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Flag of Germany 2001 Lausitzring Feature Race
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The Lausitzring in 2001.
Race Information
Date 12 August 2001
No. 28
Event Flag of Germany 2001 Lausitz 200
Location Flag of Germany Lausitzring
Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany
Format 100 km / 40 min (Feature Race)
Lap length 4.534 km (2.817 mi)
Distance 23 laps / 104.282 km (64.798 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter {{{{{natp}}}}} Unknown
Team {{{{{natpt}}}}} Unknown
Time Unknown
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Team Flag of Germany Team Abt Sportsline
Time 1:42.144 on lap 14
Race Result
First Second Third
Flag of the United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström
Winner Team Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes
Time 42:19.096
Race Guide
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The 2001 Lausitz 200 Feature Race, otherwise known as the 2001 Lausitzring Feature Race, was the twelfth race of the 2001 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Lausitzring in Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany on 12 August 2001.[1] The race would see Peter Dumbreck secure victory for the second time in 2001, although teammate Bernd Schneider finished second to extend his Championship lead.[2]

Uwe Alzen would start the race from pole position after securing victory in the Qualifikationslauf, and duly aced his start to secure the lead into turn one.[2][3] Behind, Dumbreck would get away well and joust with teammate Schneider on the brakes for third, before lunging past both Schneider and Marcel Fässler with a sweeping line through the first corner.[2]

The opening tour proved far cleaner than it had in the Qualifikationslauf, with Alzen leading from Dumbreck, Fässler and Schneider, with no major incidents behind.[2] Indeed, the top four would break clear over the course of the opening tour, before Schneider, having slipped to fourth, gambled on making an early stop at the end of lap two.[2]

Dumbreck followed his teammate in a lap later, and duly emerged ahead of the #1 Mercedes as they ran at the back of the field.[2] They would, however, quickly begin lapping faster than those ahead as others began stopping, before the race was brought under the Safety Car's control on lap five.[2]

Indeed, Alain Menu had sustained damage after early contact, with parts of his front bumper and bonnet lifting at high speed.[3] On lap four the pressure of running at full throttle along the start/finish straight caused the bodywork to fail completely, scattering debris across the circuit.[3]

The race resumed on lap nine with the majority of those that had not stopped, including race leader Alzen, heading to the pitlane during the intervention.[3] Yet, Alzen had been caught behind the Safety Car before his stop and so had been forced to run at a reduced pace, allowing Dumbreck and Schneider to hit the front of the field.[3] The Brit duly aced the restart to secure the lead ahead of Schneider, while Fässler ran on in third with Alzen at the back after his delayed stop.[3]

A ferocious duel for the lead unfolded during the early laps after the restart, with Schneider throwing everything he had at Dumbreck.[3] Yet, the Brit would hold on and after several lock-ups the #1 D2 AMG-Mercedes backed off, allowing Dumbreck to secure the lead.[3]

With that the race for victory was over, meaning most of the action in the second half of the race was found in the midfield.[3] Alzen was one of those to entertain with a series of moves to climb back into the top ten, only to be removed from contention by Christian Abt, while Fässler was relegated to tenth after serving a stop-go for overtaking under yellow flags.[2]

With that the race was run, with Dumbreck easing across the line to secure victory, while Schneider enhanced his title lead with second.[2] Behind them was rookie Mattias Ekström after a storming run from nineteenth, with Thomas Jäger, Patrick Huisman and Martin Tomczyk trailing in his wake.[2] Manuel Reuter was the best of the Opel pilots in seventh ahead of a recovering Fässler, with Darren Turner and David Saelens completing the scorers.[2]

Background[]

Bernd Schneider's lead had been chipped away slightly by the opening race at the Lausitzring, with Marcel Fässler having gained a single point on the German. Schneider's lead was still a very healthy 42 points over the Swiss racer, while race winner Uwe Alzen had climbed to third on 47. He had therefore overhauled Peter Dumbreck, with no other changes to the order given the lack of points on offer.

In the Teams' Championship it was still D2 AMG-Mercedes who headed the charge, although their advantage had been reduced by four. Indeed, sister squad Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes had closed the gap to 40 points after their qualifikationslauf one-two, while Eschmann AMG-Mercedes had retained third on 50 points. There were no other changes to the order behind the top three after the first battle of the Lausitzring.

