1986 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft

The 1986 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft was the third season of premier German touring car championship and also first season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft.^[1]^[2]

The championship was run under modified Group A regulations, which was won by Kurt Thiim driving a Rover Vitesse.^[1]^[3]

Schedule and results

Round	Country	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	Belgium	Zolder	30 March	Harald Grohs	Kurt Thiim	Kurt Thiim	ATN Autotechnik Nickel	Report
2	Germany	Hockenheimring	13 April	Kurt Thiim	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Team Beckers	Report
3	Germany	Nürburgring	27 April	Manuel Reuter	Kurt Thiim	Volker Weidler	RSM Marko	Report
4	Germany	AVUS	11 May	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Roland Asch	Volker Weidler	RSM Marko	Report
5	Germany	Mainz-Finthen	1 June	Franz Klammer	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Rennsport HWRT	Report
6	Germany	Wunstorf	8 June	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Volker Weidler	Kurt Thiim	ATN Autotechnik Nickel	Report
7	Germany	Nürburgring	13 July	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Volker Weidler	Kurt Thiim	ATN Autotechnik Nickel	Report
8	Belgium	Zolder	17 August	Jörg van Ommen	Kurt König	Kurt König		Report
9	Germany	Nürburgring	21 September	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Manuel Reuter	Manuel Reuter	Ringshausen ABR Motorsport	Report

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top eighteen classified finishers. Only the best eight round results were retained.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th
Points	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Standings

Pos	Driver	ZOL1	HOC	NÜR1	AVU	MAI	WUN	NÜR2	ZOL2	NÜR3	Punkte
1	Kurt Thiim	1	Ret	2	4	3	1	1	13	4	130
2	Volker Weidler			1	1	4	2	2	15	2	113
3	Kurt König	4	4	24	6	8	13	5	1	9	104
4	Per Stureson	3	2	9	7	11	7	11	2	(13)	102
5	Volker Strycek	12	(13)	8	9	6	9	6	5	8	89
6	Klaus Niedzwiedz	6	3	4	Ret	1	Ret	10	9	Ret	83
7	Anton Goeser	20	11	7	Ret	2	8	3	8	Ret	76
8	Per-Gunnar Andersson	2	1	5	DSQ	Ret	5	Ret		10	75
9	Manuel Reuter	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	7	4		4	1	69
10	Fritz Müller	Ret	6	6	8	Ret	10	7		19	58
11	Beate Nodes	18	9	11	3	14	11	Ret	18	12	56
12	Franz Klammer	10	Ret	DNS	Ret	5	3	19	16	7	54
13	Johannes Breuer	11	7	22	2	12	14				50
14	Walter Prüser	16	15	12	11	15	(18)	12	11	16	45
15	Walter Mertes	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	17	13	3	Ret	43
15	Olaf Manthey	8	Ret	3	5	Ret			17		43

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

References

^ ^a ^b DTM – Internetseite: "1986: Hier kommt Kurt". www.dtm.com. 2018-08-25.
^ Touringcarracing – Internetseite: "Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 1986". touringcarracing.net. 2018-08-25.
^ Touringcarracing – Internetseite: "1986 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft". touringcarracing.net. 2018-08-25.

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[DTM-1] DTM – Internetseite: "1986: Hier kommt Kurt". www.dtm.com. 2018-08-25.

[TR1-2] Touringcarracing – Internetseite: "Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 1986". touringcarracing.net. 2018-08-25.

[TR2-3] Touringcarracing – Internetseite: "1986 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft". touringcarracing.net. 2018-08-25.

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