1992 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft

The 1992 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft was the ninth season of premier German touring car championship and also seventh season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft. The season had twelve rounds with two races each; additional two rounds were held in Belgium and Czechoslovakia.

On 24 May at Hockenheimring, Ellen Lohr became DTM's first (and to date, only) female driver to win a race.[1]

Entry list

Manufacturer Vehicle Team No. Drivers Events
Audi V8 quattro Evolution Audi Zentrum Reutlingen 1 Frank Biela 1–6
2 Frank Jelinski 1–6
Schmidt Motorsport 44 Hans-Joachim Stuck 1–6
45 Hubert Haupt 1–5
BMW M3 Sport Evolution Schnitzer Motorsport 7 Johnny Cecotto All
14 Joachim Winkelhock All
15 Roberto Ravaglia All
16 Altfrid Heger All
Scuderia Bigazzi 9 Emanuele Pirro All
10 Steve Soper 1–10, 12
22 Olivier Grouillard 11
Linder Rennsport 19 Armin Hahne All
20 Wayne Gardner 11–12
Unitron Sports 21 Kris Nissen 1–8
Isert Motorsport 10, 12
30 Leopold von Bayern All
Valier Motorsport 35 Alexander Burgstaller 9
36 Franz Engstler All
MM Team 37 Thomas von Löwis 1–4
38 Fritz Kreutzpointner All
57 Thomas Winkelhock 5
VAC 40 Josef Venc 8
Auto Maass 42 Harald Becker 2–12
Tauber Motorsport 46 Franz Dufter 7, 9
48 Siegfried Maier 4–5
Václav Bervid 49 Václav Bervid 8–12
BMW Sweden 50 Per-Gunnar Andersson 7, 9
Ford Mustang Mk.3 Gerd Ruch Motorsport 33 Gerd Ruch All
34 Fred Räker 1–4, 6–7
66 Jürgen Ruch 8, 12
Challenger Racing GmbH 51 Jürgen Feucht 1–2, 4, 9–10, 12
Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5 Evo2 AMG Motorenbau GmbH 3 Klaus Ludwig All
4 Bernd Schneider All
5 Ellen Lohr All
6 Keke Rosberg All
MS Racing 11 Jacques Laffite All
12 Jörg van Ommen All
Zakspeed 17 Roland Asch All
18 Kurt Thiim All
28 "John Winter" 9–12
BAS Reifen Autotechnik 27 Armin Bernhard 1–7, 9–12
Manthey Racing 55 Olaf Manthey 6, 9–10
Opel Omega A 3000 Evo500 Irmscher Motorsport 26 Volker Strycek 6

Schedule and results

Round Country Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 R1 Belgium Zolder 5 April Kurt Thiim Klaus Ludwig Kurt Thiim Zakspeed Report
R2 Klaus Ludwig Kurt Thiim Zakspeed
2 R1 Germany Nürburgring 19 April Kurt Thiim Keke Rosberg Frank Biela Audi Zentrum Reutlingen Report
R2 Roland Asch Roland Asch Zakspeed
3 R1 Germany Wunstorf 3 May Frank Biela Roberto Ravaglia Jörg van Ommen Mass-Schons Report
R2 Keke Rosberg Keke Rosberg AMG-Mercedes
4 R1 Germany AVUS 10 May Frank Biela Jacques Laffite Steve Soper Bigazzi Report
R2 Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes
5 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 24 May Klaus Ludwig Ellen Lohr Ellen Lohr AMG-Mercedes Report
R2 Bernd Schneider Roland Asch Zakspeed
6 R1 Germany Nürburgring 18 June Johnny Cecotto Klaus Ludwig Klaus Ludwig AMG-Mercedes Report
R2 Johnny Cecotto Klaus Ludwig AMG-Mercedes
7 R1 Germany Norisring 28 June Roland Asch Emanuele Pirro Joachim Winkelhock Schnitzer Motorsport Report
R2 Keke Rosberg Steve Soper Bigazzi
8 R1 Czechoslovakia Brno 12 July Kurt Thiim Bernd Schneider Johnny Cecotto Fina Motorsport Report
R2 Keke Rosberg Johnny Cecotto Fina Motorsport
9 R1 Germany Diepholz Airfield Circuit 16 August Klaus Ludwig Klaus Ludwig Klaus Ludwig AMG-Mercedes Report
R2 Bernd Schneider Klaus Ludwig AMG-Mercedes
10 R1 Germany Alemannenring 6 September Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes Report
R2 Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes
11 R1 Germany Nürburgring 20 September Keke Rosberg Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes Report
R2 Klaus Ludwig Klaus Ludwig AMG-Mercedes
12 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 11 October Kurt Thiim Roberto Ravaglia Roberto Ravaglia Schnitzer Motorsport Report
R2 Joachim Winkelhock Roberto Ravaglia Schnitzer Motorsport

