German Touring Car Masters 2002

2002 DTM season

Champions
Driver:	Laurent Aïello
Season dates
Number of races:	20th
<2001 season	2003 season>

The German Touring Car Masters 2002 was the third season of the German Touring Car Masters ( DTM ). The first run took place on April 21, 2002 at the Hockenheimring and the season finale also took place on October 6 at the Hockenheimring.

A total of 20 races were held in Germany , Belgium , Great Britain , Austria and the Netherlands . Two runs were carried out on each of the 10 race weekends.

The overall winner was the Frenchman Laurent Aïello in the Abt-Audi TT-R with 70 points.

history

After several fundamental changes to the regulations regarding the execution of the race and the award of points were introduced in the 2001 season, these remained largely unchanged for 2002.

With the inclusion of the Zolder and Donington venues , the DTM was once again positioned more internationally. Instead the race in Oschersleben and a race on the Nürburgring were canceled . The races were started with a standing start instead of a flying start .

When awarding points, it was no longer the first ten drivers classified for the race that received points, but only the first six drivers, according to the 10–6–4–3–2–1 scheme.

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend
1	Bernd Schneider	Vodafone AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2002	all
2	Jean Alesi			all
3	Laurent Aïello	Team Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002	all
4th	Karl Wendlinger	Team Dept.		all
5	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2002	all
6th	Marcel Fässler			all
7th	Manuel Reuter	Opel Team Phoenix	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2002	all
8th	Joachim Winkelhock			all
9	Mattias Ekström	Team Dept.	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002	all
10	Christian Dept.	Team Abt Sportsline		all
11	Thomas Hunter	Original parts AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2001	all
12	Peter Dumbreck			all
14th	Timo Scheider	Opel Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2002	all
15th	Michael Bartels			all
16	Marcel Tiemann	OASE AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2001	1
	Bernd Mayländer			2-10
17th	Patrick Huisman	CEB AMG-Mercedes		all
18th	Alain Menu	Opel Euroteam	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2001	all
19th	Yves Olivier			1-7
23	Martin Tomczyk	Team Abt Sportsline Junior	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002	all
24	Stefan Mücke	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2001	all
31	Johnny Cecotto	Opel Euroteam	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2001	10
42	Christijan Albers	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2001	all
43	JJ Lehto	Opel Euroteam	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2001	8th
44	Eric Helary			9

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Q. run	ADAC Prize Hockenheim Hockenheimring	April 21	33.852 km	Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	Martin Tomczyk	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002
	W. run			101.556 km		Christian Dept.	Laurent Aïello	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002
2	Q. run	DTM Zolder Zolder	5th of May	27.839 km	Martin Tomczyk	Christian Dept.	Laurent Aïello	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002
	W. run			83.517 km		Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002
3	Q. run	The Donington Park German DTM Donington	May 19th	32.184 km	Manuel Reuter	Timo Scheider	Jean Alesi	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2002
	W. run			100.575 km		Marcel Fässler	Jean Alesi	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2002
4th	Q. run	ADAC Prize Sachsenring Sachsenring	2th of June	32,805 km	Laurent Aïello	Karl Wendlinger	Laurent Aïello	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002
	W. run			102.060 km		Michael Bartels	Laurent Aïello	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002
5	Q. run	Norisring Speedweekend Norisring	June 30th	32,200 km	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002
	W. run			101.200 km		Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002
6th	Q. run	Lausitz 200 Lausitzring	July 14th	31.738 km	Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002
	W. run			104.282 km		Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2002
7th	Q. run	Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix	26th of August	32.625 km	Uwe Alzen	Jean Alesi	Uwe Alzen	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2002
	W. run			101,500 km		Mattias Ekström	Uwe Alzen	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2002
8th	Q. run	DTM A1-Ring Austria A1-Ring	September 8th	34.608 km	Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	Mattias Ekström	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002
	W. run			103.824 km		Uwe Alzen	Marcel Fässler	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2002
9	Q. run	Circuit race Zandvoort Zandvoort	September 29th	34,400 km	Laurent Aïello	Christian Dept.	Marcel Fässler	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2002
	W. run			103.200 km		Mattias Ekström	Mattias Ekström	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002
10	Q. run	DMV Prize Hockenheim Hockenheimring	October 6th	36.592 km	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Laurent Aïello	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002
	W. run			100.628 km		Laurent Aïello	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes CLK DTM 2002

Championship results

Point system

In the qualification run, points were awarded to the first three classified drivers in the following number:

space	1.	2.	3.
Points	3	2	1

In the race, points were awarded to the first 6 classified drivers in the following number:

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th
Points	10	6th	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

A total of 15 drivers made it into the points classification.

