2000 Norisring Race 1

2000 Norisring Race 1
The Norisring hosted its first DTM race in 2000.
Race Information
Date	9 July 2000
No.	5
Event	ADAC Norisring Trophäe 2000
Location	Norisring Nuremburg, Bavaria, Germany
Format	100 km / 40 min
Lap length	2.300 km (1.429 mi)
Distance	44 laps / 101.200 km (62.883 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Joachim Winkelhock
Team	Opel Team Holzer I
Time	57.868
Fastest Lap
Driver	Christian Menzel
Team	Opel Team Irmscher
Time	51.779 on lap 10
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Joachim Winkelhock	Klaus Ludwig	Manuel Reuter
Winner Team	Opel Team Holzer I
Time	38:41.920
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2000 Oschersleben I Race 2		2000 Norisring Race 2

The 2000 Norisring Race 1, otherwise known as the ADAC Norisring Trophäe 2000 Heat 1, was the fifth race of the 2000 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Norisring in Nuremburg, Bavaria, Germany, on 9 July 2000. The race would see Joachim Winkelhock secure his maiden DTM victory from pole position, as Manuel Reuter secured the Championship lead.

Background

It was a dead heat atop the Championship as the second race weekend of the DTM came to a close, with Bernd Schneider and Manuel Reuter level on 52 points, with two wins apiece. Indeed, Schneider was only considered to be ahead on countback due to having a twelfth place finish as opposed to a thirteenth place finish for Reuter, while Marcel Fässler was third on 44. Joachim Winkelhock and Timo Scheider completed the top five, while Uwe Alzen had added his name to the scorers' list.

In the Teams' Championship it was still D2 AMG-Mercedes who held the initiative after four races, although their advantage had been reduced to five points. Opel Team Phoenix were their closest challengers in second, while Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes had moved back up to third on 51 points, 21 behind their sister squad. The two Opel Team Holzer squads were next up to complete the top five, with no further names added to the scoresheet.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2000 Norisring Race 1 is displayed below:

2000 Norisring Race 1 Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine
1	Bernd Schneider	D2 AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2000	AMG 4.0l V8
2	Thomas Jäger	D2 AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2000	AMG 4.0l V8
3	Uwe Alzen	Opel Team Holzer I	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000	Opel 4.0l V8
4	Joachim Winkelhock	Opel Team Holzer I	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000	Opel 4.0l V8
5	Klaus Ludwig	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2000	AMG 4.0l V8
6	Marcel Fässler	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2000	AMG 4.0l V8
7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Team Phoenix	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000	Opel 4.0l V8
8	Michael Bartels	Opel Team Phoenix	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000	Opel 4.0l V8
9	Laurent Aïello	Abt Sportsline I	Abt-Audi	TT-R 2000	Audi 4.0l V8
10	Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline I	Abt-Audi	TT-R 2000	Audi 4.0l V8
11	Éric Hélary	Opel Team Holzer II	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000	Opel 4.0l V8
12	Christian Menzel	Opel Team Irmscher	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000	Opel 4.0l V8
16	Stefano Modena	Euroteam	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000	Opel 4.0l V8
17	Timo Scheider	Opel Team Holzer II	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000	Opel 4.0l V8
18	Marcel Tiemann	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2000	AMG 4.0l V8
19	Peter Dumbreck	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2000	AMG 4.0l V8
20	Kris Nissen	Abt Sportsline II	Abt-Audi	TT-R 2000	Audi 4.0l V8
24	Pedro Lamy	24h Service AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2000	AMG 4.0l V8
42	Darren Turner	24h Service AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2000	AMG 4.0l V8
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Qualifying

Results

The final qualifying result for the 2000 Norisring Race 1 are outlined below:

2000 Norisring Race 1 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	4	Joachim Winkelhock	Opel Team Holzer I	57.868	—	143.084 km/h	1
2nd	18	Marcel Tiemann	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	58.012	+0.184s	142.729 km/h	2
3rd	1	Bernd Schneider	D2 AMG-Mercedes	58.152	+0.284s	142.385 km/h	3
4th	5	Klaus Ludwig	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	58.171	+0.303s	142.339 km/h	4
5th	16	Stefano Modena	Euroteam	58.231	+0.363s	142.192 km/h	5
6th	7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Team Phoenix	58.274	+0.406s	142.087 km/h	6
7th	6	Marcel Fässler	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	58.324	+0.456s	141.966 km/h	7
8th	2	Thomas Jäger	D2 AMG-Mercedes	58.428	+0.560s	141.713 km/h	8
9th	12	Christian Menzel	Opel Team Irmscher	58.546	+0.678s	141.427 km/h	9
10th	11	Éric Hélary	Opel Team Holzer II	58.710	+0.842s	141.032 km/h	10
11th	10	Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline I	58.802	+0.934s	140.812 km/h	11
12th	3	Uwe Alzen	Opel Team Holzer I	58.857	+0.989s	140.680 km/h	12
13th	24	Pedro Lamy	24h Service AMG-Mercedes	58.917	+1.049s	140.537 km/h	13
14th	8	Michael Bartels	Opel Team Phoenix	59.058	+1.190s	140.201 km/h	14
15th	17	Timo Scheider	Opel Team Holzer II	59.154	+1.286s	139.974 km/h	15
16th	42	Darren Turner	24h Service AMG-Mercedes	59.303	+1.435s	139.622 km/h	16
17th	9	Laurent Aïello	Abt Sportsline I	1:00.580	+2.712s	136.679 km/h	17
18th	20	Kris Nissen	Abt Sportsline II	1:01.458	+3.590s	134.726 km/h	18
NC	19	Peter Dumbreck	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	—			19
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
		______________
Row 1	______________	1
	2	Joachim Winkelhock
	Marcel Tiemann	______________
Row 2	______________	3
	4	Bernd Schneider
	Klaus Ludwig	______________
Row 3	______________	5
	6	Stefano Modena
	Manuel Reuter	______________
Row 4	______________	7
	8	Marcel Fässler
	Thomas Jäger	______________
Row 5	______________	9
	10	Christian Menzel
	Éric Hélary	______________
Row 6	______________	11
	12	Christian Abt
	Uwe Alzen	______________
Row 7	______________	13
	14	Pedro Lamy
	Michael Bartels	______________
Row 8	______________	15
	16	Timo Scheider
	Darren Turner	______________
Row 9	______________	17
	18	Laurent Aïello
	Kris Nissen	______________
Row 10	______________	19
	20	Peter Dumbreck
		______________

