1992 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft

The 1992 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft season was the ninth season of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German Touring Car Championship). The season had twelve rounds with two races each; additional two rounds were held in Belgium and the Czech Republic.

Teams and drivers

No.	Driver	Team	Car	Notes
1	Frank Biela	Audi Zentrum Reutlingen	Audi V8 quattro Evolution	Rounds 1–12
2	Frank Jelinski	Audi Zentrum Reutlingen	Audi V8 quattro Evolution	Rounds 1–12
3	Klaus Ludwig	AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2
4	Bernd Schneider	AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2
5	Ellen Lohr	AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2
6	Keke Rosberg	AMG-Mercedes	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2
7	Johnny Cecotto	Fina Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
9	Emanuele Pirro	Bigazzi	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
10	Steve Soper	Bigazzi	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Rounds 1-20, 23-24
11	Jacques Laffite	Mass-Schons	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2
12	Jörg van Ommen	Mass-Schons	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2
14	Joachim Winkelhock	Schnitzer Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
15	Roberto Ravaglia	Schnitzer Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
16	Altfrid Heger	Schnitzer Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
17	Roland Asch	Zakspeed	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2
18	Kurt Thiim	Zakspeed	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2
19	Armin Hahne	Linder	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
20	Wayne Gardner	Linder	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Rounds 21-24
21	Kris Nissen	Unitron Computer Isert	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Rounds 1-16, 19-20, 23-24
22	Olivier Grouillard	Bigazzi	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Rounds 19-20
26	Volker Strycek	Irmscher Motorsport	Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo500n	Rounds 11-12
27	Armin Bernhard	BAS	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2	Rounds 1-14, 17-24
28	John Winter	Zakspeed	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2	Rounds 17-24
30	Leopold von Bayern	Isert	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
33	Gerd Ruch	Ruch Motorsport	Ford Mustang GT
34	Fred Räker	Ruch Motorsport	Ford Mustang GT	Rounds 1-8, 11-14
35	Alexander Burgstaller	Valier	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Rounds 17-18
36	Franz Engstler	Valier	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
37	Thomas von Löwis	MM Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Rounds 1-8
38	Fritz Kreutzpointner	MM Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution
40	Josef Venc	VAC	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Rounds 15-16
42	Harald Becker	Auto Maass	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Rounds 3-24
44	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Schmidt Motorsport Technik	Audi V8 quattro Evolution	Rounds 1–12
45	Hubert Haupt	Schmidt Motorsport Technik	Audi V8 quattro Evolution	Rounds 1–10
46	Franz Dufter	Tauber	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Rounds 13-14, 17-18
48	Siegfried Maier	Tauber	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Rounds 7-10
49	Vaclav Bervid	Bervid	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Rounds 15-24
50	Per-Gunnar Andersson	BMW Sweden	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Rounds 13-14, 17-18
51	Jürgen Feucht	Challenger	Ford Mustang GT	Rounds 1-4, 7-8, 17-20, 23-24
55	Olaf Manthey	Manthey Racing	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2	Rounds 11-12, 17-20
57	Thomas Winkelhock	MM Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	Rounds 9-10
66	Jürgen Ruch	Ruch Motorsport	Ford Mustang GT	Rounds 16-17, 23-24

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	Czech Republic	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

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

(key)

Pos	Driver	ZOL		NÜR		WUN		AVU		HOC		NORD		NOR		BRÜ		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		BRÜ		DIE		SIN		NÜR2		HOC2		Pts

External links

• DTM-Saison 1992 bei DTM.com
• Plakate der DTM-Rennen 1992