audi dtm booklet (english, 2012)

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Audi

MediaInfo

A5 DTM

AudiDTM 2012


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The prestigious duel between Audi and Mercedes-Benz

dominated the DTM or six years. A duel that saw Audi win

the championship tussle 4:2. Following the comeback o

BMW or the 2012 season and beyond this duel becomes

a three-way ght between the large German premium

manuacturers a battle that DTM ans have waited 20 long

years or. Here at Audi we relish the challenge and, in

the orm o our elegant A5 Coup, are convinced that we

have the perect base or the new DTM rules. Regulations,

or which Audi played a leading role in their creation, set

standards worldwide in the important areas o saety,

cost-eciency and desirability. We hope that this MediaIno

booklet is a useul companion or you

throughout the 2012 DTM season.

Audi in the DTM in 2012 ................................................. 4

Audi A5 ......................................................................... 6

Audi Sport ..................................................................... 8

Audi A5 DTM .................................................................10

The Audi drivers ............................................................18

The Audi teams ............................................................ 36

The DTM ...................................................................... 42

The circuits .................................................................. 45

Audi partners in the DTM .............................................. 56

History: Audi in the DTM ............................................... 58

History: DTM statistics .................................................60

Audi Communications Motorsport: Media service ...........64

Audi Communications Motorsport: Contacts .................. 66

Foreword Contents

Jrgen PippigAUDI AGHead o Communications Motorsport


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The DTM takes o in the 2012 season: with new technical

regulations that are pioneering in the elds o saety, cost-

eciency and desirability o the race cars, with exciting

Coups rom Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz and with the

premiere season o the new Audi A5 DTM. And with a highly

motivated Audi squad that will leave no stone unturned in

its quest to bring another DTM title back to Ingolstadt and

Neckarsulm.

V8, TT, and A4 each o the three models with which

Audi joined the DTM grid previously won at least one

championship title in its lietime. Following eight successul

years with the A4 the brand with the our rings elds a

actory backed two-door Coup the A5 or the rst time

in the most popular international touring car race series.

The three veteran Audi Sport Teams Abt Sportsline, Phoenix

and Rosberg compete with a total o eight new Audi A5 DTM

cars whereby Audi Sport has already achieved a new

in-house record beore the rst race: never beore have so

many new cars been built or a DTM season. In 2004 when

the Audi actory returned to the DTM it was six cars. Since

The DTM takes of: new regulations, new

Coups and premiere o the Audi A5 DTM

Changing o the guard:

the new Audi A5 DTM

(right) and its victorious

predecessor the A4

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then a maximum o our new race cars have been built per

year.

In 2012 there are only new cars on the grid or the rst

time ever since the DTM was re-launched in the year 2000.

To develop a completely new race car or new technicalregulations and to produce eight identical replicas as

well as guaranteeing the spare parts supply is logistically

very dicult and was only possible through the absolute

commitment o the entire Audi squad and our teams,

explains Head o Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolgang Ullrich.

I am, however, convinced that it will pay o since we have

the opportunity to make the worlds best touring car series

out o the DTM this year.

All three actory teams were integrated in the development

and testing program o the new Audi A5 DTM rom the

very beginning and thereore start the new DTM era with

equal chances. The same applies to the driver squad which

remains almost unchanged compared to the 2011 season.

The sole newcomer is the youthul 21-year old Frenchman

Adrien Tambay, who ought his way through a multi-stage

young driver assessment test, and is team mate to the

young Swiss Rahel Frey at Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline.

The pair o two-time DTM Champions Mattias Ekstrm

(Sweden) and Timo Scheider (Germany), who also start

or Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline, spearhead the Audi

driver squad. Miguel Molina (Spain) and Mike Rockeneller

(Germany) drive or Audi Sport Team Phoenix which

produced last years Champion. With Filipe Albuquerque

(Portugal) and Edoardo Mortara (Italy/France) Audi SportTeam Rosberg compete with the same drivers as last year.

