This article is about the DTM series that ran from 1984–1996. For the current DTM series (2000–present), see Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) was a touring car racing series held from 1984 to 1996. Originally based in Germany, it held additional rounds elsewhere in Europe and later worldwide.
The original DTM had resumed racing with production based cars, as the former Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft had switched to Group 5 in 1977 and even to expensive Group C sportscars in 1982, leading to its decline. Since 2000, a new DTM has been run as the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, again organised by ITR and former Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger.
The original DTM was started in 1984 as Deutschen Produktionswagen Meisterschaft (German Production Car Championship), with cars entered by privateer teams and under FIAGroup A rules, but was extensively modified throughout the years, allowing more modifications. In the late 1980s, works teams joined the DTM, and it became one of the most popular motorsport championships in Europe.
Turbochargers were banned at the start of 1990 season due to cost reasons.
In 1993, the Group A rules were abandoned in favor of a more liberalised 2.5 L engine category called FIA Class 1 Touring Cars, with extensive use of ABS, four-wheel drive, electronic driver aids and carbon fibre chassis, the former three were technologies that were banned from F1. Opel, Mercedes-Benz and Alfa Romeo all fielded works teams after Audi and BMW had abandoned earlier.
DTM to ITC and demiseedit
The DTM expanded its horizons for the 1995 season and the teams contested the inaugural FIA International Touring Car Series [1] as well as the traditional DTM.[2] The former was contested over ten races, all held outside of Germany and the latter over fourteen races within Germany. Plans were then made to combine the two into one new series, the International Touring Car Championship, for 1996. The ITR governing body then sought approval and support from the FIA to begin the new series. In exchange for FIA support, the ITR let the organisation take control over many aspects of the way the ITC was run: crucially, the financial side of the championship was revolutionised. A large proportion of the revenue generated by the championship went to the FIA, with the result that less went to the teams who subsequently complained of little return on their increasingly large investment in the high-tech series (this was further exacerbated by the travel costs to the new international rounds in Suzuka, Japan and Interlagos, Brazil). The FIA also increased the price for television rights dramatically with the result that television coverage of the series disappeared from all European countries except Italy, Germany and Finland, prices for tickets to races were almost doubled, and access to the circuit paddock to meet the drivers (which had previously been a big hit with fans) was drastically reduced. The choices of circuits on which to hold rounds of the championship were also unsuccessful – the rounds at Magny-Cours, France and particularly Interlagos suffered very poor attendance. Questions were also raised by the manufacturers as to why they were racing in countries in which their cars were not actually sold (Alfa Romeos were not sold in Brazil).[citation needed]Opel and Alfa Romeo both left the championship after the 1996 season, leaving only Mercedes; the championship was consequently cancelled.
The DTM returned in 2000 with different rules and with semi-International Championship status. The DTM initials stands for Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.
^1995 ITC schedule and standings Retrieved from www.motorsport-archive.com on 17 November 2009
^1995 DTM schedule and standings Retrieved from www.motorsport-archive.com on 17 November 2009
^www.motorsport-archive.com Retrieved on 17 November 2009
^ Retrieved from web.archive.org on 16 November 2009
January 01, 1970
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This article is about the DTM series that ran from 1984 1996 For the current DTM series 2000 present see Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft DTM was a touring car racing series held from 1984 to 1996 Originally based in Germany it held additional rounds elsewhere in Europe and later worldwide Deutsche Tourenwagen MeisterschaftCategoryTouring carsCountryGermanyInaugural season1984Folded1996ConstructorsMercedes BenzAudiOpelAlfa RomeoBMWTyre suppliersMichelin Dunlop BridgestoneLast Drivers championManuel ReuterLast Teams championOpelOfficial websitewww wbr dtm wbr de The original DTM had resumed racing with production based cars as the former Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft had switched to Group 5 in 1977 and even to expensive Group C sportscars in 1982 leading to its decline Since 2000 a new DTM has been run as the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters again organised by ITR and former Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger Contents 1 History 1 1 Rise of the original DTM 1 2 DTM to ITC and demise 1 3 The new DTM 2 Champions 3 See also 4 External links 5 ReferencesHistory edit nbsp The Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI DTM of 1993 champion Nicola Larini The 155 holds the all time record of 38 victories in DTM Rise of the original DTM edit The original DTM was started in 1984 as Deutschen Produktionswagen Meisterschaft German Production Car Championship with cars entered by privateer teams and under FIA Group A rules but was extensively modified throughout the years allowing more modifications In the late 1980s works teams joined the DTM and it became one of the most