1993: A new team arrives in Germany...

For the 1993 season of the German Touring car Championship (Deutsche Tourenwagenmeistershaft), or short DTM, a new set of regulations were introduced for the premium Class 1 touring cars. These regulations restricted engine size to a maximum capacity of 2.5 litre and six cylinders. In addition,  many modifications to the engine, chassis and aerodynamics were allowed. Alfa Romeo was the first to enter a Class 1 touring car that took maximum advantage of the changed regulations, the Alfa 155 V6 ti. It resulted in Nicola Larini taking the title to Italy in Alfa Romeo‘s first DTM season.

The DTM calendar took the teams to 11 tracks in Germany, Belgium and the UK. On every racing day, two races had to be run. Alfa Romeo competed against mostly German opponents, like the Mercedes Benz 190E and 190E 2.5-16 Evo2, the BMW M3 Sport Evolution, the Opel Omega 3000 Evo 500 and a few Ford Mustang GT's.

DTM Racing Calendar 1993

Alfa Corse entered two cars, with drivers Nicola Larini and Alessandro Nannini. The Schubel team entered another two cars with drivers Giorgio Francia and Christian Danner.

Nicola Larini DTM Champion 1993 261 points
Alessandro Nannini 8th in DTM drivers championship 1993 121 points
Giorgio Francia 7th in DTM drivers championship 1993 127 points
Christian Danner 5th in DTM drivers championship 1993 171 points

4th April 1993, Zolder Belgium.

The first race was held at the Zolder track in Belgium. This race turned out to be a complete humiliation for Mercedes and BMW, who had dominated the DTM in the years before. Team Alfa Corse took 1st and 2nd in the first race and 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the second race and degraded the Germans. Nicola Larini started from pole position, Christian Danner had the fastest lap during the race in 1:54,09.

Race 1: 24 laps, total race distance 100,656 km.

Race 2: 24 laps, total race distance 100,656 km.

18th April 1993, Hockenheim Germany.

The second race was held at the Hockenheim track in Germany. The Alfa Corse team started well: Nannini took pole position in 1.04,61 min.  Unfortunately, the race had a chaotic start, causing both Larini and Nannini to retire with tyre damage at the end of the race. Larini did drive the fastest race lap; 1.05,59 Min. During the second race, Larini managed to take second place.

Race 1: 36 laps, total race distance 94,824 km

Race 1: 38 laps, total race distance 100,092 km

2nd May 1993, Nürburgring Germany.

For the third race of the season, the teams went to the Nürburgring, to race the short track (not the Nordschleife). Bernd Schneider took pole position in 1.40,31 min in his AMG Mercedes 190E, but Nicola Larini had the fastest race lap in 1.41,76 and won the first race.

Race 1: 23 laps, total race distance 104,466 km.

Race 2: 23 laps, total race distance 104,466 km.

16nd May 1993, Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf Germany.

Larini took pole position for race four of the season in 1.44,45 min. Larini and Nannini finished 1st and 2nd in the first race with Christian Danner taking 4th position. In the second race Francia finished 2nd and Danner finished 5th while Larini and Nannini had to retire from the race.

Race 1: 20 laps, total race distance 101,000 km.

Race 2: 18 laps, total race distance 90,900 km.

10th June 1993, Großer Preis der Tourenwagen Nürburgring Germany.

For the fifth race of the season, the teams went back to the Nürburgring. This time both races were four laps around the famous Nordschleife. Alfa Romeo dominated both races, taking both wins. Larini drove the fastest race lap in race 2 in 8.47,71 min.

Race 1: 4 laps, total race distance 101,200 km.

Race 2: 4 laps, total race distance 101,200 km.

27th June 1993, 200 Meilen von Nürnberg, Norisring Germany.

Race 1: 44 laps, total race distance 101,200 km.

18th July 1993, Donington-Gold-Cup, Donnington Park UK.

8th August 1993, Flugplatzrennen Diepholz Germany.

Race 1: 37 laps, 100,640 km.

Race 2: 31 laps, total race distance 84,320 km.

29th August 1993, ADAC-Preis Alemannenring Germany.

Race 1: 36 laps, 100,800 km.

12th September 1993, ADAC-Avus-Rennen Germany.

Race 1: 37 laps, 97,680 km.

Race 2: 38 laps, 100,320 km.

19th September 1993, ADAC-Preis Hockenheim Germany.

Race 1: 15 laps, 102,225 km.

Race 2: 15 laps, 102,225 km