 2001 Norisring Qualifying Race
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 The Norisring hosted the DTM once again in 2001 | ||
| Race Information | ||
| Date | 8 July 2001 | |
| No. | 25 | |
| Event | ADAC Norisring Trophäe 2001
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| 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
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| Team | D2 AMG-Mercedes
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| Time | 50.246 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver |  Marcel Fässler
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| Team | Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
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| Time | 50.596 on lap 4 | |
| Race Result | ||
| First | Second | Third |
| Bernd Schneider
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Uwe Alzen
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Marcel Tiemann
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| Winner Team | D2 AMG-Mercedes
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| Time | 12:51.298 | |
| Race Guide | ||
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2001 Norisring Feature Race
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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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] 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.[3]
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.[2] Behind it was a fairly clean start for the rest of the field, with only minor contact and rubbing through the Grundig Kehre.[2]
The early stages saw Schneider fend off repeated attacks from Alzen, while Manuel Reuter had an early spin at the Schöller S.[2] 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.[2]
Schneider soon broke clear out front, with Alzen stalking him in second with Tiemann in third.[2] 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.[2]
The closing stages were dominated by late progress for Marcel Fässler, who passed both Winkelhock and Abt before chasing after the top three.[2] Winkelhock would try to get some revenge but misjudged his move at the Grundig Kehre, and duly allowed Abt to get past.[2]
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.[2] Aïello duly shot through the gap to claim tenth, with rear bumper-less stablemate Mattias Ekström also shooting past.[2]
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.[2]
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 | |||||
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| No. | Name | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Livery |
| 1 | Bernd Schneider
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D2 AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2001 | File:BSC 01 Livery.png |
| 2 |  Peter Dumbreck
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D2 AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2001 | File:DUM 01 Livery.png |
| 3 | Joachim Winkelhock
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Opel Team Holzer I
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2001 | File:WIN 01 Livery.png |
| 4 | Timo Scheider
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Opel Team Holzer I
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2001 | File:TSC 01 Livery.png |
| 5 | Uwe Alzen
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Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2001 | File:ALZ 01 Livery.png |
| 6 | Marcel Fässler
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Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2001 | File:FAE 01 Livery.png |
| 7 | Manuel Reuter
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Opel Team Phoenix
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2001 | File:REU 01 Livery.png |
| 8 |  Yves Olivier
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Opel Team Phoenix
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | File:OLI 01 Livery.png |
| 9 | Marcel Tiemann
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Eschmann AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2001 | File:TIE 01 Livery.png |
| 10 |  Patrick Huisman
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Eschmann AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2001 | File:HUI 01 Livery.png |
| 11 | Michael Bartels
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Opel Team Holzer II
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2001 | File:BAR 01 Livery.png |
| 14 | Thomas Jäger
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Original Teile AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2000 | File:JAE 01 Livery.png |
| 15 | Christijan Albers
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Original Teile AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2000 | File:ALB 01 Livery.png |
| 16 | Alain Menu
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OPC Euroteam
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | File:MEN 01 Livery.png |
| 17 | Hubert Haupt
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OPC Euroteam
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | File:HAU 01 Livery.png |
| 18 | Christian Abt
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Team Abt Sportsline
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Abt-Audi | TT-R 2001 | File:ABT 01 Livery.png |
| 19 |  Laurent Aïello
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Team Abt Sportsline
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Abt-Audi | TT-R 2001 | File:AIE 01 Livery.png |
| 20 | Peter Mamerow
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Mamerow Racing Team
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Opel | Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | File:MAM 01 Livery.png |
| 22 |  Mattias Ekström
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Team Abt Sportsline Junior