Points are awarded at a total o ten DTM events in 2012. On

top o this comes a show event staged once again in Munich

Olympic Stadium. Audis target or the season is the same

as every year: We aim to be battling or wins and to bring

ourselves into a position rom which we can also ght or

the title in the end, says Dr. Ullrich. Its clear that this year

that could well be a little more dicult than in the yearsbeore.

For the frst time ever and with the

help o the teams Audi Sport has

simultaneously built eightnewrace cars or a DTM season


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The engine range extends rom the

economical 2.0 TDI to the high-

perormance V8 producing 4 hp

The new Audi A5 DTM orms the spearhead o the sporting

A5 amily even though it is currently exclusively reserved

or the companys race drivers. However, the production

models also ulll almost every wish: be it A5, S5 or RS 5

Coup, Sportback or Cabriolet a total o seven models

are available. The state-o-the-art engine range extends

rom a particularly economical 2.0 TDI producing 105 kW(143 hp) to a high-perormance V8 pushing out 331 kW

(450 hp) in the exceptional RS 5 Coup.

With its captivating lines the Audi A5 Coup is today,

only ve years ater its market launch in 2007, a modern

classic. Audi received the Designpreis der Bundesrepublik

Deutschland or it in 2010. With its elegant looks and

unique eeling o space the A5 Coup has taken the hearts

o Audi customers by storm. The A5 DTM is based on the

latest version which is recognized, since the latest product

acelit in summer 2011, by its striking, wedge-shaped

headlights.

TFSI technology rom motorsportThe two-door Coup also brings along excellent eatures

or everyday lie. Its luggage compartment lid opens

automatically, the rear seatbacks can be olded down

separately. Thanks to the lightweight steel body with

aluminum ront enders the basis versions unladen weight

is restricted to a mere 1,425 kilograms. One o the most

interesting engines is the compact high-tech 1.8 TFSI

gasoline engine with an average uel consumption o a mere

5.7 liters per 100 km. The combination o turbocharging

and direct injection TFSI or short originates, like so

The Audi A5 Coup already today

a modern classic

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many other technologies at Audi, rom motorsport: it madea triumphant debut in Le Mans in 2001.

The Audi A5 Cabriolet, equipped with a classic abric hood

like every other open topped Audi, is available since 2009.

It opens and closes in good 15 seconds thanks to its ully

automatic operation. The A5 amily is completed since

September 2009 by the A5 Sportback a particularly elegant

ve-door vehicle with a luggage compartment capacity o up

to 1,283 liters.

All three A5 body styles Coup, Cabriolet and Sportback are

also available as unique sporting S models that excel through

strong perormance, subtle understatement, a wealth o

standard and optional equipment and versatile everyday

practicality and which transmit their power to the road via

the permanent our-wheel drive quattro. In the S5 range the S5 Sportback, S5 Coup and S5 Cabriolet the 3.0 TFSI

with 245 kW (333 hp) and 440 Nm torque is used. The V6

compressor consumes an average o only 8.1 liters per 100 km.

The dynamic perormance gures are impressive: the S5 Coup

sprints rom standstill to highway pace in 4.9 seconds.

Audi RS 5: the darling o many Audi actory drivers

The highlight and darling o many Audi actory drivers like

Timo Scheider or Adrien Tambay is the Audi RS 5 Coup.Its 4.2 FSI, a high-revving normally aspirated V8, produces

331 kW (450 hp) at 8,250 rpm, its 430 Nm torque are on tap

between 4,000 and 6,000 revs. The high-perormance Coup

sprints rom zero to 100 km/h in 4.5 seconds, i desired Audi

limits the maximum speed rst at 280 km/h.

Mattias Ekstrm and the new Audi RS 5 which, with 450 hp, is almost

as powerul as the Audi A5 DTM

The Audi A5 is already today a modern classic


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Intense season o big challenges

Audi Sport has been, as part o Technical Development

(TE) o AUDI AG, a guarantee or success in motorsport

or more than three decades. Be it rallying, touring cars

or sport prototypes: in every discipline in which Audi has

competed as actory to date, the brand with the our rings

has celebrated important victories and won numerous

championship titles worldwide oten in connection with

new technologies like quattro drive, TFSI, TDI or ultra

lightweight design and construction.

