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The Nürburgring Sprint Strecke hosted its maiden DTM race.
Race Information
Date 26 August 2001
No. 29
Event Flag of Germany Großer Preis der Tourenwagen 2001
Location Flag of Germany Nürburgring
Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Format 35 km (Qualifikationslauf)
Lap length 3.038 km (1.887 mi)
Distance 10 laps / 30.380 km (18.877 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Team Flag of Germany Team Abt Sportsline
Time 1:05.088
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Team Flag of Germany Team Abt Sportsline
Time 1:06.221 on lap 6
Race Result
First Second Third
Flag of France Laurent Aïello Flag of Germany Uwe Alzen Flag of Germany Christian Abt
Winner Team Flag of Germany Team Abt Sportsline
Time 11:09.987
Race Guide
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The 2001 Nürburgring II Qualifying Race, otherwise known as the Großer Preis der Tourenwagen 2001 Qualifikationslauf, was the thirteenth round of the 2001 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on 26 August 2001.[1] The race would see Laurent Aïello secure a dominant victory and Grand Slam for Abt-Audi, having led every lap from pole position.[2]

Indeed, Abt-Audi had been the squad to beat at the Nürburgring, for having won both races on the GP Strecke earlier in the season, Aïello would beat teammate Christian Abt to pole for the Qualifikationslauf around the Sprint circuit in qualifying.[3] Furthermore, the Abt Junior cars of Mattias Ekström and Martin Tomczyk would find themselves in fifth and seventh, with Championship leader Bernd Schneider leading the anti-Audi resistance from third for Mercedes.[3]

Aïello made good on his pole position to leap into the lead at the start, while Abt moved across to block Schneider.[2] Indeed, the #18 Abt-Audi was so preoccupied with preventing the #1 Mercedes from moving through that he failed to not Uwe Alzen on the outside of the circuit, who duly swept past both Abt and Schneider to secure second.[2]

Further around the opening lap Alain Menu made a mistake and ran across a kerb, before collecting Thomas Jäger and pushing the #14 Mercedes into a spin.[2] That may have also played a part in the demise of Peter Dumbreck a few laps later, who suffered a failure exiting the chicane, with white smoke pouring from the back of his car.[2]

Out front, meanwhile, there was no stopping Aïello, who set a series of quick laps early on to secure an impressive lead.[2] Alzen, meanwhile, would get a solid grip on second, with Abt having to defend from Schneider instead of harassing the #5 Mercedes for second.[2]

Indeed, other than the first lap dramas there would be no major incidents during the Sprint, with Aïello claiming a comfortable victory by almost five seconds from Alzen.[2] Abt was next up ahead of Schneider, while Bernd Mayländer claimed an impressive fifth ahead of Ekström.[2]

Background[]

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.

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 2001 Nürburgring II Qualifying Race is displayed below:

2001 Nürburgring II Qualifying 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]

Practice[]

Qualifying[]

Report[]

Results[]

The final qualifying result for the 2001 Nürburgring II Qualifying Race are outlined below:

2001 Nürburgring II Qualifying Race Qualifying Result
Pos. No. Name Team Time Gap Ave. Speed Grid
1st 19 Flag of France Laurent Aïello Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline 1:05.088 168.030 km/h 1
2nd 18 Flag of Germany Christian Abt Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline 1:05.422 +0.334s 167.173 km/h 2
3rd 1 Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes 1:05.440 +0.352s 167.127 km/h 3
4th 5 Flag of Germany Uwe Alzen Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 1:05.545 +0.457s 166.859 km/h 4
5th 22 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline Junior 1:05.573 +0.485s 166.788 km/h 5
6th 9 Flag of Germany Bernd Mayländer Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 1:05.578 +0.490s 166.775 km/h 6
7th 23 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline Junior 1:05.811 +0.723s 166.184 km/h 7
8th 2 Flag of the United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes 1:05.884 +0.796s 166.000 km/h 8
9th 6 Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 1:05.973 +0.885s 165.776 km/h 9
10th 4 Flag of Germany Timo Scheider Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer I 1:05.973 +0.885s 165.776 km/h 10
11th 15 Dutch Flag Christijan Albers Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 1:05.976 +0.888s 165.769 km/h 11
12th 10 Dutch Flag Patrick Huisman Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 1:06.011 +0.923s 165.681 km/h 12
13th 14 Flag of Germany Thomas Jäger Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 1:06.015 +0.927s 165.671 km/h 13
14th 3 Flag of Germany Joachim Winkelhock Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer I 1:06.175 +1.087s 165.270 km/h 14
15th 16 Flag of Switzerland Alain Menu Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam 1:06.201 +1.113s 165.205 km/h 15
16th 11 Flag of Germany Michael Bartels Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer II 1:06.318 +1.230s 164.914 km/h 16
17th 42 Flag of the United Kingdom Darren Turner Flag of Germany Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 1:06.378 +1.290s 164.765 km/h 17
18th 8 Flag of Belgium Yves Olivier Flag of Germany OPC Team Phoenix 1:06.464 +1.376s 164.552 km/h 18
19th 24 Flag of Belgium David Saelens Flag of Germany Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 1:06.619 +1.531s 164.169 km/h 19
20th 7 Flag of Germany Manuel Reuter Flag of Germany OPC Team Phoenix 1:06.751 +1.663s 163.844 km/h 20
21st 17 Flag of Germany Hubert Haupt Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam 1:07.163 +2.075s 162.839 km/h 21
107% Time: 1:09.644[4]
NC 20 Flag of Germany Peter Mamerow Flag of Germany Opel Team Mamerow 22
Source:[4]
  • Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.