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Abt-Audi | TT-R 2001 | File:EKS 01 Livery.png |
| 23 | Martin Tomczyk
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Team Abt Sportsline Junior
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Abt-Audi | TT-R 2001 | File:TOM 01 Livery.png |
| 24 | David Saelens
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Service 24h AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2000 | File:SAE 01 Livery.png |
| 42 | Darren Turner
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Service 24h AMG-Mercedes
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AMG-Mercedes | CLK-DTM 2000 | File:TUR 01 Livery.png |
| Source:[4] | |||||
Practice[]
Qualifying[]
Report[]
Results[]
The final qualifying result for the 2001 Norisring Qualifying Race are outlined below:
| 2001 Norisring Qualifying Race Qualifying Result | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Ave. Speed | Grid |
| 1st | 1 | Bernd Schneider
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D2 AMG-Mercedes
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50.246 | — | 164.789 km/h | 1 |
| 2nd | 9 | Marcel Tiemann
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Eschmann AMG-Mercedes
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50.312 | +0.066s | 164.573 km/h | 2 |
| 3rd | 5 | Uwe Alzen
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Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
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50.381 | +0.135s | 164.347 km/h | 3 |
| 4th | 3 | Joachim Winkelhock
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OPC Team Holzer I
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50.438 | +0.192s | 164.161 km/h | 4 |
| 5th | 18 | Christian Abt
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Abt Sportsline
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50.502 | +0.256s | 163.953 km/h | 5 |
| 6th | 6 | Marcel Fässler
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Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
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50.527 | +0.281s | 163.872 km/h | 6 |
| 7th | 4 | Timo Scheider
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OPC Team Holzer I
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50.602 | +0.356s | 163.629 km/h | 7 |
| 8th | 7 | Manuel Reuter
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OPC Team Phoenix
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50.664 | +0.418s | 163.429 km/h | 8 |
| 9th | 2 | Peter Dumbreck
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D2 AMG-Mercedes
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50.769 | +0.523s | 163.091 km/h | 9 |
| 10th | 10 | Patrick Huisman
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Eschmann AMG-Mercedes
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50.787 | +0.541s | 163.033 km/h | 10 |
| 11th | 22 | Mattias Ekström
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Abt Sportsline Junior
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50.788 | +0.542s | 163.030 km/h | 11 |
| 12th | 11 | Michael Bartels
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OPC Team Holzer II
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50.790 | +0.544s | 163.024 km/h | 12 |
| 13th | 14 | Thomas Jäger
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Original Teile AMG-Mercedes
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50.885 | +0.639s | 162.719 km/h | 13 |
| 14th | 16 | Alain Menu
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OPC Euroteam
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50.913 | +0.667s | 162.630 km/h | 14 |
| 15th | 24 | David Saelens
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Service 24h AMG-Mercedes
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50.979 | +0.733s | 162.419 km/h | 15 |
| 16th | 15 | Christijan Albers
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Original Teile AMG-Mercedes
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51.001 | +0.755s | 162.349 km/h | 16 |
| 17th | 8 | Yves Olivier
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OPC Team Phoenix
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51.037 | +0.791s | 162.235 km/h | 17 |
| 18th | 42 | Darren Turner
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Service 24h AMG-Mercedes
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51.070 | +0.824s | 162.130 km/h | 18 |
| 19th | 19 | Laurent Aïello
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Abt Sportsline
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51.082 | +0.836s | 162.092 km/h | 19 |
| 20th | 23 | Martin Tomczyk
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Abt Sportsline Junior
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51.103 | +0.857s | 162.025 km/h | 20 |
| 21st | 17 | Hubert Haupt
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OPC Euroteam
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51.466 | +1.220s | 160.882 km/h | 21 |
| 22nd | 20 | Peter Mamerow
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Opel Team Mamerow
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51.755 | +1.509s | 159.984 km/h | 22 |
| 107% Time: 53.763[4] | |||||||
| Source:[4] | |||||||
- Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
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| 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[]
Report[]
Results[]
The final classification of the 2001 Norisring Qualifying Race is displayed below:
| 2001 Norisring Qualifying Race Result | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
| 1st | 1 | Bernd Schneider
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D2 AMG-Mercedes
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15 | 12:51.298 | 20 | |
| 2nd | 5 | Uwe Alzen
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Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
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15 | +2.359s | 15 | |
