German Rally Championship 2011

The 2011 German Rally Championship started on March 25th and ended on September 25th, 2011 after six rallies. At the Rally Germany , Sandro Wallenwein secured the championship title early.

Difficulties before the season

The transition between 2010/2011 was marked by difficulties for the German Rally Championship and it was temporarily unclear whether the 2011 DRM could take place at all. The trigger was that the DMSB, as the organizer of the DRM, did not tolerate a DRM rally also being part of the AvD German Rally Series . In addition, the DMSB rejected a merger proposed by the AvD between DRS and the ADAC Rallye Masters to form a new "second division". As a consequence, the AvD continued the DRS and withdrew its Saxony Rally from the DRM. As a result, the organizers of the Wartburg rally , the Lausitz rally and the Niederbayern rally also waived the DRM because they wanted to be part of the DRS.

The DRM no longer had a run in East Germany, which is why some participants no longer saw it as a "full" German championship. This led to the departure of several top drivers who did not enroll in the championship in 2011 and who were planning guest starts at the DRM rallies. Felix Herbold , Ruben Zeltner , Peter Corazza , Olaf Dobberkau , Maik Stölzel , Anton Werner and Rainer Noller, among others, did without the DRM. In addition, Škoda Germany got out of the DRM with Mark Wallenwein and the reigning champion Matthias Kahle . Kahle was therefore unable to defend his title.

Registrations

In total, only seven participants registered in the most competitive, first two divisions. The favorites for the title were four-time German champion Hermann Gassner senior and three-time runner-up Sandro Wallenwein . The most prominent newcomer was the Le Mans winner Timo Bernhard , who took part in the 2011 DRM with a Porsche 911 GT3 . In addition, the HJS Diesel Rally Masters was integrated into the DRM, which ran under Division 6 there .

The following list gives an overview of the drivers who were registered in the DRM in 2011. Only registered drivers were entitled to points for the overall ranking and were thus able to win the DRM. Guest starters also took part in the individual DRM rallies, but they did not receive any championship points.

No.	driver	Co-driver	vehicle
Division 1
7th	Timo Bernhard	Marco Glasen / Klaus Wicha	Porsche 911 GT3
Division 2
1	Sandro Wallenwein	Marcus Poschner	Subaru Impreza N15
2	Hermann Gassner Sr.	Siegfried Schrankl / Karin Thannhäuser	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
3	Robert Pritzl	Karina Hepperle	Subaru Impreza N15
4th	Dirk Riebensahm	Kendra Stockmar-Reidenbach	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
5	Pure rooster	Matthias Hofmann	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
6th	Torben fog	Frank Römer	Subaru Impreza N12B
34	Horst Rotter	Volker Schmidt	Opel Corsa OPC
Division 3
8th	Carsten Mohe	Katrin Becker	Renault Mégane RS
35	Sebastian Schwinn	Michael Riga	Peugeot 207
36	Wolf-Dieter Ihle	Reinhard Kessemeier	Citroën DS3 R3
Division 4
9	Lars Mysliwietz	Oliver Schumacher	Citroën C2 R2 Max
10	Benjamin Huebner	Maik Drummer	Citroën C2 R2 Max
11	Benjamin Scheller	Björn Röhm	Citroën C2 R2 Max
12	Raffael Sulzinger	Peter Spannbauer	Ford Fiesta R2
13	Jörg Broschart	Marcel Piro	Citroën C2 R2 Max
14th	Patrick Pusch	Meike Maulitz	Renault Twingo R2 / Citroën C2 R2 Max
33	Uwe Gropp	Hans-Peter Loth	Citroën C2 R2 Max
Division 5
15th	Sepp Wiegand	Claudia Harloff	Suzuki Swift Sport / Ford Fiesta R2
16	Marijan Griebel	Alexander Rath	Suzuki Swift Sport
17th	Rainer Haulsen	Frank Schöngart	Suzuki Swift Sport
Division 6
18th	Michael Abendroth	Frank Oschmann	Fiat Grande Punto Sport
19th	Bjorn Mohr	Oliver Becker	Opel Astra GTC
20th	Alois Scheidhammer	Willi Trautmannsberger	Opel Astra GTC
21st	Daniel Schmidt	Jürgen Breuer	Škoda Fabia RS
22nd	Florian Wacha	Jörg Wacha	Opel Astra GTC
23	Constantine Wedge	Bernd Hosse	VW Golf V
24	Heinz-Otto Sagel	Stefanie Fritzensmeier / Hubert Stadler	Seat Leon FR TDI
25th	Harald Borowski	York-Morris flour horn	Škoda Fabia RS
26th	Leo Wolf	Thomas Schöpf	Subaru Impreza
27	Joakko Tapper	Kai Ahola	Seat Leon FR TDI
28	Thomas Rogoss	Detlef Te Gude	Opel Astra GTC
29	Marvin Jerlitschka	Stefan Jerlitschka	Opel Astra GTC
30th	Thomas Hölzlhammer	Tina Annemüller	Fiat Grande Punto Abarth
31	Sven Mangelsen	Volker Kirschbaum	Opel Astra GTC
32	Markus Hösel	Isabella Scirè Banchitta	VW Golf V

