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Zandvoort 1999
The Circuit Park Zandvoort debuted in the DTM in 2001.
Race Information
Date 23 September 2001
No. 33
Event Dutch Flag Rundstreckenrennen Zandvoort 2001
Location Dutch Flag Circuit Park Zandvoort
Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands
Format 35 km (Qualifikationslauf)
Lap length 4.307 km (2.676 mi)
Distance 8 laps / 34.456 km (21.410 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter Flag of Germany Christian Abt
Team Flag of Germany Team Abt Sportsline
Time 1:37.679
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of Germany Christian Abt
Team Flag of Germany Team Abt Sportsline
Time 1:39.867 on lap 7
Race Result
First Second Third
Flag of Germany Christian Abt Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of the United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck
Winner Team Flag of Germany Team Abt Sportsline
Time 13:30.686
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The 2001 Zandvoort Qualifying Race, formally known as the Rundstreckenrennen Zandvoort 2001 Qualifikationslauf, was the seventeenth race of the 2001 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands on 23 September 2001.[1] The race would see Christian Abt secure his first and only DTM victory and Grand Slam, as the series made its debut in the Netherlands.[2]

Ahead of the race there would be an agreement between the race organisers and ITR e.V. to ban overtaking into the first corner at the start of the race.[2] The ban was implemented in a bid to stop the increasing number of first corner incidents that had thinned the DTM field in recent races, with the drivers reluctantly agreeing to the measures.[2]

The race was also the first DTM round to be staged after the tragic events of the September 11 Attack on the World Trade Centre in New York, USA.[2] As a result the majority of the support programme was cancelled as a mark of respect to those who had died in the Attack.[2]

Qualifying for the Qualifikationslauf had seen Abt charge to his maiden DTM pole position, beating young stablemate Mattias Ekström by 0.035s.[3] Peter Dumbreck was best of the rest in the lead Mercedes ahead of Patrick Huisman, while Manuel Reuter secured tenth as the best of the Opels.[3]

The overtake ban worked very effectively at the start, with Abt instantly sprinting clear of Ekström, while Huisman had to back off from an attack on Dumbreck and had to settle for fourth.[4] The rest of the field would make it through cleanly, although it was only when Marcel Fässler attacked teammate Uwe Alzen halfway around the first lap that there was any action of note.[4]

The two Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes would run side-by-side for almost half a lap, with Fässler eventually gaining the upper hand.[4] However, their fight was so intense that it dropped them off the back of fifth placed Laurent Aïello, stifling their afternoons, while Martin Tomczyk almost caused an accident after spinning in the middle of the pack.[4]

Bernd Mayländer was the next driver to have an accident, with a seeming failure causing him to slam into the barriers and ruining his chances of racing in the Feature.[4] Fortunately his car was removed from the barriers without outside intervention.[4]

Out front, meanwhile, Abt would control the race well to secure victory, despite the fact that Ekström closed to within two tenths of him after late pressure from Dumbreck.[4] Huisman was next up in fourth ahead of Aïello and Fässler, with the top six finishing nose-to-tail ahead of Alzen and Christijan Albers.[4]

Background[]

Victory for the sixth time in 2001 had ensured that Bernd Schneider had claimed the title with two rounds and four races to spare, having reached an unassailable tally of 137 in Austria. That had therefore left him 60 clear of second placed Uwe Alzen, while Laurent Aïello was a further two behind. Indeed, the fight for second was set to rumble through to the end of the season, with Peter Dumbreck also in contention having stayed within ten of Alzen.

In the Teams' Championship the title had yet to be decided, although it was going to go to one of the two HWA Team entries. Of those, it was near impossible for D2 AMG-Mercedes to not end the season as Champions, for they held a huge advantage of 67 points over Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes, with just 80 points left on offer. They would therefore get their first chance to claim the title in Zandvoort, while Warsteiner would likely need a set of one-two finishes and see D2 AMG fail to score just to keep the fight alive.

