Uwe Alzen | ||
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Driver Details | ||
Nationality | ![]() | |
P.o.B. | ![]() | |
D.o.B. | 18 August 1967 | |
Début | ![]() | |
Best | 2nd (2001) | |
Previous Teams | ![]() ![]() | |
DTM Career | ||
Total Entries | 57 (55 Starts) | |
No. | 3; 5 | |
Wins | Points | Poles |
8 | 225 | 2 |
Fastest Laps | 1 | |
Podiums | 17 | |
First Win | ![]() | |
Last Win | ![]() |
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 | ||||||
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Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Pos. | Pts. | Livery |
2000 | ![]() |
3 | Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 | 6th | 100 | ![]() |
2001 | ![]() |
5 | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 | 2nd | 101 | ![]() |
2002 | ![]() |
5 | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2002 | 6th | 24 | ![]() |
Career Results[]
Below is a table showing Uwe Alzen's full DTM record:
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |||
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6th | 100 | |||||||||||
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Ret | DNS | Ret | 9th | 8th | 6th | Ret | Ret | 10th | 13th | CAN | CAN | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 1st | 1st | |||||
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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 | |||
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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 | ||||
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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 |
References[]
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2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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Manufacturers |
Abt-Audi • AMG-Mercedes • Opel |
Car/engine |
Abt-Audi TT-R 2000 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2000 • AMG 4.0l V8 • Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2000 • Opel 4.0l V8 |
Teams |
24h Service AMG-Mercedes • Abt Sportsline I • Abt Sportsline II • D2 AMG-Mercedes • Euroteam • Opel Team Holzer I • Opel Team Holzer II • Opel Team Irmscher • Opel Team Phoenix • Original Teile AMG-Mercedes • Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes |
Drivers |
1 Bernd Schneider • 2 Thomas Jäger • 3 Uwe Alzen • 4 Joachim Winkelhock • 5 Klaus Ludwig • 6 Marcel Fässler • 7 Manuel Reuter • 8 Michael Bartels • 9 Laurent Aïello • 10 Christian Abt • 11 Éric Hélary • 12 Christian Menzel • 14/24 Pedro Lamy • 15/42 Darren Turner • 16 Stefano Modena • 17 Timo Scheider • 18 Marcel Tiemann • 19 Peter Dumbreck • 20 Kris Nissen • 21 James Thompson • 23 Roland Asch |
Races |
Rennsport-Festival 1 • Rennsport-Festival 2 • ADAC-Preis von Sachsen-Anhalt 1 • ADAC-Preis von Sachsen-Anhalt 2 • Norisring 1 • Norisring 2 • Sachsenring 1 • Sachsenring 2 • Großer Preis der Tourenwagen 1 • Großer Preis der Tourenwagen 2 • ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen 1 • ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen 2 • Eifelrennen 1 • Eifelrennen 2 • ADAC-Preis Hockenheim 1 • ADAC-Preis Hockenheim 2 |
Cancelled Races |
2000 Lausitzring Race |
Related Content |
1996 ITCC Season • 2001 DTM Season |
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 |
Races |
Rennsport-Festival QR • Rennsport-Festival FR • Eifelrennen QR • Eifelrennen FR • Oschersleben QR • Oschersleben FR • Sachsenring QR • Sachsenring FR • Norisring QR • Norisring FR • Lausitzring QR • Lausitzring FR • Großer Preis der Tourenwagen QR • Großer Preis der Tourenwagen FR • Spielberg QR • Spielberg FR • Zandvoort QR • Zandvoort FR • DMV-Preis Hockenheim QR • DMV-Preis Hockenheim FR |
Related Content |
2000 DTM Season • 2002 DTM Season |
2002 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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Manufacturers |
Abt-Audi • AMG-Mercedes • Opel |
Car/engine |
Abt-Audi TT-R 2002 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2002 • AMG 4.0l V8 • Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2002 • Opel 4.0l V8 |
Teams |
CEB/OASE AMG-Mercedes • OPC Euroteam • OPC Team Holzer • OPC Team Phoenix • Original Teile AMG-Mercedes • Service 24h AMG-Mercedes • Team Abt • Team Abt Sportsline • Team Abt Sportsline Junior • Vodafone AMG-Mercedes • Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes |
Drivers |
1 Bernd Schneider • 2 Jean Alesi • 3 Laurent Aïello • 4 Karl Wendlinger • 5 Uwe Alzen • 6 Marcel Fässler • 7 Manuel Reuter • 8 Joachim Winkelhock • 9 Mattias Ekström • 10 Christian Abt • 11 Thomas Jäger • 12 Peter Dumbreck • 14 Timo Scheider • 15 Michael Bartels • 16 Marcel Tiemann/Bernd Mayländer • 17 Patrick Huisman • 18 Alain Menu • 19 Yves Olivier • 23 Martin Tomczyk • 24 Stefan Mücke • 31 Johnny Cecotto • 42 Christijan Albers • 43 JJ Lehto • 44 Éric Hélary |
Races |
ADAC-Preis Hockenheim QR • ADAC-Preis Hockenheim FR • Zolder QR • Zolder FR • Donington Park QR • Donington Park FR • Sachsenring QR • Sachsenring FR • Norisring QR • Norisring FR • Lausitzring QR • Lausitzring FR • Großer Preis der Tourenwagen QR • Großer Preis der Tourenwagen FR • Spielberg QR • Spielberg FR • Zandvoort QR • Zandvoort FR • DMV-Preis Hockenheim QR • DMV-Preis Hockenheim FR |
Related Content |
2001 DTM Season • 2003 DTM Season |
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