2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season

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2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
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The 2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season was the first DTM season since the original series' demise in 1996. Nine events were held with two 40-minute races at each racing weekend.

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[edit] Pre-Season

This was the resurrected DTM's first season since the cancellation of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft at the end of 1996. Mercedes returned to the series after their unfortunate CLR Le Mans project along with H.W.A GmbH and AMG. They were joined by Opel, who brought along the Holzer, Phoenix, Irmscher and Euroteam from the German Super Touring Car Championship (STW) where they had raced in 1999. The resumption of DTM also meant the end of STW. Audi did not enter, but was still represented through the semi-independent Abt Sportsline team. Two additional teams also ran Mercedes; they were Persson Motorsport and Team Rosberg.

[edit] Teams and Drivers

No. Driver Car Team Notes
1 Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM D2 AMG-Mercedes
2 Flag of Germany Thomas Jäger AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM D2 AMG-Mercedes
3 Flag of Germany Uwe Alzen Opel Astra V8 Coupé Opel-Team Holzer
4 Flag of Germany Joachim Winkelhock Opel Astra V8 Coupé Opel-Team Holzer
5 Flag of Germany Klaus Ludwig AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
6 Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes
7 Flag of Germany Manuel Reuter Opel Astra V8 Coupé Opel-Team Phoenix
8 Flag of Germany Michael Bartels Opel Astra V8 Coupé Opel-Team Phoenix
9 Flag of France Laurent Aïello Abt-Audi TT-R Abt Sportsline Rounds 1-2, 5-18
10 Flag of Germany Christian Abt Abt-Audi TT-R Abt Sportsline Rounds 1-2, 5-18
11 Flag of France Eric Helary Opel Astra V8 Coupé Opel-Team Holzer
12 Flag of Germany Christian Menzel Opel Astra V8 Coupé Opel-Team Irmscher
14 Flag of Portugal Pedro Lamy AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM Team Rosberg Rounds 1-12, 15-18
15 Flag of the United Kingdom Darren Turner AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM Team Rosberg Rounds 1-12, 15-18
16 Flag of Italy Stefano Modena Opel Astra V8 Coupé Euroteam
17 Flag of Germany Timo Scheider Opel Astra V8 Coupé Opel-Team Holzer
18 Flag of Germany Marcel Tiemann AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM Persson Motorsport
19 Flag of the United Kingdom Peter Dumbreck AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM Persson Motorsport
20 Flag of Denmark Kris Nissen Abt-Audi TT-R Abt Sportsline
21 Flag of the United Kingdom James Thompson Abt-Audi TT-R Abt Sportsline Rounds 3-4, 9-18
23 Flag of Germany Roland Asch Abt-Audi TT-R Abt Sportsline Rounds 3-4

[edit] Championship standings

Driver's championship
Position Driver Points
1 Bernd Schneider 221

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