German Touring Car Championship 1988

The Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth used successfully by Ford.

The 1988 German Touring Car Championship was the DTM's fifth season . The first run took place on March 3, 1988 on the Circuit Zolder . The last run was on October 16th at the Hockenheimring .

A total of 24 races were held in Germany , Belgium , Austria and, for the first time, in Czechoslovakia and Hungary . As an innovation compared to the previous DTM years, two races were driven on each of the 12 race weekends.

Overall winner was Klaus Ludwig in the Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth with 258 points.

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend
1	Frank Schmickler	BMW M Team Zakspeed	BMW M3	1-8
			BMW M3 Evo	9-12
2	Markus Oestreich		BMW M3	1-8
			BMW M3 Evo	9-12
3	Annette Meeuvissen		BMW M3	1-7
			BMW M3 Evo	9, 11, 12
4th	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Ringshausen Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	1-4, 7, 10-12
5	Manuel Reuter			3-10, 12
6th	Steve Soper			8, 9
7th	Walter Mertes	BMW Isert	BMW M3	1-5, 7, 8
			BMW M3 Evo	9-12
8th	Olaf Manthey		BMW M3	1-8
			BMW M3 Evo	9-12
9	Harald Grohs	Valier Motorsport	BMW M3	1-8
			BMW M3 Evo	9-12
10	Per Stureson	IPS Jet Racing	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	all
12	Siegfried Muller Jr.			all
13	Anton Goeser	AC Munich	BMW 635 CSi	1, 2
			BMW M3	4, 6, 8
			BMW M3 Evo	10
14th	Kurt Koenig	Kamei crew	BMW M3	1-8
			BMW M3 Evo	9-12
15th	Jörg van Ommen	Star AMG Marko RSM	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	1-9, 11, 12
16	Franz Klammer			all
17th	Thomas von Löwis	Visa Santander International Schwaben Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	1, 3-12
18th	Klaus Ludwig	Team Hein Gericke Ford Grab Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	all
19th	Frank Biela			3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12
20th	Bernd Schneider			8th
21st	Beate Nodes	Ford-Grab Motorsport GmbH	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	5, 7, 9
22nd	Christian Danner	Alpina	BMW M3	1-8
			BMW M3 Evo	9-12
23	Peter Oberndorfer		BMW M3	1-8
			BMW M3 Evo	9, 11, 12
24	Stefan Neuberger	Car deaf	BMW M3	12
25th	Armin Hahne	Würth Wolf Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	all
27	Dany Snobeck	Snobeck Racing Service	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	1-9, 11, 12
28	Alain Cudini			all
29	Jean-Pierre Malcher			12
30th	Heinz-Friedrich Peil	Kissling Motorsport	Opel Kadett GSi 16V	1-4, 6-9, 11, 12
31	Patrick de Radiguès	MK Motorsport	BMW M3	2
31	Kurt Thiim	MK Motorsport	BMW M3	3, 4, 6
		AMG Motorenbau GmbH	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	8, 9, 11, 12
33	Dieter Quester	BMW M Team Linder	BMW M3	1-8
			BMW M3 Evo	9-12
34	Altfrid Heger		BMW M3	1-8
			BMW M3 Evo	9-11
35	Mercedes Stermitz		BMW M3	1-5
			BMW M3 Evo	9-11
37	Fritz Mueller	Müller-Bräu team	BMW 635 CSi	3, 4, 9-12
38	Rudiger Schmitt	Euro Racing PCD computer	BMW M3	1-9, 12
39	Mario Ketterer	MK Motorsport	BMW M3	5, 6
			BMW M3 Evo	10
40	Leopold Prince of Bavaria	Euro Racing	BMW M3	8th
41	Roland Asch	BMK motorsport	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	all
42	Norbert Brenner			1-7, 9
43	Ralf-Werner Müller			3-9, 11, 12
44	Johnny Cecotto	AMG Motorenbau GmbH	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	all
45	Marc Hessel			1-7
46	Heiner Weiss			1-3, 9-12
47	Bob Wollek	BMK motorsport	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	4, 8, 10
48	Claus Dupré	Kamei crew	BMW M3	1, 3, 9, 10, 12
49	John Lagodny	Private	BMW M3	7th
50	Peter John	Team Hein Gericke American Car Service	Chevrolet Camaro	3, 5, 7
51	Volker Strycek	Gubin sport	BMW M3	1, 3
		Bemani Toyota Switzerland	Toyota Supra 3.0i MA70	12
52	Leopold Gallina	Star AMG Marko RSM	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	1, 3, 4, 10
53	Ludwig Weber	Private	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	-
54	Hans Kalaschek	Euro Racing	BMW M3	4, 7, 12
56	Gerhard Müller	Car deaf	BMW M3	1-9, 11, 12
58	Harald Becker	SWR Motorsport	BMW M3	2-4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12
59	Arnold Mattschull	Valier Motorsport	BMW M3	2-4, 6, 9, 11, 12
60	Sepp Haider	Opel Haider	Opel Kadett GSi 16V	10, 12
65	Jean-Louis Schlesser	AMG Motorenbau GmbH	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	12
66	Roberto Ravaglia	AC Munich	BMW M3 Evo	10
67	Winfried Vogt	BMW M Team Linder	BMW M3 Evo	12
68	Eric van de Poele			12
70	Peter Cramer	Private	BMW M3	12
?	Herbert Lingmann	Private	BMW M3	7, 11
?	Karl Baron	Werginz Motorsport	BMW M3	11
?	Michael Roppes	Private	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	12
?	Gerd Ruch	Ruch Motorsport	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT	11, 12

