Roland Asch

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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.

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.

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