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, 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. Asch finished 1989 in eleventh overall and sixth in class, taking a single win at the Brno round.

1990

Asch was subject to another bid from Mercedes ahead of 1990, but Asch remained with Nissan for a second year. Asch finished the season in ninth place overall - with a single win in the Endurance race in Belgium his best result.

Complete World Touring Car Masters Results

Year Team Car Class WDC Pts Class Pts
1988 Mercedes-Benz AMG Team Mercedes-Benz 190E C Flag of Australia svg.png Flag of Japan svg.png Flag of the United States svg.png Flag of Germany svg.png Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 svg.png Flag of Germany svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Flag of Italy svg.png Flag of Belgium svg.png Flag of Germany svg.png 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 Flag of Japan svg.png Flag of the United States svg.png Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the Czech Republic svg.png Flag of Italy svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Flag of Belgium svg.png Flag of Germany svg.png Flag of Australia svg.png 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
1990 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Skyline R32 A Flag of Japan svg.png Flag of the United States svg.png Flag of Nigeria svg.png Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the Czech Republic svg.png Flag of Italy svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Flag of Belgium svg.png Flag of Germany svg.png Flag of Australia svg.png 9th 154 7th 259
E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E
FUJ
Ret
FUJ
9
GLN
2
GLN
2
LAG
Ret
LAG
12
BRH
Ret
BRH
8
PAU
7
PAU
Ret
BRN
8
BRN
3
MNZ
2
MNZ
Ret
CHA
Ret
CHA
14
BIR
Ret
BIR
14
SPA
1
SPA
14
NUR
Ret
NUR
17
BAT
3