German Touring Car Masters 2000

2000 DTM season

Champions
Driver:	Bernd Schneider
Season dates
Number of races:	18th
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The German Touring Car Masters 2000 was the first season of the German Touring Car Masters ( DTM ). The first run took place on May 28, 2000 at the Hockenheimring and the season finale also took place on October 29 at the Hockenheimring.

A total of 18 races were held in Germany . Two runs were carried out on each of the 9 race weekends.

Overall winner was Bernd Schneider in the AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM with 221 points. For Schneider it was the second title win after 1995.

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend
1	Bernd Schneider	D2 AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM	all
2	Thomas Hunter			all
3	Uwe Alzen	Opel Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupe	all
4th	Joachim Winkelhock			all
5	Klaus Ludwig	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM	all
6th	Marcel Fässler			all
7th	Manuel Reuter	Opel Team Phoenix	Opel Astra V8 Coupe	all
8th	Michael Bartels			all
9	Laurent Aïello	Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi TT-R	1, 3-9
10	Christian Dept.			1, 3-9
11	Eric Helary	Opel Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupe	all
12	Christian Menzel	Opel Team Irmscher		all
14th	Pedro Lamy	Team Rosberg	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM	1
15th	Darren Turner			1
16	Stefano Modena	Euroteam	Opel Astra V8 Coupe	all
17th	Timo Scheider	Opel Team Holzer		all
18th	Marcel Tiemann	Persson Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM	all
18th	Peter Dumbreck			all
20th	Kris Nissen	Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi TT-R	all
21st	James Thompson			2, 5-9
22nd	Steffen Schulz	Opel Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupe	-
23	Roland Asch	Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi TT-R	2
24	Pedro Lamy	Team Rosberg	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM	2-9
42	Darren Turner			2-9

1. ↑ ^{a b} Team Rosberg initially started the racing season without a sponsor with start numbers 14 and 15. When the sponsor "Service 24" joined the team, the start numbers were changed to 24 and 42 for marketing reasons.

All teams used Dunlop tires .

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Run 1	Hockenheimring racing festival	28th of May	102.345 km	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM
	Run 2			83.173 km		Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM
2	Run 1	ADAC Prize from Saxony-Anhalt Oschersleben	18th of June	102.676 km	Manuel Reuter	Bernd Schneider	Manuel Reuter	Opel Astra V8 Coupe
	Run 2			102.676 km		Manuel Reuter	Manuel Reuter	Opel Astra V8 Coupe
3	Run 1	Norisring Speedweekend Norisring	July 9	101.200 km	Joachim Winkelhock	Christian Menzel	Joachim Winkelhock	Opel Astra V8 Coupe
	Run 2			101.200 km		Eric Helary	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM
4th	Run 1	ADAC Prize Sachsenring Sachsenring	4th of August	101.580 km	Klaus Ludwig	Marcel Fässler	Klaus Ludwig	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM
	Run 2			81.264 km		Bernd Schneider	Klaus Ludwig	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM
5	Run 1	Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix	20th of August	100.232 km	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM
	Run 2			100.232 km		Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM
6th	Run 1	Circuit race Lausitzring Lausitzring	September 3		Bernd Schneider	Race was canceled due to heavy rain
	Run 2
7th	Run 1	ADAC Prize from Lower Saxony Oschersleben	September 24th	91.675 km	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Uwe Alzen	Opel Astra V8 Coupe
	Run 2			102.676 km		Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM
8th	Run 1	Eifel race Nürburgring	8th October	100.122 km	Joachim Winkelhock	Uwe Alzen	Manuel Reuter	Opel Astra V8 Coupe
	Run 2			100.122 km		Joachim Winkelhock	Manuel Reuter	Opel Astra V8 Coupe
9	Run 1	ADAC Prize Hockenheim Hockenheimring	October 29th	102.345 km	Manuel Reuter	Manuel Reuter	Uwe Alzen	Opel Astra V8 Coupe
	Run 2			102.345 km		Bernd Schneider	Uwe Alzen	Opel Astra V8 Coupe

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 19 drivers made it into the points classification.

space	driver	HOC1		OSC1		NOR		SAC		ONLY1		LAU		OSC2		ONLY2		HOC2		Points
1	Bernd Schneider	1	1	3	12	4th	1	3	3	1	1	C.	C.	2	1	2	4th	2	DNF	221
2	Manuel Reuter	3	13	1	1	3	2	13 *	11	5	5	C.	C.	3	2	1	1	16	DNF	162
3	Klaus Ludwig	9	9	8th	11	2	3	1	1	2	2	C.	C.	6th	3	12	DNF	DNF	11	122
4th	Marcel Fässler	2	2	9	3	13	7th	10	4th	3	3	C.	C.	DNF	12	4th	2	5	DNF	116
5	Joachim Winkelhock	10	6th	2	2	1	4th	DNF	10	9	19th	C.	C.	DNF	DNF	5	5	3	2	113
6th	Uwe Alzen	DNF	DNS	DNF	9	8th	6th	DNF	DNF	10	13	C.	C.	1	4th	3	6th	1	1	100
7th	Michael Bartels	8th	3	18th	DNF	5	5	6th	6th	14th	10	C.	C.	7th	5	6th	8th	4th	3	87
8th	Peter Dumbreck	5	5	11	5	14th	9	2	2	6th	12	C.	C.	DNF	6th	10	9	7th	DNF	75
9	Eric Helary	DNF	7th	4th	10	15th	15th	4th	16 *	8th	7th	C.	C.	4th	10	14th	DNF	6th	7th	53
10	Marcel Tiemann	6th	12	10	6th	6th	DNF	5	5	13	6th	C.	C.	DNF	7th	18th	12	15th	5	53
11	Thomas Hunter	7th	14th	6th	4th	7th	13	DNF	9	7th	17th	C.	C.	DNS	8th	7th	3	12	8th	52
12	Timo Scheider	4th	4th	5	7th	12	11	7th	7th	16	11	C.	C.	8th	9	11	16	11	DNF	45
13	Pedro Lamy	11	DNF	7th	8th	9	8th	DNF	12	4th	4th	C.	C.	DNS	DNS	8th	13	8th	10	39
14th	Darren Turner	12	8th	13	DNF	11	12	8th	8th	15th	8th	C.	C.	DNS	DNS	13	11	10	6th	19th
15th	Stefano Modena	13	10	12	DNF	10	10	14th	DNF	19th	15th	C.	C.	DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	9	4th	15th
16	Laurent Aïello	15th	DNS			DNF	DNS	12	14th	11	14th	C.	C.	5	11	9	7th	DNF	DNS	14th
17th	Christian Menzel	14th	11	14th	DNF	16	DNF	9	13	17th	9	C.	C.	DNF	DNF	17th	10	DNF	DNS	5
18th	James Thompson			17th	DNS					12	16	C.	C.	9	DNF	15th	DNF	13	9	4th
19th	Christian Dept.	DNF	DNF			DNF	DNS	DNF	DNS	18th	18th	C.	C.	10	DNF	19th	14th	DNF	DNF	1
20th	Kris Nissen	16	DNF	16	13 *	DNF	14th	11	15th	DNF	DNF	C.	C.	11	DNF	16	15th	14th	DNF	0
21st	Roland Asch			15th	DNF															0
space	driver	HOC1		OSC1		NOR		SAC		ONLY1		LAU		OSC2		ONLY2		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 2000 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} DTM website: 2000: The comeback. From: www.dtm.com , accessed October 4, 2018 .