German racing championship 1984

Stefan Bellof won the DRM title in 1984 with a Porsche 956

The German Racing Championship 1984 was the 13th season of the German Racing Championship (DRM).

championship

Six races were held. The first race took place on July 1st at the Norisring and the last race of the season on September 23rd at the Nürburgring . The 1984 season started very late. In addition to the three DRM races at the Norisring, Diepholz and the Nürburgring, three races of the sports car world championship were included in the DRM rating.

Stefan Bellof won the championship in a Porsche 956 with 80 points.

Race calendar and results

round	Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	July 1	Jochen Mass	Stefan Bellof	Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 956B
2	1000 km race on the Nürburgring Nürburgring	15th of July	Stefan Bellof Derek Bell	Jonathan Palmer	Stefan Bellof Derek Bell	Porsche 956
3	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz	22nd of July	Jochen Mass	Franz Konrad	Jochen Mass	Porsche 956B
4th	Brands Hatch 1000km Race Brands Hatch	29th of July	Jonathan Palmer Jan Lammers	Jonathan Palmer Bob Wollek	Jonathan Palmer Jan Lammers	Porsche 956
5	Imola 1000 km race Imola	16th September	Hans-Joachim Stuck Stefan Bellof	Mauro Baldi	Hans-Joachim Stuck Stefan Bellof	Porsche 956B
6th	Super sprint Nürburgring	September 23rd	Stefan Bellof	Thierry Boutsen	Stefan Bellof	Porsche 956B

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 points classification.