1. ↑ At the Rallye Deutschland, Sepp Wiegand drove a Ford Fiesta R2 and therefore started in Division 4.

Rallies and results

On December 14, 2010, the DMSB published the calendar for the 2011 season. After some rallies were withdrawn before the season, only the Viking Rally , the Hessen Rally Vogelsberg and the Saarland Rally remained of the previous events . The Baden-Württemberg rally and the Pfalz-Westrich rally were added . In 2011, as it did four years ago, the DRM again took part in the Rally Germany as part of the World Rally Championship . Two races were held there, with the results after the first day and after the second day being evaluated separately.

rally	space	driver	vehicle	total time
ADAC Wikinger-Rallye 25. – 26. March 2011	1	Felix Herbold	Ford Fiesta S2000	1: 18: 58.4
	2	Brian Madsen	Peugeot 207 S2000	+ 2: 04.0
	3	Christian Jensen	Peugeot 207 S2000	+ 2: 20.2
ADAC Hessen-Rallye Vogelsberg 15. – 16. April 2011	1	Felix Herbold	Ford Fiesta S2000	1: 24: 52.0
	2	Sandro Wallenwein	Subaru Impreza N15	+ 2: 12.0
	3	Jörg Schuhj	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	+ 3: 31.5
ADAC Pfalz-Westrich-Rallye 6. – 7. May 2011	1	Sandro Wallenwein	Subaru Impreza N15	1: 25: 43.3
	2	Hermann Gassner Sr.	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	+ 4.0
	3	Robert Pritzl	Subaru Impreza N15	+ 3: 15.7
ADAC Rallye Baden-Württemberg 22. – 23. July 2011	1	Sandro Wallenwein	Subaru Impreza N15	53: 43.6
	2	Timo Bernhard	Porsche 911 GT3	+ 2.0
	3	Georg Berlandy	BMW M3 E30	+1: 08.2
ADAC Rallye Deutschland 18. – 21. August 2011	1	Hermann Gassner Sr.	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1: 28: 51.1
	2	Sandro Wallenwein	Subaru Impreza N15	+ 40.2
	3	Timo Bernhard	Porsche 911 GT3	+ 2: 07.2
	1	Hermann Gassner Sr.	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1: 36: 50.3
	2	Sandro Wallenwein	Subaru Impreza N15	+ 59.7
	3	Timo Bernhard	Porsche 911 GT3	+1: 56.2
ADAC Saarland rally 24-25 September 2011	1	Hermann Gassner Sr.	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1: 31: 34.3
	2	Sandro Wallenwein	Subaru Impreza N15	+1: 27.1
	3	Carsten Mohe	Renault Mégane RS	+ 3: 23.1

Championship stand

In 2011 a new points system was introduced for DRM. Points have now been awarded to the first twelve drivers in the overall result of the DRM rallies, with the winner receiving 15 instead of 10 points as before. The allocation of points for the division result, however, was retained. This means that the overall result was weighted more heavily than in the previous year compared to the division result.

	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11	12.
Overall result	15th	12	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1
Division result	20th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

Guest starters did not receive any championship points, but their placement influenced the scoring for the registered drivers. These did not move up for guest starters in the points evaluation and only received the number of points for their placement including guest starters. Excluded from this rule were guest starters with vehicles from divisions 7 to 9, for which the registered drivers placed behind them moved up in the point allocation.