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 2001 Lausitzring Feature Race is displayed below:

2001 Lausitzring Feature Race Entry List
No. Name Entrant Constructor Chassis Livery
1 Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 File:BSC 01 Livery.png
2 Flag of the United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 File:DUM 01 Livery.png
3 Flag of Germany Joachim Winkelhock Flag of Germany Opel Team Holzer I Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2001 File:WIN 01 Livery.png
4 Flag of Germany Timo Scheider Flag of Germany Opel Team Holzer I Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2001 File:TSC 01 Livery.png
5 Flag of Germany Uwe Alzen Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 File:ALZ 01 Livery.png
6 Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 File:FAE 01 Livery.png
7 Flag of Germany Manuel Reuter Flag of Germany Opel Team Phoenix Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2001 File:REU 01 Livery.png
8 Flag of Belgium Yves Olivier Flag of Germany Opel Team Phoenix Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 File:OLI 01 Livery.png
9 Flag of Germany Bernd Mayländer Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 File:MAY 01 Livery.png
10 Dutch Flag Patrick Huisman Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 File:HUI 01 Livery.png
11 Flag of Germany Michael Bartels Flag of Germany Opel Team Holzer II Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2001 File:BAR 01 Livery.png
14 Flag of Germany Thomas Jäger Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000 File:JAE 01 Livery.png
15 Dutch Flag Christijan Albers Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000 File:ALB 01 Livery.png
16 Flag of Switzerland Alain Menu Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 File:MEN 01 Livery.png
17 Flag of Germany Hubert Haupt Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 File:HAU 01 Livery.png
18 Flag of Germany Christian Abt Flag of Germany Team Abt Sportsline Abt-Audi TT-R 2001 File:ABT 01 Livery.png
19 Flag of France Laurent Aïello Flag of Germany Team Abt Sportsline Abt-Audi TT-R 2001 File:AIE 01 Livery.png
20 Flag of Germany Peter Mamerow Flag of Germany Mamerow Racing Team Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 File:MAM 01 Livery.png
22 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Team Abt Sportsline Junior Abt-Audi TT-R 2001 File:EKS 01 Livery.png
23 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany Team Abt Sportsline Junior Abt-Audi TT-R 2001 File:TOM 01 Livery.png
24 Flag of Belgium David Saelens Flag of Germany Service 24h AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000 File:SAE 01 Livery.png
42 Flag of the United Kingdom Darren Turner Flag of Germany Service 24h AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000 File:TUR 01 Livery.png
Source:[4]

Grid[]

The grid for the 2001 Lausitzring Feature Race was based on the results from the 2001 Lausitzring Qualifying Race:

Pos. Pos.
Driver Driver
______________
Row 1 ______________ 1
2 Uwe Alzen
Marcel Fässler ______________
Row 2 ______________ 3
4 Bernd Schneider
Peter Dumbreck ______________
Row 3 ______________ 5
6 Christian Abt
Laurent Aïello ______________
Row 4 ______________ 7
8 Thomas Jäger
Bernd Mayländer ______________
Row 5 ______________ 9
10 Timo Scheider
Darren Turner ______________
Row 6 ______________ 11
12 Alain Menu
Christijan Albers ______________
Row 7 ______________ 13
14 Manuel Reuter
Michael Bartels ______________
Row 8 ______________ 15
16 Hubert Haupt
David Saelens ______________
Row 9 ______________ 17
18 Yves Olivier
Peter Mamerow ______________
Row 10 ______________ 19
20 Mattias Ekström
Joachim Winkelhock ______________
Row 11 ______________ 21
22 Patrick Huisman
Martin Tomczyk ______________

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

The final classification of the 2001 Lausitzring Feature Race is displayed below:

