German Touring Car Championship 1989

The BMW M3 Evo driven by Roberto Ravaglia in the DTM.

The German Touring Car Championship in 1989 was the DTM's sixth season . The first run took place on April 9, 1989 on the Circuit Zolder . The last run was on October 15th at the Hockenheimring .

A total of 22 races were held in Germany and Belgium , each with two races on one of the 11 race weekends.

Overall winner was the Italian Roberto Ravaglia in the BMW M3 Evo with 285 points.

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend
1	Klaus Ludwig	AMG Motorenbau GmbH	Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	1-3
			Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo	4-6, 8-11
2	Kurt Thiim		Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	1-5
			Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo	6-11
3	Joachim Winkelhock		Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo	7, 8
4th	Roland Asch	MS-Jet Racing	Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	1-3
			Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo	4-11
5	Manuel Reuter		Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	1-4
			Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo	5-11
7th	Armin Hahne	Würth Wolf Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	1-3, 10
8th	Alain Ferté			5-9, 11
	Jeff Allam			4th
9	Markus Oestreich	Opel Team Irmscher	Opel Kadett GSi 16V	all
10	Peter Oberndorfer			all
11	Dany Snobeck	Snobeck Racing Service	Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	1-3
			Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo	4-11
12	Alain Cudini		Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	1-4
			Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo	5-11
13	Anton Goeser	AC Munich	BMW M3 Evo	1, 7, 8
14th	Johnny Cecotto	BMW M Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 Evo	2, 4-9, 11
15th	Roberto Ravaglia			all
16	Fabien Giroix			all
17th	Emanuele Pirro			6th
18th	Altfrid Heger	BMW M Team Linder	BMW M3 Evo	1-10
19th	Christian Danner			1, 7, 11
20th	Siegfried Muller Jr.	Schwaben Motorsport	Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	2-11
21st	Harald Becker			all
22nd	Harald Grohs	BMW Faltz Essen	BMW M3 Evo	2, 4-11
23	Jean-Michel Martin			1, 3, 5, 6, 8-11
24	Arnold Mattschull			1-3, 11
25th	Frank Biela	Ford-Grab Motorsport GmbH	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	all
26th	Franz Engstler	Tauber motorsport	BMW M3 Evo	11
27	Rudiger Schmitt	Ford-Grab Motorsport GmbH	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	all
28	Jörg van Ommen	Star Marko RSM	Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	1-5
			Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo	6-11
29	Karl Wendlinger		Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	1-5, 7-11
30th	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Motorsport Eggenberger	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	all
31	Gianfranco Brancatelli			all
32	Bernd Schneider			7th
33	Kurt Koenig	Auto Maass	BMW M3 Evo	all
34	Olaf Manthey	BMW Isert	BMW M3 Evo	all
35	Ralf-Werner Müller	BMK motorsport	Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	2-11
36	Steve Soper	BMW M Team Zakspeed	BMW M3 Evo	all
37	Kris Nissen			7-11
39	Dieter Quester			1-8
40	Volker Strycek	Kissling Motorsport	Opel Kadett GSi 16V	all
41	Leopold Prince of Bavaria	GS team	BMW M3 Evo	4, 5, 7, 9-11
43	Sepp Haider	Opel Team Irmscher	Opel Kadett GSi 16V	11
44	Volker Weidler	Ford Ringshausen Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	1-4, 7-11
45	Günther Murmann			1-4, 7, 8
46	Pierre Dieudonné			5, 6
47	Gerd Ruch	Ruch Motorsport	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT	1-3, 5, 7-11
48	Oldřich Vaníček		BMW M3 Evo	2-5, 7, 8
49	Hans Kalaschek	Association of South German Automobile Sportsmen	BMW M3 Evo	2, 6-8
50	Philipp Mueller	Bemani engine construction	Toyota Supra 3.0i MA70	2-5, 6-10
52	Reinhard Schall	Bloemer Motorsport	Toyota Supra 3.0i MA70	1, 2, 6, 10, 11
53	Fritz Mueller	Müller-Bräu team	BMW 635 CSi	5, 7, 9-11
54	Bernhard Wood		BMW 325i	8, 11
55	Stefan Neuberger	Tauber motorsport	BMW M3 Evo	1-8
56	Örnulf Willheim			1-6, 8-11
57	Bruno Eichmann			10, 11
59	Roland Ratzenberger	Star Marko RSM	Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	6th
60	Armin Bernhard	BB Motorsport	Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16	1-8, 10, 11
61	Eric van de Poele	BMW Faltz Essen	BMW M3 Evo	7th
64	Gerhard Müller		BMW M3 Evo	6th
		Bloemer Motorsport	Toyota Supra 3.0i MA70	8th
65	Annette Meeuvissen	BMW M Team Linder	BMW M3 Evo	2, 8
67	Klaus-Peter Thaler	Opel Team Irmscher	Opel Kadett GSi 16V	10
?	Stefan Oberndorfer	GS team	BMW M3 Evo	8th
?	Otto Altenbach		BMW M3 Evo	6th
?	Peter Elgaard		BMW M3 Evo	7th

