Pole position: Pirro
Fastest lap: unknown
Distance: 30 laps
Average speed: 142,4 kmh
Weather: unknown
Ruleset: Group A, DTM
Car info:
Last years’ Nissan victory had not been left unnoticed. This year, they were welcomed by a weight penalty of 140 kg; furthermore, refuelling was not allowed anymore. The German guests were allowed to race with the DTM rule set, which allowed more powerful engines and bigger wheels. Domingos Piedade of AMG had promised to enter at least one countryman: so Ni Amorim partnered Thiim and Ludwig. Schnitzer BMW countered with Ravaglia, Pirro and Winkelhock. Apart from the Nissan, the rest of the field consisted of elderly Sierra’s, Supras, Corollas and a few customer Schnitzer M3s - they had sold something like 20 cars in the Far East. One of them was not such a good idea afterwards. In second practice, Winston Mak changed lane on the straight to pass a Corolla trundling on the horizon. But he hit Winkelhock, who was passing Mak at a considerable speed. Winkelhock was sandwiched between Mak and the armco, took off, flew a few meters along the rails, came back on the track and crashed frontal into the barriers. The impact was such that the car moved rearwards, only to crash again. It happened so fast that the Toyota and the privateer BMW could not keep up, instead they arrived just in time for both of them to crash into the poor Schnitzer car. Driver OK, car a write-off. The pole for Pirro was only a slight consolation. The castration of the Nissan had gone a little far: it was just enough for one quick lap and an early lead, but nothing more. Pirro took the lead in lap two and won duly. But behind him, the fight of the race lasted for 10 laps between Thiim and Winkelhock. The Schnitzer mechanics had done the impossible and made a racing car out of the wreck. Unfortunately, Winkelhock had to give up with a very painful wrist after a truly heroic drive. AMG team-mates Thiim and Ludwig came second and third. |
Division 1, 2 and 3
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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 | 6 | Watson’s Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evo |
Emanuele Pirro, I |
2492 | L4 | DTM | 30 laps, 1:17.15,29 | 1 | |||
2 | 2 | 11 | AMG Motorenbau GmbH/Zung Fu Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II |
Kurt Thiim, DK |
2488 | L4 | DTM | 30 laps, 1:17.17,04 | 4 | |||
3 | 3 | 9 | AMG Motorenbau GmbH/Zung Fu Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II |
Klaus Ludwig, D |
2488 | L4 | DTM | 30 laps, 1:17.39,61 | 5 | |||
4 | 1 | 1 | Hasemi Motorsport Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR32 |
Masahiro Hasemi, J |
2568 tc | L6 | Div. 3 | 30 laps, 1:19.09,55 | 2 | |||
5 | 4 | 10 | AMG Motorenbau GmbH/Zung Fu Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II |
Ni Amorim, P |
2488 | L4 | DTM | 30 laps, 1:19.10,83 | 9 | |||
6 | 2 | 3 | JC & HKS Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR32 |
Yukihiro Hane, J |
2568 tc | L6 | Div. 3 | 29 | 8 | |||
7 | 5 | 18 | Auto Tech Racing BMW M3 Sport Evo |
Roland Ratzenberger, A |
2492 | L4 | DTM | 28 | 10 | |||
8 | 1 | 37 | TOM's Toyota Corolla AE92 |
Kaoro Hoshino, J |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | 27 | ||||
9 | 2 | 36 | TOM's Toyota Corolla AE92 |
Masanori Sekiya, J |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | 27 | ||||
5 | Car Center Racing Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Paul Chan, HK |
1993 tc | L4 | Div. 3 | 26 | 18 | |||||
19 | BMW M3 |
Henry Lee Jr, HK |
2332 | L4 | Div. 2 | 11? | Spin | |||||
31 | Toyota Corolla AE92 |
Johnny Wong, HK |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | |||||||
22 | BMW M3 Sport Evo |
Kevin Wong, HK |
2492 | L4 | DTM? | |||||||
21 | BMW M3 Sport Evo |
Charles Kwan, HK |
2492 | L4 | DTM? | |||||||
16 | Trampio Toyota Corolla AE92 |
Saksirivetkul Kajohnsak, T |
1587 | L4 | Div. 1 | Spin | ||||||
26 | BMW M3 |
Unknown |
2332 | L4 | Div. 2 | |||||||
DNF | 8 | Watson’s Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evo |
Roberto Ravaglia, I |
2492 | L4 | DTM | 6 | Accident | ||||
DNF | 7 | Watson’s Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evo |
Joachim Winkelhock, D |
2492 | L4 | DTM | 3 | Gave up (injury from practice crash) | ||||
DNF | 28 | Car Center Racing Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |
Carlos Rodriguez, P |
1993 tc | L4 | Div. 3 | Started from pit lane | |||||
DNF | 2 | Nissan Skyline GT-R BNR32 |
Mark Skaife, AUS |
2568 tc | L6 | Div. 3 | 7 | Ignition; pit stop | ||||
DNS? | BMW M3 |
Winston Mak, HK |
2332? | L4 | Div. 2 |