2001 Nürburgring I Feature Race

2001 Nürburgring I Feature Race
The GP-Strecke of the Nürburgring.
Race Information
Date	6 May 2001
No.	20
Event	Eifelrennen 2001
Location	Nürburgring GP-Strecke Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Format	100 km / 40 min (Feature Race)
Lap length	4.556 km (2.831 mi)
Distance	22 laps / 100.232 km (62.281 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	{{{{{natp}}}}} Unknown
Team	{{{{{natpt}}}}} Unknown
Time	Unknown
Fastest Lap
Driver	Martin Tomczyk
Team	Team Abt Sportsline Junior
Time	1:37.932 on lap 5
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Laurent Aïello	Bernd Schneider	Thomas Jäger
Winner Team	Team Abt Sportsline
Time	36:52.833
Race Guide
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2001 Nürburgring I Qualifying Race		2001 Oschersleben Qualifying Race

The 2001 Nürburgring I Feature Race, otherwise known as the Eifelrennen 2001 Feature Race, was the fourth race of the 2001 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Nürburgring GP-Strecke in Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on 6 May 2001. The race would see Laurent Aïello sweep to his second victory of the day, edging out Bernd Schneider after an early break.

Aïello would start the Feature from pole position, having secured victory in the Qualifikationslauf ahead of Martin Tomczyk. Peter Dumbreck was the best Mercedes driver in third ahead of Thomas Jäger, while Christijan Albers was the best Opel pilot down in thirteenth.

The start of the race saw Aïello leap into an early lead, while Jäger stormed into second from fourth on the grid to challenge the Frenchman. Tomczyk pulled away cleanly enough to secure third, while Schneider catapulted his car into fourth ahead of teammate Dumbreck. Indeed, Dumbreck would be a victim of a mistake from Tomczyk into turn two, with the young German racer accidentally running the Brit wide and hence dumping the #2 D2 AMG-Mercedes down to seventh.

The early stages saw Aïello establish a lead over Jäger, with the circuit completely dry after rain had affected the Qualifikationslauf. Jäger himself was chased by Tomczyk and Schneider, while Pedro Lamy headed a mob of fellow Mercedes drivers.

Patrick Huisman was the first driver to make his compulsory stop when the pits officially opened, with Aïello the first of the leaders to dive in. Jäger inherited the lead as Tomczyk and Schneider pitted on the next lap, the latter jumping the former, before making his stop on lap ten.

Aïello re-assumed the lead of the race once the stops were completed on lap eighteen, while Jäger found himself in third having been undercut by Schneider. The #1 Mercedes then began to close in on the leading #19 Audi as the race entered its final third, while Jäger drifted back into the sights of Tomczyk.

Yet, try as he might Schneider never managed to challenge Aïello, meaning it was the Frenchman who emerged victorious to announce himself as a title pretender. Schneider and Jäger completed the podium ahead of Tomczyk, with the latter duo finishing nose-to-tail with fifth placed Marcel Fässler. Uwe Alzen was set to finish sixth before his suspension collapsed on the final tour, handing Lamy the position, with Huisman, Dumbreck, Mattias Ekström and Timo Scheider reaping the remaining points.

Background

There had been no major changes to the order as a result of the Qualifikationslauf at the Nürburgring, with Bernd Schneider still heading the charge. Indeed, while Peter Dumbreck had moved level with Marcel Fässler for second, but was behind on countback, only Laurent Aïello and Martin Tomczyk had physically moved up the order. The former had moved up ahead of Pedro Lamy, while Tomczyk had shot up into the top ten with his second place.

Likewise, there had been little change in the Teams' Championship, with D2 AMG-Mercedes heading the charge with 38 points to their credit. Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes were next up ahead of Original Teile AMG-Mercedes, while Service 24h AMG-Mercedes had remained in third and fourth. Behind, Abt Sportsline had made ground in fifth on eight points, while Abt Sportsline Junior were on the board as the only movers.

