1993 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft

Last updated November 17, 2023

The 1993 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft was the tenth season of premier German touring car championship and also eighth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft. It was the first DTM to utilize FIA Class 1 Touring Cars regulations which limited engines to a maximum of six cylinders and 2.5 litres capacity, but allowed liberal modifications to engine, chassis and aerodynamics.^[1] Italian driver Nicola Larini won the championship for Alfa Corse after scoring 11 wins (series record) ahead of Roland Asch and Bernd Schneider, both driving for the AMG-Mercedes team.

Teams and drivers

No.	Driver	Car	Team	Round
1	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II Mercedes 190E Class 1	AMG-Mercedes	All*
2	Ellen Lohr	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II Mercedes 190E Class 1	AMG-Mercedes	All*
3	Kurt Thiim	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II Mercedes 190E Class 1	Zakspeed	All*
4	Jörg van Ommen	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II Mercedes 190E Class 1	Zakspeed	All*
5	Manuel Reuter	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing	10
6	Keke Rosberg	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing	10
7	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	Alfa Corse	All*
8	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	Alfa Corse	All*
10	Harald Becker	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Linder Motorsport	All*
11	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II Mercedes 190E Class 1	AMG-Mercedes	All*
12	Roland Asch	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II Mercedes 190E Class 1	AMG-Mercedes	All*
13	Jürgen Feucht	Ford Mustang GT	Challenger Auto Racing	All*
14	Christian Danner	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	Schübel Engineering	All*
15	Giorgio Francia	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	Schübel Engineering	All*
16	Uwe Alzen	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	Persson Motorsport	1-7, 9-10*
17	Olaf Manthey	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	Persson Motorsport	All*
18	Kurt König	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Auto Maass	1-8, 10*
20	Alexander Grau	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	DTM Junior Team	1-9*
22	Marco Werner	Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo	Kissling Motorsport	10
23	Stig Amthor	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	DTM Junior Team	All*
25	Volker Strycek	Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo	Kissling Motorsport	1-9*
32	Josef Venc	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Kaucuk Motorsport	All*
44	Markus Oestreich	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II	Persson Motorsport	8
51	Gianni Giudici	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	Scuderia Giudici	All*
52	Franz Engstler	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	Engstler Motorsport	5-10*
54	Marco Werner	Opel Astra 16V	Dürkopp Euroent Motorsport	1-2, 5, 8
55	Luigino Pagotto	Opel Astra 16V	Dellenbach Motorsport	2, 4, 6-7, 10
59	Hermann Roth	Opel Astra 16V	Dellenbach Motorsport	2-4, 6-7, 10
60	Ian Khan	Vauxhall Cavalier	Maxted Motorsport	*
61	Matt Neal	BMW 318i	Team Dynamics	*
62	David Pinkney	BMW 318i	Pinkney Motorsport	*

Numbers from 51 entered the 2000 Cup, drivers with the asterisk took part at Donington non-championship round.

Schedule and results

Round		Country	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Belgium	Zolder	4 April	Nicola Larini	Christian Danner	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Report
1	R2	Belgium	Zolder	4 April		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Report
2	R1	Germany	Hockenheimring	18 April	Alessandro Nannini	Nicola Larini	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes	Report
2	R2	Germany	Hockenheimring	18 April		Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes	Report
3	R1	Germany	Nürburgring	2 May	Bernd Schneider	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Report
3	R2	Germany	Nürburgring	2 May		Bernd Schneider	Klaus Ludwig	AMG-Mercedes	Report
4	R1	Germany	Wunstorf	16 May	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Report
4	R2	Germany	Wunstorf	16 May		Nicola Larini	Kurt Thiim	Zakspeed	Report
5	R1	Germany	Nürburgring Nordschleife	10 June	Jörg van Ommen	Klaus Ludwig	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Report
5	R2	Germany	Nürburgring Nordschleife	10 June		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Report
6	R1	Germany	Norisring	27 June	Kurt Thiim	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Report
6	R2	Germany	Norisring	27 June		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Report
NC	R1	Great Britain	Donington Park	18 July	Christian Danner	Alessandro Nannini	Christian Danner	Schübel	Report
NC	R2	Great Britain	Donington Park	18 July		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Report
7	R1	Germany	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	8 August	Bernd Schneider	Bernd Schneider	Roland Asch	AMG-Mercedes	Report
7	R2	Germany	Diepholz Airfield Circuit	8 August		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Report
8	R1	Germany	Alemannenring	29 August	Nicola Larini	Bernd Schneider	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Report
8	R2	Germany	Alemannenring	29 August		Christian Danner	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes	Report
9	R1	Germany	AVUS	12 September	Alessandro Nannini	Alessandro Nannini	Roland Asch	AMG-Mercedes	Report
9	R2	Germany	AVUS	12 September		Nicola Larini	Roland Asch	AMG-Mercedes	Report
10	R1	Germany	Hockenheimring	19 September	Kurt Thiim	Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse	Report
10	R2	Germany	Hockenheimring	19 September		Klaus Ludwig	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse	Report

Non-Championship race

Driver standings/results

Points system is as follows: 1st=20, 2nd=15, 3rd=12, 4th=10, 5th=8, 6th=6, 7th=4, 8th=3, 9th=2, 10th=1