Entry List[]

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

2001 Zandvoort 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:[5]

Practice[]

Qualifying[]

Report[]

Results[]

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

2001 Zandvoort Qualifying Race Qualifying Result
Pos. No. Name Team Time Gap Ave. Speed Grid
1st 18 Flag of Germany Christian Abt Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline 1:37.676 158.483 km/h 1
2nd 23 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline Junior 1:37.714 +0.038s 158.421 km/h 2
3rd 2 Flag of the United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes 1:37.894 +0.218s 158.130 km/h 3
4th 10 Dutch Flag Patrick Huisman Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 1:38.056 +0.380s 157.868 km/h 4
5th 19 Flag of France Laurent Aïello Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline 1:38.162 +0.486s 157.698 km/h 5
6th 42 Flag of the United Kingdom Darren Turner Flag of Germany Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 1:38.356 +0.680s 157.387 km/h 6
7th 5 Flag of Germany Uwe Alzen Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 1:38.390 +0.714s 157.333 km/h 7
8th 6 Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 1:38.735 +1.059s 156.783 km/h 8
9th 24 Flag of Belgium David Saelens Flag of Germany Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 1:38.746 +1.070s 156.765 km/h 9
10th 7 Flag of Germany Manuel Reuter Flag of Germany OPC Team Phoenix 1:38.798 +1.122s 156.683 km/h 10
11th 15 Dutch Flag Christijan Albers Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 1:38.826 +1.150s 156.638 km/h 11
12th 14 Flag of Germany Thomas Jäger Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 1:38.894 +1.218s 156.531 km/h 12
13th 9 Flag of Germany Bernd Mayländer Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 1:38.951 +1.275s 156.441 km/h 13
14th 1 Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes 1:38.981 +1.305s 156.393 km/h 14
15th 16 Flag of Switzerland Alain Menu Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam 1:39.021 +1.345s 156.330 km/h 15
16th 23 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline Junior 1:39.104 +1.428s 156.199 km/h 16
17th 4 Flag of Germany Timo Scheider Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer I 1:39.378 +1.702s 155.768 km/h 17
18th 17 Flag of Germany Hubert Haupt Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam 1:39.554 +1.878s 155.493 km/h 18
19th 11 Flag of Germany Michael Bartels Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer II 1:39.625 +1.949s 155.382 km/h 19
20th 8 Flag of Belgium Yves Olivier Flag of Germany OPC Team Phoenix 1:39.905 +2.229s 154.947 km/h 20
21st 3 Flag of Germany Joachim Winkelhock Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer I 1:40.150 +2.474s 154.568 km/h 21
22nd 20 Flag of Germany Peter Mamerow Flag of Germany Opel Team Mamerow 1:41.482 +3.806s 152.539 km/h 22
107% Time: 1:44.513[5]
Source:[5]
  • Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.

Grid[]

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

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

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

2001 Zandvoort Qualifying Race Result
Pos. No. Name Team Laps Race Time Fastest lap Pts.
1st 18 Flag of Germany Christian Abt Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline 8 13:30.686 1:39.867 3
2nd 22 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline Junior 8 +0.188s 2
3rd 2 Flag of the United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes 8 +0.471s 1
4th 10 Dutch Flag Patrick Huisman Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 8 +0.951s
5th 19 Flag of France Laurent Aïello Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline 8 +1.229s
6th 6 Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 8 +1.590s
7th 5 Flag of Germany Uwe Alzen Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 8 +4.079s
8th 15 Dutch Flag Christijan Albers Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 8 +5.000s
9th 7 Flag of Germany Manuel Reuter Flag of Germany OPC Team Phoenix 8 +8.670s
10th 1 Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes 8 +8.979s
11th 24 Flag of Belgium David Saelens Flag of Germany Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 8 +10.042s
12th 14 Flag of Germany Thomas Jäger Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 8 +10.769s
13th 4 Flag of Germany Timo Scheider Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer I 8 +11.078s
14th 16 Flag of Switzerland Alain Menu Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam 8 +15.072s
15th 42 Flag of the United Kingdom Darren Turner Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 8 +16.218s
16th 23 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline Junior 8 +17.903s
17th 17 Flag of Germany Hubert Haupt Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam 8 +20.341s
18th 11 Flag of Germany Michael Bartels Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer II 8 +23.236s
19th 8 Flag of Belgium Yves Olivier Flag of Germany OPC Team Phoenix 8 +24.908s
20th 20 Flag of Germany Peter Mamerow Flag of Germany Opel Team Mamerow 8 +29.889s
Ret 9 Flag of Germany Bernd Mayländer Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 5 Accident
Ret 3 Flag of Germany Joachim Winkelhock Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer I 0 Retired
Source:[6]
  • Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
  • Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.

Milestones[]

  • Maiden pole position for Christian Abt
  • Maiden (and only) victory for Abt.
    • Abt also claimed his maiden (and only) Grand Slam.
  • Fifth win for ABT Sportsline as an entrant.
    • Fifth victory for Audi as a manufacturer.

Standings[]

Bernd Schneider had already secured the Championship title ahead of the trip to Zandvoort, and had failed to add to his tally in the Qualifying Race. The fight for second hence took priority, with Peter Dumbreck having been the only driver in that battle to have scored. He therefore moved to within nine points of second placed Uwe Alzen, with third placed Laurent Aïello and fifth placed Marcel Fässler having failed to score.

