German racing championship 1980

In 1980, Hans Heyer drove a Lancia Beta Montecarlo built according to Group 5 regulations in the DRM

The German Racing Championship 1980 was the ninth season of the German Racing Championship (DRM).

championship

There were 13 races in the 1st and 2nd division. The first race took place in Zolder on March 23rd and the last race of the season took place at the Hockenheimring on September 28th.

After 1975 and 1976, Hans Heyer won the DRM championship for the third time. With a Lancia Beta Montecarlo he reached 156 points at the end of the season.

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Division I.	Bergischer Löwe Zolder	March 23	Axel Plankenhorn	Klaus Ludwig	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935 J.
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Capri III Turbo
2	Division I.	International 300 km race Nürburgring	March 30	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Volkert Merl	Porsche 935 J.
	Division II			Hans-Joachim Stuck	Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	Ford Capri III Turbo
3	Division I.	Jim Clark race at Hockenheimring	April 13th	Bob Wollek	Rolf Stommelen	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7
	Division II			Harald Ertl	Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Lancia Beta Montecarlo
4th	Division I.	International Eifel Race Nürburgring	April 27	Rolf Stommelen	Rolf Stommelen	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7
	Division II					Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
5	Division I.	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen	May 18	Axel Plankenhorn	Axel Plankenhorn	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 K3 / 80
	Division II					Hans Heyer	Lancia Beta Montecarlo
6th	Division I.	Crusader race Spa-Francorchamps	June 1st	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	Ford Capri III Turbo
7th	Division I.	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	June 22	Rolf Stommelen	Klaus Ludwig	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935 K3 / 80
	Division II			Klaus Niedzwiedz	Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	Ford Capri III Turbo
8th	Division I.	Bavaria race Salzburgring	July 13th	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	Porsche 935 J.
	Division II			Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
9	Division I.	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz	July 26th	Klaus Ludwig	Manfred Winkelhock	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7
	Division II			Harald Ertl	Hans Heyer	Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
10	Division I.	Westphalia Cup Zolder	August 24th	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935 K3 / 80
	Division II			Harald Ertl	Hans Heyer	Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
11	Division I.	Hessencup Hockenheimring	7th of September	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7
	Division II			Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	Ford Capri III Turbo
12	Division I.	Super sprint Nürburgring	21st September	Manfred Winkelhock	Klaus Ludwig	Manfred Winkelhock	Porsche 935 J.
	Division II			Hans-Joachim Stuck	Harald Ertl	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Capri III Turbo
13	Division I.	Prize from Baden-Württemberg Hockenheimring	September 28th	Manfred Winkelhock	John Fitzpatrick	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935 K3 / 80
	Division II			Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri III Turbo

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

The following drivers came in the first ten places in the points classification.

space	driver	group	ZOL1	ONLY1	HOC1	ONLY2	MAY	SPA	NOR	SAL	THE	ZOL2	HOC2	ONLY3	HOC3	Points
1	Hans Heyer	Division II	2 15	2 15	1 20	3 12	1 20	3 12	DNF 0	4 10	2 15	2 15	3 12	4 10	17 0	156
2	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Division II	3 12	5 8	DNF 0	1 20	DNF 0	DNF 0	2 15	1 20	1 20	1 20	2 15	2 15	DNF 0	145
3	Klaus Ludwig	Division I.	DSQ 0	DSQ 0	1 20	1 20	DNF 0	1 20	DNF 0	5 8	1 20	DNF 0	1 20	2 15		143
		Division II													1 20
4th	Volkert Merl	Division I.	DNS 0	1 20	3 12	10 1	2 15	5 8	2 15	4 10	5 8	5 8	5 8	3 12	2 15	132
5	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Division II	1 20	DNF 0	DNF 0	2 15	2 15	2 15	5 8	3 12	DNF 0	8 3	6 6	1 20	2 15	129
6th	Bob Wollek	Division I.	2 15	DNF 0	4 10	2 15	1 20	4 10	DNF 0	3 12	2 15	2 15	4 10	6 6	14 0	128
7th	Harald Ertl	Division II	7 4	1 20	2 15	DNF 0	16 0	1 20	1 20	2 15	DNF 0	DNF 0	1 20	DNF 0	DNF 0	114
8th	Walter Brun	Division II	5 8	DNF 0	3 12	DNF 0	4 10	7 4	3 12	12 0	DNF 0	DNF 0	4 10	3 12	4 10	78
8th	Hans Soldeck	Division II	6 6	3 12	4 10	4 10	3 12	DNF 0	4 10	6 6	DNF 0	3 12	11 0			78
10	Dieter Chimney	Division I.	5 8	6 6	5 8				5 8	7 4	4 10	15 0	6 6	7 4	4 10	64
10	Rolf Stommelen	Division I.	1 20	2 15	DNF 0	4 10	DNF 0	3 12	10 1		6 6			DNF 0		64
10	Manfred Winkelhock	Division I.		DSQ 0						1 20	3 12	11 0	3 12	1 20	DNS 0	64

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Touringcarracing - Website: Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft 1980. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on March 8, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - website: 1980 German racing championship. From: touringcarracing.net , accessed March 8, 2019 .