space	driver	HOC1		ZOL		DON		SAC		NOR		LAU		ONLY		A1R		ZAN		HOC2		Points
1	Laurent Aïello	2	1	1	1	18th	DSQ	1	1	4th	1	1	4th	2	2	3	5	DSQ	6th	1	6th	70
2	Bernd Schneider	11	4th	6th	3	8th	12	3	2	3	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	6th	2	2	1	64
3	Mattias Ekström	3	2	2	4th	9	3	14th	7th	1	3	4th	2	16	10	1	11	3	1	3	2	50
4th	Marcel Fässler	6th	DNF	10	9	4th	6th	9	4th	DNF	DNS	6th	3	4th	4th	10	1	1	3	DNF	5	30th
5	Jean Alesi	8th	3	9	10	1	1	16	DNF	5	4th	14th	8th	11	DNF	4th	3	14th	8th	DNF	DNF	24
5	Uwe Alzen	9	11	8th	7th	DNF	DNS	11	9	2	5	9	DNF	1	1	5	4th	7th	17th	8th	3	24
7th	Christian Dept.	4th	7th	5	2	12	2	8th	16 *	DSQ	DNS	3	7th	5	9	12	9	2	7th	5	13	15th
8th	Timo Scheider	5	5	4th	5	5	DNF	7th	6th	DNF	DNS	13	10	9	7th	11	8th	8th	5	7th	4th	10
9	Alain Menu	17th	9	17th	14th	6th	8th	2	3	14th	DNF	8th	11	7th	DNF	7th	6th	4th	DNF	18 *	DNF	7th
9	Manuel Reuter	18th	17 *	11	15th	3	14 *	18th	DNF	8th	7th	11	5	8th	6th	8th	7th	5	4th	6th	DNF	7th
9	Martin Tomczyk	1	DNF	21 *	DNF	2	DNF	4th	DNF	DNS	DNS	5	9	10	5	6th	DNF	11	18th	DNF	DNF	7th
12	Christijan Albers	DNF	DNF	13	6th	11	4th	13	8th	10	6th	20th	14th	18th	17th	19th	13	DNF	12	11	9	5
13	Karl Wendlinger	10	6th	12	18th	7th	5	21 *	DNS	DNF	12	10	DNF	6th	12	13	16	9	19th	4th	DNF	3
13	Joachim Winkelhock	16	10	18th	17th	DNF	DNS	5	5	6th	DNF	7th	6th	13	15th	9	19th	15th	10	9	7th	3
15th	Michael Bartels	13	14th	3	8th	13	DNF	10	11	DSQ	11	19th	17th	19th	11	21st	15th	10	DNF	16	DNF	1
16	Johnny Cecotto																			14th	10	0
16	Peter Dumbreck	7th	16 *	16	13	17th	10	12	10	12	9	16	15th	17th	8th	15th	18th	18th	13	13	12	0
16	Eric Helary																	16	14th			0
16	Patrick Huisman	20th	12	7th	12	16	7th	20th	14th	DNF	10	15th	12	14th	18th	17th	12	13	16	17 *	DNF	0
16	Thomas Hunter	19th	8th	14th	19 *	10	11	15th	15th	7th	DNF	12	13	7th	13	14th	17th	12	9	15th	11	0
16	JJ Lehto															18th	10					0
16	Bernd Mayländer			19th	16	14th	9	19th	13	11	8th	17th	DNF	21 *	14th	16	DNF	17th	11	12	DNF	0
16	Stefan Mücke	12	DNF	15th	11	15th	13	17th	DNF	9	DNF	18th	16	12	17th	20th	14th	19th	15th	10	8th	0
16	Yves Olivier	14th	13	20 *	DNS	19 *	DNF	6th	12	13	13	21 *	DNF	15th	19 *							0
16	Marcel Tiemann	15th	15th																			0
space	driver	HOC1		ZOL		DON		SAC		NOR		LAU		ONLY		A1R		ZAN		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

space	constructor	HOC1		ZOL		DON		SAC		NOR		LAU		ONLY		A1R		ZAN		HOC2		Points
1	Mercedes Benz	0	7th	0	5	3	14th	1	9	3	12	2	14th	4th	17th	2	23	3	10	2	16	147
2	Audi	6th	17th	5	19th	2	12	3	10	3	14th	4th	9	2	8th	4th	2	3	11	4th	7th	145
3	Opel	0	2	1	2	1	0	2	7th	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	0	3	28

Team evaluation

space	team	HOC1		ZOL		DON		SAC		NOR		LAU		ONLY		A1R		ZAN		HOC2		Points
1	Vodafone AMG-Mercedes	0	7th	0	4th	3	10	1	6th	1	9	2	10	1	4th	2	10	0	6th	2	10	88
2	Team Abt Sportsline	2	10	3	16	0	6th	3	10	0	10	4th	3	2	6th	1	2	2	1	3	1	85
3	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	4th	3	13	0	13	3	4th	0	6th	54
4th	Team Dept.	1	7th	2	3	0	6th	0	0	3	4th	0	6th	0	0	3	0	1	10	1	6th	53
5	Opel Team Holzer	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	11
6th	Opel Team Phoenix	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	10
7th	Opel Euroteam	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4th	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7th
7th	Team Abt Sportsline Junior	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7th
9	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
10	OASE / CEB AMG-Mercedes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Original parts AMG-Mercedes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Web links

• The 2002 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} DTM website: 2002: TT Time. From: www.dtm.com , accessed October 12, 2018 .