2001 Norisring Feature Race

2001 Norisring Feature Race
The Norisring hosted the DTM once again in 2001
Race Information
Date	8 July 2001
No.	26
Event	ADAC Norisring Trophäe 2001
Location	Norisring Nuremburg, Bavaria, Germany
Format	100 km / 40 min (Feature Race)
Lap length	2.300 km (1.429 mi)
Distance	44 laps / 101.200 (62.883 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	{{{{{natp}}}}} Unknown
Team	{{{{{natpt}}}}} Unknown
Time	Unknown
Fastest Lap
Driver	Bernd Schneider
Team	D2 AMG-Mercedes
Time	50.394 on lap 29
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Uwe Alzen	Bernd Schneider	Marcel Tiemann
Winner Team	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
Time	37:54.491
Race Guide
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2001 Norisring Qualifying Race		2001 Lausitzring Qualifying Race

The 2001 Norisring Feature Race, otherwise known as the ADAC Norisring Trophäe 2001 Feature Race, was the tenth round of the 2001 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Norisring in Nuremburg, Bavaria, Germany on 8 July 2001. The race would see Uwe Alzen muscle his way past Bernd Schneider after the mid-race stops, although the pair would run nose-to-tail throughout.

The Qualifikationslauf had seen Schneider secure victory and therefore pole position for the Feature, with Alzen having lined up alongside. The #1 Mercedes duly sprinted into the lead at the rolling start, with Alzen tucking in behind, while Marcel Fässler lunged around the outside of Marcel Tiemann for third at the Grundig Kehre.

There was action throughout the field on the opening tour, with Joachim Winkelhock having jumped Christian Abt to lead the anti-Mercedes charge in fifth. Elsewhere, there was a collision at Dutzendteich Kehre, sparked by David Saelens lunging inside Michael Bartels, with the German racer subsequently tipping Abt into a spin. Abt then spun into the path of Saelens and duly got hit nose on by the Belgian racer, which pushed the #18 Abt-Audi wide and broke his front bumper and bonnet.

Fortunately the debris was cleared without outside intervention, with Abt pitting for repairs before being sent on his way without any front-end bodywork. Bartels, meanwhile, would drop to the back after sliding down the escape road, while Saelens ran on with damage to his front splitter.

Peter Dumbreck and Martin Tomczyk were the first drivers to serve their compulsory stops, and would just manage to rejoin on the lead lap. Out front, meanwhile, Schneider would calmly lead Alzen and Fässler, while Tiemann dropped back to keep Winkelhock off the lead trio's tail.

Fässler was the first of the lead trio to blink, with a mistake on lap nineteen resulting in him slapping the wall and smashing his suspension. He duly limped into the pits to retire, leaving Alzen to stalk Schneider for the lead until making his stop on lap 24.

A quick 7.4s stop would get Alzen back out in fourth, with Schnieder diving in at the end of the following lap. An identical stop for the #1 Mercedes would put Schneider out just ahead of Alzen, only for Alzen to throw his #5 Mercedes inside the sister car at the Dutzendteich Kehre to claim the de facto lead.

Once the stops were completed the race was effectively over, with Alzen keeping Schneider at bay to claim victory, while Tiemann claimed a lonely third. Winkelhock claimed fourth to secure Opel's best finish of the season ahead of Dumbreck, while Bartels recovered well to claim seventh ahead of Patrick Huisman. Manuel Reuter, Mattias Ekström and a pre-damaged Tomczyk then completed the scorers, with Darren Turner a lap down in eleventh.

Background

Bernd Schneider had extended his Championship lead after the first race at the Norisring, having claimed a further three points for his triumph. Marcel Fässler and Laurent Aïello had held station in second and third on 49 and 37 points respectively, while Uwe Alzen had inched closer to Peter Dumbreck in fifth. Elsewhere, Marcel Tiemann had been the only other scorer, having moved to within a point of Christijan Albers in tenth.

In the Teams' Championship it was still D2 AMG-Mercedes who headed the charge, having moved onto 114 points after Schneider win. Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes were next up in second on 73, while Abt Sportsline and Original Teile AMG-Mercedes had held station in third and fourth. Eschmann AMG-Mercedes then completed the top five, having been one of only three teams to claim points.

