German Touring Car Championship 1991

The Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo successfully used by Audi.

The German Touring Car Championship in 1991 was the eighth season of the DTM . The first run took place on March 31, 1991 at the Belgian Circuit Zolder and the last run of the season on September 29 at the Hockenheimring . This was followed by two ITR Cup races in Brno and Donington on October 6th and 20th. The results of the DTM and ITR Cup races were added up for the ITR driver's cup classification.

A total of 24 races were held in Germany , Czechoslovakia , Great Britain and Belgium . Two runs were held on each of the 12 race weekends.

Overall winner of the DTM drivers' championship was Frank Biela in the Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo with 174 points. Biela also won the ITR driver's cup title with 218 points.

Audi was the first manufacturer in DTM history to succeed in defending the title in a subsequent season.

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend
1	Hans-Joachim Stuck	SMS Schmidt Motorsport	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo	all
2	Hubert Haupt			1-9, 11, 12
3	Johnny Cecotto	BMW M Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	all
4th	Joachim Winkelhock			all
5	Kris Nissen			all
7th	Kurt Thiim	AMG Motorenbau GmbH	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	all
8th	Klaus Ludwig			all
9	Alain Cudini	Snobeck SA	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	all
10	Jacques Laffite			all
11	Steve Soper	BMW M Team Bigazzi	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	all
12	Armin Hahne			all
13	Peter Zakowski	Unitron Sports	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	all
14th	Ralf Kelleners			2, 3, 5-12
15th	Dieter Quester	Linder M team	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	1-8, 11, 12
16	Altfrid Heger			all
17th	Annette Meeuvissen			1-10
18th	Fabien Giroix	Zakspeed Racing	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	1-5
19th	Roland Asch			all
20th	Michael sSchumacher			6, 7
22nd	Frank Schmickler	MS-Jet Racing	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	1-7
22nd		Opel Team Irmscher	Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo 500	8, 10
23	Jörg van Ommen	MS-Jet Racing	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	all
24	Jochen Mass			1, 5, 7
25th	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Opel Team Eggenberger	Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo 500	all
26th	Alain Ferté			all
28	Kurt Koenig	Auto Maass Climair Auto	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	all
29	Markus Oestreich	BMW Team Isert	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	6th
30th	Leopold Prince of Bavaria			1-4, 6-10
31	Christian Danner	MM Diebels Alt	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	1-5, 8-10
32	Otto Rensing			1-5, 8-10
33	Günther Murmann			4, 6, 11
34	Luca Maggiorelli	Valier Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	2-10
36	Franz Engstler	Opel Team Irmscher	Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo 500	1-5, 8-12
37	Volker Strycek			2-5, 7-10
38	Michael Ickenstein	Tic Tac Tauber team	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	1
39	Franz Dufter			2
40	Gerd Ruch	Gerd Ruch Motorsport	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT	3-5, 8, 10, 11
41	Fred Raker			3, 5, 7, 8, 12
42	Cor Euser	Marlboro BMW dealer	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	1, 3, 5-8, 10
43	Allen mountain	Tic Tac Tauber team	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	3–5, 7, 8, 10, 12
44	Frank Jelinski	AZR Audi center	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo	all
45	Frank Biela			all
46	Walter Röhrl	SMS Schmidt Motorsport	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo	10
47	Jürgen Ruch	Gerd Ruch Motorsport	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT	4th
50	Armin Bernhard	BAS tire service	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	all
51	Heinz Becker	Gronemeyer automotive technology	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT	4, 5
55	Harald Becker	Team Vanicek	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	1-6, 8-10
57	Josef Venc			11
65	Alain Menu	Linder M team	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	9, 10
66	Peter Oberndorfer	Opel Team Schübel	Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo 500	1-7, 9-12
74	Sepp Haider	Opel Team Irmscher	Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo 500	7th
77	Fritz Kreutzpointner	AMG Motorenbau GmbH	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	all
78	Ellen Lohr			1-5, 7-12
88	Bernd Schneider			8-10, 12
99	Manuel Reuter	Opel Team Schübel	Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo 500	8th