Audi Sport has realized 18 dierent racing projects to date

rom the legendary original quattro (R1) to the latest LMP1

sportscar R18. The Audi A5 DTM was developed to a ready to

race state under the project name R17.

Currently around 200 employees at the Ingolstadt and

Neckarsulm sites are responsible or the development and

testing o the race cars. Doctorate o Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Wolgang Ullrich has been Head o Audi Sport since 1993.

The challenges Audi Sport aces this year are particularly

big: with the A5 DTM and R18 e-tron quattro with hybrid

drive two completely new race cars were developed in

parallel or the two most important elds o activity DTM

and sport prototypes. Furthermore, several races in the

DTM and new FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC)

2012 are held on the same weekends. Audi Sports busy

race season is completed by actory backed events with the

GT3 sportscar R8 LMS ultra in the two 24-hour race at theNrburgring and Spa-Francorchamps.

The Audi R18 is Audi

Sports second biggest

project alongside the DTM

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Around employees work or the DTM and the sport prototypes

Dr. Martin MhlmeierHead o Technology

Stephan KsterDTM Project Leader

Klaus-Dietrich KriegerHead o Finance andProject Management

Dr. Wolgang UllrichHead o Audi Sport

Dieter GassHead o RacingCommitments

Wolgang AppelHead o VehicleDevelopment

Dr. Roland SargentiDTM EngineProject Leader

Ulrich BaretzkyHead o EngineDevelopment

Volker NossekDTM OrganisationProject Leader

Joachim HausnerHead o CompleteVehicle

Stean AicherHead o Vehicle Design

Dr. Christian JohnTeam Doctor

Siegried KrauseHead o Procurementand Partnerships

Pascal ZurlindenDTM TechnicalProject Leader


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Greater saety, reduced costs, spectacular

look: the new Audi A5 DTM

The Audi A5 DTM, which was developed under the project

name R17 internally at Audi Sport, complies with the new

technical regulations that come into orce or the 2012

season. At the same time the responsible parties also

targeted three premises: car saety, a cost reduction o up

to 40 per cent and a spectacular appearance.

The nal aspect is visible at rst glance. The Audi A5 DTM

appears lower and squatter than its predecessor the A4 DTM

with which Audi won ve o the last eight DTM titles. A new

and innovative chassis in hybrid design hides under the

bodywork manuactured entirely rom carbon. With its ront,

rear and lateral crash elements the combination o carbon-

ber monocoque and steel roll-cage sets new standards with

regard to saety or a racing touring car. Furthermore, the

chassis, which weighs just 160 kilograms, is one o about

50 identical components shared by all DTM cars.

Thanks to these standard parts it was possible to achieve

the targeted cost reduction o up to 40 per cent while still

improving the saety and appeal o DTM cars, says Head

o Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolgang Ullrich under whose

supervision the new Audi A5 DTM was developed.

Imposing appearance: the Audi A5 DTM appears

atter and wide than its predecessor

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The Audi A5 DTM is comprised o about

4, individual parts about 50o them are identical in every DTM car

The A5 DTM is 5.01 meters long, 1.95 meters wide and

only 1.15 meters high. The wheelbase o every DTM car

is a uniorm 2.750 millimeters. Like its predecessor, the

A5 DTM is powered by a near 340 kW (460 hp) Audi Sport

V8 engine. A new development with partner Hewland is

the six-speed gearbox now activated pneumatically via shit

paddles mounted on the steering wheel. When compared toa classic manual shit, the more precise gear shit procedure

acilitates a signicant increase in gearbox service lie o up

to 24,000 kilometers.