In the Teams' Championship D2 AMG-Mercedes had inched closer to the crown, with Dumbreck's point putting them on 205 for the campaign. That left them 68 points clear of Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes ahead of the Zandvoort Feature, meaning they needed just one of their drivers to finish in the top five to claim the title. Behind, Abt Sportsline had inched away from Eschmann AMG-Mercedes in the fight for third, with no changes to the rest of the field.

2001 Drivers' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider 137 ◄0
2nd Flag of Germany Uwe Alzen 77 ◄0
3rd Flag of France Laurent Aïello 75 ◄0
4th Flag of the United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck 68 ◄0
5th Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler 60 ◄0
6th Dutch Flag Patrick Huisman 50 ◄0
7th Flag of Germany Thomas Jäger 42 ◄0
8th Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström 32 ◄0
9th Flag of Germany Marcel Tiemann 26 ◄0
10th Flag of Germany Manuel Reuter 25 ◄0
11th Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk 23 ◄0
12th Dutch Flag Christijan Albers 17 ◄0
13th Flag of Germany Christian Abt 14 ▲2
14th Flag of Germany Joachim Winkelhock 12 ▼1
15th Flag of Portugal Pedro Lamy 12 ▼1
16th Flag of the United Kingdom Darren Turner 9 ◄0
17th Flag of Germany Michael Bartels 7 ◄0
18th Flag of Germany Bernd Mayländer 6 ◄0
19th Flag of Germany Hubert Haupt 4 ◄0
20th Flag of Belgium Yves Olivier 3 ◄0
21st Flag of Belgium David Saelens 2 ◄0
22nd Flag of Germany Timo Scheider 1 ◄0
23rd Flag of Switzerland Alain Menu 0 ◄0
24th Flag of Germany Peter Mamerow 0 ◄0
25th Flag of Denmark Kris Nissen 0 ◄0
2001 Teams' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany D2 AMG-Mercedes 205 ◄0
2nd Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 137 ◄0
3rd Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline 89 ◄0
4th Flag of Germany Eschmann AMG-Mercedes 82 ◄0
5th Flag of Germany Original Teile AMG-Mercedes 59 ◄0
6th Flag of Germany Abt Sportsline Junior 55 ◄0
7th Flag of Germany OPC Team Phoenix 28 ◄0
8th Flag of Germany Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 23 ◄0
9th Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer I 13 ◄0
10th Flag of Germany OPC Team Holzer II 7 ◄0
9th Flag of Germany OPC Euroteam 4 ◄0
12th Flag of Germany Opel Team Mamerow 0 ◄0

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 'DTM ban first corner overtaking this weekend.', crash.net, (Crash Media Group, 20/09/2001), https://www.crash.net/dtm/news/26512/1/dtm-ban-first-corner-overtaking-this-weekend, (Accessed 11/05/2020)
  3. 3.0 3.1 'Audi take Zandvoort DTM front row.', crash.net, (Crash Media Group, 22/09/2001), https://www.crash.net/dtm/news/26514/1/audi-take-zandvoort-dtm-front-row, (Accessed 11/05/2020)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 'DTM Zandvoort 2001 - Highlights', youtube.com, (YouTube: DTM, 25/11/2016), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjjNz9uZDXU&list=PLrjmhNF7Jz1xCWFdjmw-P9aOk1EpKc1y2&index=2, (Accessed 11/05/2020)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 '2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Zandvoort', motorsportstats.com, (Motorsport Network, 2019), https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2001-zandvoort, (Accessed 11/05/2020)
  6. 'Zandvoort, die Niederlande 9. Race Qualifikationslauf Results', touringcars.net, (TouringCars.Net, 2001), https://www.touringcars.net/results/dtm/2001/rd9qual.php, (Accessed 11/05/2020)
2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship
Manufacturers
Abt-AudiAMG-MercedesOpel
Car/engine
Abt-Audi TT-R 2001Audi 4.0l V8AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001AMG 4.0l V8Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2001Opel 4.0l V8
Teams
D2 AMG-MercedesEschmann AMG-MercedesMamerow Racing TeamOPC EuroteamOPC Team Holzer IOPC Team Holzer IIOPC Team PhoenixOriginal Teile AMG-MercedesService 24h AMG-MercedesTeam Abt SportslineTeam Abt Sportsline JuniorWarsteiner AMG-Mercedes
Drivers
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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