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ADAC Avus-Rennen

Avus Berlin, BRD

Date: 12/9/1993
Track length: 2.640 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 31 (race 1); 29 (race 2)
Finishers: 22 (race 1); 20 (race 2)

Pole position: Nannini in 0.56,84
Fastest lap: Nannini in 0.57,24 (race 1); Larini in 0.56,48 (race 2)

Distance: 2 races of 38 laps
Average speed:
Weather: Wet start, drying track in race 1
Ruleset: FIA Class 1 and 2
Car info: 1993 Cars

 

The second pole of the season brought no confidence to Nannini - he really wanted a win this year. Yet again, he lost a win due to bad luck; when the rain set in, he was one of the last to change to slicks but he had a big lead on the field - put his pit stop went wrong when the valve of a compressed air bottle wasn’t open. He rejoined in ninth and finished fifth - another bitter disappointment. The sixth place of Larini however was enough for the title.
The Mercedes armada came in on the right time, and Asch, Ludwig and Schneider finished 1-2-3.
In heat 2, Asch benefited of a collision between Ludwig and Danner, where van Ommen, about to be lapped, played a big and unfavourable role.


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 12 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93
Roland Asch, D
2488 L4 Class 1 38 laps, 38.24,43 8 0.57,73    
2 2 1 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93
Klaus Ludwig, D
2488 L4 Class 1 38 laps, 38.26,27 5 0.57,50    
3 3 11 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93
Bernd Schneider, D
2488 L4 Class 1 38 laps, 38.39,30 9 0.58,07    
4 4 14 Schübel Engineering
Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI
Christian Danner, D
2499 V6 Class 1 38 laps, 38.39,60 7 0.57,56    
5 5 7 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI
Alessandro Nannini, I
2499 V6 Class 1 38 laps, 38.49,99 1 0.56,84 0.57,24  
6 6 8 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI
Nicola Larini, I
2499 V6 Class 1 38 laps, 39.14,03 6 0.57,54    
7 7 16 Persson Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II
Uwe Alzen, D
2488 L4 Class 1 38 laps, 39.22,18 15 no time    
8 8 4 Diebels Zakspeed Team
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93
Jörg van Ommen, D
2488 L4 Class 1 37 3 0.56,95    
9 9 20 DTM Junior Team
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II
Sandy Grau, D
2488 L4 Class 1 37 11 0.58,92    
10 10 3 Diebels Zakspeed Team
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93
Kurt Thiim, DK
2488 L4 Class 1 37 2 0.56,87    
11 11 33 Ruch Motorsport
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT
Gerd Ruch, D
4999 V8 Class 1 36 16 0.58,32    
12 12 32 Kauchuk
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Josef Venc, CS
2492 L4 Class 1 36 14 0.59,87    
13 13 25 Kissling Motorsport
Opel Omega 3000 24v Evolution 500 3.8
Volker Strycek, D
3780 L6 Class 1 36 10 0.58,51    
14 14 10 Linder Rennsport
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Harald Becker, D
2492 L4 Class 1 35 18 0.58,65    
15 15 30 Bervid Sport Styling
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Václav Bervid, CS
2492 L4 Class 1 35 31 no time    
16 16 42 Duller
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Hermann Duller, D
2492 L4 Class 1 35 26 1.00,72    
17 17 17 Persson Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II
Olaf Manthey, D
2488 L4 Class 1 34 13 0.59,13    
18 18 24 Tauber Motorsport
BMW M3 Sport Evo
German Tauber, D
2492 L4 Class 1 34 22 0.59,65    
19 1 52 Engstler
Alfa Romeo 155 TS D2
Franz Engstler, D
1998 L4 Class 2 34 29 1.01,91    
20 19 21 Racing Dynamics
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Georg Severich, D
2492 L4 Class 1 34 24 0.59,71    
21 20 28  
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Werner Lenk, D
2492 L4 Class 1 33 28 1.00,84    
22 21 26 Voltolina OHG
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Achille Voltolina, I
2492 L4 Class 1 30 25 1.00,65    
DNF   19 Auto Maass BMW
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Carsten Struwe, D
2492 L4 Class 1 24 19 0.58,98   Throttle cable
DNF   2 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93
Ellen Lohr, D
2488 L4 Class 1 23 12 0.58,99   Gearbox
DNF   34 Ruch Motorsport
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT
Jürgen Ruch, D
4999 V8 Class 1 22 30 1.08,97   Tires
DNF   15 Schübel Engineering
Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI
Giorgio Francia, I
2499 V6 Class 1 11 4 0.57,47   Engine
DNF   13 Buffalo Boots Racing
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT
Jürgen Feucht, D
4999 V8 Class 1 11 23 0.59,71   Electrics
DNF   9 Jägermeister Linder Team
BMW 325i coupé E36 DTM
Armin Hahne, D
2492 L4 Class 1 7 17 0.58,52   Radiator
DNF   37 BAS Reifentechnik
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II
Armin Bernhard, D
2488 L4 Class 1 6 27 1.00,75   Engine
DNF   29 Auto Maass BMW
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Marc Gindorf, D
2492 L4 Class 1 5 21 0.59,44   Accident
DNF   23 DTM Junior Team
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II
Stig Amthor, D
2488 L4 Class 1 2 20 0.59,10   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 1 12 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93
Roland Asch, D
2488 L4 Class 1 38 laps, 36.31,83        
2 2 14 Schübel Engineering
Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI
Christian Danner, D
2499 V6 Class 1 38 laps, 38.32,16        
3 3 8 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI
Nicola Larini, I
2499 V6 Class 1 38 laps, 36.35,81     0.56,48  
4 4 3 Diebels Zakspeed Team
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93
Kurt Thiim, DK
2488 L4 Class 1 38 laps, 36.37,14        
5 5 15 Schübel Engineering
Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI
Giorgio Francia, I
2499 V6 Class 1 38 laps, 37.07,33        
6 6 20 DTM Junior Team
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II
Sandy Grau, D
2488 L4 Class 1 38 laps, 37.14,85        
7 7 16 Persson Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II
Uwe Alzen, D
2488 L4 Class 1 38 laps, 37.19,93        
8 8 17 Persson Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II
Olaf Manthey, D
2488 L4 Class 1 38 laps, 36.27,08        
9 9 10 Linder Rennsport
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Harald Becker, D
2492 L4 Class 1 37        
10 10 4 Diebels Zakspeed Team
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93
Jörg van Ommen, D
2488 L4 Class 1 37        
11 11 25 Kissling Motorsport
Opel Omega 3000 24v Evolution 500 3.8
Volker Strycek, D
3780 L6 Class 1 37        
12 12 32 Kauchuk
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Josef Venc, CS
2492 L4 Class 1 37        
13 13 19 Auto Maass BMW
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Carsten Struwe, D
2492 L4 Class 1 37        
14 14 23 DTM Junior Team
Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II
Stig Amthor, D
2488 L4 Class 1 37        
15 15 30 Bervid Sport Styling
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Václav Bervid, CS
2492 L4 Class 1 37        
16 16 29 Auto Maass BMW
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Marc Gindorf, D
2492 L4 Class 1 36        
17 17 42 Duller
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Hermann Duller, D
2492 L4 Class 1 36        
18 18 24 Tauber Motorsport
BMW M3 Sport Evo
German Tauber, D
2492 L4 Class 1 35        
19 1 52 Engstler
Alfa Romeo 155 TS D2
Franz Engstler, D
1998 L4 Class 2 34        
20 19 28  
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Werner Lenk, D
2492 L4 Class 1 34        
21/NRF   34 Ruch Motorsport
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT
Jürgen Ruch, D
4999 V8 Class 1 25       Engine
22/NRF   1 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93
Klaus Ludwig, D
2488 L4 Class 1 19       Accident
23/NRF   11 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93
Bernd Schneider, D
2488 L4 Class 1 19       Suspension
24/NRF   26 Voltolina OHG
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Achille Voltolina, I
2492 L4 Class 1 19       Engine
DNF   9 Jägermeister Linder Team
BMW 325i coupé E36 DTM
Armin Hahne, D
2492 L4 Class 1 11       Rear axle
DNF   21 Racing Dynamics
BMW M3 Sport Evo
Georg Severich, D
2492 L4 Class 1 7       Engine
DNF   33 Ruch Motorsport
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT
Gerd Ruch, D
4999 V8 Class 1 6       Engine
DNF   2 AMG Motorenbau GmbH
Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93
Ellen Lohr, D
2488 L4 Class 1 3       Accident
DNF   7 Alfa Corse
Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI
Alessandro Nannini, I
2499 V6 Class 1 3       Transmission

Remarks: Grid positions 1-15 decided in top-15 qualifying