2002 Norisring Feature Race

2002 Norisring Feature Race
The Norisring returned for 2002.
Race Information
Date	30 June 2002
No.	46
Event	ADAC Norisring Trophäe 2002
Location	Norisring Nuremberg, 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	Laurent Aïello
Team	Team Abt Sportsline
Time	49.746 on lap 30
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Laurent Aïello	Bernd Schneider	Mattias Ekström
Winner Team	Team Abt Sportsline
Time	37:35.213
Race Guide
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2002 Norisring Qualifying Race		2002 Lausitzring Qualifying Race

The 2002 Norisring Feature Race, otherwise known as the ADAC Norisring Trophäe 2002 Feature Race, was the tenth round of the 2002 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Norisring in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany on 30 June 2002. The race, which marked the halfway point in the season, would see Championship leader Laurent Aïello sweep to victory, after an epic-duel with Bernd Schneider in the closing stages.

Victory in the Qualifikationslauf had gone to Mattias Ekström, meaning the Swede would start on pole position alongside Uwe Alzen. Schneider and Aïello, meanwhile, would share the second row, the #1 Mercedes ahead of the #3 Abt-Audi, while Joachim Winkelhock would lead the Opel challenge from sixth.

Background

There had been some minor changes to the Championship hunt after the opening race at the Norisring, although Laurent Aïello still had a healthy advantage of nineteen points. Behind, the main beneficiary had been Mattias Ekström after his maiden triumph, moving up to second, while Jean Alesi had slipped to third. Bernd Schneider, meanwhile, had inched closer to the fight for second, while Uwe Alzen had become the fifteenth scorer of the campaign.

In the Teams' Championship there had been no major changes, with Team Abt Sportsline still heading the pack with 50 points to their credit. Vodafone AMG-Mercedes had closed the gap but remained eighteen behind, while Team Abt had retained third on 22 points. Elsewhere, Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes were the only team to have moved up the order, climbing to sixth ahead of Team Abt Sportsline Junior and Service 24h AMG-Mercedes.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2002 Norisring Feature Race is displayed below:

2002 Norisring Feature Race Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Livery
1	Bernd Schneider	Vodafone AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2002
2	Jean Alesi	Vodafone AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2002
3	Laurent Aïello	Team Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi	TT-R 2002
4	Karl Wendlinger	Team Abt	Abt-Audi	TT-R 2002
5	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2002
6	Marcel Fässler	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2002
7	Manuel Reuter	OPC Team Phoenix	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2002
8	Joachim Winkelhock	OPC Team Phoenix	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2002
9	Mattias Ekström	Team Abt	Abt-Audi	TT-R 2002
10	Christian Abt	Team Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi	TT-R 2002
11	Thomas Jäger	Original-Teile AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2001
12	Peter Dumbreck	Original-Teile AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2001
14	Timo Scheider	OPC Team Holzer	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2002
15	Michael Bartels	OPC Team Holzer	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2002
16	Bernd Mayländer	OASE/CEB AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2001
17	Patrick Huisman	OASE/CEB AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2001
18	Alain Menu	OPC Euroteam	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2001
19	Yves Olivier	OPC Euroteam	Opel	Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2001
23	Martin Tomczyk	Team Abt Sportsline Junior	Abt-Audi	TT-R 2002
24	Stefan Mücke	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2001
42	Christijan Albers	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	AMG-Mercedes	CLK-DTM 2001
Source:

Grid

The starting grid for the 2002 Norisring Feature Race in shown below:

		23	Martin Tomczyk*				6	Marcel Fässler*				4	Karl Wendlinger				15	Michael Bartels	13:22.719			19	Yves Olivier	16:08.077			16	Bernd Mayländer	16:01.219			24	Stefan Mücke	15:58.799			11	Thomas Jäger	15:55.287			2	Jean Alesi	15:52.454			1	Bernd Schneider	15:48.582			9	Mattias Ekström	15:46.270
						14	Timo Scheider*				17	Patrick Huisman				10	Christian Abt*		11:47.098		18	Alain Menu		16:08.379		12	Peter Dumbreck		16:07.529		42	Christijan Albers		15:59.334		7	Manuel Reuter		15:57.662		8	Joachim Winkelhock		15:53.583		3	Laurent Aïello		15:49.234		5	Uwe Alzen		15:47.990

• * Abt, Fässler, Scheider and Tomczyk were all unable to start the race due to damage sustained earlier prior to and duly the 2002 Norisring Qualifying Race.

