German Touring Car Championship 1992

The Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II, with which Klaus Ludwig won the DTM championship in 1992.

The 1992 German Touring Car Championship was the ninth season of the DTM . The first run took place on April 4, 1992 at the Circuit Zolder, the last run of the season on October 11 at the Hockenheimring .

A total of 24 races were held in Germany , the Czech Republic and Belgium . Two runs were carried out on each of the 12 race weekends.

Overall winner was Klaus Ludwig in the Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II with 228 points. For Ludwig it was the second DTM title win after 1988 and for Mercedes the first title in the DTM.

Opel decided not to take part in the season and Audi got out of the DTM early during the current season.

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend
1	Frank Biela	AZR Audi Center Reutlingen	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo	1-6
2	Frank Jelinski			1-6
3	Klaus Ludwig	AMG Motorenbau GmbH	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	all
4th	Bernd Schneider			all
5	Ellen Lohr			all
6th	Keke Rosberg			all
7th	Johnny Cecotto	FINA Motorsport Team	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	all
9	Emanuele Pirro	BMW M Team Bigazzi	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	all
10	Steve Soper			1-10, 12
11	Jacques Laffite	MS Racing	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	all
12	Jörg van Ommen			all
14th	Joachim Winkelhock	BMW M Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	all
15th	Roberto Ravaglia			all
16	Altfrid Heger			all
17th	Roland Asch	Diebel's Zakspeed team	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	all
18th	Kurt Thiim			all
19th	Armin Hahne	Jägermeister Linder team	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	all
20th	Wayne Gardner			11, 12
21st	Kris Nissen	Unitron Sports	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	1-8
21st		BMW Team Isert	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	10, 12
22nd	Olivier Grouillard	BMW M Team Bigazzi	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	11
26th	Volker Strycek	Irmscher Motorsport	Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo 500	6th
27	Armin Bernhard	BAS Reifen Autotechnik	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	1-7, 9-12
28	Louis Krages ("John Winter")	Diebel's Zakspeed team	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	9-12
30th	Leopold Prince of Bavaria	BMW Team Isert	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	all
33	Gerd Ruch	Gerd Ruch Motorsport	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT	all
34	Fred Raker			1-4, 6, 7
35	Alexander Burgstaller	Valier Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	9
36	Franz Engstler			all
37	Thomas von Löwis	MM team	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	1-4
38	Fritz Kreutzpointner			all
40	Josef Venc	VAC	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	8th
42	Harald Becker	Auto Maass	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	2-12
44	Hans-Joachim Stuck	SMS Schmidt Motorsport	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo	1-6
45	Hubert Haupt			1-5
46	Franz Dufter	Tauber motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	7, 9
48	Siegfried Maier			4, 5
49	Václav Bervid	Bervid	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	8-12
50	Per-Gunnar Andersson	BMW Sweden	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	7, 9
51	Jürgen Feucht	Buffalo Boots Racing	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT	1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 12
55	Olaf Manthey	Manthey Racing	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	6, 9, 10
57	Thomas Winkelhock	MM team	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	5
66	Jürgen Ruch	Gerd Ruch Motorsport	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT	8, 12

