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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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Audi Unveils DTM Lineup for 2009DTMTaking 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 overall manufacturers' classification. However, the Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich insisted 2008 was one of Audi's best years in the series and the team is waiting forward to reprising their performances this season. Therefore, no changes were made in the driver lineups for all 3 factory teams, except for the promotion of British female driver Katherine Legge from customer team Futurecom TME to Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline. Legge debuted in the DTM last season, driving a 2-year old Audi A4 DTM for ... >> Read more |
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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Bernd Schneider might have retired from the DTM at the end of last season, but his collaboration with Mercedes-Benz will not come to an end very soon. Following the 17 years raced for the German manufacturer in series like the DTM, ITC or FIA GT – having clinched ...
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Great Britain's Gary Paffett revealed that there is a very good chance of him coming back to Mercedes' works team for the 2009 season of the DTM. The McLaren F1 test driver admitted that he'll be thinking of the DTM title for the first time in the last 3 years, as he's ...
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The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) has recently announced its calendar for the 2009 season. As expected, there are plenty of changes to the series' schedule as compared to the previous year, with circuits like Mugello and Le Mans no longer part of the DTM spectrum. ...
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Timo Scheider is the new champion of DTM. The German slammed his rivals with a powerful performance at Hockenheim to win his first ever DTM title in career. The Audi driver powered to 1st place after a great start (lying 3rd on the grid) and never let go of that ...
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German touring car driver Bernd Schneider announced earlier today that he will retire from DTM after season's finale at Hockenheim. The 44-year old driver was rumored to leave the sport ever since he clinched his last win at Nurburgring in late July, but has now ...
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Mercedes-Benz works driver Paul di Resta has apparently been offered the chance to participate in a Formula 1 test at Silverstone for the second time in his life. While testing, the young Scotsman drove the latest version of the McLaren Mercedes F1 car. The event ...
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A perfect pit strategy, brilliant overtaking manoeuvres and lots of DTM experience, that's what brought five-time champion Bernd Schneider (AMG Mercedes C-Class 2007) his first win of the season. The Red Bull pair of Martin Tomczyk and Mattias Ekström (both ...
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Despite the fact that he drives last year's car, former DTM champion Gary Paffett clinched his tenth win in the series, ahead of fellow Briton Paul di Resta in a two-year old AMG Mercedes C-Class. It was a tough day for the 2007-spec cars, as DTM newcomer Mike ...
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Driving a 470hp vehicle in a 20-car field is not something Audi Motorsport would take risks with. German Marco Werner will substitute for injured Alexandre Prémat in Sunday's second race of the 2007 DTM season in Oschersleben, while returning veteran Frank Biela ...
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Swedish driver Mattias Ekström clinched his 10th career win in the DTM, while Red Bull Audi team-mate Martin Tomczyk took second. The race in Hockenheim was shortened due to a dramatic multiple car pile-up on lap 1 that caused the event to be red flagged for ...
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The 2007 DTM season goes underway in Hockenheim on Sunday, but the German Touring Car series' teams and drivers showed the fans a glimpse of what they will see this year. Their cars roared on a temporary street course in downtown Düsseldorf, Germany, in front ...
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Retired DTM and endurance racer Manuel Reuter joined the new commentators team of German broadcasting company ARD. 46-year old driver from Mainz, Germany, contested 203 DTM and ITC races with Ford, Mercedes-Benz and Opel, winning the ITC title (DTM's international ...
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Team Kolles T.M.E finally signed 24-year old Adam Carroll to fill up the last seat available in this year's DTM series. The blond Ulsterman raced in the GP2 for the past two years and tested for BAR-Honda in 2005, but his opportunities of pursuing his career in a ...
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2005 DTM champion Gary Paffett confirmed that he will compete again this year in the German touring car series, in addition to his Formula 1 commitments with McLaren-Mercedes. The 26-year old Briton will drive last year's Mercedes C-Class for privateer team ...
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