Remarks

1. ↑ Mention withdrawn.

Race calendar and results

round		Race (track)	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Run 1	Bergischer Löwe Circuit Zolder	3rd of April	100.416 km	Armin Hahne	Armin Hahne	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
	Run 2			100.416 km		Armin Hahne	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
2	Run 1	Sports car festival Hockenheimring	April 24th	100.092 km	Harald Grohs	Harald Grohs	Christian Danner	BMW M3
	Run 2			100.092 km		Christian Danner	Christian Danner	BMW M3
3	Run 1	Eifel race Nürburgring	1st of May	99.924 km	Altfrid Heger	Kurt Thiim	Kurt Thiim	BMW M3
	Run 2			99.924 km		Altfrid Heger	Dany Snobeck	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16
4th	Run 1	100 miles from Brno Automotodrom Brno	May 22	102.486 km	Armin Hahne	Dany Snobeck	Armin Hahne	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
	Run 2			102.486 km		Dany Snobeck	Dany Snobeck	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16
5	Run 1	AVUS race AVUS	May 29th	97.320 km	Harald Grohs	Jörg van Ommen	Johnny Cecotto	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16
	Run 2			97.320 km		Armin Hahne	Johnny Cecotto	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16
6th	Run 1	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen airfield	June 5th	101.250 km	Klaus Ludwig	Roland Asch	Altfrid Heger	BMW M3
	Run 2			101.250 km		Altfrid Heger	Altfrid Heger	BMW M3
7th	Run 1	24-hour race Nürburgring Nürburgring-Nordschleife	18th of June	101.200 km	Armin Hahne	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Armin Hahne	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
	Run 2			101.200 km		Armin Hahne	Armin Hahne	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
8th	Run 1	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	June 26th	101.200 km	Klaus Ludwig	Alain Cudini	Armin Hahne	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
	Run 2			101.200 km		Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
9	Run 1	Airfield race Wunstorf Wunstorf Air Base	17th July	101,000 km	Klaus Ludwig	Dieter Quester	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
	Run 2			101,000 km		Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
10	Run 1	Alpine trophy Salzburg Salzburgring	August 28th	? km	Alain Cudini	Races were canceled after mass accidents.
	Run 2			? km		Races were canceled after mass accidents.
11	Run 1	Circuit race Hungaroring Hungaroring	September 18	96.312 km	Johnny Cecotto	Alain Cudini	Johnny Cecotto	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16
	Run 2			100.325 km		Frank Schmickler	Johnny Cecotto	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16
12	Run 1	ADAC Prize of the City of Esslingen Hockenheimring	October, 16th	101.970 km	Armin Hahne	Kurt Koenig	Armin Hahne	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
	Run 2			101.970 km		Alain Cudini	Armin Hahne	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth

Championship results

Point system

Points were awarded to the first 18 classified drivers in the following number. There were four deletion results :

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th	16.	17th	18th
Points	20th	18th	16	15th	14th	13	12	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

A total of 50 drivers made it into the points classification.

