
Mercedes CLK DTM Team Persson #15 C. Albers DTM 2001 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Mercedes
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 400013715
- Year
- 2001
- Era
- 2000s
- Body Type
- Touring Models
- Vehicle Class
- DTM German Touring
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- —
About the Mercedes CLK DTM Team Persson #15 C. Albers DTM 2001 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Mercedes CLK DTM reproduces the Team Persson #15 car driven by Christijan Albers in the 2001 DTM season. The body is a sealed one-piece shell. A compact-scale piece for a multi-team DTM lineup.
The revived DTM in 2001 brought manufacturer-built silhouette racers back to German touring cars, and Team Persson's independent entry shows how customer teams fit into that new structure.
1:43 Diecast Construction of the CLK
At 1:43, the CLK DTM's body is a single fixed zinc alloy shell, a sensible approach at this compact scale where hinged panels would add little visible detail while risking fragility. The Persson livery's sponsor graphics are tampo-printed onto the shell, and despite the small footprint, the print resolution keeps key sponsor logos and the #15 roundel readable. The scale's main trade-off against 1:18 is exactly this: less room for separately molded parts, but a far smaller shelf footprint that lets a collector line up an entire DTM season's grid in the space a handful of 1:18 models would need.
Team Persson and the New DTM
Christijan Albers, still early in his single-seater and touring car career at this point, drove for Team Persson in a DTM season built around new-generation CLK, Opel and Audi silhouette cars replacing the class-based touring cars of the 1990s. Persson's presence as a customer squad rather than a full factory operation reflects how the new DTM structure still allowed independent teams a place on the grid. For a collector assembling the 2001 season by team, this Persson CLK is a specific, verifiable entry that fills out the grid beyond the headline factory liveries.