The Bosch MS 5.1 engine electronics, which unction without

uses, and the central display already used in the Audi

R8 LMS are also state-o-the-art. The exclusive tire partner

Hankook supplies larger and wider tires the dimension o

which resemble those used on LMP2 sportscars. Integrated

into the Audi A5 DTM carbon ber cell is a 120 liter saety

Striking eature

o the new DTM

generation: a

larger rear wing

(right)

Saety is top

priority: in the A5DTM the driver sits

in a monocoque

manuactured

rom carbon


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uel tank with which the current DTM race distance can be

completed making a stop or uel since reueling during a

DTM race is no longer permitted or saety reasons.

In general new standards are set with the cell, explains

Stean Aicher, Head o Vehicle Design at Audi Sport. The

monocoque weighs only 126 kilograms, the roll-cage 32.5

kilos. At the same time the saety standards have increased

dramatically. The design is extremely stable when subject to

not just rontal, longitudinal crashes but also side impacts.

The entire sidewall must withstand a orce o 360 kN during

the side impact test, this equates to around 36 tones. Byway o comparison, this value was 80 kN or the A4 DTM,

which demonstrated its high saety standards in several

spectacular accidents.

Only the engine subrame at the ront and gearbox at the

rear restrict the engineers reedom as ar as the suspension

geometry is concerned. The suspension pick-up points

must be mounted to these standard elements. In addition,

the material, steel, and tube dimensions are xed andnumerous dimensions dened by the regulations the

wheels or example.

Aerodynamic possibilities were also restricted. Air fow

through the bodywork as seen on the A4 DTM and complex

additional winglets at the rear are now prohibited. Visual

similarity to the production line model is signicantly

greater as a result and, at the same time, the new DTM cars

should react less sensitively to contact and create a better

slipstream also thanks to the larger rear wing.

Highest saety standards: the hybrid chassis o the A5 DTM

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Audi had very innovative solutions in the past in the DTM

and especially or the aerodynamics, says Dr. Martin

Mhlmeier, Head o Technology at Audi Sport. Since these

areas were strongly restricted it is now more about detail

solutions to acquire an advantage over the competition.

Audi was also always a trendsetter in these areas over theyears. I think that weve ound interesting and innovative

details solutions once again.

Project R17 began in May 2010, a month later the green

light was given to use the A5 as base model. Tests in the

model wind tunnel have been running since February 2011.

The roll-out was completed on 29 July 2011. Aterwards,

the intensive test program started at various European race

tracks and continued to the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund(DMSB) homologation date on March 1, 2012. Since then,

the most important technical aspects on the new DTM cars

were rozen or the rest o the season including the still all

important aerodynamic conguration.

As usual, or this reason, all three manuacturers kept their

nal aero conguration as secret as possible to the last

moment. In the DTM this year even more value is attached

to every tiny detail than ever beore, knows Dr. Wolgang

Ullrich. And, it goes without saying that we have developed

Shit paddles instead o shit

level: changing gear in the Audi

A5 DTM is made via the steering

wheel mounted paddles


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The most important areas o

the new DTM cars are rozen

since March

over the last ew month we also wish to keep to ourselves

or as long as possible.

For the Head o Audi Motorsport the A5 DTM is the most

elegant o the new DTM cars. Furthermore, the A5 is rom

its base a car that ts antastically well to the DTM.

Michael Dick, Member o the Board or Technical

Development and consequently also responsible or the

AUDI AG DTM program, shares the enthusiasm or the

Coup: I particularly like the act that the lines o the

production A5 are easily recognizable.

Clean lines at the rear: the 2012 regulations orbid the additional

winglets seen in the past

Premiere: the Audi actory felds a Coup or the frst time in the DTM

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Technical data Audi A5 DTM (2012)

DTM touring car

CFRP monocoque with integrated uel tank,

CFRP crash elements on the sides,

CFRP crash elements, ront and rear

V normally aspirated engine,

-degree cylinder angle,

valves per cylinder,

air intake restricted

to x . mm by regulations

Bosch MS .

