Mercedes at the front again in the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cup on the Salzburgring

Name: BMW M3 DTM
Brand: BMW

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Created on September 20, 2018

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Olivier Chanson

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Thorsten Stadler in the Mercedes Benz C-Class (1994) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cup Salzburgring 2018

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Impressions of the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cup Salzburgring 2018

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Thorsten Stadler in the Mercedes Benz C-Class (1994) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

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Michael Vogt in the BMW M3 DTM (1988) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

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Klaus Ludwig (right) in a good mood - Impressions of the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cup Salzburgring 2018

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Armin Dellkamm in the BMW M3 DTM (1989) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

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Stephan Piepenbrink in the BMW M3 DTM (1990) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

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Ferdi Weischenberg in the Mercdes Benz 190E 2.5-16V (1987) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

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Bernd Koch-Timo Hochwind in the BMW E36 STW (1994) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

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Volker Schneider-Michael Schneider in the Ford Siesta Cosworth (1988) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

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Jörg Hatscher in the Mercedes Benz C-Class (1996) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

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Ralph Bahr-Harald Grohs in the BMW M3 DMT (1987) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

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Peter Schumann-Jürgen Schumann in the BMW 635 CSI (1986) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

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Joachim Kiesch in the Mercedes Benz EVO 2 (1990) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

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Beaming faces, award ceremony of the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cup Salzburgring 2018

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Impressions of the award ceremony of the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cup Salzburgring 2018

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Impressions of the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cup Salzburgring 2018, on the right in the picture Klaus Ludwig, DTM legend

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Impressions of the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cup Salzburgring 2018, in the center of the picture Klaus Ludwig, DTM legend

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Award ceremony, Thorsten Stadler with the trophy for second place in the overall standings of the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cup Salzburgring 2018

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The Histo Cup took place at the Salzburgring from September 15 to 16, 2018. One of the series was the Touring Car Classics. Incidentally, this was already the 6th and penultimate round of the season. In this series, DTM/ITC touring car owners have had the opportunity to put their vehicles to the test in an attractive racing atmosphere for the past two years.

Defending champion successful

Three-time DTM champion Klaus Ludwig and his companion Jörg Hatscher were able to claim overall victory, repeating their success from Zandvoort. In their Mercedes Benz C-Class ITC (490 hp), they claimed their third victory of the season.

Jörg Hatscher in the Mercedes Benz C-Class (1996) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

Thorsten Stadler (Mercedes Benz C-Class), who finished second overall, also successfully defended his title and secured the TWC title early.

Thorsten Stadler in the Mercedes Benz C-Class (1994) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

A BMW M3 also on the podium

Third place went to a BMW M3, with Stephan Piepenbrink in the cockpit. This is already his second podium finish. Over the course of forty minutes, the man from Munich had pulled out a clear lead over his fellow drivers. It had looked different in the first few laps, when Armin Dellkamm (BMW M3 DTM) and Michael Schneider (Ford Sierra RS500) were closing in on him. But things turned out differently, Dellmann's M3 suffered a defect early on and retired.

Stephan Piepenbrink in the BMW M3 DTM (1990) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

Class winner

Volker Schneider, Michael Schneider's father, took over the wheel of the Ford after the mandatory pit stop and ultimately claimed victory in Class 3 (DTM Group A).

Volker Schneider-Michael Schneider in the Ford Siesta Cosworth (1988) at the Touring Car Classics at the Histo Cub Salzburgring 2018

As we all know, history repeats itself, and this event was reminiscent of 1987, when a Ford Sierra RS driven by Armin Hahne also won the race at the Salzburgring.

Other class winners were: