MODEL DETAILS
What: Audi V8 quattro DTM
Series: Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM)
Era: Audi postwar
Model Family: V8
Market / Zone: EU
Season: 1990
Model / Generation Code(s): type 4C, R6
Chassis / Matrix: D1
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Body Style(s): 4-door sedan
Drivetrain Configuration: longitudinal front engine, all-wheel drive
Engine(s): 3.6-liter V8, aluminum block and head
Power: 340 kW, PS, 456 bhp @ 9,300 RPM
Torque: 390 Nm, 288 lb-ft @ 6,500 rpm
Transmission(s): 6-speed manual
Wheelbase: 2,750 mm (108.3 inches)
Length: 4,874 mm (191.9 inches)
Width: 1,814 m (71.4 inches)
Height: 1,335 mm (52.6 inches)
Kerb Weight: 1,250 kg, 2,756 lbs
TEAM DETAILS
#44 Schmidt Motorsport Technik, Hans Joachim Stuck
#45 Schmidt Motorsport Technik with Walter Röhrl
#46 Audi Zentrum Reutlingen with Frank Jelinski
OTHER DETAILS
Predecessor: N/A
Successor: 1991 Audi V8 quattro DTM
Road Car Equivalent: Audi V8
Homologations: FIA Group A
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RACE RESULTS
Round 1 Zolder, Mar 31 – Apr 01, 1990
- Race 1 – 14th Hans Joachim Stuck #44
- Race 2 – 3rd Hans Joachim Stuck #44
Round 2 Hockenheim, Apr 07-04, 1990
- Race 1 – 6th Hans Joachim Stuck #44
- Race 2 – 2nd Hans Joachim Stuck #44 🥈
Round 3 Eifelrennen Nürburgring, Apr 21-22, 1990
- Race 1 – DNF Hans Joachim Stuck #44
- Race 2 – 16th Hans Joachim Stuck #44
Round 4 Avus, May 05-06, 1990
- Race 1 – 1st Hans Joachim Stuck #44 🥇
- Race 2 – 1st Hans Joachim Stuck #44 🥇
Round 5 Mainz – Finthen, May 19-20, 1990
- Race 1 – 15th Hans Joachim Stuck #44
- Race 2 – 2oth/NRF Hans Joachim Stuck #44
Round 6 Wunstorf, June 02-03, 1990
- Race 1 – 1st Hans Joachim Stuck #44 🥇
- Race 2 – 1st Hans Joachim Stuck #44 🥇
Round 7 Nürburgring, June 16, 1990
- Race 1 – DNF Hans Joachim Stuck #44
- Race 2 – 11th Hans Joachim Stuck #44
Round 8 Norisring, Jun 30 – Jul 01
- Race 1 – 1st Hans Joachim Stuck #44 🥇, 2nd Walter Röhrl #45 🥈
- Race 2 – 3rd Hans Joachim Stuck #44 🥉, 5th Walter Röhrl #45
Round 9 Diepholz, Aug 04-05 1990
- Race 1 – 9th Walter Röhrl #45, 14th Hans Joachim Stuck #44
- Race 2 – 8th Hans Joachim Stuck #44, DNF Walter Röhrl #45
Round 10 Nürburgring Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen, Sep 01-02, 1990
- Race 1 – 8th Walter Röhrl #45, 11th Hans Joachim Stuck #44
- Race 2 – 1st Walter Röhrl #45 🥇, 10th Hans Joachim Stuck #44
Round 11 Hockenheim, Oct 13-14, 1990
- Race 1 – 1st Hans Joachim Stuck #44 🥇, 2nd Frank Jelinski #46 🥈, 3rd Walter Röhrl #45 🥉
- Race 2 – 1st Hans Joachim Stuck #44 🥇, 2nd Frank Jelinski #46 🥈, 3rd Walter Röhrl #45 🥉
Round 12 Kyalami Nov 18, 1990
- Audi did not attend
Championships
- Hans Stuck, Driver Championship 🏆
Summary:
Having had quattro deemed an “unfair advantage” and thus outlawed in Trans-Am in 1988 and IMSA GTO racing in 1989 for its on-track dominance, Audi Sport turned to the German DTM series. Since turbos had also been banned in this series the year prior, Audi Sport decided to field its largest and heaviest model, the Audi V8 D1. In doing so, the car would square off against higher rivals such as BMW’s E30 M3, Mercedes-Benz 190 2.5 16 Evolution, Opel Omega 3000 24V, plus the occasional Toyota Supra and Ford Mustang GT.
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