Dry sump

, cc

Approx. kW ( hp)

Over Nm

Rear-wheel drive

-plate CFRP clutch

Sequential -speed sport transmission

Adjustable multi-plate limited slip dierential

Constant-velocity (CV) shats

Power-assisted rack and pinion steering

Independent ront and rear,

twin A-arm suspension,

push rod system with spring/damper unit,

adjustable gas pressure dampers

Hydraulic dual-circuit braking system, monoblock light

metal brake calipers, ventilated carbon iber brake discs,

ront and rear, brake orce distribution between ront

and rear continually adjustable by the driver,

electromagnetic starting valve

Forged aluminum rims,

ront: x inches; rear: x inches

Hankook,

ront: --; rear: --

, mm (incl. rear wing)

, mm

, mm

, kg (including driver)

liters

Vehicle type

Chassis

Engine

Engine control unit

Engine lubrication

Displacement

Power output

Torque

Drive system

Clutch

Transmission

Dierential

Drive shats

Steering

Suspension

Brakes

Rims

Tires

Length

Width

Height

Minimum weight

Fuel tank capacity


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3

3

6

8

7

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The Audi A5 DTM cockpit

Audi Sport also used the new DTM regulation to make

the drivers cockpit even more ergonomic.

Central display supplies all the important

inormation rom revs to the gear selected

The gear change is made in the A5 DTM via shitpaddles behind the steering wheel let to down

shit, right to up shit

Radio button (black), parking brake or the start

and pit stops (grey), pit lane speed limiter (red)

and wiper (black)

Button or brake cooling (black), starter (red),

headlight fasher (blue), gearbox neutral (green)

and electronic reset (white)

Sketch o the actual circuit divided into sectors

acts as basis or communication with the race

engineer

Various switches or lights, ans and the reextinguisher (red)

Fresh air duct or the driver

Saety belts

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3

8

7

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Details rom the DTM

cockpit: central inormation

display, shit paddles and a

detachable high-tech steering

wheel only 28 centimeters in

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Audi with the youngest driver line-up

in the DTM 2012

Head o Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolgang Ullrich began

rejuvenating his driver squad several years ago with

success: For the 2011 DTM season we had the strongest

driver squad ever, says the Head o Audi Sport knowingly.

Eight o the nine drivers mounted the podium at least once.

In addition, they won seven o the ten races or Audi and

clinched the championship title.

Audi has rejuvenated its driver squad once again or the

2012 season. New to the team is the youthul 21-year old

Frenchman Adrien Tambay, who impressed at a young driver

assessment test and now tackles his rst DTM season. As

a result, Audi remains true to its philosophy o supporting

budding young talent. You will not nd any ormer

Formula 1 stars at the brand with the our rings. We want

drivers who make a name or themselves at Audi and whoare closely associated with the brand. Mattias Ekstrm,

Timo Scheider, Mike Rockeneller and Edoardo Mortara are

excellent examples o this.

At an average age o almost 27, Audi contests the DTM

2012 with the youngest driver squad among the three

manuacturers. The pair o two-time DTM Champions

Mattias Ekstrm and Timo Scheider, who have scoredall their 23 DTM race wins and titles with Audi, orm the

spearhead. Mike Rockenellers name can also already

be ound in the list o winners o the most popular

international touring car series. Filipe Albuquerque, Miguel

Molina and Edoardo Mortara were the most successul

newcomers in the DTM in the last two years and the three

o them have also mounted the podium. The Audi squad is

completed by Rahel Frey who Dr. Wolgang Ullrich thinks

will spring a surprise or two during the 2012 season.

The Audi drivers clinched a total o4 DTM race wins

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The Audi drivers in the DTM 2012No Name Team Vehicle name

Mattias Ekstrm (S) Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Red Bull Audi A DTM

Timo Scheider (D) Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline AUTO TEST Audi A DTM

Mike Rockeneller (D) Audi Sport Team Phoenix Schaeler Audi A DTM

Miguel Molina (E) Audi Sport Team Phoenix Red Bull Audi A DTM

Rahel Frey (CH) Audi Sport Team Abt E-POSTBRIEF Audi A DTM

Adrien Tambay (F) Audi Sport Team Abt Audi ultra A DTM

Edoardo Mortara (I/F) Audi Sport Team Rosberg Playboy Audi A DTM

Filipe Albuquerque (P) Audi Sport Team Rosberg TV Movie Audi A DTM


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Filipe Albuquerque (P)

Did you know that

The Portuguese contests his second

DTM season or Audi Sport Team

Rosberg. His classic career route

took him rom karts to national

and international entry level single-

seater classes and via the GP2 series

to Formula 1 as test driver or Red

Bull and Toro Rosso. In 2010 he

was runner-up in the Italian GT

Championship with the Audi R8 LMS.

