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. 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	Template:AUS				Template:USA								Template:FRA		Template:GBR				Template:BEL					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			Template:USA				Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				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
1990	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Skyline R32	A			Template:USA				Template:GBR		Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS	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