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2000 Norisring Race 1 is displayed below:

2000 Norisring Race 1 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	4	Joachim Winkelhock	Opel Team Holzer I	44	38:41.920		20
2nd	5	Klaus Ludwig	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	44	+5.893s		15
3rd	7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Team Phoenix	44	+6.090s		12
4th	1	Bernd Schneider	D2 AMG-Mercedes	44	+7.952s		10
5th	8	Michael Bartels	Opel Team Phoenix	44	+8.192s		8
6th	18	Marcel Tiemann	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	44	+10.277s		6
7th	2	Thomas Jäger	D2 AMG-Mercedes	44	+13.852s		4
8th	3	Uwe Alzen	Opel Team Holzer I	44	+13.978s		3
9th	24	Pedro Lamy	24h Service AMG-Mercedes	44	+14.481s		2
10th	16	Stefano Modena	Euroteam	44	+23.439s		1
11th	42	Darren Turner	24h Service AMG-Mercedes	44	+29.095s
12th	17	Timo Scheider	Opel Team Holzer II	44	+30.539s
13th	6	Marcel Fässler	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	44	+35.247s
14th	19	Peter Dumbreck	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	44	+37.438s
15th	11	Éric Hélary	Opel Team Holzer II	43	+1 Lap
16th	12	Christian Menzel	Opel Team Irmscher	43	+1 Lap	51.779
Ret	10	Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline I	20	Retired
Ret	9	Laurent Aïello	Abt Sportsline I	15	Retired
Ret	20	Kris Nissen	Abt Sportsline II	10	Engine
Source:

• Bold indicates that a driver started from pole position.
• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.

Milestones

• First DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters race to be staged at the Norisring.
• Maiden pole position for Joachim Winkelhock.
• Winkelhock secured his first DTM victory.
• Team Holzer recorded their maiden victory as an entrant.
  • Third win for Opel as a manufacturer.
• Klaus Ludwig secured his maiden podium finish.
• Christian Menzel recorded his first fastest lap.
  • This was also the first fastest lap recorded by a Team Irmscher entered car.

Standings

Manuel Reuter became the first driver other than Bernd Schneider to head the Championship, moving two ahead of his compatriot to secure the lead. Those two were five ahead of Joachim Winkelhock, fresh from his maiden victory, before a thirteen point gap back to Marcel Fässler in fourth. Timo Scheider then completed the top five, Klaus Ludwig had moved into the top ten, with no new names on the scoresheet.

In the Teams' Championship Opel Team Phoenix had moved to the top of the pack with 87 points, meaning they had overhauled D2 AMG-Mercedes for the first time. However, the Mercedes backed squad were only a point behind the Opel leaders, while Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes were only ten further behind in third. Opel Team Holzer I, meanwhile, moved ahead of their sister squad Opel Team Holzer II, while both Abt Sportsline teams remained pointless.

2000 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Manuel Reuter 64 ▲1 2nd Bernd Schneider 62 ▼1 3rd Joachim Winkelhock 57 ▲1 4th Marcel Fässler 44 ▼1 5th Timo Scheider 32 ◄0 6th Thomas Jäger 24 ▲1 7th Peter Dumbreck 24 ▼1 8th Michael Bartels 13 ◄0 9th Klaus Ludwig 22 ▲3 10th Marcel Tiemann 19 ◄0 11th Éric Hélary 15 ▼2 12th Pedro Lamy 9 ▼1 13th Uwe Alzen 5 ▲1 14th Darren Turner 3 ▼1 15th Stefano Modena 2 ◄0

2000 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Opel Team Phoenix 87 ▲1 2nd D2 AMG-Mercedes 86 ▼1 3rd Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 66 ◄0 4th Opel Team Holzer I 62 ▲1 5th Opel Team Holzer II 47 ▼1 6th Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 43 ◄0 7th Mercedes Team Rosberg 12 ◄0 8th Euroteam 2 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

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