In the individual divisions, the full number of points was only awarded if at least three vehicles were named in them, guest starters were included. If there were fewer than three vehicles, only half the number of points was awarded.

For those drivers who had achieved championship points in all seven races, only the best six results were included in the points evaluation.

space	driver	Vikings		Hesse		Palatinate		Ba-Wü		D-country I		D-Land II		Saarland		Points
		Ges.	Div.	Ges.	Div.	Ges.	Div.	Ges.	Div.	Ges.	Div.	Ges.	Div.	Ges.	Div.
1	Sandro Wallenwein	9	20th	12	20th	15th	20th	15th	20th	12	15th	12	15th	12	15th	185
2	Hermann Gassner Sr.	8th	15th	9	15th	12	15th			15th	20th	15th	20th	15th	20th	179
3	Carsten Mohe			7th	10	8th	20th	10	20th	6th	20th	9	20th	10	20th	162
4th	Sepp Wiegand		15th		20th	2	20th		20th	9	20th	8th	20th	6th	15th	140
5	Lars Mysliwietz	4th	20th	4th	20th			5	15th	7th	12	5	15th	9	20th	136
6th	Robert Pritzl			6th	8th	10	12	9	15th		12	6th	10	8th	12	110
7th	Raffael Sulzinger	1	15th	3	15th	3	15th	2	12	4th	8th			1	10	89
8th	Alois Scheidhammer		12		12		20th		10	2	10	1	10		12	79
9	Dirk Riebensam	5	8th	5	6th	9	10	8th	12			4th	8th			77
9	Patrick Pusch		8th	1	10	5	20th			8th	15th		10			77
11	Timo Bernhard	3	10					12	10	10	10	10	10			75
12	Marijan Griebel		20th		15th				15th		6th				15th	71
13	Bjorn Mohr		15th		15th				15th					4th	20th	69
14th	Rainer Haulsen				12		12		10		4th		8th		10	56
15th	Benjamin Scheller		6th						10	5	10	2	12			45
16	Michael Abendroth		20th		20th											40
17th	Heinz-Otto Sagel		4th						8th	1	7.5		7.5		10	38
18th	Wolf-Dieter Ihle									3	15th	3	15th			36
18th	Leo Wolf		10		10				12						4th	36
20th	Uwe Gropp				6th				8th					5	12	31
21st	Jörg Broschart		10	2	12		6th									30th
22nd	Marvin Jerlitschka		3		8th									2	15th	28
23	Horst Rotter											7th	12			19th
24	Daniel Schmidt		6th		6th				6th							18th
25th	Torben fog		6th			4th	4th									14th
26th	Constantine Wedge		8th													8th
26th	Markus Hösel		1		4th				3							8th
28	Sven Mangelsen				2				2							4th
29	Benjamin Huebner		3													3
29	Florian Wacha				3											3
31	Thomas Hölzelhammer		2													2
32	Pure rooster															0
32	Harald Borowski															0
32	Joakko Tapper															0
32	Thomas Rogoss															0
32	Sebastian Schwinn															0

Web links

• Official website
• Results of the ADAC Wikinger Rallye 2011
• Results of the ADAC Hessen-Rallye Vogelsberg 2011
• Results of the ADAC Pfalz-Westrich-Rallye 2011
• Results of the ADAC Rallye Baden-Württemberg 2011
• Results of the ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2011 (day 1)
• Results of the ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2011 (day 2)
• Results of the ADAC Saarland Rally 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wallenwein secures championship title (Rallye-Magazin.de on August 21, 2011)
2. ↑ The DRM wobbles again (Rallye-Magazin.de on November 15, 2010)
3. ↑ Skoda discusses alternatives (Rallye-Magazin.de on December 9, 2010)
4. ↑ RobotRacing gets out (Rallye-Magazin.de on December 2, 2010)
5. ↑ Bernhard in the rally Porsche 911 (Rallye-Magazin.de on January 24, 2011)
6. ↑ Diesel-Masters returns in DRM ( memento of the original from November 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on October 26, 2010)  
7. ↑ DMSB announces DRM calendar (Rallye-Magazin.de on December 14, 2010)
8. ↑ DMSB plans DRM World Cup appearance (Rallye-Magazin.de on November 30, 2010)