2000 Oschersleben I Race 1

2000 Oschersleben I Race 1
The Oschersleben A Circuit in 2000
Race Information
Date	18 June 2000
No.	3
Event	ADAC-Preis von Sachsen-Anhalt 2000
Location	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Format	100 km / 40 min
Lap length	3.668 km (2.279 mi)
Distance	28 laps / 102.704 km (63.817 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Manuel Reuter
Team	Opel Team Phoenix
Time	1:25.291
Fastest Lap
Driver	Bernd Schneider
Team	D2 AMG-Mercedes
Time	1:27.798 on lap 4
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Manuel Reuter	Joachim Winkelhock	Bernd Schneider
Winner Team	Opel Team Phoenix
Time	41:14.541
Race Guide
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The 2000 Oschersleben Race 1, formally known as the ADAC-Preis von Sachsen-Anhalt 2000 Race 1, was the third race of the 2000 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany on 18 June 2000. The race would see Manuel Reuter secure a dominant maiden victory for Opel in the revived DTM.

Background

Bernd Schneider left Hockenheim with a perfect tally of 40 points after his two victories, putting him ten ahead of Marcel Fässler. The Swiss racer himself had a ten point margin over Timo Scheider in third, while Peter Dumbreck had risen to fourth on sixteen points. Michael Bartels and Manuel Reuter were next up with fifteen and twelve points respectively, with thirteen drivers on the scoresheet.

D2 AMG-Mercedes led the charge in the Teams' Championship after the opening day, leaving Hockenheim on 40 points. Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes were next up on 34 points, while Opel's challenge was led by Opel Team Phoenix. Next up was Opel Team Holzer II in fourth ahead of Original Teile AMG-Mercedes, with eight teams out of eleven having scored.

Entry List

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

2000 Oschersleben I 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
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
14	Pedro Lamy	Mercedes Team Rosberg	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2000	AMG 4.0l V8
15	Darren Turner	Mercedes Team Rosberg	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2000	AMG 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
21	James Thompson	Abt Sportsline II	Abt-Audi	TT-R 2000	Audi 4.0l V8
23	Roland Asch	Abt Sportsline I	Abt-Audi	TT-R 2000	Audi 4.0l V8
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Qualifying

Results

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

2000 Oschersleben I Race 1 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Team Phoenix	1:25.291	—	154.821 km/h	1
2nd	8	Michael Bartels	Opel Team Phoenix	1:25.471	+0.180s	154.494 km/h	2
3rd	4	Joachim Winkelhock	Opel Team Holzer I	1:25.731	+0.440s	154.026 km/h	3
4th	11	Éric Hélary	Opel Team Holzer II	1:25.791	+0.500s	153.918 km/h	4
5th	1	Bernd Schneider	D2 AMG-Mercedes	1:25.802	+0.511s	153.898 km/h	5
6th	17	Timo Scheider	Opel Team Holzer II	1:25.842	+0.551s	153.827 km/h	6
7th	16	Stefano Modena	Euroteam	1:25.963	+0.672s	153.610 km/h	7
8th	6	Marcel Fässler	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	1:25.964	+0.673s	153.608 km/h	8
9th	14	Pedro Lamy	Mercedes Team Rosberg	1:25.981	+0.690s	153.578 km/h	9
10th	5	Klaus Ludwig	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	1:26.035	+0.744s	153.482 km/h	10
11th	2	Thomas Jäger	D2 AMG-Mercedes	1:26.077	+0.786s	153.407 km/h	11
12th	3	Uwe Alzen	Opel Team Holzer I	1:26.090	+0.799s	153.384 km/h	12
13th	19	Peter Dumbreck	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	1:26.149	+0.858s	153.279 km/h	13
14th	12	Christian Menzel	Opel Team Irmscher	1:26.388	+1.097s	152.855 km/h	14
15th	18	Marcel Tiemann	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	1:26.595	+1.304s	152.489 km/h	15
16th	15	Darren Turner	Mercedes Team Rosberg	1:27.005	+1.714s	151.771 km/h	16
17th	20	Kris Nissen	Abt Sportsline II	1:27.681	+2.390s	150.600 km/h	17
18th	23	Roland Asch	Abt Sportsline I	1:28.977	+3.686s	148.407 km/h	18
NC	21	James Thompson	Abt Sportsline II	—			19
Source:

