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]

1986 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft

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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 classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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