German racing championship 1982

Bob Wollek secured the DRM title in 1982 (photo from 1976)

The 1982 German Racing Championship was the eleventh season of the German Racing Championship (DRM).

championship

Ten races were held. The first race took place on March 21st in Zolder and the last race of the season took place on September 26th at the Nürburgring .

Compared to the previous season, there were extensive changes to the regulations. As in the sports car world championship , in the DRM 1981 racing cars of Group 6 and C were allowed alongside those of Group 5 . The subdivision of the vehicles into cubic capacity classes was omitted and with it the division 1 and division 2. All racing cars now drove in one classification.

Bob Wollek won the championship title for the first time with 139 points in a Porsche 936/80 and Porsche 936C, after having been runner-up in 1977 and 1981.

Race calendar and results

round	Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Bergischer Löwe Zolder	March 21st	Rolf Stommelen	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7 / 81
2	Jim Clark race at Hockenheimring	4. April	Bob Wollek	Rolf Stommelen	Bob Wollek	Porsche 936/80
3	International Eifel Race Nürburgring	April 25	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Rolf Stommelen	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7 / 81
4th	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen	May 9	Bob Wollek	Klaus Ludwig	Bob Wollek	Porsche 936/80
5	Bavaria race Salzburgring	23. May	Bob Wollek	Bob Wollek	Bob Wollek	Porsche 936/80
6th	Airfield race Wunstorf Wunstorf	6th of June	Bob Wollek	Rolf Stommelen	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 936
7th	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	June 27th	John Paul, Jr.	Manfred Winkelhock	Jochen Mass	Porsche 956
8th	Grand Prix of Germany Hockenheimring	August 7th	Rolf Stommelen	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford C100
9	Hessencup Hockenheimring	29th August	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche CK5
10	Super sprint Nürburgring	September 26th	Bob Wollek	Rolf Stommelen	Klaus Ludwig	Ford C100

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	ZOL	HOC1	ONLY1	MAY	SAL	WUN	NOR	HOC2	HOC3	ONLY2	Points
1	Bob Wollek	2 15	1 20	4 10	1 20	1 20	2 15	3 12	3 12	2 15	? 0	139
2	Rolf Stommelen	3 12	2 15	2 15	2 15	DNF 0	1 20	5 8	5 8	1 20	3 12	125
3	Klaus Niedzwiedz	1 20	3 12	1 20	9 2	? 0	? 0	4 10	2 15	3 12	2 15	106
4th	Klaus Ludwig	DNF 0	10 1	3 12	? 0	2 15	3 12	8 3	1 20	DNF 0	1 20	83
5	Volkert Merl	? 0	DNF 0	DNF 0	3 12	3 12	4 10	DNF 0	7 4	DNF 0	4 10	48
6th	Kurt Lotterschmid	4 10	6 6	DNS 0	6 6	6 6	6 6	DNF 0	DNF 0	DNF 0	6 6	40
7th	Dieter Chimney	5 8	7 4	DNS 0	8 3	5 8	DNF 0	DNA 0	DNF 0	7 4	8 3	30th
8th	Norbert Przybilla	6 6	DNF 0	10 6	5 8	DNF 0	7 4	DNF 0	? 0	NC 0	DNA 0	24
9	Jürgen Kannacher	7 4	8 3	? 0	? 0	8 3	8 3	DNF 0	14 0	4 10	? 0	23
10	Claude Haldi			13 2	4 10			14 0	11 0	5 8	9 2	22nd

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. ↑ ^{a b c} World Sports Racing Prototypes - website: German racing championship 1982. On: www.wsrp.cz , accessed on March 13, 2019 .