He subsequently impressed during an

Audi young driver test or the DTM.

... the Portuguese likes remote-

controlled 1:10 model cars?

he is a little superstitious? He

avoids dark blue helmet visors and

always watches TV series in the

evenings beore the race.

Filipe Albuquerque admires

ootball personalitiesJos Mourinho

and Cristiano Ronaldo?

... he was the rst Audi driver to beallowed to test the new Audi A5 DTM

in its nal conguration?

... Albuquerque and Miguel Molina

learnt German together over the

winter at the Audi Academy in

Ingolstadt?

Filipe Albuquerque won the Race o

Champions in Dsseldor in 2010 and

beat drivers like Sebastian Vettel and

Sbastien Loeb in the process?

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June , /Coimbra (P)

Coimbra (P)

single

. m/ kg

(Audi driver since )

Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

99 Kart

998 st in Iniciados class in Portugal Cup, nd in Iniciados Class in National

Kart Championship

rd in Portugal Cup, rd in National Kart Junior Championship

nd in European ICA Kart Championship, nd in Italian ICA Kart

Championship

th in Formula A Kart World Championship

rd in German Formula Renault, best rookie; th in Formula Renault

Eurocup, best rookie; th in Spanish Formula Championship, best

rookie

6 st in Formula Renault NEC, st in Formula Renault Eurocup

7 th in World Series by Renault ., best rookie; two races in GP,

Formula test driver or Red Bull and Toro Rosso

8 Four races in AGP Series

9 rd in AGP Series, st in Race o Champions Iberia, two races in Italian

GT Championship (Audi R LMS)

st in Race o Champions, nd in Italian GT Championship

(Audi R LMS) th in DTM (Audi A DTM)

DTM (Audi A DTM)

Career

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Mattias Ekstrm (S)

Did you know that

Mattias Ekstrm is the most

successul Audi DTM driver ever with

17 race wins and two championship

titles to his name. 2012 is his twelth

DTM season or Audi. The Swede, who

lives with his partner Heidi, son Mats

and his two Jack Russell Terriers Moss

and Lou on the Swiss side o Lake

Constance, is regarded as one o the

worlds best touring car drivers but

also as a genuine all-rounder, which he

has proved with three wins in the Race

o Champions.

... he won the 24-hour race at Spa in

2011 with the Audi R8 LMS?

the Swede keeps himsel t over

the winter by skiing? He trains using

the classic cross-country gliding and

skating skis and also Alpine skis.

... Mattias Ekstrm likes to play tennis

and watch MotoGP race on television?

... he would love to have become a

solicitor i his racing career had notbeen so successul?

... Mattias Ekstrm is riends with

Sebastian Vettel and the two

oten race against each other using

slot cars?

Mattias Ekstrm has successully

completed guest starts in the World

Rally Championship and in the

NASCAR series?

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July , /Falun (S)

Salenstein (CH)

single (partner Heidi), one son (Mats)

. m/ kg


Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

99 Kart

99 Kart, Swedish Renault Cup

99 nd in Swedish Renault Cup

996 st in Swedish Renault Cup, Young Driver o the Year

997 nd in Swedish Touring Car Championship, Rookie o the Year

998 th in Swedish Touring Car Championship

999 st in Swedish Touring Car Championship (Audi A quattro)

rd in Swedish Touring Car Championship

th in DTM (Abt-Audi TT-R), th in Nrburgring Hour race

rd in DTM (Abt-Audi TT-R)

th in DTM (Abt-Audi TT-R), rd o Group N in Swedish Rally

st in DTM (Audi A DTM), st o Group N in Swedish Rally and

Catalunya Rally

nd in DTM (Audi A DTM), st in Nations Cup Race o Champions

6 th in DTM (Audi A DTM), st in Race o Champions

7 st in DTM (Audi A DTM), st in Race o Champions

8 rd in DTM (Audi A DTM)