Race calendar and results

round		Race (track)	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Run 1	Bergischer Löwe Circuit Zolder	March 31	100.656 km	Johnny Cecotto	Joachim Winkelhock	Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
	Run 2			100.656 km		Alain Cudini	Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
2	Run 1	Hockenheimring racing festival	April 14th	102.030 km	Armin Hahne	Steve Soper	Steve Soper	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
	Run 2			102.030 km		Steve Soper	Steve Soper	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
3	Run 1	Eifel race Nürburgring	April 21	99.924 km	Kurt Thiim	Joachim Winkelhock	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
	Run 2			99.924 km		Johnny Cecotto	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
4th	Run 1	AVUS race AVUS	5th of May	102.480 km	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hubert Haupt	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo
	Run 2			102.480 km		Hans-Joachim Stuck	Frank Biela	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo
5	Run 1	Airfield race Wunstorf Wunstorf Air Base	June 9th	101,000 km	Johnny Cecotto	Joachim Winkelhock	Joachim Winkelhock	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
	Run 2			101,000 km		Johnny Cecotto	Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
6th	Run 1	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	June 30th	101.200 km	Roland Asch	Kurt Thiim	Kurt Thiim	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
	Run 2			101.200 km		Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo
7th	Run 1	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz Air Base	4th of August	99.530 km	Jacques Laffite	Roland Asch	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo
	Run 2			102.220 km		Klaus Ludwig	Steve Soper	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
8th	Run 1	Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix	September 8th	99.924 km	Roland Asch	Roland Asch	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
	Run 2			99.924 km		Jacques Laffite	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
9	Run 1	ADAC Prize Singing Alemannenring	September 15th	100,800 km	Frank Biela	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Frank Biela	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo
	Run 2			100,800 km		Bernd Schneider	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo
10	Run 1	ADAC Prize Hockenheim Hockenheimring	September 29th	81.624 km	Frank Biela	Frank Biela	Frank Biela	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo
	Run 2			102.030 km		Hans-Joachim Stuck	Frank Biela	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo
11	Run 1	ITR Cup Brno Automotodrom Brno	October 6th	102.486 km	Roland Asch	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
	Run 2			102.486 km		Altfrid Heger	Steve Soper	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
12	Run 1	ITR Cup Donington Donington Park	the 20th of October	100.575 km	Frank Biela	Steve Soper	Frank Biela	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo
	Run 2			100.575 km		Frank Biela	Frank Biela	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo

Championship results

Point system

Points were awarded to the first 10 classified drivers in the following number:

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.
Points	20th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

A total of 29 drivers made it into the DTM points classification. The points from the ITR Cup races in Brno and Donington were not included in the DTM points classification. In the ITR drivers cup classification, the DTM points and the points from the ITR races were added together.

