1986 - Middle year for BMW


The legendary Dieter Quester (Austria) in companion with Thierry Tassin (Belgium) and Altfrid Heger (Germany) won the 24 hour race at Spa-Francorchamps with an average speed of 89.738 mph.


DPM become DTM

In Germany the DPM series changed name to DTM (German Touring Car Championship). This year was kind of lame for BMW. The BMW 635 CSi was quite outdated compared to it's competitors.

A new race car was on it's way, the E30 M3, but not until 1987 season. With this in mind it was quite fantastic that Kurt König managed to take a third place in the final standings with one race win at Zolder as best result.


Final standings in DTM 1986

 

No Driver Car Points
1 Kurt Thiim Rover Vitesse V8 130
2 Volker Weidler Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 113
3 Kurt König BMW 635 CSi 104
4 Per Stureson Volvo 240 Turbo 102
5 Volker Strycek BMW 325i 89
6 Klaus Niedzwiedz Ford SierraXR4Ti 83
7 Anton Goeser BMW 635 CSi 76
8 Per-Gunnar Andersson Volvo 240 Turbo 75
9 Manuel Reuter Ford Sierra XR4Ti 69
10 Fritz Müller BMW 635 CSi 58

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Season 1985

Season 1987