Race calendar and results

round		Race (track)	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Run 1	Bergischer Löwe Circuit Zolder	April 5th	100.656 km	Kurt Thiim	Klaus Ludwig	Kurt Thiim	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
	Run 2			100.656 km		Klaus Ludwig	Kurt Thiim	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
2	Run 1	Eifel race Nürburgring	April 19th	99.924 km	Kurt Thiim	Keke Rosberg	Frank Biela	Audi V8 quattro DTM Evo
	Run 2			99.924 km		Roland Asch	Roland Asch	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
3	Run 1	Airfield race Wunstorf Wunstorf Air Base	May 3rd	99.924 km	Frank Biela	Roberto Ravaglia	Jörg van Ommen	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
	Run 2			99.924 km		Keke Rosberg	Keke Rosberg	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
4th	Run 1	AVUS race AVUS	10th of May	100.032 km	Frank Biela	Jacques Laffite	Steve Soper	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
	Run 2			100.032 km		Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
5	Run 1	Hockenheimring racing festival	May 24th	100.092 km	Klaus Ludwig	Ellen Lohr	Ellen Lohr	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
	Run 2			100.092 km		Bernd Schneider	Roland Asch	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
6th	Run 1	24-hour race Nürburgring Nürburgring-Nordschleife	18th of June	101.200 km	Johnny Cecotto	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
	Run 2			101.200 km		Johnny Cecotto	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
7th	Run 1	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	June 28th	94,300 km	Roland Asch	Emanuele Pirro	Joachim Winkelhock	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
	Run 2			101.200 km		Keke Rosberg	Steve Soper	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
8th	Run 1	Grand Prix Brno Automotodrom Brno	July 12	102.486 km	Kurt Thiim	Bernd Schneider	Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
	Run 2			86,304 km		Keke Rosberg	Johnny Cecotto	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
9	Run 1	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz Air Base	August 16	100.640 km	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
	Run 2			100.640 km		Bernd Schneider	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
10	Run 1	ADAC Prize Singing Alemannenring	September 6th	100,800 km	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
	Run 2			100,800 km		Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
11	Run 1	Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix	September 20th	102.986 km	Keke Rosberg	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
	Run 2			102.986 km		Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II
12	Run 1	DMV Prize Hockenheim Hockenheimring	October 11th	102.570 km	Kurt Thiim	Roberto Ravaglia	Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
	Run 2			102.570 km		Joachim Winkelhock	Roberto Ravaglia	BMW M3 Sport Evolution

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 25 drivers made it into the DTM points classification.