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2002 Norisring Feature Race is displayed below:

2002 Norisring Feature Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	3	Laurent Aïello	Team Abt Sportsline	44	37:35.213	49.746	10
2nd	1	Bernd Schneider	Vodafone AMG-Mercedes	44	+0.197s		6
3rd	9	Mattias Ekström	Team Abt	44	+3.253s		4
4th	2	Jean Alesi	Vodafone AMG-Mercedes	44	+8.458s		3
5th	5	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes	44	+11.439s		2
6th	42	Christijan Albers	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	44	+22.336s		1
7th	7	Manuel Reuter	OPC Team Phoenix	44	+26.504s
8th	16	Bernd Mayländer	OASE/CEB AMG-Mercedes	44	+28.632s
9th	12	Peter Dumbreck	Original-Teile AMG-Mercedes	44	+30.537s
10th	17	Patrick Huisman	OASE/CEB AMG-Mercedes	44	+39.549s
11th	15	Michael Bartels	OPC Team Holzer	44	+46.366s
12th	4	Karl Wendlinger	Team Abt	43	+1 Lap
13th	19	Yves Olivier	OPC Euroteam	43	+1 Lap
Ret	18	Alain Menu	OPC Euroteam	10	Retired
Ret	8	Joachim Winkelhock	OPC Team Phoenix	4	Retired
Ret	24	Stefan Mücke	Service 24h AMG-Mercedes	4	Retired
Ret	11	Thomas Jäger	Original-Teile AMG-Mercedes	3	Retired
DNS	10	Christian Abt	Team Abt Sportsline
DNS	6	Marcel Fässler	Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
DNS	14	Timo Scheider	OPC Team Holzer
DNS	23	Martin Tomczyk	Team Abt Sportsline Junior
Source:

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

Milestones

• Tenth victory for Laurent Aïello.
• ABT Sportsline claimed their thirteenth victory as an entrant.
  • Abt-Audi registered their thirteenth victory as a manufacturer.

Standings

Laurent Aïello headed the Championship charge at the halfway point of the season, and left Nuremberg with a strong 25 point lead. Mattias Ekström was his closest challenger in second, with less than half of the Frenchman's points tally, while Bernd Schneider sat in third on 21, two further back. Jean Alesi and Christian Abt completed the half-time top five, with fifteen drivers on the scoresheet after ten races.

In the Teams' Championship it was Team Abt Sportsline who led the charge with the season at its halfway point, having claimed 60 points in the first half of the season. Vodafone AMG-Mercedes were next up in second, nineteen behind, while Team Abt occupied third with 26 points. The top five was then completed by OPC Euroteam and OPC Team Holzer, with nine of the eleven teams having scored.

2002 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Laurent Aïello 48 ◄0 2nd Mattias Ekström 23 ◄0 3rd Bernd Schneider 21 ▲1 4th Jean Alesi 20 ▼1 5th Christian Abt 12 ◄0 6th Alain Menu 6 ◄0 7th Martin Tomczyk 5 ◄0 8th Christijan Albers 5 ▲1 9th Timo Scheider 5 ▼1 10th Marcel Fässler 4 ◄0 11th Uwe Alzen 4 ▲2 12th Karl Wendlinger 3 ▼1 13th Joachim Winkelhock 2 ▼1 14th Michael Bartels 1 ◄0 15th Manuel Reuter 1 ◄0

2002 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Team Abt Sportsline 60 ◄0 2nd Vodafone AMG-Mercedes 41 ◄0 3rd Team Abt 26 ◄0 4th Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes 8 ▲2 5th OPC Euroteam 6 ▼1 6th OPC Team Holzer 6 ▼1 7th Team Abt Sportsline Junior 5 ◄0 8th Service 24h AMG-Mercedes 5 ◄0 9th OPC Team Phoenix 3 ◄0 10th Original-Teile AMG-Mercedes 0 ◄0 11th OASE/CEB AMG-Mercedes 0 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers are shown.

References

Images and Videos:

• Liveries: byggxx, 'Rennwagen (2002)', dtm.fandom.com/de, (DTM Wiki/de, 2015), https://dtm.fandom.com/de/wiki/Kategorie:Rennwagen_(2002), (Accessed 29/05/2020)

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