German racing championship 1985

Jochen Mass won the championship title in 1985 (photo from 1982)

The German Racing Championship 1985 was the 14th and last season of the German Racing Championship , which was announced under a new name as the German Sports Car Championship that year.

championship

Ten races were held. The first race took place on April 7th on the Nürburgring and the last race of the season on October 26th also on the Nürburgring. The DRM season consisted almost exclusively of races from the interseries . Only the 200-mile race from Nuremberg to the Norisring was organized by the DRM. The points achieved by the drivers in the Interseries were counted in the DRM rating.

The last DRM title awarded went to Jochen Mass . He won the championship with a Porsche 956 belonging to the Joest Racing racing team with 125 points.

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Run 1	300 km race (interseries) Nürburgring	7th of April	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 956B
	Run 2			Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 956B
2	Run 1	Jim Clark Race (Interseries) Hockenheimring	April 21	Jochen Mass	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Jochen Mass	Porsche 956B
	Run 2			Jochen Mass	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Jochen Mass	Porsche 956B
3	Run 1	Airfield race Wunstorf (Interserie) Wunstorf	5th of May	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass	Porsche 956B
	Run 2			Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 956B
4th	Run 1	International AVUS Race (Interseries) AVUS	12th of May	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Zakspeed C1 / 4 Ford Turbo
	Run 2			Klaus Niedzwiedz	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Louis Krages ("John Winter")	Porsche 956B
5	Run 1	International Hessen Cup (Interserie) Österreichring	May 26	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 956B
	Run 2			Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 956B
6th	Run 1	Airfield race Erding (Interserie) Erding	June 9th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 956B
	Run 2			Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 956B
7th	Run	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	June 19th	Stefan Bellof	Manfred Winkelhock	Stefan Bellof	Porsche 956B
8th	Run 1	Grand Prix of Germany (Interserie) Nürburgring	4th of August	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass	Porsche 956B
	Run 2			Jochen Mass	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Jochen Mass	Porsche 956B
9	Run 1	Siegerland Airport Race (Interserie) Siegerlandring	September 8th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass	Porsche 956B
	Run 2			Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass	Jochen Mass	Porsche 956B
10	Run	Super Sprint (Interseries) Nürburgring	October 26th	Paolo Barilla	Paolo Barilla	Paolo Barilla	Porsche 956B

Championship results

Point system

Points were awarded to the first 10 classified drivers in the following number. In the inter-series races with two runs, half the number of points were awarded per run, which were then added up in the overall race ranking:

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	ONLY1		HOC		WUN		AVU		ZEL		EARTH		NOR	ONLY2		SHE		ONLY3	Points
1	Jochen Mass	2	2	1	1	1	2			2	2			2	1	1	1	1		125
2	Hans-Joachim Stuck	1	1	3	2	2	1			1	1	1	1	4th	6th	2	DNF	DNS		109
3	Walter Lechner senior	3	8th	2	DNS	4th	3	3	3	5		3	3		4th	6th	3	2	4th	85.5
4th	Louis Krages ("John Winter")	5	11	7th	5	6th	5	2	1	9	3	9	5	7th	18th	4th	(6)	(DNF)	6th	61.5
5	Klaus Niedzwiedz	4th	6th	4th	3	3	4th	1	DNF	3	12	2	2	13						61
6th	Kees Kroesemeijer	9	12	9	12	14th	7th		DNF	4th	4th	6th	6th		3	5	14th	6th	5	41
7th	Klaus Ludwig													3			2	5	3	35.5
7th	Peter Hoffmann			NC	NC	5	6th	9	7th	8th	6th	4th	4th				4th	3	NC	35.5
9	Jan Thoelke	14th	3		10	DNF		DNF				5	7th	DNS	7th	7th	5	4th	NC	25.5
10	Roland Binder	7th	7th	5	4th	13	14th			6th	5	NC	NC		8th	8th	10	8th	DNF	25th
10	Rolf Götz	6th	4th	NC	NC	11	9	6th		7th	7th	7th	9		12	9	7th	11	8th	25th
12	Stefan Bellof													1						20th
12	Paolo Barilla																		1	20th
14th	Peter Stürtz	8th	DNS		6th	9	8th	5	4th	DNF		DNF	8th		10	10				18.5
14th	Jürgen Weiler		5	8th	8th	8th	13	8th	6th	NC	NC	8th	10		16	14th	8th	7th	DNF	18.5
16	Marc Surer																		2	15th
17th	Walter Brun														2	3			DNF	13.5
18th	Franz Konrad								2					10	5		11	12	DNS	12.5
19th	Heinz-Jörgen Dahmen					7th	10	4th	11	10	13			11					9	10
20th	Marco German	DNF		6th	7th	12	12	7th		12	9	10	12		9	13			NC	9.5
21st	Manfred Winkelhock													5						8th
22nd	Karl Hasenbichler	DNF		12	9	NC				DNF							DNF	9	7th	6th
22nd	Jürgen Lässig													6th						6th
24	Kurt Hild	12	10	11	11						8th						9	10	10	4.5
24	Martin Wagenstetter					10			5					14th			13	14th	12	4.5
26th	Alessandro Nannini													8th						3
26th	Peter Hardt	13		10	DNS		11		8th	11	10	11	11		13	11				3
28	Frank Jelinski													9					NC	2
29	Dieter Bergermann	15th	9	NC	NC					13	11	NC	NC		17th		12	13	11	1
30th	Kurt Buess	10																		0.5
30th	Karl-Heinz Becker					15th		10						16	19th					0.5
32	Ralf Walter	11																		0
32	Udo Wagenhäuser			13								NC			15th					0
32	Alfred Guldi			NC	NC															0
32	Jim McGaughay											NC	NC							0
32	Jochen duration													12						0
32	Thierry Boutsen													15th						0
32	Ruedi Jauslin														11				NC	0
32	Hubert Striebig														14th					0
32	Norbert Przybilla														NC	NC				0
32	Ernst Franzmaier																DNS	DNS		0
32	Siegfried Rieger																		NC	0
space	driver	ONLY1		HOC		WUN		AVU		ZEL		EARTH		NOR	ONLY2		SHE		ONLY3	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 - website: German racing championship 1985. At: www.wsrp.cz , accessed on March 18, 2019 .