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1985 Avusrennen in DTM at the Avus circuit. Full information

1985 Avusrennen

1985 Avusrennen is 15th DTM race. Passed at the Avus circuit. Heinz-Friedrich Peil won the pole position, Klaus Niedzwiedz won this race. Peter John and Roland Asch also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 13 laps (105 km).

Previous race: 1985 Wunstorf DTM
Next race: 1985 Mainz-Finthen DTM
Race Start: 12th May 1985

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1985 Avusrennen

1st victory for the Ford Rennsport HWRT team
1st victory for the Klaus Niedzwiedz
1st podium for the Klaus Niedzwiedz
3rd podium for the Peter John
1st podium for the Roland Asch

Ford Sierra XR4Ti - 1985 Avusrennen winner

Ford Sierra XR4Ti #65 - 1985 Avusrennen winner

1985 Avusrennen results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra XR4Ti, #65	20	33m 32.22s	Ford Rennsport HWRT
2	Peter John	Chevrolet Camaro Z28, #16	18	33m 32.93s	American Car Service
3	Roland Asch	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT, #14	16	33m 33.36s	Ringshausen ABR Motorsport
4	Olaf Manthey	Rover Vitesse, #2	15	33m 42.43s	Austin Rover Deutschland (Nickel)
5	Heinz-Friedrich Peil	Volvo 240 Turbo, #20	14	33m 42.67s	Kissling Motorsport
6	Per Stureson	Volvo 240 Turbo, #21	13	33m 54.95s	IPS Motorsport
7	Peter Oberndorfer	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6, #6	12	34m 28.08s	RSM Marko
8	Peter Elgaard	BMW 635 CSi, #50	11	34m 30.53s
9	Walter Nussbaumer	BMW 635 CSi, #22	10	34m 31.13s	Kamei Crew
10	Kurt Konig	BMW 635 CSi, #5	9	34m 50.24s	Auto Maass BMW
11	Winni Vogt	BMW 323i, #4	8	35m 22s	Linder
12	Robert Walterscheid-Muller	BMW 635 CSi, #9	7	35m 32.11s	FHS Motorsport
13	Franz Klammer	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6, #7	6	12 laps	RSM Marko
14	Josef Gerold	BMW 323i, #52	5	12 laps	Linder
15	Johannes Wollstadt	BMW 323i, #27	4	12 laps	Autohaus Wollstadt Racing Team
16	Herbert Schurg	Fiat Ritmo 130 TC Abarth, #42	3	12 laps	Konig Motorenbau
17	Volker Strycek	BMW 635 CSi, #1	2	11 laps	Gubin Sport
18	Harald Grohs	BMW 635 CSi, #3	1	10 laps	Obermaier Racing
0	Helmut Doring	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT, #15	0		Ringshausen ABR Motorsport

Qualifying Results for the 1985 Avusrennen on the Avus circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Heinz-Friedrich Peil	Volvo 240 Turbo, #20	2m 32.85s	Kissling Motorsport
2	Roland Asch	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT, #14	2m 33.56s	Ringshausen ABR Motorsport
3	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra XR4Ti, #65	2m 4.18s	Ford Rennsport HWRT
4	Olaf Manthey	Rover Vitesse, #2		Austin Rover Deutschland (Nickel)
4	Helmut Doring	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT, #15	2m 34.48s	Ringshausen ABR Motorsport
5	Peter John	Chevrolet Camaro Z28, #16	2m 35.33s	American Car Service
6	Per Stureson	Volvo 240 Turbo, #21	2m 36.36s	IPS Motorsport
7	Peter Oberndorfer	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6, #6		RSM Marko
8	Peter Elgaard	BMW 635 CSi, #50
9	Walter Nussbaumer	BMW 635 CSi, #22		Kamei Crew
10	Kurt Konig	BMW 635 CSi, #5		Auto Maass BMW
11	Winni Vogt	BMW 323i, #4		Linder
12	Robert Walterscheid-Muller	BMW 635 CSi, #9		FHS Motorsport
13	Franz Klammer	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6, #7		RSM Marko
14	Josef Gerold	BMW 323i, #52		Linder
15	Johannes Wollstadt	BMW 323i, #27		Autohaus Wollstadt Racing Team
16	Herbert Schurg	Fiat Ritmo 130 TC Abarth, #42		Konig Motorenbau
17	Volker Strycek	BMW 635 CSi, #1		Gubin Sport
18	Harald Grohs	BMW 635 CSi, #3		Obermaier Racing