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Uwe Alzen
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Driver Details
Nationality Flag of Germany German
P.o.B. Flag of Rhineland Palatinate Kirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
D.o.B. 18 August 1967
D.o.D.
Début Flag of Germany 2000 Hockenheim Opening Race 1
Final Race Unknown
Best 2nd (2001)
Previous Teams Flag of Germany Team Holzer; Flag of Germany HWA Team
DTM Career
Total Entries 57 (55 Starts)
No. 3; 5
Wins Points Poles
8 225 2
Fastest Laps 1
Podiums 17
First Win Flag of Germany 2000 Oschersleben II Race 1
Last Win Flag of Germany 2002 Nürburgring Feature Race

Uwe Alzen (born 18 August 1967 in Kirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany) is a former German racing driver, who competed in the DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship between 2000 and 2002.[1] A former entrant in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft and International Touring Car Championship, Alzen would achieve a best Championship finish of second in the revived DTM, claiming eight wins during his time in the series.[2]

Alzen was signed as a lead driver for the Opel factory DTM programme in 2000, and was subsequently placed in the factory Opel Team Holzer I squad for the season alongside Joachim Winkelhock.[3] The German racer would go on to have a reasonably strong debut season, claiming his maiden victory at Oschersleben before winning both races at the finale in 2000 Hockenheim Finale Race 2.[4] That left him in sixth in the Championship behind Winkelhock.

Alzen moved to the factory Mercedes outfit HWA Team for the 2001, who placed him in their secondary Warsteiner effort alongside Marcel Fässler.[5] The German would once again have to overcome a slow start to the season before showing his potential, with three victories and a run of podium finishes in the second half of the season leaving him in second in the Championship behind Bernd Schneider.[6]

Retained alongside Fässler at HWA for 2002, Alzen would have a more trying season, his highlight being two dominant victories at the Nürburgring.[1] That left him in sixth in the Championship at the end of the season, with HWA ultimately ending his contract at the end of the season after multiple incidents between Alzen and other Mercedes cars.[2]

Outside of the DTM, Alzen claimed a class victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1999, while later becoming a regular attendee in the VLN and the Nürburgring 24 Hours.[7]

Background[]

After experimenting with karting during his formative years, Alzen entered the world of car racing in 1990, taking a seat in the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland in several races.[7] That transformed into a full season seat in 1991 after Alzen obtained some sponsorship, with the German racer claiming eleventh in the "2" Class.[7] In 1992 Alzen would graduate to the full Carrera class, and duly secured the Championship title with five wins in ten races.[7]

National Notation: 1993 - 1995[]

Adopted as a pseudo-factory driver by Porsche in 1993, Alzen secured a seat in the Porsche Supercup for the season, where he would finish second in the Championship.[7] 1993 also saw Alzen race in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft in a customer Mercedes car, finishing eleventh with 40 points.[7] For 1994 Alzen would complete a very similar programme, claiming the Supercup Championship with five wins, but slipping to eighteenth in the Meisterschaft.[7]

Porsche moved Alzen to the ADAC GT Cup for 1995, while the German racer would continue in the Meisterschaft in his Persson Motorsport run Mercedes.[7] While he struggled to fourteenth in the the latter, the German racer would be a star in the former, sweeping to the championship with three victories.[7]

Touring Trials: 1996 - 1999[]

Porsche would reduce Alzen's role in 1996, freeing him up to enter the FIA International Touring Car Championship, where the German racer finished eighth in a Zakspeed run Calibra.[7] In 1997 Alzen would transfer his colours to the German Supertouring Championship, finishing fifth, while also competing in a handful of races in the FIA GT2 Championship.[7] For 1998 Alzen was placed in a GT1 Porsche for the 24 Hours of Daytona and 24 Hours of Le Mans, with a best finish of second in the latter.[7]

Elsewhere, Alzen would claim third in German Supertouring in 1998, while also claiming eighth in the GT1 class of the FIA GT Championship.[7] In 1999 the German racer would claim victory in the GT class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, before going on to challenge for the 1999 German Supertouring Championship with Team Holzer.[7] Indeed, Alzen seemed to have triumphed over rival Christian Abt at the season finale, only for the title to be handed to Abt after a post-race investigation revealed that Alzen's teammate Roland Asch had deliberately crashed into Abt at the finale.[7]

DTM History[]

Full DTM Record[]

Uwe Alzen's full results from his 55 starts in the DTM are outlined in a series of tables below.

DTM Entries[]

The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Uwe Alzen during their DTM career:

Uwe Alzen's Overall DTM Record
Year Entrant No. Car Pos. Pts. Livery
2000 Flag of Germany Opel Team Holzer I[3] 3 Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 6th 100 ALZ 00 Livery
2001 Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes[5] 5 AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 2nd 101 ALZ 00 Livery
2002 Flag of Germany Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes[1] 5 AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2002 6th 24 ALZ 02 Livery

Career Results[]

Below is a table showing Uwe Alzen's full DTM record:

Uwe Alzen DTM Championship Record
Year Rounds Pos. Pts.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2000 Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany 6th 100
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Ret DNS Ret 9th 8th 6th Ret Ret 10th 13th CAN CAN 1st 4th 3rd 6th 1st 1st
2001 Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Germany 2nd 101
Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F
5th 4th 7th 19th 4th 3rd 11th Ret 2nd 1st 1st Ret 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 7th 1st 7th 7th
2002 Flag of Germany Flag of Belgium Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Germany Flag of Austria Flag of the Netherlands Flag of Germany 6th 24
Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F Q F
9th 11th 8th 7th Ret DNS 11th 9th 2nd 5th 9th Ret 1st 1st 5th 4th 7th 17th 8th 3rd
Results Key
Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning
1st Winner Ret Retired
2nd Second DSQ Disqualified
3rd Third DNS Did Not Start
7th Points Scorer NC Not Classified
Italics Fastest Lap CAN Race Cancelled
16th Non-points finish Non-Championship Race
Bold Pole Position 3 Points for Qualifying

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2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship
Manufacturers
Abt-AudiAMG-MercedesOpel
Car/engine
Abt-Audi TT-R 2000Audi 4.0l V8AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000AMG 4.0l V8Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000Opel 4.0l V8
Teams
24h Service AMG-MercedesAbt Sportsline IAbt Sportsline IID2 AMG-MercedesEuroteamOpel Team Holzer IOpel Team Holzer IIOpel Team IrmscherOpel Team PhoenixOriginal Teile AMG-MercedesWarsteiner AMG-Mercedes
Drivers
1 Bernd Schneider2 Thomas Jäger3 Uwe Alzen4 Joachim Winkelhock5 Klaus Ludwig6 Marcel Fässler7 Manuel Reuter8 Michael Bartels9 Laurent Aïello10 Christian Abt11 Éric Hélary12 Christian Menzel14/24 Pedro Lamy15/42 Darren Turner16 Stefano Modena17 Timo Scheider18 Marcel Tiemann19 Peter Dumbreck20 Kris Nissen21 James Thompson23 Roland Asch
Races
Rennsport-Festival 1Rennsport-Festival 2ADAC-Preis von Sachsen-Anhalt 1ADAC-Preis von Sachsen-Anhalt 2Norisring 1Norisring 2Sachsenring 1Sachsenring 2Großer Preis der Tourenwagen 1Großer Preis der Tourenwagen 2ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen 1ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen 2Eifelrennen 1Eifelrennen 2ADAC-Preis Hockenheim 1ADAC-Preis Hockenheim 2
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2000 Lausitzring Race
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Teams
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Drivers
1 Bernd Schneider2 Jean Alesi3 Laurent Aïello4 Karl Wendlinger5 Uwe Alzen6 Marcel Fässler7 Manuel Reuter8 Joachim Winkelhock9 Mattias Ekström10 Christian Abt11 Thomas Jäger12 Peter Dumbreck14 Timo Scheider15 Michael Bartels16 Marcel Tiemann/Bernd Mayländer17 Patrick Huisman18 Alain Menu19 Yves Olivier23 Martin Tomczyk24 Stefan Mücke31 Johnny Cecotto42 Christijan Albers43 JJ Lehto44 Éric Hélary
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