Grid[]

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

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

The final classification of the 2001 Nürburgring II Qualifying Race is displayed below:

2001 Nürburgring II Qualifying Race Result
Pos. No. Name Team Laps Race Time Fastest lap Pts.
1st 19 Flag of France Laurent Aïello Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline 10 11:09.987 1:06.221 3
2nd 5 Flag of Germany Uwe Alzen Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 10 +4.747s 2
3rd 18 Flag of Germany Christian Abt Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline 10 +5.727s 1
4th 1 Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes 10 +6.032s
5th 9 Flag of Germany Bernd Mayländer Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 10 +7.582s
6th 22 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline Junior 10 +8.068s
7th 6 Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 10 +8.917s
8th 15 Dutch Flag Christijan Albers Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 10 +9.538s
9th 23 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline Junior 10 +10.152s
10th 10 Dutch Flag Patrick Huisman Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 10 +10.655s
11th 4 Flag of Germany Timo Scheider Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer I 10 +11.074s
12th 7 Flag of Germany Manuel Reuter Flag of Germany OPC Team Phoenix 10 +15.579s
13th 24 Flag of Belgium David Saelens Flag of Germany Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 10 +18.689s
14th 11 Flag of Germany Michael Bartels Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer II 10 +19.462s
15th 8 Flag of Belgium Yves Olivier Flag of Germany OPC Team Phoenix 10 +24.037s
16th 3 Flag of Germany Joachim Winkelhock Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer I 10 +24.790s
17th 17 Flag of Germany Hubert Haupt Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam 10 +25.345s
18th 20 Flag of Germany Peter Mamerow Flag of Germany Opel Team Mamerow 10 +30.991s
Ret 42 Flag of the United Kingdom Darren Turner Flag of Germany Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 3 Retired
Ret 2 Flag of the United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes 2 Retired
Ret 16 Flag of Switzerland Alain Menu Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam 2 Collision
Ret 14 Flag of Germany Thomas Jäger Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 1 Collision
Source:[4]
  • Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
  • Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.

Milestones[]

  • Laurent Aïello secured his third DTM victory.
    • Maiden Grand Slam for Aïello.
  • Third win for ABT Sportsline as an entrant.
    • Third victory for Audi as a manufacturer.

Standings[]

Bernd Schneider had failed to extend his Championship lead after the opening bout at the Nürburgring, and hence had remained on 108 points for the season. Teammate Peter Dumbreck was next up in second, but was still 43 behind, while Marcel Fässler and Uwe Alzen had retained third and fourth. Laurent Aïello had been the main benefactor after his victory, having inched closer to Alzen, while Christian Abt had moved ahead Joachim Winkelhock to claim thirteenth.

In the Teams' Championship there had been very little change out front, as D2 AMG-Mercedes had seen their lead marginally reduced. Indeed, their advantage had been deducted by two points to 70 by sister squad Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes, while behind, a further 47 points away, Eschmann AMG-Mercedes had retained third, just ahead of Abt Sportsline Junior in fourth. The senior Abt-Audi squad had instead been the Qualifikationlauf's major winners, having moved to within two of their rookie counterparts.

2001 Drivers' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider 108 ◄0
2nd Flag of the United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck 65 ◄0
3rd Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler 54 ◄0
4th Flag of Germany Uwe Alzen 49 ◄0
5th Flag of France Laurent Aïello 40 ◄0
6th Flag of Germany Thomas Jäger 32 ◄0
7th Dutch Flag Patrick Huisman 30 ◄0
8th Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström 30 ◄0
9th Flag of Germany Marcel Tiemann 26 ◄0
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 Christian Abt 11 ▲1
14th Flag of Germany Joachim Winkelhock 10 ▼1
15th Flag of Germany Michael Bartels 7 ◄0
16th Flag of Germany Manuel Reuter 7 ◄0
17th Flag of the United Kingdom Darren Turner 5 ◄0
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 103 ◄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 51 ◄0
6th Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 47 ◄0
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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 'DTM Nürburgring 2001 - Highlights', youtube.com, (YouTube: DTM, 25/11/2016), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MMAo9YT5h0&list=PLrjmhNF7Jz1xCWFdjmw-P9aOk1EpKc1y2&index=4, (Accessed 10/05/2020)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Robert Wilkins, 'Aiello takes pole position for Abt-Audi.', crash.net, (Crash Media Group, 25/08/2001), https://www.crash.net/dtm/news/26485/1/aiello-takes-pole-position-for-abt-audi, (Accessed 10/05/2020)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 '2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Nurburgring', motorsportstats.com, (Motorsport Network, 2019), https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2001-nurburgring-5, (Accessed 10/05/2020) Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Results" defined multiple times with different content
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1 Bernd Schneider2 Peter Dumbreck3 Joachim Winkelhock4 Timo Scheider5 Uwe Alzen6 Marcel Fässler7 Manuel Reuter8 Yves Olivier9 Bernd Mayländer/Marcel Tiemann10 Patrick Huisman11 Michael Bartels14 Thomas Jäger15 Christijan Albers16 Alain Menu17 Hubert Haupt18 Christian Abt19 Laurent Aïello/Kris Nissen20 Peter Mamerow22 Mattias Ekström23 Martin Tomczyk24 Pedro Lamy42 Darren Turner
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