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

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2000 Oschersleben I Race 1 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Team Phoenix	28	41:14.541		20
2nd	4	Joachim Winkelhock	Opel Team Holzer I	28	+7.191s		15
3rd	1	Bernd Schneider	D2 AMG-Mercedes	28	+17.027s	1:27.798	12
4th	11	Éric Hélary	Opel Team Holzer II	28	+23.420s		10
5th	17	Timo Scheider	Opel Team Holzer II	28	+23.977s		8
6th	2	Thomas Jäger	D2 AMG-Mercedes	28	+24.291s		6
7th	14	Pedro Lamy	Mercedes Team Rosberg	28	+24.767s		4
8th	5	Klaus Ludwig	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	28	+25.061s		3
9th	6	Marcel Fässler	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	28	+26.415s		2
10th	18	Marcel Tiemann	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	28	+28.524s		1
11th	19	Peter Dumbreck	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	28	+29.890s
12th	16	Stefano Modena	Euroteam	28	+41.559s
13th	15	Darren Turner	Mercedes Team Rosberg	28	+43.911s
14th	12	Christian Menzel	Opel Team Irmscher	28	+51.162s
15th	23	Roland Asch	Abt Sportsline I	28	+1:30.688
16th	20	Kris Nissen	Abt Sportsline II	27	+1 Lap
17th	21	James Thompson	Abt Sportsline II	27	+1 Lap
18th	8	Michael Bartels	Opel Team Phoenix	26	+2 Laps
Ret	3	Uwe Alzen	Opel Team Holzer I	21	Retired
Source:

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

Milestones

• Maiden pole position for Manuel Reuter.
• Reuter secured his maiden victory.
• First win for Phoenix Racing as an entrant.
  • Opel secured their first victory as a manufacturer.
• Joachim Winkelhock secured his first podium finish.
• Maiden points finish for Pedro Lamy.

Standings

Bernd Schneider would retain the lead in the Championship after the third round of the campaign, and had established a fair twenty point lead at the head of the hunt. Manuel Reuter, the only other winner of the campaign, would head into the second race of the weekend on 32 points in second, while Marcel Fässler had dropped to third, level with Reuter in terms of points. Timo Scheider was next up ahead of Joachim Winkelhock, while Pedro Lamy had become the season's fourteenth scorer.

In the Teams' Championship it was D2 AMG Mercedes who continued to head the field, entering the second Oschersleben race with 62 points. Opel Team Phoenix were next up in second after their maiden victory, fifteen behind, while their sister squad Opel Team Holzer II were a further five back. Warsteiner AMG Mercedes were next up ahead of Original Teile AMG-Mercedes, with eight teams having scored in the opening three rounds.

2000 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Bernd Schneider 52 ◄0 2nd Manuel Reuter 32 ▲4 3rd Marcel Fässler 32 ▼1 4th Timo Scheider 28 ▼1 5th Joachim Winkelhock 22 ▲2 6th Peter Dumbreck 16 ▼2 7th Michael Bartels 15 ▼2 8th Éric Hélary 14 ▲2 9th Thomas Jäger 10 ◄0 10th Marcel Tiemann 7 ▼2 11th Klaus Ludwig 7 ◄0 12th Pedro Lamy 4 ▲3 13th Darren Turner 3 ▼1 14th Stefano Modena 1 ▼1

2000 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st D2 AMG-Mercedes 62 ◄0 2nd Opel Team Phoenix 47 ▲1 3rd Opel Team Holzer II 42 ▲1 4th Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 39 ▼2 5th Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 23 ◄0 6th Opel Team Holzer I 22 ◄0 7th Mercedes Team Rosberg 7 ◄0 8th Euroteam 1 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

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