space	driver	ZOL		HOC1		ONLY1		BRN		AVU		MAY		ONLY2		NOR		WUN		SAL		HUN		HOC2		Points
1	Klaus Ludwig	1	1	10	8th	2	5	2	2	DNF	12	DNF	9	5	4th	23	1	1	1	C.	C.	DNF	DNF	9	5	258
2	Roland Asch	14th	11	8th	9	3	4th	4th	11	(14)	DNF	2	2	2	DNF	2	3	9	DNF	C.	C.	7th	11	2	2	242
3	Armin Hahne	2	19th	19th	DNF	DNF	9	1	DNF	3	2	12	8th	1	1	1	DNF	5	4th	C.	C.	17th	12	1	1	238
4th	Markus Oestreich	7th	3	12	12	4th	6th	31	8th	6th	5	3	3	3	2	9	(16)	8th	7th	C.	C.	4th	4th	DNF	(15)	237
5	Alain Cudini	DNF	5	2	2	DNF	DNF	29	DNS	9	4th	5	4th	DNF	7th	5	2	15th	10	C.	C.	5	5	4th	4th	219
6th	Johnny Cecotto	8th	DNF	13	DNF	13	12	33	DNS	1	1	15th	DNF	11	9	3	4th	7th	6th	C.	C.	1	1	3	DNF	204
7th	Peter Oberndorfer	5	6th	7th	5	5	2	7th	DSQ	17th	DNS	10	11	10	8th	11	11	14th	20th			15th	(17)	11	8th	180
8th	Altfrid Heger	6th	DNF	20th	11	DNF	DNF	5	3	DNF	10	1	1	4th	DNF	6th	15th	13	8th	C.	C.	8th	6th			173
9	Dieter Quester	10	13	5	4th	26th	13	6th	10	5	17th	8th	7th	DNF	6th	12	18th	10	13	C.	C.	9	9	DNF	25th	167
10	Harald Grohs	4th	20th	3	3	9	10	21st	DNF	2	3	11	13	DNF	5	7th	8th	11	18th	C.	C.	DNF	DNF	17th	21st	162
11	Christian Danner	26th	8th	1	1	DNF	14th	34	DNF	11	DNF	4th	6th	9	3	24	DNF	24	26th	C.	C.	11	13	12	7th	151
12	Frank Schmickler	18th	12	9	7th	7th	11	8th	DNF	19th	20th	14th	10	8th	11	13	13	4th	16			13	10	14th	12	150
13	Siegfried Muller Jr.	24	9	11	13	12	8th	12	5	20th	7th	27	12	12	DNF	8th	6th	28	DNS	C.	C.	14th	24	5	6th	145
14th	Dany Snobeck	25th	7th	25th	DNF	10	1	3	1	DNF	DNS	7th	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	12	9			10	8th	DNF	DNS	140
15th	Jörg van Ommen	3	4th	4th	10	8th	DNF	30th	6th	DNF	DNS	6th	DNF	DNF	DNS	26th	22nd	DNF	DNS			6th	21st	15th	3	125
15th	Frank Biela					11	7th	10	4th			DNF	17th	7th	DNF			3	3			12	7th	13	9	125
17th	Klaus Niedzwiedz	11	2	6th	6th	DNF	DNF	11	7th					DNF	DNS					C.	C.	3	2	10	DNF	115
18th	Kurt Thiim					1	2	15th	DNF			25th	DNF			4th	5	DNF	11			2	3	DNF	DSQ	111
19th	Kurt Koenig	9	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	15th	14th	9	12	DNF	16	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	12	C.	C.	26th	14th	16	11	77
20th	Manuel Reuter					14th	DNF	DNF	19th	DNF	15th	13	DNF	14th	10	DNF	9	6th	5	C.	C.			25th	DNS	66
21st	Franz Klammer	12	10	21st	16	18th	27	17th	23	10	6th	18th	15th	16	12	19th	23	17th	DNF	C.	C.	20th	15th	20th	DNF	65
22nd	Olaf Manthey	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	28	DNF	13	DNF	21st	DNS	9	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	7th	18th	DNF	C.	C.	23	16	8th	23	56
23	Ralf-Werner Müller					19th	32	18th	13	8th	9	17th	16	19th	16	10	21st	DNF	DNS			21st	22nd	18th	14th	51
24	Per Stureson	13	14th	23	14th	15th	20th	DNF	DNS	4th	19th	DNF	DNF	22nd	17th	18th	19th	DNF	DNS	C.	C.	19th	DNS	26th	28	38
25th	Steve Soper															DNF	25th	2	2							36
26th	Rudiger Schmitt	DNF	DNS	18th	DNF	21st	30th	16	DNF	7th	8th	24	DNF	23	19th	14th	24	20th	DNF					DNF	27	32
27	Jean-Louis Schlesser																							7th	10	21st
27	Marc Hessel	19th	DNF	16	21st	16	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	DNS	19th	14th	DNF	DNS											21st
27	Gerhard Müller	21st	18th	28	15th	DNF	22nd	22nd	22nd	16	11	DNQ	DNF	18th	DNF	17th	17th	DNQ	DNQ			29	19th	DNF	DNS	21st
30th	Anton Goeser	15th	21st	DNQ	17th			32	12			20th	22nd			20th	12			C.	C.					20th
31	Annette Meeuvissen	20th	16	26th	19th	24	19th	23	14th	DNS	DNS	23	19th	DNF	13			DNF	19th			16	DNF	19th	18th	18th
32	Volker Strycek	DNF	DNS			6th	16																	DNS	DNS	16
33	Thomas von Löwis	17th	DNF			22nd	21st	26th	18th	15th	13	DNF	DNS	21st	18th	21st	DNF	22nd	DNF	C.	C.	22nd	23	22nd	20th	14th
34	Eric van de Poele																							6th	DNF	13
34	Harald Becker			DNF	DNS	17th	17th	20th	DNF			DNQ	20th	15th	14th			DNF	21st	C.	C.			24	24	13
36	Walter Mertes	DNS	DNS	14th	DNF	20th	DNS	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNF			DNF	DNS	15th	DNF	27	24	C.	C.	27	DNS	30th	16	12
37	Mercedes Stermitz	22nd	17th	22nd	18th	DNF	24	27	15th	DNF	DNS							19th	15th	C.	C.	25th	DNF			11
38	Bernd Schneider															22nd	10									9
39	Heinrich Weiss	16	15th	27	DNF	30th	25th											DNF	23	C.	C.	24	18th	21st	22nd	8th
39	Norbert Brenner	DNF	DNS	24	DNF	23	23	25th	21st	18th	16	22nd	21st	20th	15th			21st	DNS							8th
39	Heinz-Friedrich Peil	DNF	DNS	DNQ	20th	DNF	29	DNF	20th			DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNF	26th	16	14th			DNS	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th
42	Arnold Mattschull			17th	DNF	DNF	18th	19th	DNF			21st	18th					23	17th			18th	25th	29	19th	7th
42	Beate Nodes									13	18th			25th	DNF			25th	25th							7th
44	Jean-Pierre Malcher																							DNF	13	6th
45	Mario Ketterer									DNF	14th	26th	DNS							C.	C.					5
46	Bob Wollek							DNF	16							25th	DNF			C.	C.					3
46	Leopold Prince of Bavaria															16	20th									3
48	Herbert Lingmann													17th	DNF							DNF	DNS			2
48	Fritz Mueller					25th	26th	24	17th									DNF	DNS	C.	C.	28	DNF	23	26th	2
48	Winfried Vogt																							DNF	17th	2
51	Claus Dupré	23	DNS			27	28											26th	22nd	C.	C.			27	DNF	0
51	Peter John					29	DNF			DNF	DNS			DNF	DNS											0
51	Leopold Gallina	DNQ	DNQ			DNF	31	DNF	DNF											C.	C.					0
51	Sepp Haider																			C.	C.			32	DNF	0
51	Roberto Ravaglia																			C.	C.					0
51	Karl Baron																					DNF	DNS			0
51	Peter Cramer																							31	DNF	0
51	Hans Kalaschek							28	DNF					24	20th									28	DNF	0
51	John Lagodny													26th	DNS											0
51	Stefan Neuberger																							DNF	DNF	0
51	Michael Roppes																							DNF	DNS	0
51	Gerd Ruch																					DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	0
51	Patrick de Radiguès			DNQ	DNQ																					0
51	Herbert Drexler																			C.	C.					0
51	Wilfried Wiedner																					DNS	DNS			0
51	Herbert Breiteneder																							DNS	DNS	0
space	driver	ZOL		HOC1		ONLY1		BRN		AVU		MAY		ONLY2		NOR		WUN		SAL		HUN		HOC2		Points

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

• The 1988 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} DTM website: 1988: Ford drove. From: www.dtm.com , accessed on August 10, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Touringcarracing - website: German Touring Car Championship 1988. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on August 10, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - website: 1988 German Touring Car Championship. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on August 10, 2018 .