2001 Lausitzring Feature Race Result
Pos. No. Name Team Laps Race Time Fastest lap Pts.
1st 2 Flag of the United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes 23 42:19.096 20
2nd 1 Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes 23 +0.664s 15
3rd 22 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline Junior 23 +9.010s 12
4th 14 Flag of Germany Thomas Jäger Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 23 +13.105s 10
5th 10 Dutch Flag Patrick Huisman Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 23 +19.734s 8
6th 23 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline Junior 23 +21.735s 6
7th 7 Flag of Germany Manuel Reuter Flag of Germany OPC Team Phoenix 23 +23.092s 4
8th 6 Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 23 +23.784s 3
9th 42 Flag of the United Kingdom Darren Turner Flag of Germany Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 23 +27.142s 2
10th 24 Flag of Belgium David Saelens Flag of Germany Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 23 +28.675s 1
11th 4 Flag of Germany Timo Scheider Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer I 23 +30.017s
12th 19 Flag of France Laurent Aïello Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline 23 +30.805s 1:42.144
13th 9 Flag of Germany Bernd Mayländer Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 23 +44.024s
14th 3 Flag of Germany Joachim Winkelhock Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer I 23 +53.518s
15th 17 Flag of Germany Hubert Haupt Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam 23 +1:05.412
16th 15 Dutch Flag Christijan Albers Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 23 +1:08.859
17th 20 Flag of Germany Peter Mamerow Flag of Germany Opel Team Mamerow 23 +1:11.831
18th 18 Flag of Germany Christian Abt Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline 23 +1:32.643
19th 16 Flag of Switzerland Alain Menu Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam 22 +1 Lap
20th* 5 Flag of Germany Uwe Alzen Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 18 Damage
Ret 8 Flag of Belgium Yves Olivier Flag of Germany OPC Team Phoenix 12 Retired
Ret 11 Flag of Germany Michael Bartels Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer II 11 Retired
Source:[4]
  • Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
  • Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.

Milestones[]

  • Peter Dumbreck scored his second career victory.
  • Eighteenth victory for HWA Team as an entrant.
    • Mercedes registered their eighteenth win as a manufacturer.
  • David Saelens claimed his maiden points finish.

Standings[]

Bernd Schneider had extended his effective Championship lead with second place in the second battle of Lausitz, moving onto 108 points for the campaign. Teammate Peter Dumbreck had, however, moved into second with his victory in Lausitz, but was 43 points off the lead at the end of the afternoon. Marcel Fässler was next up having lost second, eleven behind Dubmbreck, while Uwe Alzen had slipped to fourth on 47.

In the Teams' Championship the fight for the title had effectively become a duel between the two HWA Mercedes teams with four rounds to go, for third placed Eschmann AMG-Mercedes had slipped 115 points behind. Of the two HWA teams it was D2 AMG-Mercedes who held the advantage on 173 points, while sister squad Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes had slipped 72 behind in second. That meant that D2 could win the title at the A1-Ring in early September, if they had a strong weekend at the Nürburgring.

2001 Drivers' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider 108 ◄0
2nd Flag of the United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck 65 ▲2
3rd Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler 54 ▼1
4th Flag of Germany Uwe Alzen 47 ▼1
5th Flag of France Laurent Aïello 37 ◄0
6th Flag of Germany Thomas Jäger 32 ▲1
7th Dutch Flag Patrick Huisman 30 ▲1
8th Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström 30 ▲1
9th Flag of Germany Marcel Tiemann 26 ▼3
10th Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk 23 ◄0
11th Dutch Flag Christijan Albers 15 ◄0
12th Flag of Portugal Pedro Lamy 12 ◄0
13th Flag of Germany Joachim Winkelhock 10 ◄0
14th Flag of Germany Christian Abt 10 ◄0
15th Flag of Germany Michael Bartels 7 ◄0
16th Flag of Germany Manuel Reuter 7 ▲1
17th Flag of the United Kingdom Darren Turner 5 ▼1
18th Flag of Germany Bernd Mayländer 2 ◄0
19th Flag of Germany Timo Scheider 1 ◄0
20th Flag of Belgium David Saelens 1 ◄0
2001 Teams' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes 173 ◄0
2nd Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 101 ◄0
3rd Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 58 ◄0
4th Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline Junior 53 ◄0
5th Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline 47 ▼1
6th Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 47 ▼1
7th Flag of Germany Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 18 ◄0
8th Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer I 11 ◄0
9th Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer II 7 ◄0
10th Flag of Germany OPC Team Phoenix 7 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

References[]

Images and Videos:

References:

  1. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Cal
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Peter McLaren, 'Dumbreck delighted with first DTM victory.', crash.net, (Crash Media Group, 13/08/2001), https://www.crash.net/dtm/news/26480/1/dumbreck-delighted-with-first-dtm-victory, (Accessed 09/05/2020)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 'DTM Lausitzring 2001 - Highlights', youtube.com, (YouTube: DTM, 25/11/2016), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHfT1mW4rg8&list=PLrjmhNF7Jz1xCWFdjmw-P9aOk1EpKc1y2&index=5, (Accessed 09/05/2020)
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