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The [[1989 World Touring Car Masters season|following season]], Asch was expected to resign for Mercedes-Benz with a greatly improved contract on merit of his class win the year before. | The [[1989 World Touring Car Masters season|following season]], Asch was expected to resign for Mercedes-Benz with a greatly improved contract on merit of his class win the year before. | ||
Surprisingly, Asch rejected the offer and left the German manufacturer to join the works Nismo Motorsport team alongside [[Naoki Nagasaka]], [[Toshio Suzuki]] and [[Masahiro Hasemi]]. The team was using the controversial Nissan Skyline R32, which had been banned at the start of the 1988 season due to issues with homologation. | Surprisingly, Asch rejected the offer and left the German manufacturer to join the works Nismo Motorsport team alongside [[Naoki Nagasaka]], [[Toshio Suzuki]] and [[Masahiro Hasemi]]. The team was using the controversial Nissan Skyline R32, which had been banned at the start of the 1988 season due to issues with homologation. Asch finished 1989 in eleventh overall and sixth in class, taking a single win at the Brno round. | ||
==Complete World Touring Car Masters Results== | ==Complete World Touring Car Masters Results== | ||
Revision as of 20:04, 12 August 2018
Roland Asch (born 12 October 1950 in Altingen, West Germany) is a German racing driver most famous for his appearances in the World Touring Car Masters, winning the Class C Championship in 1988.
WTCM
1988
In 1988, Mercedes-Benz entered the newly-formed World Touring Car Masters with a four-car team consisting of Asch, Jerry Mahony, Luis Perez-Sala and Armin Hahne.
Asch would dominate the Class C championship throughout the season, only finishing out of the points on three occasions (mechanical retirements) on his way to the title.
Much of his challenge would come from his Spanish teammate Perez-Sala and the Euromotor International BMW M3 of Mauro Baldi.
1989
The following season, Asch was expected to resign for Mercedes-Benz with a greatly improved contract on merit of his class win the year before.
Surprisingly, Asch rejected the offer and left the German manufacturer to join the works Nismo Motorsport team alongside Naoki Nagasaka, Toshio Suzuki and Masahiro Hasemi. The team was using the controversial Nissan Skyline R32, which had been banned at the start of the 1988 season due to issues with homologation. Asch finished 1989 in eleventh overall and sixth in class, taking a single win at the Brno round.
Complete World Touring Car Masters Results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | WDC | Pts | Class | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1988 | Mercedes-Benz AMG Team | Mercedes-Benz 190E | C | Template:AUS | 
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14th | 71 | 1st | 361 | ||||||||||
| E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | ||||||||
| BAT 16 |
BAT 9 |
FUJ 21 |
FUJ 14 |
WAT 10 |
WAT 10 |
NOR 24 |
NOR 24 |
KYA 5 |
KYA 13 |
HOC 13 |
HOC Ret |
CHA 7 |
CHA 13 |
BIR 16 |
BIR Ret |
MNZ 19 |
MNZ 16 |
SPA 8 |
SPA 7 |
NUR Ret | ||||||||
| 1989 | Nismo Motorsport | Nissan Skyline R32 | A |
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Template:AUS | 11th | 85 | 6th | 177 | ||||||||||
| E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | ||||||||
| FUJ 2 |
FUJ 6 |
WAT Ret |
WAT 17 |
KYA DNQ |
KYA DNQ |
PAU Ret |
PAU 23 |
BRN 17† |
BRN 1 |
MNZ Ret |
MNZ 8 |
CHA Ret |
CHA 6 |
BIR Ret |
BIR 8 |
SPA Ret |
SPA 3 |
NUR Ret |
NUR 3 |
BAT DNQ | ||||||||