space driver ZOL HOC1 ONLY1 AVU WUN NOR THE ONLY2 ALE HOC2 BRN DON Points 1 Frank Biela 15th 3 19th 3 6th 7th 2 1 5 3 5 11 4th 6th 8th 11 1 DSQ 1 1 11 7th 1 1 174 2 Klaus Ludwig 2 14th 7th 7th 1 1 7th DNF 3 4th DNF 7th 8th 3 1 1 9 DNF 6th 5 1 DNF 4th 4th 166 3 Hans-Joachim Stuck 9 2 11 26th 10 DNF 1 2 16 11 6th 1 1 4th 9 16 3 1 14th 2 DNF DNF DNF 8th 158 4th Johnny Cecotto 1 1 9 DSQ 2 DNF 6th 5 6th 1 14th 6th 12 2 10 4th 5 DNF 4th 13 5 5 3 3 147 5 Steve Soper 5 15th 1 1 DNF 16 5 4th 20th 6th 9 4th 2 1 5 14th 6th 16 DNF 29 2 1 2 2 133 6th Alain Cudini 7th DNF 4th 2 7th 5 34 27 2 9 4th DNF 15th 8th 2 2 DNF DNS 9 8th 9 10 8th DNF 106 7th Joachim Winkelhock 8th DNF 3 17th DNF 3 8th 6th 1 2 11 DNF DNQ 5 7th DNF DNF 4th 5 15th 6th DNF 7th 6th 101 8th Kurt Thiim 4th 4th 6th 4th DNF 9 13 28 12 DNF 1 2 9 DNF 27 7th 2 DNF 8th 11 4th 4th 10 DNF 97 9 Roland Asch 10 7th 8th DNF 4th DNF 10 7th 7th 7th 3 3 7th 7th 4th 5 DNF DNF 7th 6th 3 2 21st DNF 91 10 Frank Jelinski 17th 10 12 6th 11 8th 3 32 DNF DNF 7th 5 21st DNF DNF DNF 4th 3 2 3 16 6th 6th 16 83 11 Jacques Laffite 21st DNF 5 9 5 6th 15th 21st 4th 5 13 8th 3 DNS 3 3 DNS DNS 12 12 13 DNF 5 7th 81 12 Kris Nissen 3 DNF 28 13 8th 4th 32 10 19th DNF 2 DNS 10 13 13 DNF 8th 10 DNS DNS 15th 8th 9 5 46 13 Jörg van Ommen 14th 8th 10 10 3 2 9 8th DNF 15th DNF DNF 16 11 DNF DNF 13 DNF DNF 9 10 DNF 11 9 39 14th Armin Hahne 6th DNF 2 12 DNF 13 DNF 31 9 20th 10 DNF 5 DNF 15th DNF 7th 12 31 DNS 8th 3 DNF 13 36 15th Bernd Schneider 11 6th 23 2 10 7th DNF DNS 26th 15th Hubert Haupt 19th DNS 26th DNS 15th 11 4th 3 10 DNF 8th DNF DNS 16 DNF DNS DNF DSQ EX EX 12 DNF DNF DNS 26th 17th Walter Röhrl 3 4th 22nd 18th Altfrid Heger 16 11 16 24 9 DNF 14th 30th 8th 8th DNF 10 28 DNS 6th 8th 12 DNF 11 16 7th DNF 12 11 18th 19th Fritz Kreutzpointner 12 5 14th 29 14th DNF 12 9 DNF 10 12 9 11 DNF 12 9 10 DNF 13 10 17th 9 DNF 10 17th 20th Otto Rensing DNF 18th DNF 20th 18th 14th 25th 20th DNF DNF 19th 19th 17th 5 27 DNF 8th 21st Christian Danner 23 6th 18th 14th 16 12 DNF DNS 22nd DNF DNF 12 14th DNF 29 19th 6th 21st Peter Oberndorfer 27 20th DNF DNS 29 DNS 19th 12 18th DNF 18th 18th 30th DNS 24 6th 30th DNF 20th DNS 14th 14th 6th 23 Fabien Giroix 11 9 DNF 8th DNF 17th 17th 19th 11 12 5 24 Peter Zakowski 20th 13 30th DNS 17th 15th 22nd 14th 17th 14th DSQ 15th DNS DNS 24 DNF 20th 7th 20th 26th 23 15th 15th DNF 4th 25th Allen mountain 22nd 19th 27 DNF DNF DNF DNQ DNF 29 17th 28 21st DNQ 8th 22nd DNF DNF DNS 3 26th Volker Strycek DNF DNS DNF DNF 21st 13 DNF 13 14th 9 DNF DNS 16 11 DNF 23 2 26th Armin Bernhard 28 21st DNF 22nd DNF DNS 31 24 25th 18th DNQ 19th 20th DNF DNF DNS 22nd 9 26th 28 DNF DNF 20th 20th 2 26th Ellen Lohr 13 DNF 27 15th 13 10 16 29 13 DNF 13 21st 14th 10 11 DNF DNF DNS 14th 11 DNF 12 2 29 Leopold Prince of Bavaria 26th DNF 22nd DNF 27 DNF 20th 22nd DNF DNF 19th 10 21st DNF 15th DNS 18th 22nd 1 30th Frank Schmickler 22nd 12 11 13 DNF 12 11 11 DNF DNS 23 DNF DNF DNF 22nd 23 DNF 25th 0 30th Dieter Quester DNF 24 15th 27 DNF DNS 18th 26th 14th 17th 15th 12 DNF DNS 16 DNF 19th 12 13 DNF 0 30th Luca Maggiorelli 20th DNF 28 DNS 23 15th DNF DNS 16 DNF 18th 12 29 13 DNF DNS 19th 30th 0 30th Alain Ferté 25th 17th 23 23 24 DNF 26th 23 24 DNS 24 DNF 27 18th 18th 15th 18th DNF 31 24 18th 13 15th 16 0 30th Cor Euser 18th 19th 20th DNF DNF DNS 13 21st DNF 17th 20th 22nd 14th 21st 0 30th Franz Engstler DNF 16 DNF 29 21st 18th DNF DNS 15th DNF DNF 17th DNF DNF 20th DNF 14th 24 18th DNF 0 30th Alain Menu 19th 14th 15th 16 0 30th Markus Oestreich 19th 14th 0 30th Michael sSchumacher DNF 25th 14th DNF 0 30th Kurt Koenig DNF DNF 21st 18th 23 20th 24 16 DNF DNS 20th DNF 22nd DNS 25th 18th 21st 15th 16 18th DNF 21st 19th 18th 0 30th Annette Meeuvissen DNF 23 25th 31 25th 22nd 30th 18th DNF 16 DNQ 16 15th 24 31 DNF DNF DNS 32 23 0 30th Ralf Kelleners 17th 16 19th 23 23 DNS 22nd DNF 26th DNF 30th DNS DNF DNS 25th 21st 22nd DNF 17th 19th 0 30th Günther Murmann DNF 29 DNF DNF 16 25th 0 30th Klaus Niedzwiedz DNF DNS 19th 24 DNF 21st 17th 28 DNF DNF DNF DNS 25th 20th DNF DNS DNF DNS 17th 24 DNF DNS DNF 17th 0 30th Harald Becker 29 22nd 28 25th 26th 24 35 DNS 21st 19th DNF 17th 26th 23 DNF DNS DNF 27 0 30th Manuel Reuter 17th 20th 0 30th Gerd Ruch DNF DNF 33 25th DNF 21st DNF DNS 28 DNF 26th 17th DNS 21st 0 30th Fred Raker DNF 25th DNF DNF DNF DNF DNQ 17th DNF 22nd 0 30th Sepp Haider DNF 19th 0 30th Franz Dufter DNF 21st 0 30th Jochen Mass DNF DNS DNF DNS DNF 23 0 30th Josef Venc 27 DNF 0 30th Jürgen Ruch 36 DNS 0 30th Michael Ickenstein DNF DNS 0 30th  Heinz Becker DNS DNS DNS DNS 0 space driver ZOL HOC1 ONLY1 AVU WUN NOR THE ONLY2 ALE HOC2 BRN DON 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

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The races in Brno and Donington were not part of the DTM championship.

Web links

• The 1991 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - website: German Touring Car Championship 1991. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on July 19, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} DTM website: 1991: title defended. From: www.dtm.com , accessed July 18, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - website: 1991 German Touring Car Championship, 1991 ITR Cup. From: touringcarracing.net , accessed July 19, 2018 .