popular motorsport championships in Europe Turbochargers were banned at the start of 1990 season due to cost reasons In 1993 the Group A rules were abandoned in favor of a more liberalised 2 5 L engine category called FIA Class 1 Touring Cars with extensive use of ABS four wheel drive electronic driver aids and carbon fibre chassis the former three were technologies that were banned from F1 Opel Mercedes Benz and Alfa Romeo all fielded works teams after Audi and BMW had abandoned earlier DTM to ITC and demise edit The DTM expanded its horizons for the 1995 season and the teams contested the inaugural FIA International Touring Car Series 1 as well as the traditional DTM 2 The former was contested over ten races all held outside of Germany and the latter over fourteen races within Germany Plans were then made to combine the two into one new series the International Touring Car Championship for 1996 The ITR governing body then sought approval and support from the FIA to begin the new series In exchange for FIA support the ITR let the organisation take control over many aspects of the way the ITC was run crucially the financial side of the championship was revolutionised A large proportion of the revenue generated by the championship went to the FIA with the result that less went to the teams who subsequently complained of little return on their increasingly large investment in the high tech series this was further exacerbated by the travel costs to the new international rounds in Suzuka Japan and Interlagos Brazil The FIA also increased the price for television rights dramatically with the result that television coverage of the series disappeared from all European countries except Italy Germany and Finland prices for tickets to races were almost doubled and access to the circuit paddock to meet the drivers which had previously been a big hit with fans was drastically reduced The choices of circuits on which to hold rounds of the championship were also unsuccessful the rounds at Magny Cours France and particularly Interlagos suffered very poor attendance Questions were also raised by the manufacturers as to why they were racing in countries in which their cars were not actually sold Alfa Romeos were not sold in Brazil citation needed Opel and Alfa Romeo both left the championship after the 1996 season leaving only Mercedes the championship was consequently cancelled The new DTM edit Main article Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The DTM returned in 2000 with different rules and with semi International Championship status The DTM initials stands for Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Champions edit nbsp Klaus Ludwig won the 1992 drivers title with a Mercedes Benz 190E Season Series Name Champion Car Second Third Manufacturers Champion 3 1984 DeutschenProduktionswagenMeisterschaft nbsp Volker Strycek BMW 635CSi nbsp Olaf Manthey nbsp Harald Grohs not awarded 1985 DeutschenProduktionswagenMeisterschaft nbsp Per Stureson Volvo 240 Turbo nbsp Olaf Manthey nbsp Harald Grohs not awarded 1986 DeutscheTourenwagenMeisterschaft nbsp Kurt Thiim Rover Vitesse nbsp Volker Weidler nbsp Kurt Konig not awarded 1987 DeutscheTourenwagenMeisterschaft nbsp Eric van de Poele BMW M3 nbsp Manuel Reuter nbsp Marc Hessel not awarded 1988 DeutscheTourenwagenMeisterschaft nbsp Klaus Ludwig Ford Sierra RS500 nbsp Roland Asch nbsp Armin Hahne not awarded 1989 DeutscheTourenwagenMeisterschaft nbsp Roberto Ravaglia BMW M3 nbsp Klaus Niedzwiedz nbsp Fabien Giroix not awarded 1990 DeutscheTourenwagenMeisterschaft nbsp Hans Joachim Stuck Audi V8 Quattro nbsp Johnny Cecotto nbsp Kurt Thiim not awarded 1991 DeutscheTourenwagenMeisterschaft nbsp Frank Biela Audi V8 Quattro nbsp Klaus Ludwig nbsp Hans Joachim Stuck nbsp Mercedes Benz 1992 DeutscheTourenwagenMeisterschaft nbsp Klaus Ludwig Mercedes Benz 190E Evo 2 nbsp Kurt Thiim nbsp Bernd Schneider nbsp Mercedes Benz 1993 DeutscheTourenwagenMeisterschaft nbsp Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti nbsp Roland Asch nbsp Bernd Schneider nbsp Alfa Romeo 1994 DeutscheTourenwagenMeisterschaft nbsp Klaus Ludwig Mercedes Benz C Class nbsp Jorg van Ommen nbsp Nicola Larini nbsp Mercedes Benz 1995 DeutscheTourenwagenMeisterschaft nbsp Bernd Schneider Mercedes C Class V6 nbsp Jorg van Ommen nbsp Klaus Ludwig nbsp Mercedes Benz InternationalTouring CarSeries 4 nbsp Bernd Schneider Mercedes C Class V6 nbsp Jan Magnussen nbsp Dario Franchitti nbsp Mercedes Benz 1996 InternationalTouring CarChampionship nbsp Manuel Reuter Opel Calibra V6 4x4 nbsp Bernd Schneider nbsp Alessandro Nannini nbsp Opel 1997 1999 DTM ITC not held 2000 present DeutscheTourenwagenMasters See Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters In 1995 there were two different series with same drivers and teams competing DTM consisted of seven German 2x Hockenheim Avus Norisring Diepholz Nurburgring and Singen events and ITC five non German Mugello Helsinki Donington Estoril Magny Cours events See also editDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters V8Star SeriesExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to DTM DTM official website Archived 2012 05 01 at the Wayback Machine Audi Sport AMG Mercedes Opel Motorsport Schnitzer MotorsportReferences edit 1995 ITC schedule and standings Retrieved from www motorsport archive com on 17 November 2009 1995 DTM schedule and standings Retrieved from www motorsport archive com on 17 November 2009 www motorsport archive com Retrieved on 17 November 2009 FIA results for the 1995 International Touring Car Series Retrieved from web archive org on 16 November 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft amp oldid 1214763166, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,