German racing championship 1983

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Bob Wollek drove a Porsche 956 from Joest Racing in the DRM in 1983

The German Racing Championship 1983 was the twelfth season of the German Racing Championship (DRM).

championship

Only six races were held, which is significantly fewer than in previous years, when ten to 13 races were usually held. The first race took place on March 20th in Zolder and the last race of the season was on July 24th at Diepholz Air Base .

Bob Wollek defended his title from the previous year with 90 points in a Porsche 956 and became DRM champion for the second time.

Race calendar and results

round Racetrack date Pole position Fastest lap winner vehicle
1 Bergischer Löwe Zolder
BelgiumBelgium 		March, 20th FranceFrance Bob Wollek United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Fitzpatrick FranceFrance Bob Wollek Porsche 956
2 Jim Clark race at Hockenheimring
GermanyGermany 		10th of April GermanyGermany Klaus Ludwig GermanyGermany Klaus Ludwig GermanyGermany Klaus Niedzwiedz Zakspeed C1 / 8 Ford
3 International AVUS race AVUS
GermanyGermany 		1st of May GermanyGermany Volkert Merl GermanyGermany Volkert Merl FranceFrance Bob Wollek Porsche 956
4th Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen
GermanyGermany 		May 15 GermanyGermany Klaus Ludwig GermanyGermany Klaus Ludwig FranceFrance Bob Wollek Porsche 956
5 200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring
GermanyGermany 		3rd of July FranceFrance Bob Wollek GermanyGermany Frank Jelinski FranceFrance Bob Wollek Porsche 956
6th Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz
GermanyGermany 		24th July FranceFrance Bob Wollek GermanyGermany Klaus Ludwig AustriaAustria Franz Konrad Porsche 956

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
BelgiumBelgium 		HOC
GermanyGermany 		AVU
GermanyGermany 		MAY
GermanyGermany 		NOR
GermanyGermany 		THE
GermanyGermany 		Points
1 FranceFrance Bob Wollek 1
20 		1
20 		1
20 		1
20 		4
10 		90
2 GermanyGermany Volkert Merl 3
12 		2
15 		2
15 		3
12 		3
12 		DNF
0 		66
3 GermanyGermany Klaus Niedzwiedz ?
0 		1
20 		3
12 		5
8 		DNF
0 		3
12 		52
4th GermanyGermany Leopold Prince of Bavaria 3
12 		5
8 		9
2 		7
4 		5
8 		34
5 GermanyGermany Klaus Ludwig ?
0 		?
0 		2
15 		DNF
0 		2
15 		30th
6th GermanyGermany Harald Grohs 5
8 		8
3 		2
15 		26th
6th GermanyGermany Kurt Lotterschmid 4
10 		4
10 		6
6 		DNF
0 		DNS
0 		DNF
0 		26th
8th AustriaAustria Franz Konrad 1
20 		20th
8th GermanyGermany Karl-Heinz Becker 5
8 		?
0 		DNF
0 		6
6 		DNF
0 		6
6 		20th
10 GermanyGermany Jörg van Ommen 7
4 		8
3 		DNF
0 		4
10 		DNF
0 		?
0 		17th
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 World Sports Racing Prototypes - website: German racing championship 1983. On: www.wsrp.cz , accessed on March 13, 2019 .