Entry List

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

2001 Norisring 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	Marcel Tiemann	Eschmann AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2001	File:TIE 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	David Saelens	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2000	File:SAE 01 Livery.png
42	Darren Turner	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2000	File:TUR 01 Livery.png
Source:

Grid

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

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

• * Jäger was unable to start the race due to damage sustained in the 2001 Norisring Qualifying Race.

Race

Results

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

2001 Norisring Feature Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	5	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	44	37:54.491		20
2nd	1	Bernd Schneider	D2 AMG-Mercedes	44	+1.278s	50.394	15
3rd	9	Marcel Tiemann	Eschmann AMG-Mercedes	44	+14.594s		12
4th	3	Joachim Winkelhock	OPC Team Holzer I	44	+25.257s		10
5th	2	Peter Dumbreck	D2 AMG-Mercedes	44	+29.989s		8
6th	11	Michael Bartels	OPC Team Holzer II	44	+37.525s		6
7th	10	Patrick Huisman	Eschmann AMG-Mercedes	44	+38.107s		4
8th	7	Manuel Reuter	OPC Team Phoenix	44	+42.850s		3
9th	22	Mattias Ekström	Abt Sportsline Junior	44	+47.264s		2
10th	23	Martin Tomczyk	Abt Sportsline Junior	44	+50.824s		1
11th	42	Darren Turner	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	43	+1 Lap
12th	19	Laurent Aïello	Abt Sportsline	43	+1 Lap
13th	24	David Saelens	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	43	+1 Lap
14th	16	Alain Menu	OPC Euroteam	43	+1 Lap
15th	20	Peter Mamerow	Opel Team Mamerow	43	+1 Lap
16th*	15	Christijan Albers	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	35	Damage
17th*	18	Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline	33	Damage
Ret	4	Timo Scheider	OPC Team Holzer I	30	Retired
Ret	8	Yves Olivier	OPC Team Phoenix	26	Retired
Ret	17	Hubert Haupt	{GER}} OPC Euroteam	24	Retired
Ret	6	Marcel Fässler	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	18	Suspension
DNS	14	Thomas Jäger	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes
Source:

• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
• * Albers and Abt were still classified despite retiring as they had completed 75% of the race distance.

Milestones

• Fourth career victory for Uwe Alzen.
• Sixteenth victory for HWA Team as an entrant.
  • Mercedes registered their sixteenth win as a manufacturer.
• Second and final podium finish for Marcel Tiemann.

Standings

Bernd Schneider had once again extended his Championship lead as the first half of the campaign came to a close, having claimed 92 points across ten races. Marcel Fässler was next up in second at the halfway point on 49 points, while Peter Dumbreck was a further four behind in third. Uwe Alzen was a point further behind in fourth, while Laurent Aïello completed the half-time top five on 37 points.

In the Teams' Championship it was reigning Champions D2 AMG-Mercedes who held the initiative at the halfway mark, having claimed 137 points during the first half of the season. Sister squad Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes faced a 44 point deficit in second, while Eschmann AMG-Mercedes had moved into third on 50 points. Abt Sportsline were next up as the first non-Mercedes team in the Championship, while Opel's challenge was led by OPC Team Holzer I in seventh.

2001 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Bernd Schneider 92 ◄0 2nd Marcel Fässler 49 ◄0 3rd Peter Dumbreck 45 ▲1 4th Uwe Alzen 44 ▲1 5th Laurent Aïello 37 ▼2 6th Marcel Tiemann 26 ▲5 7th Thomas Jäger 22 ▼1 8th Patrick Huisman 22 ▼1 9th Mattias Ekström 18 ◄0 10th Martin Tomczyk 17 ▼2 11th Christijan Albers 15 ▼1 12th Pedro Lamy 12 ◄0 13th Joachim Winkelhock 10 ▲5 14th Christian Abt 10 ▼1 15th Michael Bartels 7 ▲2 16th Darren Turner 3 ▼2 17th Manuel Reuter 3 ▲2 18th Bernd Mayländer 2 ▼3 19th Timo Scheider 1 ▼3

2001 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st D2 AMG-Mercedes 137 ◄0 2nd Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 93 ◄0 3rd Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 50 ▲2 4th Abt Sportsline 47 ▼1 5th Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 37 ▼1 6th Abt Sportsline Junior 35 ◄0 7th Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 15 ◄0 8th OPC Team Holzer I 11 ◄0 9th OPC Team Holzer II 7 ◄0 10th OPC Team Phoenix 3 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

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