The Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM is a 2-door
DTM
DTM may refer to:
Sport
* Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, a motor-racing series staged annually in Germany since 2000
* Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, a motor-racing championship staged in Germany from 1984 to 1995
Computing
* Data Transfer ...
touring car
Touring car and tourer are both terms for open cars (i.e. cars without a fixed roof). "Touring car" is a style of open car built in the United States which seats four or more people. The style was popular from the early 1900s to the 1930s. The ...
constructed by the German
car manufacturer
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Mercedes-Benz
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, that debuted in the
2000 DTM season, and competed until the end of the
2003 season. It was based on the standard
Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class (C208)
The C208/A208 Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class introduced in 1997 is a grand tourer produced by German automaker Mercedes-Benz. It was based on the Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W202), W202 Mercedes-Benz C-Class launched three years earlier. The C208 coupé is t ...
road car then later the
CLK-Class (C209).
History
For the 2000 DTM season, Mercedes-Benz committed to entering eight cars split between four cars from the Works
HWA Team
HWA Team, also known as HWA RACELAB, is the auto racing team of HWA AG, a German company based in Affalterbach, that also develops and builds vehicles and components for Mercedes-AMG race cars. It is named after founder Hans-Werner Aufrecht.
...
, and two cars each from the semi-Works
Persson and
Rosberg outfits. HWA, in turn, sub-divided its operations into two parallel squads. The first ran two
D2 Telekom-sponsored cars for
Bernd Schneider and
Thomas Jäger
Thomas Jäger (born 27 October 1976) is a German professional racing driver.
Career
Born in Chemnitz, Jäger competed in the Renault Spider Trophy in 1997.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/407/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database He began ...
, the second fielding two Warsteiner-backed cars for
Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Karl Ludwig (born 5 October 1949) is a German racing driver. He had a very successful career winning a total of 118 races.
Biography
He also known as ''König Ludwig'' (" King Ludwig") for his success in touring cars and in sports car r ...
, and
Marcel Fässler.
In March 2002, Mercedes-Benz announced a revised version of the CLK DTM now based on the
CLK-Class (C209), at the
Geneva Motor Show
The Geneva International Motor Show was an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva.
The show was hosted at the Palexpo, a convention centre located next to the Geneva Cointrin International Airport. The Salon was organised b ...
with
Bernd Schneider and
Jean Alesi
Jean Robert Alesi (; born Giovanni Roberto Alesi, 11 June 1964) is a French former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Alesi won the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix with Ferrari.
Born and raised in Avignon, Alesi started karting a ...
. The car won the
2003 DTM season.
Gallery
File:2001 AMG Mercedes CLK-Klasse DTM (C208), Sindelfingen, 2007 (01).JPG
File:2000 Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM rear.jpg
File:Bernd Maylaender DTM(ThKraft).jpg
File:Bernd Schneider DTM(ThKraft).jpg
File:Mercedes-Benz AMG -robad0b (1).jpg
File:DTM Mercedes AMG.jpg
File:Dtm janis.jpeg
References
External links
Mercedes-Benz Motorsport website
{{Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters racing cars
CLK DTM
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters cars