4		44 laps, 41.29,61			0.57,62
2		28	Snobeck Racing Service Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Alain Cudini, F	2323	L4		44 laps, 41.30,37
3		41	BMK-Motorsport Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Roland Asch, D	2323	L4		44 laps, 41.36,31
4		44	AMG Motorenbau GmbH Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Johnny Cecotto, YV	2323	L4		44 laps, 41.39,83
5		31	AMG Motorenbau GmbH Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Kurt Thiim, DK	2323	L4		44 laps, 41.45,97
6		12	IPS Jet Racing Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Siegfried Müller Jr, D	2323	L4		44 laps, 41.52,00
7		8	BMW Isert BMW M3	Olaf Manthey, D	2332	L4		44 laps, 41.52,92
8		9	Valier Motorsport BMW M3	Harald Grohs, D	2332	L4		44 laps, 41.57,20
9		5	Ford Ringshausen Motorsport Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	Manuel Reuter, D	1993 tc	L4		44 laps, 41.57,72
10		20	Ford-Grab Motorsport GmbH Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	Bernd Schneider, D	1993 tc	L4		44 laps, 41.57,98
11		23	Alpina BMW M3	Peter Oberndorfer, D	2332	L4		44 laps, 42.11,10
12		13	AC München BMW M3	Anton Goeser, D	2332	L4		44 laps, 42.19,91
13		1	BMW M Team Zakspeed BMW M3	Frank Schmickler, D	2332	L4		44 laps, 42.20,74
14		14	Kamei Crew BMW M3	Kurt König, D	2332	L4		44 laps, 42.20,96
15		34	BMW M Team Linder BMW M3	Altfrid Heger, D	2332	L4		43
16		2	BMW M Team Zakspeed BMW M3	Markus Oestreich, D	2332	L4		43				Accident, puncture
17		56	Auto-Tauber BMW M3	Gerhard Müller, D	2332	L4		43
18		33	BMW M Team Linder BMW M3	Dieter Quester, A	2332	L4		43				Accident
19		10	IPS Jet Racing Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Per Stureson, S	2323	L4		43
20		40	BMW M3	Leopold von Bayern, D	2332	L4		43
21		43	BMK-Motorsport Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Ralf-Werner Müller, D	2323	L4		42
22		15	Star AMG Marko RSM Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Jörg van Ommen, D	2323	L4		42
23		16	Star AMG Marko RSM Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Franz Klammer, A	2323	L4		41
24		38	Euro Racing PCD-Computer BMW M3	Rüdiger Schmitt, D	2332	L4		41
25		6	Ford Ringshausen Motorsport Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	Steve Soper, GB	1993 tc	L4		33
26		30	Kissling Motorsport Opel Kadett GSi 16V	Heinz-Friedrich Peil, D	1998	L4		30
DNF		17	Visa Santander International Schwaben Motorsport Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Thomas von Löwis of Menar, D	2323	L4		18
DNF		27	Snobeck Racing Service Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Dany Snobeck, F	2323	L4		16				Gearbox
DNF		47	BMK-Motorsport Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	Bob Wollek, F	2323	L4		12				Accident
DNF		22	Alpina BMW M3	Christian Danner, D	2332	L4		8				Spark plug
DNF		7	BMW Isert BMW M3	Walter Mertes, D	2332	L4		7
DNF		25	Würth Wolf Racing Team Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	Armin Hahne, D	1993 tc	L4		3				Rear axle