9 th in DTM (Audi A DTM), st in Race o Champions

th in DTM (Audi A DTM) nd in DTM (Audi A DTM), st in Spa-Francorchamps Hour race

(Audi R LMS)

DTM (Audi A DTM)

Career

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Rahel Frey (CH)

Did you know that

The Swiss girl contests her second

DTM season or Audi in 2012. Ater

her initial successes in karting and

entry into ormula racing she made

everybody sit up and take notice

in 2009 in the Formula 3 Cup in

Germany: a win and our podium

nishes in a male dominated star o

tomorrow series were remarkable. At

the end o 2010 Rahel Frey prevailed

during an Audi young driver test and,

in doing so, ullled a personal dream

by making the step up to the DTM.

... the Swiss girl dreamed o joining

the army in her youth, to train as

helicopter pilot and also to be able to

y aircrat later?

... successully completed training

at her parents car dealership in

February to become a Swiss graduate

car saleswoman?

... Rahel Frey could imagine to

do Alpine arming or an entire

summer?

... describes hersel as active

person who always has to be doing

something? Rahel Frey let her brother in her

wake while karting and started her

motorsport career as a result?

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Februar , /Niederbipp (CH)

Aedermannsdor (CH)

single

. m/ kg


Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

998 Kart

998 th in Swiss Kart Mini Championship

999 rd in Swiss Kart Mini Championship

th in Swiss Kart Junior Championship

th in Swiss Kart Junior Championship

th in Swiss Kart ICA Junior Championship

th in Swiss Kart ICA Junior Championship

th in Swiss Formula Renault .

rd in Swiss Formula Renault .

6 th in Italian Formula Renault,

st in Formula Renault Eurocup

7 International Formula Masters Series

7/8 Friday driver AGP Series

8 th in Formula Cup

9 th in Formula Cup

Le Mans Hour race, guest race in Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup

th in DTM (Audi A DTM)

DTM (Audi A DTM)

Career

www.rahelrey.ch

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Miguel Molina (E)

Did you know that

Miguel Molina made quite a name

or himsel during the 2010 season

as rst Spaniard in the DTM: he was

Rookie o the Year with the Audi

A4 DTM. The Catalan living in Lloret

de Mar took the classic route through

karting and single-seater racing in his

career. Molina impressed as 18-year

old while testing the DTM Audi. He

nally secured a place in Audis DTM

squad at the end o 2009 at another

young driver test.

Molina carries out a ritual beore

the start o each race? He always puts

on his right shoe and let glove rst.

... the Spaniard describes sport in

general as his hobby?

... competes in duathlons in his

Spanish homeland?

... Molina took two pole positions

in the DTM at the end o the 2011

season and mounted the DTMpodium or the rst time at the

Hockenheim nale?

... the Spaniard completed a German

language course at the Audi Academy

in Ingolstadt over the winter?

Miguel Molina is a passionate slot

car driver? He contests slot car rallies

in a club in Spain.

Th

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Februar , /Girona (E)

Lloret de Mar (E)

single

. m/ kg


Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

999 st in Spanish Cadet Kart Championship

st in Spanish Cadet Kart Championship

st in Catalan Junior Kart Championship

nd in Spanish Junior Kart Championship

st in Spanish Junior Kart Championship

st in Italian Kart Open Masters Jesolo Formula A

Formula Renault Eurocup

6 th in Spanish Formula Championship, Renault World Series

7 th in Renault World Series

8 th in Renault World Series

9 th in Renault World Series, th in Formula Superleague

th in DTM (Audi A DTM), Rookie o the year


DTM (Audi A DTM)

Career

www.miguelmolina.net

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Edoardo Mortara (I/F)

Did you know that

The most successul newcomer

o 2011 contests his second DTM

season or Audi Sport Team Rosberg.