Race calendar and results

round		Race (track)	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Run 1	Bergischer Löwe Circuit Zolder	9th April	102.816 km	Roberto Ravaglia	Roberto Ravaglia	Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3 Evo
	Run 2			102.816 km		Fabien Giroix	Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3 Evo
2	Run 1	Hockenheimring racing festival	April 16	101.955 km	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16
	Run 2			101.955 km		Armin Hahne	Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3 Evo
3	Run 1	Eifel race Nürburgring	April, 30th	99.924 km	Roberto Ravaglia	Steve Soper	Steve Soper	BMW M3 Evo
	Run 2			86.298 km		Steve Soper	Steve Soper	BMW M3 Evo
4th	Run 1	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen airfield	May 14th	101.250 km	Altfrid Heger	Steve Soper	Roland Asch	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo
	Run 2			99,000 km		Dieter Quester	Kurt Thiim	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16
5	Run 1	AVUS race AVUS	28th of May	97,600 km	Johnny Cecotto	Fabien Giroix	Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3 Evo
	Run 2			97,600 km		Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
6th	Run 1	24-hour race Nürburgring Nürburgring-Nordschleife	17th of June	101,400 km	Klaus Ludwig	Kurt Thiim	Alain Ferté	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
	Run 2			101,400 km		Alain Ferté	Alain Ferté	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
7th	Run 1	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	June 26th	98,900 km	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Kurt Thiim	Kurt Thiim	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo
	Run 2			98,900 km		Klaus Niedzwiedz	Alain Ferté	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
8th	Run 1	ADAC Prize Hockenheim Hockenheimring	2nd July	101.955 km	Roberto Ravaglia	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3 Evo
	Run 2			81.564 km		Johnny Cecotto	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
9	Run 1	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz Air Base	6th of August	102.220 km	Klaus Ludwig	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo
	Run 2			102.220 km		Steve Soper	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo
10	Run 1	Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix	September 3	99.924 km	Klaus Ludwig	Altfrid Heger	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo
	Run 2			77.214 km		Steve Soper	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo
11	Run 1	ADAC Prize of the City of Esslingen Hockenheimring	15th October	101.955 km	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Fabien Giroix	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
	Run 2			101.955 km		Steve Soper	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth

In addition, the Touring Car World Trophy was held on December 7th and 8th . The non-championship race in the style of the Race of Champions took place in Bologna . It was won by Johnny Cecotto from BMW M Team Schnitzer .

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 49 drivers made it into the points classification.

space	driver	ZOL		HOC1		ONLY1		MAY		AVU		ONLY2		NOR		HOC2		THE		ONLY3		HOC3		Points
1	Roberto Ravaglia	1	1	6th	DNF	24	DNS	3	2	1	5	3	3	4th	4th	5	5	2	9	4th	6th	(10)	2	285
2	Klaus Niedzwiedz	6th	3	(11)	3	9	5	7th	5	23	1	7th	4th	2	2	3	1	9	(16)	(10)	9	1	1	274
3	Fabien Giroix	2	2	9	4th	2	2	8th	DNF	(10)	2	(10)	8th	6th	3	8th	3	3	3	7th	7th	(11)	3	265
4th	Kurt Thiim	5	8th	7th	6th	6th	13	5	1	6th	7th	DNF	5	1	DNF	2	6th	DNF	DNS	2	4th	8th	19th	237
5	Steve Soper	3	8th	2	DNF	1	1	4th	4th	2	4th	5	6th	10	DNF	16	DNF	4th	13	5	2	16	22nd	233
6th	Manuel Reuter	8th	5	24	13	7th	4th	12	6th	4th	3	4th	7th	9	9	13	DNF	8th	5	DNF	DNF	6th	5	214
7th	Johnny Cecotto			3	1			2	8th	5	DNF	2	2	7th	6th	1	4th	DNF	DNS			3	4th	206
8th	Altfrid Heger	4th	9	4th	5	25th	6th	6th	DNF	12	11	8th	DNF	5	7th	DNF	DNS	17th	10	3	3			175
9	Gianfranco Brancatelli	23	DNF	14th	8th	10	10	11	13	DNS	DNS	13	11	11	DNF	9	11	5	2	11	10	4th	9	162
10	Roland Asch	12	10	8th	7th	5	DNF	1	9	DNF	DNS	6th	DNF	13	12	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	8th	5	12	12	161
11	Klaus Ludwig	DNF	DNS	1	20th	3	DNF	DNF	DNS	3	10	DNS	DNS			DNF	DNS	1	1	1	1	5	DNF	155
12	Dany Snobeck	11	7th	19th	11	8th	8th	9	DNF	28	15th	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	14th	10	7th	4th	6th	8th	9	8th	150
13	Frank Biela	19th	DNF	13	10	16	DNF	14th	7th	DNF	16	DNF	DNS	14th	10	7th	2	10	6th	DNF	DNF	2	6th	135
14th	Alain Cudini	10	6th	10	18th	11	9	13	12	15th	9	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	4th	9	12	23	9	18th	7th	DNF	132
15th	Dieter Quester	7th	14th	12	9	4th	3	DNQ	3	7th	DNF	DNF	DNS	8th	5	10	DNF							127
16	Jean-Michel Martin	9	13			15th	7th			17th	13	12	13			15th	8th	14th	7th	13	16	19th	10	103
17th	Jörg van Ommen	13	11	15th	14th	DNF	DNS	15th	DNF	13	6th	9	9	DNQ	13	20th	12	20th	17th	19th	17th	32	13	89
18th	Alain Ferté									27	DNS	1	1	3	1	DNF	DNS	11	20th			DNF	DNS	84
19th	Markus Oestreich	18th	DNS	30th	DNF	12	12	24	DNS	9	8th	11	10	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNS	21st	11	14th	11	14th	DNF	79
20th	Olaf Manthey	14th	DNF	16	22nd	26th	DNF	21st	10	8th	DNF	DNF	15th	12	11	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	15th	13	20th	DNF	57
21st	Christian Danner	17th	4th											22nd	8th							13	7th	46
22nd	Harald Grohs			18th	12			16	19th	11	DNF	14th	14th			DNQ	DNQ	16	8th	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	43
23	Philipp Mueller			DNF	DNF	17th	14th	10	DNF	29	14th			24	DNF	11	DNF	18th	22nd	25th	12			37
24	Rudiger Schmitt	24	16	25th	DNF	21st	17th	20th	DNF	16	20th	17th	17th	16	DNF	12	7th	DNF	DNS	20th	20th	DNQ	DNQ	34
25th	Siegfried Muller Jr.			21st	24	14th	11	DNF	11	26th	DNS	19th	DNF	DNQ	DNF	28	15th	DNF	DNS	16	15th	18th	DNF	33
26th	Armin Hahne	DNF	DNS	5	2	19th	DNF													DNF	DNS			32
27	Harald Becker	15th	12	32	15th	DNF	DNF	23	17th	18th	18th	22nd	21st	DNQ	14th	27	17th	19th	15th	DNF	23	22nd	21st	30th
28	Peter Oberndorfer	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	DNF	16	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	15th	12	26th	DNF	30th	14th	DNQ	DNF	18th	14th	DNF	15th	29
29	Kris Nissen													20th	DNS	17th	DNF	13	12	12	DNF	15th	DNF	26th
30th	Karl Wendlinger	27	DNF	23	16	23	DNS	17th	14th	25th	DNS			DNF	DNS	18th	19th	22nd	14th	17th	DNF	17th	20th	20th
