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Kyalami, South-Africa

Date: 18/11/1990
Track length: 3.825 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: 25
Starters: 23 (Race 1); 17 (Race 2)
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Asch
Fastest lap: Asch in 1.30,66

Distance: 2 heats of 25 laps
Average speed: unknown
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: DTM 1990
Car info:  

 

A DTM invitation race, which had a strong political touch in the country where apartheid still existed. Pik Botha welcomed the German teams in person, stating that this was the beginning of opening the doors from South Africa to the western world. 25 cars of Mercedes, BMW, Opel, Ford and Toyota took the journey to Africa; Audi did not go, not because of politics but because they took part in motorsport over there anyway (with TransAm cars) and Audi Germany would not pay for this.

Bigazzi and Schnitzer were not there too, the first heading for New Zealand, the second to Macao. AMG entered no less than five cars, one extra for Asch, the Mercedes test car with the Mercedes tester, having ABS on board. A first for the DTM here.
Kurt Thiim would have had massive problems in Denmark racing here, so he did not turn up; apart from Ludwig, Asch and Juniors Wendlinger and Kreutzpointner new signing Lohr (sharing a car with Wendlinger) and Sarel van der Merwe were entered.
Mercedes were strong favourites with their big wings, so the front row was for Asch and Ludwig.

Race one was led by Ludwig with Kreutzpointner following as a shadow, until young Fritz blew his head gasket, a fact which would be repeated in race two. Now Asch was second, in front of van Ommen and the BMWs of Heger, Hahne and Engstler.

In race 2, Ludwig slid over the oil of Fritz K, robbing his car of its front spoiler; a third behind Asch and Hahne was all that remained.

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 1 1 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 2488 L4 DTM   2      
2 2   AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Roland Asch, D
 2488 L4 DTM   1      
3 3   MS-Jet Racing
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Jörg van Ommen, D
 2488 L4 DTM          
4 4   Linder M Team
BMW M3 Sport Evo		 Altfrid Heger, D
 2492 L4 DTM   6      
5 5   BMW M Team Zakspeed
BMW M3 Sport Evo		 Armin Hahne, D
 2492 L4 DTM   3      
6 6   Valier Motorsport
BMW M3 Sport Evo		 Franz Engstler, D
 2492 L4 DTM          
7 7   Linder M Team
BMW M3 Sport Evo		 Deon Joubert, ZA
 2492 L4 DTM          
      AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Sarel van der Merwe, ZA
 2488 L4 DTM   5      
DNF     AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Fritz Kreutzpointner, D
 2488 L4 DTM   4     Head gasket
DNF     AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Karl Wendlinger III, A
 2488 L4 DTM         Driveshaft

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 1   AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Roland Asch, D
 2488 L4 DTM          
2 2   BMW M Team Zakspeed
BMW M3 Sport Evo		 Armin Hahne, D
 2492 L4 DTM          
3 3 1 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 2488 L4 DTM          
4 4   Valier Motorsport
BMW M3 Sport Evo		 Franz Engstler, D
 2492 L4 DTM          
5 5   Linder M Team
BMW M3 Sport Evo		 Deon Joubert, ZA
 2492 L4 DTM          
6 6   Valier - Autotest & Tuning Racing Team
BMW M3 Sport Evo		 Kurt König, D
 2492 L4 DTM          
      MS
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Christian Aberdein, ZA
 2488 L4 DTM          
DNF     Linder M Team
BMW M3 Sport Evo		 Altfrid Heger, D
 2492 L4 DTM          
DNF     AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Fritz Kreutzpointner, D
 2488 L4 DTM         Engine
DNF     AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Fritz Kreutzpointner, D
 2488 L4 DTM         Head gasket
DNF     AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Ellen Lohr, D
 2488 L4 DTM         Oil line

Final classification
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 1 3? AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Roland Asch, D
 2488 L4 DTM 35 points        
2 2 1 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 2488 L4 DTM 32 points        
3 3   BMW M Team Zakspeed
BMW M3 Sport Evo		 Armin Hahne, D
 2492 L4 DTM 23 points        
4 4   Valier Motorsport
BMW M3 Sport Evo		 Franz Engstler, D
 2492 L4 DTM 16 points        
5 5   Linder M Team
BMW M3 Sport Evo		 Deon Joubert, ZA
 2492 L4 DTM 12 points        
6 6   MS-Jet Racing
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Jörg van Ommen, D
 2488 L4 DTM 12 points        
8 8   Opel Team Irmscher
Opel Omega 3000 24v		 Markus Oestreich, D
 2998 L6 DTM          
10 10   Opel Team Irmscher
Opel Omega 3000 24v		 Volker Strycek, D
 2998 L6 DTM          
DNF     AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II		 Karl Wendlinger III, A
Ellen Lohr, D
 2488 L4 DTM