Roland Asch

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.

Roland Asch after winning a WTCM race 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.

Complete World Touring Car Masters Results

Year	Team	Car	Class																						Pos.	Pts	Class	Pts
1988	Mercedes-Benz AMG Team	Mercedes-Benz 190E	C																						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																						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