space	driver	NOR	ONLY1	THE	BRA	IMO	ONLY2	Points
1	Stefan Bellof	3	1		5	1	1	80
2	Jochen Mass	NC	7th	1	2	3	NC	51
3	Thierry Boutsen	1	2		(6)	DNF	3	47
4th	Jonathan Palmer	DNA	4th		1	2		45
4th	Jan Lammers		4th		1	2		45
6th	Leopold Prince of Bavaria	5	9	3	8th	4th	6th	41
7th	Franz Konrad	9	DNS	2		8th	2	35
8th	Henri Pescarolo		8th		2	3		30th
9	David Hobbs		2		6th	8th		24
10	Manfred Winkelhock	2	5					23
11	Louis Krages ("John Winter")	DNF	10	5	9	7th	5	23
12	Klaus Niedzwiedz	10	DNF	4th	DNA		4th	21st
13	Derek Bell		1					20th
13	George Fouché		15th		4th	4th		20th
14th	Harald Grohs		DNF	8th	5	6th	DNA	17th
15th	Jürgen Lässig	4th	21st		DNA	6th		16
16	Walter Brun		9		8th	4th		15th
16	Rupert Keegan		11		3	8th		15th
17th	Oscar Larrauri		6th			5		14th
17th	Massimo Sigala		6th			5		14th
18th	Kees Kroesemeijer	6th	15th	6th	DNA		DNS	12
18th	Alessandro Nannini	DNF	3			DNF		12
18th	Paolo Barilla		3		DNF	DNF		12
18th	Guy Edwards		11		3			12
19th	Christian Danner		4th					10
19th	David Sutherland		21st		4th			10
19th	Desiré Wilson				4th			10
20th	Marc Surer		5					8th
21st	Dieter Chimney		10		9	7th		7th
22nd	Mauro Baldi				7th	9		6th
22nd	Pierluigi Martini				7th	9		6th
22nd	Hervé Regout					6th		6th
23	Helmut Gall		16	10	DNS	DNF	7th	5
24	Jochen duration	7th						4th
24	Karl-Heinz Becker	DNF		7th			NC	4th
24	Jacky Ickx		7th			DNF		4th
24	Bob Wollek		12		7th	DNF		4th
24	Hans Heyer					7th		4th
25th	Udo Wagenhäuser	8th	DNF					3
25th	Walter Mertes	DNS	DNF				8th	3
25th	Stefan Johansson		8th					3
25th	Ayrton Senna		8th					3
25th	Volkert Merl		10		9			3
25th	Martin Wagenstetter		DNF	9	DNA		10	3
26th	Heinz-Jörgen Dahmen	DNA					9	2
26th	Neil Crang		13		10	10		2
26th	Ray Bellm		13		10	10		2
27	Gordon Spice		13			10		1
28	Keke Rosberg	DNF						0
28	Riccardo Patrese		12			DNF		0
28	Jim Busby		14th					0
28	Pete Halsmer		14th					0
28	Kurt Koenig		16		DNS	DNF		0
28	Altfrid Heger		16					0
28	Rolf Goering		17th		DNA	11	NC	0
28	Hans-Jörg Dürig		17th		DNA	11		0
28	Fritz Mueller		17th					0
28	Jan Lundgårdh	DNS	18th					0
28	Kurt Simonsen		18th					0
28	Jens Winther		19th		12			0
28	Lars-Viggo Jensen		19th		12			0
28	David Mercer		19th		12			0
28	Vittorio Coggiola ("Victor")		20th		13	12		0
28	Angelo Pallavicini		20th		13	12		0
28	Gianni Giudici		20th		13			0
28	Mike Thackwell		21st					0
28	Kenneth glue		22nd					0
28	Götz von Tschirnhaus		22nd					0
28	Frank Jelinski	DNA	23		DNF	DNF		0
28	Günther Gebhardt		23			DNS		0
28	Mario Ketterer		23					0
28	Carlo Facetti		24		15th	DNF		0
28	Martino Finotto		24		15th	DNF		0
28	Alfredo Sebastiani		24			DNF		0
28	Claude Haldi		25th			11		0
28	Roy Baker		25th		16	13		0
28	Wolfgang Braun		25th					0
28	Wolf-Georg von Staehr		26th					0
28	Ulli Richter		26th					0
28	Max Payne		27		DNF			0
28	Chris Ashmore		27		DNF			0
28	Helge Probst		28					0
28	Knuth Mentel		28					0
28	Karl-Heinz Gürthler		28					0
28	Peter Reuter		NC				13	0
28	Wolf-Dieter Feuerlein		NC					0
28	Uwe Reich		NC					0
28	Max Cohen-Olivar		NC		14th	DNF		0
28	Hubert Striebig		NC			DNF		0
28	Noël del Bello		NC					0
28	Pasquale Barberio		DNF			DNF		0
28	Gerardo Vatielli		DNF			DNF		0
28	Maurizio Gellini		DNF			DNF		0
28	Olaf Manthey		DNF					0
28	Almo Coppelli		DNF		15th	DNF		0
28	Davide Pavia		DNF			DNF		0
28	Guido Daccò		DNF			DNF		0
28	Hans-Joachim Stuck		DNF					0
28	Rolf Götz	DNA	DNF					0
28	Carl Kirsts		DNF					0
28	Siegfried Rieger		DNF					0
28	Georg Memminger		DNF					0
28	Heinz Kuhn-Weiss		DNF					0
28	Bruno Rebai		DNF			12		0
28	Dieter Quester		DNF					0
28	Rick knoop		DNF					0
28	Edgar Dören		DNF	11	DNF	DNA	11	0
28	Hans-Christian Juergensen		DNF			DNA		0
28	Jürgen Fritzsche		DNF					0
28	Jan Thoelke		DNF		DNF	DNF		0
28	Udo Wagenhäuser		DNF			DNF		0
28	Jürgen Weiler		DNF			DNF		0
28	Kurt Hild		DNF		DNA			0
28	Paul Smith		DNF					0
28	Pete Lovett		DNF					0
28	Roger Eccles		DNF					0
28	Klaus Ludwig		DNF		DNA			0
28	Barry Robinson				11			0
28	Dudley Wood				11			0
28	Roger Andreason				14th	14th		0
28	Steve Kempton				14th			0
28	Jeremy Rossiter				16	13		0
28	Steve Thompson				DSQ			0
28	Tony Lanfranchi				DSQ			0
28	Divina Galica				DSQ			0
28	Costa's lot				DSQ	NC		0
28	John Nicholson				DSQ	NC		0
28	Gerry Amato				DNF			0
28	Raymond Boutinaud				DNF			0
28	Gerard Brucelle				DNF			0
28	John Cooper				DNF			0
28	Richard Cleare				DNF			0
28	David Leslie				DNF			0
28	John Brindley					14th		0
28	Richard Jones					14th		0
28	Maurizio Micangeli					DNF		0
28	Cristiano Del Balzo ("Gero")					DNF		0
28	Marco Micangeli					DNF		0
28	John Watson					DNF		0
28	Walter Maurer	DNS						0
28	Norbert Przybilla	DNA					DNS	0
space	driver	NOR	ONLY1	THE	BRA	IMO	ONLY2	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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} World Sports Racing Prototypes - Internet site: German Racing Championship 1984. On: www.wsrp.cz , accessed on March 15, 2019 .