| 3rd | 9 | Marcel Tiemann
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Eschmann AMG-Mercedes
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15 | +4.490s | 12 | |
| 4th | 6 | Marcel Fässler
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Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
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15 | +4.636s | 50.596 | 10 |
| 5th | 18 | Christian Abt
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Abt Sportsline
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15 | +5.914s | 8 | |
| 6th | 3 | Joachim Winkelhock
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OPC Team Holzer I
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15 | +8.082s | 6 | |
| 7th | 2 | Peter Dumbreck
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D2 AMG-Mercedes
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15 | +8.433s | 4 | |
| 8th | 11 | Michael Bartels
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OPC Team Holzer II
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15 | +14.071s | 3 | |
| 9th | 4 | Timo Scheider
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OPC Team Holzer I
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15 | +14.959s | 2 | |
| 10th | 19 | Laurent Aïello
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Abt Sportsline
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15 | +18.179s | 1 | |
| 11th | 22 | Mattias Ekström
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Abt Sportsline Junior
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15 | +19.899s | ||
| 12th | 24 | David Saelens
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Service 24h AMG-Mercedes
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15 | +22.103s | ||
| 13th | 15 | Christijan Albers
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Original Teile AMG-Mercedes
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15 | +22.346s | ||
| 14th | 8 | Yves Olivier
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OPC Team Phoenix
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15 | +23.139s | ||
| 15th | 7 | Manuel Reuter
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OPC Team Phoenix
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15 | +25.756s | ||
| 16th | 23 | Martin Tomczyk
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Abt Sportsline Junior
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15 | +27.632s | ||
| 17th | 17 | Hubert Haupt
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OPC Euroteam
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15 | +31.375s | ||
| 18th | 16 | Alain Menu
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OPC Euroteam
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15 | +40.684s | ||
| 19th | 20 | Peter Mamerow
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Opel Team Mamerow
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15 | +43.085s | ||
| 20th | 14 | Thomas Jäger
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Original Teile AMG-Mercedes
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15 | +43.370s | ||
| Ret | 10 | Patrick Huisman
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Eschmann AMG-Mercedes
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4 | Damage | ||
| Ret | 42 | Darren Turner
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Service 24h AMG-Mercedes
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2 | Collision | ||
| Source:[5] | |||||||
- 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.
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Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.
References[]
Images and Videos:
References:
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedCal - ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 'DTM Norisring 2001 - Highlights', youtube.com, (YouTube: DTM, 25/11/2016), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU0kotpID0M&list=PLrjmhNF7Jz1xCWFdjmw-P9aOk1EpKc1y2&index=6, (Accessed 09/05/2020)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Robert Wilkins, 'Schneider claims his 16th DTM pole.', crash.net, (Crash Media Group, 07/07/2001), https://www.crash.net/dtm/news/26467/1/schneider-claims-his-16th-dtm-pole, (Accessed 09/05/2020)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 '2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Norisring', motorsportstats.com, (Motorsport Network, 2019), https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2001-norisring, (Accessed 09/05/2020)
- ↑ 'Norisring, Germany 5. Race Qualifikationslauf Results', touringcars.net, (TouringCars.Net, 2001), https://www.touringcars.net/results/dtm/2001/rd5qual.php, (Accessed 09/05/2020)
| 2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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| Manufacturers |
| Abt-Audi • AMG-Mercedes • Opel |
| Car/engine |
| Abt-Audi TT-R 2001 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 • AMG 4.0l V8 • Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2001 • Opel 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| D2 AMG-Mercedes • Eschmann AMG-Mercedes • Mamerow Racing Team • OPC Euroteam • OPC Team Holzer I • OPC Team Holzer II • OPC Team Phoenix • Original Teile AMG-Mercedes • Service 24h AMG-Mercedes • Team Abt Sportsline • Team Abt Sportsline Junior • Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 1 Bernd Schneider • 2 Peter Dumbreck • 3 Joachim Winkelhock • 4 Timo Scheider • 5 Uwe Alzen • 6 Marcel Fässler • 7 Manuel Reuter • 8 Yves Olivier • 9 Bernd Mayländer/Marcel Tiemann • 10 Patrick Huisman • 11 Michael Bartels • 14 Thomas Jäger • 15 Christijan Albers • 16 Alain Menu • 17 Hubert Haupt • 18 Christian Abt • 19 Laurent Aïello/Kris Nissen • 20 Peter Mamerow • 22 Mattias Ekström • 23 Martin Tomczyk • 24 Pedro Lamy • 42 Darren Turner |
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