{"id":496775,"date":"2017-07-17T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=270274"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:47:17","slug":"1992-dtm-season-mercedes-benz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1992-dtm-season-mercedes-benz\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating DTM Dominance for Mercedes-Benz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>On 18 June 1992, Klaus Ludwig driving an AMG-Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II won both races of the German Touring Car Championship at the N\u00fcrburgring. This double victory was Ludwig&#8217;s first triumph in a season he was to finish as DTM champion. An equally masterly performance was delivered in 1992 by the AMG-Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II racing tourer as Mercedes-Benz drivers won a total of 16 out of 24 DTM races. It was the most successful year in DTM for the AMG racing tourer, which was based on the Mercedes-Benz W 201 model series. Mercedes-Benz also produced a small number of &#8216;street legal&#8217; examples of the 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II.<\/p>\n<p>It was 25 years ago that Mercedes-Benz taught the world of motorsport a lesson in evolution theory. The AMG-Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II racing tourer, which was based on the W 201 compact class, more than emphatically dominated the 1992 season of the German Touring Car Championship (DTM): on twelve competition days with a total of 24 races, Mercedes-Benz drivers brought home 16 victories, 17 second places and 13 third places. Klaus Ludwig was crowned German Touring Car Champion, while AMG-Mercedes won the 1992 constructors&#8217; championship. Mercedes-Benz driver Roland Asch was runner-up, with his brand colleague Bernd Schneider taking third place. Ellen Lohr won the first race at the Hockenheimring on 24 May 1992. 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