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A few days ago, we were telling you that David Coulthard is considering a return to motor racing for the 2010 season. And it's not exactly Formula One that DC had in mind, but apparently the next best thing, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM).
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Timo Scheider today became the second driver in DTM’s modern era - after Bernd Schneider - to successfully defending his title. The German driver entered the history books on Sunday, after securing his second consecutive DTM title in career thanks to a great ...
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The last race of the season will be competed with the trophy up for grabs, as Mercedes' Gary Paffett's win at Dijon-Prenois kept the title fight alive in the 2009 DTM season. In a race dominated by tire punctures – the majority of them suffered by Audi ...
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German manufacturer BMW will not join the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) in 2010. The news was not reported by a championship official or a German media, but by Mercedes Benz' motorsport director Norbert Haug. As the Stuttgart based car maker is a strong player ...
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Scheider Wins at Barcelona, Makes Huge Step to 2nd DTM TitleDTMTimo Scheider can now focus on his second consecutive DTM title, as the German driver won a comfortable race at Barcelona over the weekend to further increase his lead in the overall classification. Only a miracle would prevent Scheider from succeeding in his perfect title defense this year, as the Lahnstein-born driver is now 12 points ahead of nearest rival and Audi teammate Mattias Ekstrom with only 2 rounds to go. The Audi driver made a champion-like effort at the start of the race and jumped from 5th place on the grid all the way into 1st place, using the outside line on Turn 1 to pass all those in front of him. Pole-sitter Tom Kristensen had to settle for 2nd place after the first corner and the pair went on to increase their gap in front of the field in the following ... >> Read more |
Mercedes' Paul di Resta dominated the Brands Hatch weekend in the DTM from beginning to end, winning his first race of the season from pole position before his home crowd. Di Resta left nothing to chance on Sunday and, despite two restarts that wiped off his ...
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Audi left the Nurburgring on Sunday in a triumphant style, as the Ingolstadt based team clinched the top four spots of the DTM race yesterday afternoon. Martin Tomczyk, Timo Scheider and Mattias Ekstrom led the race from beginning to end and left no room for podium ...
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After announcing their withdrawal from the sport of Formula One last Wednesday, it was only natural for the media to start rumoring on where the Munich based manufacturer will redirect their money in terms of motor racing programmes. In the same press conference ...
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As it happened in Formula One a few years ago, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) officials have decided to implement a new development-freeze policy inside the sport. Starting August 17th this year, neither Audi nor Mercedes-Benz ...
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Timo Scheider finally gave the Audi fans something to cheer for on Sunday, as the reigning DTM champion scored his first win of the season at Oschersleben. The German manufacturer was to secure all podium places on Sunday, as Mattias Ekstrom and Martin Tomczyk ...
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The 42-year-old Dane took the pole position for the Orscersleben race on Sunday, as the 3.696 kilometers long track from the Magdeburg region saw an overwhelming Audi domination on Saturday.
The car manufacturer from Ingolstadt secured the first 5 positions on ...
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Gary Paffett seems to make the most of driving a 2009-spec machinery inside the DTM, after two years of driving one-year old AMG Mercedes C-Klasses for the German marque's secondary teams. Being promoted to works driver this year, the 28-year old Brit scored his second ...
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Jamie Green became only the second DTM driver to win a race in a one-year old spec car, as he took his AMG Mercedes C-Klasse to victory during this weekend's race at Norisring. The Briton denied Audi of their first win at the German circuit in more than 7 years ...
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Gary Paffett's incredible bad luck during the season opener at Hockenheim turned into great strategy at Lausitz, as the Briton powered to his first DTM win in almost 2 years. While thanking his team for the pit stop strategy during the Sunday race, the Mercedes ...
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After announcing this will be his final DTM campaign in career, Danish driver Tom Kristensen took his first win in the series after a 3-year absence during this weekend's season opener at Hockenheim. The Audi driver took advantage of a penultimate-lap puncture from ...
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Denmark's Tom Kristensen revealed this will be his final year inside the German Touring Car Championship (DTM), as he will focus solely on his sports car career from 2010 onwards. The Audi driver, who is yet to clinch a title in the famous German series, confirmed ...
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Bruno Senna moved on from his disappointing experience with Brawn GP and began testing with Mercedes in the DTM. The Brazilian driver was strongly linked with a move to the German series with the aforementioned manufacturer ever since it was clear that he wouldn't ...
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Following the official launch of Audi's DTM lineup for the 2009 season, TME have also confirmed one of their two drivers with whom the team plans to tackle this year's campaign. Former GP2 driver Christian Bakkerud has earned himself a drive in the most powerful ...
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Taking the example of FIA WTCC champions SEAT Sport, Audi decided to take on the new DTM season with the exact same lineup as in 2008. Germany's Timo Scheider managed to clinch his first ever DTM title last year, but Audi ended up behind rivals AMG Mercedes in the ...
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Ralf Schumacher is expected to boost his performances inside the DTM this year, as Mercedes-Benz have confirmed that the series' sophomore will be driving a 2009-spec C-Klasse in 2009. After spending the 2008 season getting used to the championship's rules and ...
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