Championship standings

Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Pos Driver ZOL
NÜR
WUN
AVU
HOC
NORD
NOR
BRN
DIE
SIN
NÜR2
HOC2
Pts
1 Klaus Ludwig 2 11 7 5 2 3 4 7 Ret 2 1 1 8 12 Ret 4 1 1 Ret 4 4 1 3 Ret 228
2 Kurt Thiim 1 1 4 2 3 5 7 21 Ret 4 5 5 Ret 9 Ret Ret 4 3 2 2 5 Ret 2 Ret 192
3 Bernd Schneider 5 Ret 10 Ret 7 4 3 1 2 Ret 4 4 Ret 4 7 Ret 2 Ret 1 1 1 3 Ret Ret 191
4 Johnny Cecotto 12 Ret 6 Ret 5 Ret 2 6 9 8 2 2 7 7 1 1 5 5 4 12 3 4 7 2 185
5 Keke Rosberg 11 Ret 17 8 4 1 12 15 3 Ret 3 3 Ret 18 Ret 2 3 2 Ret 6 2 2 Ret DNS 147
6 Roland Asch 7 2 5 1 6 Ret Ret 11 5 1 7 6 2 5 5 5 12 10 Ret 11 9 7 6 Ret 143
7 Roberto Ravaglia 8 4 11 6 19 17 15 Ret 6 3 8 7 5 3 2 3 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 1 134
8 Joachim Winkelhock Ret 9 9 4 10 Ret 5 Ret 11 7 12 11 1 2 Ret 6 6 9 Ret Ret 7 5 4 3 110
9 Steve Soper 4 13 Ret 7 23 Ret 1 9 4 5 6 8 4 1 Ret Ret Ret 7 5 7 19 Ret 109
10 Jörg van Ommen 10 5 20 9 1 2 11 5 20 9 10 12 9 10 4 Ret 10 11 3 3 10 9 5 Ret 106
11 Ellen Lohr 13 15 19 Ret Ret 9 8 2 1 Ret 13 13 3 6 Ret 7 7 4 8 5 6 6 Ret 6 105
12 Emanuele Pirro 6 3 14 3 Ret 16 23 3 10 Ret 21 10 6 8 3 Ret Ret Ret 6 10 Ret 8 9 5 85
13 Jacques Laffite 9 14 18 10 8 6 9 4 7 6 11 9 11 11 Ret 13 18 8 10 8 Ret Ret Ret DNS 43
14 Altfrid Heger Ret 7 8 13 13 8 14 Ret 8 Ret 9 22 10 Ret 8 9 9 6 11 9 8 10 8 Ret 38
15 Frank Biela 3 Ret 1 18 DSQ DSQ Ret 8 21 14 14 15 35
16 Franz Engstler 17 8 15 Ret 14 10 Ret 10 Ret Ret 22 Ret 13 Ret 6 8 13 12 9 Ret 15 11 11 4 26
17 Kris Nissen 14 6 13 17 9 7 13 Ret 14 10 Ret DNS 12 13 9 11 7 13 10 7 24
18 Hans-Joachim Stuck Ret Ret 2 12 11 Ret 6 Ret 19 Ret 23 Ret 21
19 Frank Jelinski 15 Ret 3 11 12 13 Ret DNS Ret 12 Ret Ret 12
20 Harald Becker 21 20 17 15 19 13 15 NC 17 18 17 16 Ret DNS 21 Ret 12 Ret 16 16 Ret 8 3
21 Armin Bernhard Ret DNS 24 Ret 16 12 21 16 16 Ret 18 20 16 Ret 20 14 Ret 14 19 15 14 9 2
Armin Hahne Ret 10 16 15 18 Ret 16 Ret 12 Ret Ret 16 14 Ret Ret 10 11 Ret 13 Ret 12 12 12 Ret 2
23 Gerd Ruch 21 DNS Ret Ret 22 Ret 22 20 17 16 20 DNS 20 Ret 11 Ret 19 Ret 15 Ret 17 Ret NC 10 1
Hubert Haupt 16 Ret 12 14 15 Ret 10 Ret Ret DNS 1
Leopold von Bayern 18 Ret 25 Ret 20 14 18 14 Ret 13 16 17 Ret 15 10 14 Ret Ret Ret DNS 13 14 15 Ret 1
26 Fritz Kreutzpointner 19 12 22 16 21 11 17 12 13 11 Ret 19 15 Ret 14 12 14 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS 13 11 0
Olivier Grouillard 11 13 0
Josef Venc 12 16 0
Olaf Manthey 15 14 15 13 DNS DNS 0
Vaclav Bervid 13 15 Ret 18 Ret DNS 18 Ret Ret Ret 0
"John Winter" 17 17 14 15 Ret DNS 17 Ret 0
Wayne Gardner 14 Ret 16 Ret 0
Peggen Andersson 19 14 Ret Ret 0
Franz Dufter 18 17 16 15 0
Siegfried Maier 24 18 18 15 0
Alexander Burgstaller Ret 16 0
Fred Räker 20 NC 26 NC DNS DNS Ret 17 19 21 Ret Ret 0
Jürgen Ruch Ret DNS 18 Ret 0
Thomas von Löwis Ret DNS 23 19 Ret DNS 20 19 0
Jürgen Feucht Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS 0
Volker Strycek DNS DNS 0
Thomas Winkelhock DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver ZOL
NÜR
WUN
AVU
HOC
NORD
NOR
BRN
DIE
SIN
NÜR2
HOC2
Pts

References

  1. ^ "30 years of DTM: Ellen Lohr the only woman on the very top". Archived from the original on 2021-09-03. Retrieved 2025-02-04.