Pos	Driver	ZOL		HOC1		NÜR1		WUN		NÜR2		NOR		DON‡		DIE		SIN		AVU		HOC2		Pts
1	Nicola Larini	1	1	9	2	1	Ret	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	3	1	10	1	1	2	6	3	4	19	261
2	Roland Asch	3	4	2	4	4	3	6	4	7	17	5	2	5	5	1	5	Ret	6	1	1	6	3	204
3	Bernd Schneider	Ret	9	1	1	2	2	7	6	5	5	Ret	Ret	4	3	2	6	2	1	3	23	Ret	6	172
4	Klaus Ludwig	4	7	Ret	3	3	1	5	3	2	3	Ret	5	6	Ret	3	2	5	Ret	2	22	5	Ret	171
5	Christian Danner	2	2	8	6	6	Ret	4	5	6	2	3	3	1	2	7	Ret	6	4	4	2	Ret	5	161
6	Kurt Thiim	8	6	3	5	5	5	3	1	9	Ret	8	Ret	2	4	5	8	7	5	10	4	3	4	138
7	Giorgio Francia	7	Ret	6	12	9	Ret	Ret	2	8	6	4	8	7	6	6	3	4	3	Ret	5	2	2	127
8	Alessandro Nannini	Ret	3	13	8	10	4	2	Ret	4	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	18	3	Ret	5	Ret	1	1	121
9	Jörg van Ommen	5	5	4	10	8	Ret	11	Ret	3	Ret	2	4	Ret	9	9	11	Ret	8	8	10	Ret	7	80
10	Ellen Lohr	6	8	Ret	7	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	6	Ret	8	Ret	4	4	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	43
11	Uwe Alzen	Ret	11	5	9	Ret	DNS	9	9	23	12	7	7	9	7	8	7			7	7	8	Ret	40
12	Olaf Manthey	Ret	10	Ret	11	Ret	DNS	8	7	10	7	9	6	10	8	Ret	Ret	10	7	17	8	9	8	34
13	Alexander Grau	9	12	11	14	12	7	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	11	10	11	9	9	9	9	6			21
14	Harald Becker	12	Ret	12	15	11	6	NC	8	13	18	11	9	Ret	DNS	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	14	9	12	9	15
15	Stig Amthor	10	13	10	13	18	9	Ret	10	12	8	Ret	10	13	11	15	10	16	Ret	Ret	14	10	Ret	11
16	Kurt König	11	14	7	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	DNS	14	11	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	12	Ret	22	DNS			13	Ret	7
17	Markus Oestreich																	8	10					4
18	Keke Rosberg																					7	Ret	4
19	Volker Strycek	14	16	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	20	9	Ret	11	12	12	14	13	13	11	13	11			2
20	Josef Venc	17	21	19	19	17	10	13	Ret	16	14	Ret	13	14	13	Ret	Ret	20	17	12	12	Ret	DNS	1
21	Armin Hahne									25	10	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS			Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	1
22	Gerd Ruch	Ret	DNS	18	Ret	14	11	14	13	DNS	DNS	10	12	22	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	15	11	Ret	Ret	DNS	1
23	Marco Werner	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS					Ret	DNS							Ret	DNS			11	10	1
24	Achille Voltolina	16	22	17	Ret	21	14	16	11			15	17	19	17	20	16			22	24	16	14	0
25	Jürgen Ruch	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS			DNQ	Ret	23	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	21	Ret	11	0
26	Georg Severich	Ret	18	Ret	DNS	13	12	Ret	DNS	15	13	Ret	DNS	18	16	Ret	DNS	15	13	20	Ret	Ret	13	0
27	Vaclav Bervid	Ret	19	15	Ret	16	Ret	17	12	17	21	Ret	16	15	Ret	17	Ret	14	Ret	15	15	Ret	DNS	0
28	German Tauber	13	15	14	16	15	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	12	14	16	DNS	Ret	DNS	21	Ret	18	18	Ret	12	0
29	Marc Gindorf									Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS			16	12	12	Ret	Ret	16	15	20	0
30	Armin Bernhard											Ret	DNS			19	14	17	12	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	0
31	Carsten Struwe	15	17	Ret	17	19	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	19	13	Ret							Ret	13	Ret	Ret	0
32	Wolfgang Lackinger			Ret	Ret	20	13	Ret	DNS	19	DNS	14	15	17	14									0
33	Jürgen Feucht	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	22	Ret	19	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	0
34	Hermann Duller															21	Ret	19	14	16	17	18	15	0
35	Gianni Giudici	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	25	Ret	21	15	22	16			24	22	NC	Ret					14	Ret	0
36	Werner Lenk	Ret	20	16	18	Ret	15	18	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS					Ret	DNS	21	20	17	16	0
37	Axel Göbel									18	15													0
38	Václav Švarc	Ret	23	Ret	DNS	23	16	Ret	DNS	24	DNS	DNQ	Ret											0
39	Franz Engstler									21	20	DNQ	18	20	20	Ret	17	18	16	19	19	19	17	0
40	Hermann Roth			Ret	Ret	24	Ret	23	Ret			DNQ	19			22	Ret					20	18	0
41	Luigino Pagotto			21	20			22	Ret			DNQ	Ret			NC	Ret					21	Ret	0
42	Ralf Kludt							20	Ret															0
–	Andreas Henningsen	Ret	DNS																					0
–	Josef Bröhling									Ret	DNS													0
–	Marco Munding															Ret	DNS							0
–	Manuel Reuter																					Ret	DNS	0
–	Heinz-Harald Frentzen																					DNS	DNS	0
–	Ian Khan													21	18									0†
–	Matt Neal													Ret	19									0†
–	David Pinkney													NC	21									0†
Pos	Driver	ZOL		HOC1		NÜR1		WUN		NÜR2		NOR		DON‡		DIE		SIN		AVU		HOC2		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† Not classified in championship due to only entering in non-championship event.

‡ Non-championship event.

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References

↑ 1993 DTM Season Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.dtm.com on 20 November 2009

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