DRX: Steffen 2012 Champion

Category: Miscellaneous, News Posted 26.10.12 10:40 by Eddi Laumanns

Despite Andreas Steffen and Bernd Schomaker both finished the 2012 DRX series equal on points it was the Super1600s campaigner who claimed the German title.

The final round of the 2012 German Rallycross Championship (DRX) was held on October 20 and 21 at the ‘Driving Center Groß Dölln’ near the town of Templin in the former East German Uckermark region, where the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel grew up. After complaints about the too rough gravel sections during the new track’s opening event in July the organisers had done a great job and exchanged the complete dirt to produce much better conditions for their second ever Rallycross.

Although Bernd Schomaker won the SuperCars class and Andreas Steffen the Super1600s category, so that both finished the series equal on points, the 2012 DRX title went to ACN Buxtehude chairman Steffen. He was awarded his first championship victory as according to the rules his higher amount of qualifying heat wins (10:6) were used to decide the situation in case of a tie in the final point standings.

The SuperNationals division saw the most starters and was eventually won by Swede Mikael Eriksson in his Porsche 911 GT3, ahead of the young German Rallycross lady Silva Winterhoff and her veteran Volvo PV 544. SuperNationals champion Hans Kirchhof (Porsche 911 GT3) finished 7th after retirement in the A final and was all but happy with the rather offensive driving style of his Swedish make-colleague during qualification. In the DRX Cup category VW Polo driver Björn Barkhoff underpinned his Cup win with the fifth victory out of eight events.