2001 Norisring Qualifying Race

2001 Norisring Qualifying Race
The Norisring hosted the DTM once again in 2001
Race Information
Date	8 July 2001
No.	25
Event	ADAC Norisring Trophäe 2001
Location	Norisring Nuremburg, Bavaria, Germany
Format	35 km (Qualifikationslauf)
Lap length	2.300 km (1.429 mi)
Distance	15 laps / 34.500 km (21.437 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Bernd Schneider
Team	D2 AMG-Mercedes
Time	50.246
Fastest Lap
Driver	Marcel Fässler
Team	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
Time	50.596 on lap 4
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Bernd Schneider	Uwe Alzen	Marcel Tiemann
Winner Team	D2 AMG-Mercedes
Time	12:51.298
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The 2001 Norisring Qualifying Race, otherwise known as the ADAC Norisring Trophäe 2001 Qualifikationslauf, was the ninth race of the 2001 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Norisring in Nuremburg, Bavaria, Germany, on 8 July 2001. The race would see Bernd Schneider sweep to his fourth victory of the season to enhance his Championship lead, and secure pole position for the Feature Race.

Qualifying would the Qualifying Race would see Schneider storm to his sixteenth pole position in the combined history of the DTM and Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft. Stand-in driver Marcel Tiemann was 0.066s behind ahead of Uwe Alzen, while Joachim Winkelhock and Christian Abt grabbed fourth and fifth to lead the charges of Opel and Abt-Audi respectively.

The start saw Schneider ace his start, while Tiemann came under attack from Alzen and duly surrendered second to the #5 Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes at the first hairpin. Behind it was a fairly clean start for the rest of the field, with only minor contact and rubbing through the Grundig Kehre.

The early stages saw Schneider fend off repeated attacks from Alzen, while Manuel Reuter had an early spin at the Schöller S. Patrick Huisman also had an early pirouette at the Grundig Kehre, citing damage to the car after contact with Timo Scheider that ultimately forced him to retire.

Schneider soon broke clear out front, with Alzen stalking him in second with Tiemann in third. Winkelhock was next up in a strong fourth for Opel ahead of Abt's Audi, while behind Reuter was scrapping hard with a battle scarred Martin Tomczyk, who was missing both bonnet and rear bumper after contact early on.

The closing stages were dominated by late progress for Marcel Fässler, who passed both Winkelhock and Abt before chasing after the top three. Winkelhock would try to get some revenge but misjudged his move at the Grundig Kehre, and duly allowed Abt to get past.

Elsewhere, Laurent Aïello had a last minute collision with Thomas Jäger, with the German racer then sliding into Alain Menu and putting both into a spin. Aïello duly shot through the gap to claim tenth, with rear bumper-less stablemate Mattias Ekström also shooting past.

Out front, meanwhile, Schneider was able to ease through the second half of the race to claim victory, with Alzen and Tiemann completing the top three and securing the rest of the points.

Background

Bernd Schneider saw his Championship lead balloon out to 25 points after the four round came to a conclusion, his third win of campaign leaving him on 74 points. Marcel Fässler had remained his closest challenger in second, while Laurent Aïello had retained third in spite of skipping the race to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Peter Dumbreck had, however, moved level with the Frenchman on 37 points, while Christijan Albers and Michael Bartels had joined the scorers' list.

In the Teams' Championship it was D2 AMG-Mercedes who continued to lead the charge, leaving the Sachsenring with a healthy margin of 40 points. Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes were next up in second on 71 points as their sister squad's main challengers, while Abt Sportsline headed the anti-Mercedes charge in third on 47. Original Teile AMG-Mercedes had moved to within ten of the Audi squad in fourth, while OPC Team Holzer II had joined the fray in ninth with a single point.

Entry List

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

2001 Norisring Qualifying 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
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Qualifying

