Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

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.

Entry list

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

Schedule and results

Round Country Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 R1 Belgium Belgium Zolder 5 April Denmark Kurt Thiim Germany Klaus Ludwig Denmark Kurt Thiim Zakspeed Report
R2 Germany Klaus Ludwig Denmark Kurt Thiim Zakspeed
2 R1 Germany Germany Nürburgring 19 April Denmark Kurt Thiim Finland Keke Rosberg Germany Frank Biela Audi Zentrum Reutlingen Report
R2 Germany Roland Asch Germany Roland Asch Zakspeed
3 R1 Germany Germany Wunstorf 3 May Germany Frank Biela Italy Roberto Ravaglia Germany Jörg van Ommen Mass-Schons Report
R2 Finland Keke Rosberg Finland Keke Rosberg AMG-Mercedes
4 R1 Germany Germany AVUS 10 May Germany Frank Biela France Jacques Laffite United Kingdom Steve Soper Bigazzi Report
R2 Germany Bernd Schneider Germany Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes
5 R1 Germany Germany Hockenheimring 24 May Germany Klaus Ludwig Germany Ellen Lohr Germany Ellen Lohr AMG-Mercedes Report
R2 Germany Bernd Schneider Germany Roland Asch Zakspeed
6 R1 Germany Germany Nürburgring 18 June Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Germany Klaus Ludwig Germany Klaus Ludwig AMG-Mercedes Report
R2 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Germany Klaus Ludwig AMG-Mercedes
7 R1 Germany Germany Norisring 28 June Germany Roland Asch Italy Emanuele Pirro Germany Joachim Winkelhock Schnitzer Motorsport Report
R2 Finland Keke Rosberg United Kingdom Steve Soper Bigazzi
8 R1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Brno 12 July Denmark Kurt Thiim Germany Bernd Schneider Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Fina Motorsport Report
R2 Finland Keke Rosberg Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Fina Motorsport
9 R1 Germany Germany Diepholz Airfield Circuit 16 August Germany Klaus Ludwig Germany Klaus Ludwig Germany Klaus Ludwig AMG-Mercedes Report
R2 Germany Bernd Schneider Germany Klaus Ludwig AMG-Mercedes
10 R1 Germany Germany Alemannenring 6 September Germany Bernd Schneider Germany Bernd Schneider Germany Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes Report
R2 Germany Bernd Schneider Germany Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes
11 R1 Germany Germany Nürburgring 20 September Finland Keke Rosberg Germany Bernd Schneider Germany Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes Report
R2 Germany Klaus Ludwig Germany Klaus Ludwig AMG-Mercedes
12 R1 Germany Germany Hockenheimring 11 October Denmark Kurt Thiim Italy Roberto Ravaglia Italy Roberto Ravaglia Schnitzer Motorsport Report
R2 Germany Joachim Winkelhock Italy 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
Belgium
NÜR
Germany
WUN
Germany
AVU
Germany
HOC
Germany
NORD
Germany
NOR
Germany
BRN
Czechoslovakia
DIE
Germany
SIN
Germany
NÜR2
Germany
HOC2
Germany
Pts
1 Germany 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 Denmark 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 Germany 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 Venezuela 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 Finland 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 Germany 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 Italy 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 Germany 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 United Kingdom 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 Germany 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 Germany 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 Italy 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 France 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 Germany 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 Germany Frank Biela 3 Ret 1 18 DSQ DSQ Ret 8 21 14 14 15 35
16 Germany 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 Denmark Kris Nissen 14 6 13 17 9 7 13 Ret 14 10 Ret DNS 12 13 9 11 7 13 10 7 24
18 Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck Ret Ret 2 12 11 Ret 6 Ret 19 Ret 23 Ret 21
19 Germany Frank Jelinski 15 Ret 3 11 12 13 Ret DNS Ret 12 Ret Ret 12
20 Germany 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 Germany 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
Germany 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 Germany 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
Germany Hubert Haupt 16 Ret 12 14 15 Ret 10 Ret Ret DNS 1
Germany 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 Germany 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
France Olivier Grouillard 11 13 0
Czechoslovakia Josef Venc 12 16 0
Germany Olaf Manthey 15 14 15 13 DNS DNS 0
Czechoslovakia Vaclav Bervid 13 15 Ret 18 Ret DNS 18 Ret Ret Ret 0
Germany "John Winter" 17 17 14 15 Ret DNS 17 Ret 0
Australia Wayne Gardner 14 Ret 16 Ret 0
Sweden Peggen Andersson 19 14 Ret Ret 0
Germany Franz Dufter 18 17 16 15 0
Germany Siegfried Maier 24 18 18 15 0
Germany Alexander Burgstaller Ret 16 0
Germany Fred Räker 20 NC 26 NC DNS DNS Ret 17 19 21 Ret Ret 0
Germany Jürgen Ruch Ret DNS 18 Ret 0
Germany Thomas von Löwis Ret DNS 23 19 Ret DNS 20 19 0
Germany Jürgen Feucht Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS 0
Germany Volker Strycek DNS DNS 0
Germany Thomas Winkelhock DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver ZOL
Belgium
NÜR
Germany
WUN
Germany
AVU
Germany
HOC
Germany
NORD
Germany
NOR
Germany
BRN
Czechoslovakia
DIE
Germany
SIN
Germany
NÜR2
Germany
HOC2
Germany
Pts