Entry List

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

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

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

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

• * Reuter was unable to start the race due to damage sustained in the first race.

Race

Results

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

2001 Nürburgring I Feature Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	19	Laurent Aïello	Abt Sportsline	22	36:52.833		20
2nd	1	Bernd Schneider	D2 AMG-Mercedes	22	+1.517s		15
3rd	14	Thomas Jäger	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	22	+4.741s		12
4th	23	Martin Tomczyk	Abt Sportsline Junior	22	+5.248s	1:37.932	10
5th	6	Marcel Fässler	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	22	+5.630s		8
6th	24	Pedro Lamy	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	22	+15.265s		6
7th	10	Patrick Huisman	Eschmann AMG-Mercedes	22	+18.354s		4
8th	2	Peter Dumbreck	D2 AMG-Mercedes	22	+18.712s		3
9th	22	Mattias Ekström	Abt Sportsline	22	+20.461s		2
10th	4	Timo Scheider	OPC Team Holzer I	22	+22.120s		1
11th	8	Yves Olivier	OPC Team Phoenix	22	+22.794s
12th	15	Christijan Albers	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	22	+40.035s
13th	3	Joachim Winkelhock	OPC Team Holzer I	22	+40.827s
14th	11	Michael Bartels	OPC Team Holzer II	22	+44.319s
15th	17	Hubert Haupt	OPC Euroteam	22	+54.700s
16th	42	Darren Turner	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	22	+55.975s
17th	16	Alain Menu	OPC Euroteam	22	+1:03.089
18th	20	Peter Mamerow	Opel Team Mamerow	22	+1:40.455
19th*	5	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	21	Suspension
20th	9	Bernd Mayländer	Eschmann AMG-Mercedes	21	+1 Lap
Ret	18	Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline	2	Retired
NC	7	Manuel Reuter	OPC Team Phoenix
Source:

• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
• * Alzen was still classified despite retiring as he had completed 90% of the race distance.

Milestones

• Eighteenth and final race for Pedro Lamy.
• Laurent Aïello secured his second DTM victory.
• Second win for ABT Sportsline as an entrant.
  • Second victory for Audi as a manufacturer.
• Maiden points finish for Patrick Huisman and Mattias Ekström.

Standings

The Championship remained in the grip of Bernd Schneider as the second weekend of the season came to a close, the German racer having claimed 38 points over the opening two rounds. Laurent Aïello was now his closest challenger in second on 27 points, while Marcel Fässler had slipped to third on 23. Thomas Jäger was next up in fourth ahead of Peter Dumbreck, as Patrick Huisman, Mattias Ekström and Timo Scheider had all added their names to the scoresheet.

In the Teams' Championship it was D2 AMG-Mercedes whom led the charge, having moved onto 56 points after two rounds. Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes were next up in second on 37 points, while Abt Sportsline had been the weekend's biggest gainers having moved into third. Original Teile AMG-Mercedes and Service 24h AMG-Mercedes then completed the top five, while OPC Team Holzer I were the only Opel team on the scoresheet in eighth.

2001 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Bernd Schneider 38 ◄0 2nd Laurent Aïello 27 ▲4 3rd Marcel Fässler 23 ▼1 4th Thomas Jäger 21 ▲1 5th Peter Dumbreck 18 ▼2 6th Martin Tomczyk 12 ▲4 7th Pedro Lamy 12 ◄0 8th Uwe Alzen 10 ▼4 9th Patrick Huisman 4 ▲6 10th Darren Turner 3 ▼2 11th Bernd Mayländer 2 ▼2 12th Mattias Ekström 2 ▼1 13th Timo Scheider 1 ◄0 14th Christian Abt 1 ▼3

2001 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st D2 AMG-Mercedes 56 ◄0 2nd Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 37 ◄0 3rd Abt Sportsline 35 ▲2 4th Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 21 ▼1 5th Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 15 ▼1 6th Abt Sportsline Junior 14 ▲1 7th Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 6 ▼1 8th OPC Team Holzer I 1 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

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