Mortara became the rst driver ever

to win the Formula 3 Grand Prix in

Macau twice in succession and win

the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series with

Volkswagen. Mortara immediately

conrmed the expectations placed in

him as Rookie o the Year in the DTM

2011. At the show event in Munich he

claimed a victory on one o the days.

... Mortara was born in Geneva,

Switzerland and still lives there?

the Audi actory driver is a

complete and utter ootball an? As

club member he keeps his ngers

crossed or AC Milan.

Mortara is registered as student

at the IFM Business School in Geneva

and aspires to become a Master o

Business Administration?

has a PPL, Private Pilots License?

... Mortara started his career in

karting and still loves to drive karts? Edoardo Mortara has Italian and

French citizenship but chooses to

race under the Italian ag?

Th

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January , /Geneva (CH)

Geneva (CH)

single

. m / kg


Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

999 Kart

999 rd in ccm class in Italian Junior Kart Championship

nd in ccm class in Italian Junior Kart Championship, nd in Kart

Masters Paris-Bercy, th in European Kart Championship

nd in ccm class Italian Junior Kart Championship,

th in Monaco Kart Cup

rd in ccm class in Italian Kart ICA Championship,

th in European Kart Championship

th in ccm class in Italian Kart Formula A Championship

th in ccm class in Italian Kart Formula A Championship

nd in ccm class in Italian Kart Formula A Championship,

st in Troeo Margutti, th in European Kart Championship

6 th in Italian Formula Renault, best rookie

7 th in Formula Euro Series, best rookie; th in Formula Macau

8 nd in Formula Euro Series, nd in Formula Macau

9 st in Formula Macau, th in GP, th in GP Asia

st in Formula Euro Series, st in Formula Macau

th in DTM (Audi A DTM), Rookie o the year

DTM (Audi A DTM)

Career

www.edoardomortara.com

3

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Mike Rockeneller (D)

Did you know that

Mike Rockeneller is, like Tom

Kristensen in the past, the only

Audi actory driver who is actively

integrated in both the companys

DTM and Le Mans projects. 2012 is

the sixth DTM season or Rocky and

this has priority or him. Last year he

claimed his rst pole position and

rst race win in the DTM. For 2012

Rockeneller returns to Audi Sport

Team Phoenix or which he competed

in 2010.

... he survived a violent accident at

Le Mans uninjured thanks also to the

high saety standards o the Audi

R18 TDI?

todays Audi actory driver made

his rst laps in a car at the wheel o a

VW Beetle at the tender age o eight?

... Mike Rockeneller is building

a house on the Swiss side o Lake

Constance?

... has treated himsel to a small

motorboat with which he enjoys

travelling across Lake Constance?

... Rocky spends the night in a motor

home at the majority o DTM races?

... Mike Rockeneller ullled his

greatest dream by winning the

24 Hours o Le Mans in 2010?

Th

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October , /Neuwied (D)

Altnau (CH)

single (partner Susanne)

. m/ kg


Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

99 Kart

997 st in DMV Junior Cup

st in Jrg van Ommen Kart Cup

th in Formula Knig

th in Porsche Carrera Cup

nd in Porsche Carrera Cup, Porsche Supercup

st in Porsche Carrera Cup, Porsche Supercup

st in GT class o FIA GT Championship, st in GT class o Le Mans

Hour race, st in GT class Spa-Francorchamps Hour race

6 st in Nrburgring Hour race, th in GrandAm Series, th in GT class

o American Le Mans Series

7 th in DTM (Audi A DTM)

8 st in Le Mans Series (Audi R TDI), th in Le Mans Hour race (Audi

R TDI), th in DTM (Audi A DTM)

9 rd in Sebring Hour race (Audi R TDI), th in DTM (Audi A DTM)

st in Le Mans Hour race (Audi R TDI), st in Daytona Hour race,


th in DTM (Audi A DTM), Le Mans Hour race (Audi R TDI)

DTM (Audi A DTM), