 2000 Nürburgring I Race 1
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 The Nürburgring GP Strecke made its DTM debut. | ||
| Race Information | ||
| Date | 20 August 2000 | |
| No. | 9 | |
| Event | Großer Preis der Tourenwagen 2000
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| Location | Nürburgring Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | |
| Format | 100 km / 40 min | |
| Lap length | 4.556 km (2.831 mi) | |
| Distance | 22 laps / 100.232 km (62.281 mi) | |
| Qualifying Result | ||
| Pole Sitter | Bernd Schneider
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| Team | D2 AMG-Mercedes
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| Time | 1:39.008 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver | Bernd Schneider
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| Team | D2 AMG-Mercedes
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| Time | 1:52.968 on lap 4 | |
| Race Result | ||
| First | Second | Third |
| Bernd Schneider
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Klaus Ludwig
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 Marcel Fässler
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| Winner Team | D2 AMG-Mercedes
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| Time | 41:44.886 | |
| Race Guide | ||
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2000 Nürburgring I Race 2
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The 2000 Nürburgring I Race 1, otherwise known as the Großer Preis der Tourenwagen 2000 Heat 1, was the ninth race of the 2000 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on 20 August 2000.[1] The race would see Bernd Schneider secure his third Grand Slam of the campaign, with tricky conditions throughout the race.[2]
Background[]
Bernd Schneider left the fourth round of the DTM season with the Championship lead, and had established a fair advantage of 27 points. Manuel Reuter remained his closest challenger in second, while Klaus Ludwig had moved into third after his second win in two races, leaving the Sachsenring on 74 points. Joachim Winkelhock was next up in fourth ahead of Marcel Fässler, with sixteen of the nineteen full-season drivers having scored.
In the Teams' Championship it was Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes who had scrambled to the head of the pack in Hohenstein, moving onto 134 points. They were hence two ahead of sister squad D2 AMG-Mercedes, while Opel Team Phoenix were ten points further back in third. Original Teile AMG-Mercedes had also moved forward in fourth, overhauling Opel Team Holzer I, with every team bar Abt Sportsline having scored.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2000 Nürburgring I Race 1 is displayed below:
| 2000 Nürburgring I Race 1 Entry List | |||||
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| No. | Name | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine |
| 1 | Bernd Schneider
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D2 AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2000 | AMG 4.0l V8 |
| 2 | Thomas Jäger
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D2 AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2000 | AMG 4.0l V8 |
| 3 | Uwe Alzen
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Opel Team Holzer I
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | Opel 4.0l V8 |
| 4 | Joachim Winkelhock
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Opel Team Holzer I
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | Opel 4.0l V8 |
| 5 | Klaus Ludwig
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Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2000 | AMG 4.0l V8 |
| 6 | Marcel Fässler
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Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2000 | AMG 4.0l V8 |
| 7 | Manuel Reuter
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Opel Team Phoenix
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | Opel 4.0l V8 |
| 8 | Michael Bartels
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Opel Team Phoenix
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | Opel 4.0l V8 |
| 9 |  Laurent Aïello
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Abt Sportsline I
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Abt-Audi | TT-R 2000 | Audi 4.0l V8 |
| 10 | Christian Abt
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Abt Sportsline I
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Abt-Audi | TT-R 2000 | Audi 4.0l V8 |
| 11 | Éric Hélary
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Opel Team Holzer II
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | Opel 4.0l V8 |
| 12 | Christian Menzel
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Opel Team Irmscher
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | Opel 4.0l V8 |
| 16 |  Stefano Modena
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Euroteam
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | Opel 4.0l V8 |
| 17 | Timo Scheider
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Opel Team Holzer II
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | Opel 4.0l V8 |
| 18 | Marcel Tiemann
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Original Teile AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2000 | AMG 4.0l V8 |
| 19 |  Peter Dumbreck
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Original Teile AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2000 | AMG 4.0l V8 |
| 20 |  Kris Nissen
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Abt Sportsline II
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Abt-Audi | TT-R 2000 | Audi 4.0l V8 |
| 21 | James Thompson
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Abt Sportsline II
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Abt-Audi | TT-R 2000 | Audi 4.0l V8 |
| 24 |  Pedro Lamy
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24h Service AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2000 | AMG 4.0l V8 |
| 42 | Darren Turner
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24h Service AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2000 | AMG 4.0l V8 |
| Source:[3] | |||||
Practice[]
Qualifying[]
Report[]
Results[]
The final qualifying result for the 2000 Nürburgring I Race 1 are outlined below:
| 2000 Nürburgring I Race 1 Qualifying Result | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Ave. Speed | Grid |
| 1st | 1 | Bernd Schneider
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D2 AMG-Mercedes
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1:39.008 | — | 165.659 km/h | 1 |
| 2nd | 3 | Uwe Alzen
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Opel Team Holzer I
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1:39.352 | +0.344s | 165.086 km/h | 2 |
| 3rd | 19 | Peter Dumbreck
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Original Teile AMG-Mercedes
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1:39.648 | +0.640s | 164.595 km/h | 3 |
| 4th | 7 | Manuel Reuter
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Opel Team Phoenix
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1:39.749 | +0.741s | 164.429 km/h | 4 |
| 5th | 12 | Christian Menzel
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Opel Team Irmscher
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1:39.759 | +0.751s | 164.412 km/h | 5 |
| 6th | 5 | Klaus Ludwig
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Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
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1:39.767 | +0.759s | 164.399 km/h | 6 |
| 7th | 8 | Michael Bartels
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Opel Team Phoenix
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1:39.794 | +0.786s | 164.355 km/h | 7 |
| 8th | 11 | Éric Hélary
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Opel Team Holzer II
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1:39.823 | +0.815s | 164.307 km/h | 8 |
| 9th | 16 | Stefano Modena
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Euroteam
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1:39.833 | +0.825s | 164.290 km/h | 9 |
| 10th | 18 | Marcel Tiemann
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Original Teile AMG-Mercedes
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1:39.872 | +0.864s | 164.226 km/h | 10 |
| 11th | 6 | Marcel Fässler
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Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
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1:39.926 | +0.918s | 164.151 km/h | 11 |
| 12th | 4 | Joachim Winkelhock
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Opel Team Holzer I
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1:39.977 | +0.969s | 164.054 km/h | 12 |
| 13th | 17 | Timo Scheider
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Opel Team Holzer II
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1:40.028 | +1.020s | 163.970 km/h | 13 |
| 14th | 42 | Darren Turner
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24h Service AMG-Mercedes
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1:40.168 | +1.160s | 163.741 km/h | 14 |
| 15th | 24 | Pedro Lamy
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24h Service AMG-Mercedes
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1:40.203 | +1.195s | 163.684 km/h | 15 |
| 16th | 2 | Thomas Jäger
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D2 AMG-Mercedes
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1:40.326 | +1.318s | 163.483 km/h | 16 |
| 17th | 9 | Laurent Aïello
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Abt Sportsline I
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1:41.767 | +2.759s | 161.168 km/h | 17 |
| 18th | 20 | Kris Nissen
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Abt Sportsline II
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1:42.524 | +3.516s | 159.978 km/h | 18 |
| 19th | 10 | Christian Abt
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Abt Sportsline I
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1:43.401 | +4.393s | 158.621 km/h | 19 |
| 20th | 21 | James Thompson
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Abt Sportsline II
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1:44.709 | +5.701s | 156.640 km/h | 20 |
| Source:[3] | |||||||
- Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
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| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
| Bernd Schneider | 2 | |
| ______________ | Uwe Alzen | |
| Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
| Peter Dumbreck | 4 | |
| ______________ | Manuel Reuter | |
| Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
| Christian Menzel | 6 | |
| ______________ | Klaus Ludwig | |
| Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
| Michael Bartels | 8 | |
| ______________ | Éric Hélary | |
| Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
| Stefano Modena | 10 | |
| ______________ | Marcel Tiemann | |
| Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
| Marcel Fässler | 12 | |
| ______________ | Joachim Winkelhock | |
| Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
| Timo Scheider | 14 | |
| ______________ | Darren Turner | |
| Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
| Pedro Lamy | 16 | |
| ______________ | Thomas Jäger | |
| Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
| Laurent Aïello | 18 | |
| ______________ | Kris Nissen | |
| Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
| Christian Abt | 20 | |
| ______________ | James Thompson |
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
The final classification of the 2000 Nürburgring I Race 1 is displayed below:
| 2000 Nürburgring I Race 1 Result | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
| 1st | 1 | Bernd Schneider
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D2 AMG-Mercedes
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22 | 41:44.886 | 1:52.968 | 20 |
| 2nd | 5 | Klaus Ludwig
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Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
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22 | +26.743s | 15 | |