Results

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

2001 Norisring Qualifying Race Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	1	Bernd Schneider	D2 AMG-Mercedes	50.246	—	164.789 km/h	1
2nd	9	Marcel Tiemann	Eschmann AMG-Mercedes	50.312	+0.066s	164.573 km/h	2
3rd	5	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	50.381	+0.135s	164.347 km/h	3
4th	3	Joachim Winkelhock	OPC Team Holzer I	50.438	+0.192s	164.161 km/h	4
5th	18	Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline	50.502	+0.256s	163.953 km/h	5
6th	6	Marcel Fässler	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	50.527	+0.281s	163.872 km/h	6
7th	4	Timo Scheider	OPC Team Holzer I	50.602	+0.356s	163.629 km/h	7
8th	7	Manuel Reuter	OPC Team Phoenix	50.664	+0.418s	163.429 km/h	8
9th	2	Peter Dumbreck	D2 AMG-Mercedes	50.769	+0.523s	163.091 km/h	9
10th	10	Patrick Huisman	Eschmann AMG-Mercedes	50.787	+0.541s	163.033 km/h	10
11th	22	Mattias Ekström	Abt Sportsline Junior	50.788	+0.542s	163.030 km/h	11
12th	11	Michael Bartels	OPC Team Holzer II	50.790	+0.544s	163.024 km/h	12
13th	14	Thomas Jäger	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	50.885	+0.639s	162.719 km/h	13
14th	16	Alain Menu	OPC Euroteam	50.913	+0.667s	162.630 km/h	14
15th	24	David Saelens	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	50.979	+0.733s	162.419 km/h	15
16th	15	Christijan Albers	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	51.001	+0.755s	162.349 km/h	16
17th	8	Yves Olivier	OPC Team Phoenix	51.037	+0.791s	162.235 km/h	17
18th	42	Darren Turner	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	51.070	+0.824s	162.130 km/h	18
19th	19	Laurent Aïello	Abt Sportsline	51.082	+0.836s	162.092 km/h	19
20th	23	Martin Tomczyk	Abt Sportsline Junior	51.103	+0.857s	162.025 km/h	20
21st	17	Hubert Haupt	OPC Euroteam	51.466	+1.220s	160.882 km/h	21
22nd	20	Peter Mamerow	Opel Team Mamerow	51.755	+1.509s	159.984 km/h	22
107% Time: 53.763
Source:

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

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2001 Norisring Qualifying Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	1	Bernd Schneider	D2 AMG-Mercedes	15	12:51.298		20
2nd	5	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	15	+2.359s		15
3rd	9	Marcel Tiemann	Eschmann AMG-Mercedes	15	+4.490s		12
4th	6	Marcel Fässler	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	15	+4.636s	50.596	10
5th	18	Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline	15	+5.914s		8
6th	3	Joachim Winkelhock	OPC Team Holzer I	15	+8.082s		6
7th	2	Peter Dumbreck	D2 AMG-Mercedes	15	+8.433s		4
8th	11	Michael Bartels	OPC Team Holzer II	15	+14.071s		3
9th	4	Timo Scheider	OPC Team Holzer I	15	+14.959s		2
10th	19	Laurent Aïello	Abt Sportsline	15	+18.179s		1
11th	22	Mattias Ekström	Abt Sportsline Junior	15	+19.899s
12th	24	David Saelens	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	15	+22.103s
13th	15	Christijan Albers	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	15	+22.346s
14th	8	Yves Olivier	OPC Team Phoenix	15	+23.139s
15th	7	Manuel Reuter	OPC Team Phoenix	15	+25.756s
16th	23	Martin Tomczyk	Abt Sportsline Junior	15	+27.632s
17th	17	Hubert Haupt	OPC Euroteam	15	+31.375s
18th	16	Alain Menu	OPC Euroteam	15	+40.684s
19th	20	Peter Mamerow	Opel Team Mamerow	15	+43.085s
20th	14	Thomas Jäger	Original Teile AMG-Mercedes	15	+43.370s
Ret	10	Patrick Huisman	Eschmann AMG-Mercedes	4	Damage
Ret	42	Darren Turner	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	2	Collision
Source:

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

Milestones

• Bernd Schneider secured his tenth victory.
• HWA Team claimed their fifteenth victory as an entrant.
  • Mercedes registered their fifteenth win as a manufacturer.
• Marcel Tiemann secured his maiden podium finish.

Standings

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.

2001 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Bernd Schneider 77 ◄0 2nd Marcel Fässler 49 ◄0 3rd Laurent Aïello 37 ◄0 4th Peter Dumbreck 37 ◄0 5th Uwe Alzen 24 ◄0 6th Thomas Jäger 22 ◄0 7th Patrick Huisman 18 ◄0 8th Martin Tomczyk 16 ◄0 9th Mattias Ekström 16 ◄0 10th Christijan Albers 15 ◄0 11th Marcel Tiemann 14 ◄0 12th Pedro Lamy 12 ◄0 13th Christian Abt 10 ◄0 14th Darren Turner 3 ◄0 15th Bernd Mayländer 2 ◄0 16th Timo Scheider 1 ◄0 17th Michael Bartels 1 ◄0

2001 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st D2 AMG-Mercedes 114 ◄0 2nd Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 73 ◄0 3rd Abt Sportsline 47 ◄0 4th Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 37 ◄0 5th Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 34 ◄0 6th Abt Sportsline Junior 32 ◄0 7th Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 15 ◄0 8th OPC Team Holzer I 1 ◄0 9th OPC Team Holzer II 1 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

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