space	driver	ZOL		ONLY1		WUN		AVU		HOC1		ONLY2		NOR		BRN		THE		ALE		ONLY3		HOC2		Points
1	Klaus Ludwig	2	11	7th	5	2	3	4th	7th	DNF	2	1	1	8th	12	DNF	4th	1	1	DNF	4th	4th	1	3	DNF	228
2	Kurt Thiim	1	1	4th	2	3	5	7th	21st	DNF	4th	5	5	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	4th	3	2	2	5	DNF	2	DNF	192
3	Bernd Schneider	5	DNF	10	DNF	7th	4th	3	1	2	DNF	4th	4th	DNF	4th	7th	DNF	2	DNF	1	1	1	3	DNF	DNF	191
4th	Johnny Cecotto	12	DNF	6th	DNF	5	DNF	2	6th	9	8th	2	2	7th	7th	1	1	5	5	4th	12	3	4th	7th	2	185
5	Keke Rosberg	11	DNF	17th	8th	4th	1	12	15th	3	DNF	3	3	DNF	18th	DNF	2	3	2	DNF	6th	2	2	DNF	DNS	147
6th	Roland Asch	7th	2	5	1	6th	DNF	DNF	11	5	1	7th	6th	2	5	5	5	12	10	DNF	11	9	7th	6th	DNF	143
7th	Roberto Ravaglia	8th	4th	11	6th	19th	17th	15th	DNF	6th	3	8th	7th	5	3	2	3	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	1	1	134
8th	Joachim Winkelhock	DNF	9	9	4th	10	DNF	5	DNF	11	7th	12	11	1	2	DNF	6th	6th	9	DNF	DNF	7th	5	4th	3	110
9	Steve Soper	4th	13	DNF	7th	23	DNF	1	9	4th	5	6th	8th	4th	1	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	5	7th			19th	DNF	109
10	Jörg van Ommen	10	5	20th	9	1	2	11	5	20th	9	10	12	9	10	4th	DNF	10	11	3	3	10	9	5	DNF	106
11	Ellen Lohr	13	15th	19th	DNF	DNF	9	8th	2	1	DNF	13	13	3	6th	DNF	7th	7th	4th	8th	5	6th	6th	DNF	6th	105
12	Emanuele Pirro	6th	3	14th	3	DNF	16	23	3	10	DNF	21st	10	6th	8th	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	10	DNF	8th	9	5	85
13	Jacques Laffite	9	14th	18th	10	8th	6th	9	4th	7th	6th	11	9	11	11	DNF	13	18th	8th	10	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	43
14th	Altfrid Heger	DNF	7th	8th	13	13	8th	14th	DNF	8th	DNF	9	22nd	10	DNF	8th	9	9	6th	11	9	8th	10	8th	DNF	38
15th	Frank Biela	3	DNF	1	18th	DSQ	DSQ	DNF	8th	21st	14th	14th	15th													35
16	Franz Engstler	17th	8th	15th	DNF	14th	10	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	22nd	DNF	13	DNF	6th	8th	13	12	9	DNF	15th	11	11	4th	26th
17th	Kris Nissen	14th	6th	13	17th	9	7th	13	DNF	14th	10	DNF	DNS	12	13	9	11			7th	13			10	7th	24
18th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	DNF	DNF	2	12	11	DNF	6th	DNF	19th	DNF	23	DNF													21st
19th	Frank Jelinski	15th	DNF	3	11	12	13	DNF	DNS	DNF	12	DNF	DNF													12
20th	Harald Becker			21st	20th	17th	15th	19th	13	15th	DNF	17th	18th	17th	16	DNF	DNS	21st	DNF	12	DNF	16	16	DNF	8th	3
21st	Armin Bernhard	DNF	DNS	24	DNF	16	12	21st	16	16	DNF	18th	20th	16	DNF			20th	14th	DNF	14th	19th	15th	14th	9	2
21st	Armin Hahne	DNF	10	16	15th	18th	DNF	16	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	16	14th	DNF	DNF	10	11	DNF	13	DNF	12	12	12	DNF	2
23	Gerd Ruch	21st	DNS	DNF	DNF	22nd	DNF	22nd	20th	17th	16	20th	DNS	20th	DNF	11	DNF	19th	DNF	15th	DNF	17th	DNF	DNF	10	1
23	Hubert Haupt	16	DNF	12	14th	15th	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	DNS															1
23	Leopold Prince of Bavaria	18th	DNF	25th	DNF	20th	14th	18th	14th	DNF	13	16	17th	DNF	15th	10	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	13	14th	15th	DNF	1
26th	Fritz Kreutzpointner	19th	12	22nd	16	21st	11	17th	12	13	11	DNF	19th	15th	DNF	14th	12	14th	DNF	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	13	11	0
26th	Olivier Grouillard																					11	13			0
26th	Josef Venc															12	16									0
26th	Olaf Manthey											15th	14th					15th	13	DNS	DNS					0
26th	Václav Bervid															13	15th	DNF	18th	DNF	DNS	18th	DNF	DNF	DNF	0
26th	"John Winter"																	17th	17th	14th	15th	DNF	DNS	17th	DNF	0
26th	Wayne Gardner																					14th	DNF	16	DNF	0
26th	Per-Gunnar Andersson													19th	14th			DNF	DNF							0
26th	Franz Dufter													18th	17th			16	15th							0
26th	Siegfried Maier							24	18th	18th	15th															0
26th	Alexander Burgstaller																	DNF	16							0
26th	Fred Raker	20th	DNF	26th	DNF	DNS	DNS	Ret	17th			19th	21st	DNF	DNF											0
26th	Jürgen Ruch															DNF	DNS							18th	DNF	0
26th	Thomas von Löwis	DNF	DNS	23	19th	DNF	DNS	20th	19th																	0
26th	Jürgen Feucht	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS			DNF	DNS									DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS			DNF	DNS	0
26th	Volker Strycek											DNS	DNS													0
26th	Thomas Winkelhock									DNS	DNS															0
space	driver	ZOL		ONLY1		WUN		AVU		HOC1		ONLY2		NOR		BRN		THE		ALE		ONLY3		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

Brand valuation

Points were only awarded to the best-placed driver of a vehicle brand.

space	constructor	ZOL		ONLY1		WUN		AVU		HOC1		ONLY2		NOR		BRN		THE		ALE		ONLY3		HOC2		Points
1	Mercedes Benz	20th	20th	10	20th	20th	20th	12	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	15th	10	10	15th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	15th	6th	413
2	BMW	10	12	6th	12	8th	4th	20th	12	10	12	15th	15th	20th	20th	20th	20th	8th	8th	10	4th	12	10	20th	20th	308
3	Audi	12	0	20th	0	0	0	6th	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41
4th	ford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

literature

• Thomas Voigt: Touring Car Story '92 . tsv "top special" Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1992.

Web links

• The 1992 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} DTM website: 1992: The star shines. From: www.dtm.com , accessed July 26, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - website: German Touring Car Championship 1992. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on July 26, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Touringcarracing - website: 1992 German Touring Car Championship. From: touringcarracing.net , accessed July 26, 2018 .