| 3rd | 6 | Marcel Fässler
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Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
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22 | +32.812s | 12 | |
| 4th | 24 | Pedro Lamy
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24h Service AMG-Mercedes
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22 | +35.200s | 10 | |
| 5th | 7 | Manuel Reuter
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Opel Team Phoenix
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22 | +36.863s | 8 | |
| 6th | 19 | Peter Dumbreck
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Original Teile AMG-Mercedes
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22 | +43.706s | 6 | |
| 7th | 2 | Thomas Jäger
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D2 AMG-Mercedes
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22 | +50.765s | 4 | |
| 8th | 11 | Éric Hélary
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Opel Team Holzer II
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22 | +53.270s | 3 | |
| 9th | 4 | Joachim Winkelhock
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Opel Team Holzer I
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22 | +1:03.047 | 2 | |
| 10th | 3 | Uwe Alzen
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Opel Team Holzer I
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22 | +1:12.812 | 1 | |
| 11th | 9 | Laurent Aïello
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Abt Sportsline I
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22 | +1:20.747 | ||
| 12th | 21 | James Thompson
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Abt Sportsline II
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22 | +1:40.593 | ||
| 13th | 18 | Marcel Tiemann
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Original Teile AMG-Mercedes
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22 | +1:45.352 | ||
| 14th | 8 | Michael Bartels
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Opel Team Phoenix
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21 | +1 Lap | ||
| 15th | 42 | Darren Turner
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24h Service AMG-Mercedes
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21 | +1 Lap | ||
| 16th | 17 | Timo Scheider
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Opel Team Holzer II
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21 | +1 Lap | ||
| 17th | 12 | Christian Menzel
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Opel Team Irmscher
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21 | +1 Lap | ||
| 18th | 10 | Christian Abt
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Abt Sportsline I
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21 | +1 Lap | ||
| 19th | 16 | Stefano Modena
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Euroteam
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20 | +2 Laps | ||
| Ret | 20 | Kris Nissen
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Abt Sportsline II
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10 | Retired | ||
| Source:[3] | |||||||
- Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
- Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
Milestones[]
- First DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship race to be staged at the Nürburgring.
- Fourth victory for Bernd Schneider.
- Schneider also secured his fifth fastest lap.
- HWA Team registered their sixth win as an entrant.
- Mercedes claimed their sixth win as a manufacturer.
- Fifth podium finish for Klaus Ludwig.
Standings[]
Bernd Schneider had enhanced his Championship lead as the season reached its halfway point, moving 37 points clear at the head of the hunt. Klaus Ludwig had moved into second with 89 points, while Manuel Reuter had slipped to third, two behind the veteran. Marcel Fässler was next up in fourth ahead of Joachim Winkelhock, with no new names added to the scoresheet.
In the Teams' Championship it was still Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes whom led the charge, and had enhanced their lead to five points. D2 AMG-Mercedes were their closest challengers on 156, while Opel Team Phoenix had retained third with 130. Original Teile AMG-Mercedes and Opel Team Holzer I then completed the top five, while the two Abt Sportsline teams remained pointless.
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References[]
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| 2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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| Manufacturers |
| Abt-Audi • AMG-Mercedes • Opel |
| Car/engine |
| Abt-Audi TT-R 2000 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000 • AMG 4.0l V8 • Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 • Opel 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| 24h Service AMG-Mercedes • Abt Sportsline I • Abt Sportsline II • D2 AMG-Mercedes • Euroteam • Opel Team Holzer I • Opel Team Holzer II • Opel Team Irmscher • Opel Team Phoenix • Original Teile AMG-Mercedes • Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 1 Bernd Schneider • 2 Thomas Jäger • 3 Uwe Alzen • 4 Joachim Winkelhock • 5 Klaus Ludwig • 6 Marcel Fässler • 7 Manuel Reuter • 8 Michael Bartels • 9 Laurent Aïello • 10 Christian Abt • 11 Éric Hélary • 12 Christian Menzel • 14/24 Pedro Lamy • 15/42 Darren Turner • 16 Stefano Modena • 17 Timo Scheider • 18 Marcel Tiemann • 19 Peter Dumbreck • 20 Kris Nissen • 21 James Thompson • 23 Roland Asch |
| Races |
| Rennsport-Festival 1 • Rennsport-Festival 2 • ADAC-Preis von Sachsen-Anhalt 1 • ADAC-Preis von Sachsen-Anhalt 2 • Norisring 1 • Norisring 2 • Sachsenring 1 • Sachsenring 2 • Großer Preis der Tourenwagen 1 • Großer Preis der Tourenwagen 2 • ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen 1 • ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen 2 • Eifelrennen 1 • Eifelrennen 2 • ADAC-Preis Hockenheim 1 • ADAC-Preis Hockenheim 2 |
| Cancelled Races |
| 2000 Lausitzring Race |
| Related Content |
| 1996 ITCC Season • 2001 DTM Season |