31	Kurt Koenig	16	DNS	17th	DNF	18th	15th	18th	DNF	30th	DNS	DNF	18th	DNF	DNS	19th	13	DNQ	DNF	21st	DNF	DNF	DNS	18th
32	Volker Weidler	20th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS					23	15th	DNF	DNS	15th	19th	27	24	24	11	16
33	Volker Strycek	DNF	DNF	20th	25th	13	DNF	DNF	DNS	14th	DNF	DNF	19th	DNF	DNS	21st	16	DNF	24	DNF	19th	DNF	DNF	14th
34	Joachim Winkelhock													DNF	DNS	6th	DNF							13
35	Ralf-Werner Müller			DNF	DNS	22nd	DNF	22nd	18th	19th	12	21st	20th	DNQ	DNQ	22nd	18th	DNF	DNS	24	22nd	25th	16	12
36	Leopold Prince of Bavaria							DNQ	16	DNF	DNF			25th	19th			DNQ	18th	23	25th	DNS	14th	9
37	Pierre Dieudonné									22nd	DNF	16	16											6th
37	Anton Goeser	21st	15th											17th	DNF	24	DNF							6th
39	Eric van de Poele													15th	DNS									4th
39	Örnulf Willheim	22nd	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	28	DNS	DNF	15th	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS			23	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	4th
39	Günther Murmann	25th	17th	DNF	DNS	DNF	18th	DNF	DNS					21st	18th	25th	DNS							4th
42	Armin Bernhard	26th	DNS	27	19th	DNF	DNS	19th	DNF	21st	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNQ	16	26th	20th			28	27	DNF	DNS	3
43	Gerd Ruch	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNS	DNQ	DNQ			DNF	DNS			DNQ	17th	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	28	DNF	2
43	Fritz Mueller									24	17th			DNQ	DNQ			DNQ	21st	26th	26th	30th	DNF	2
43	Arnold Mattschull	DNF	DNF	26th	17th	DNF	DNS															DNF	DNS	2
43	Sepp Haider																					23	17th	2
47	Roland Ratzenberger											18th	DNF											1
47	Oldřich Vaníček			28	DNS	27	19th	DNQ	DNQ	20th	19th			DNQ	DNQ	29	DNS					26th	18th	1
47	Bernd Schneider													18th	DNF									1
48	Hans Kalaschek			DNF	DNS							DNF	DNS	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ							0
48	Stefan Neuberger	DNF	DNF	31	DNS	20th	DNF	25th	DNF	DNF	DNS	20th	22nd	19th	DNF	DNF	DNS							0
48	Bruno Eichmann																			DNF	DNS	31	23	0
48	Gerhard Müller											24	23			DNF	DNS							0
48	Annette Meeuvissen			22nd	21st											DNF	DNS							0
48	Franz Engstler																					21st	DNF	0
48	Bernhard Wood															32	21st					DNF	DNS	0
48	Stefan Oberndorfer															31	DNF							0
48	Klaus-Peter Thaler																			22nd	21st			0
48	Reinhard Schall	DNQ	DNQ	29	23							23	DNF							DNF	DNF	29	DNS	0
48	Jeff Allam							DNS																0
48	Emanuele Pirro											DNS	DNS											0
48	Otto Altenbach											DNS	DNS											0
48	Peter Elgaard													DNQ	DNQ									0
space	driver	ZOL		HOC1		ONLY1		MAY		AVU		ONLY2		NOR		HOC2		THE		ONLY3		HOC3		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 1989 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} DTM website: 1989: BMW strikes back. From: www.dtm.com , accessed on August 2, 2018 . 
2. ^ Touringcarracing - website: German Touring Car Championship 1989. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on August 2, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - website: 1989 German Touring Car Championship. From: touringcarracing.net , accessed on August 2, 2018 . 
4. ^ Touringcarracing - Website: Touring Car World Trophy Bologna. From: touringcarracing.net , accessed on August 2, 2018 .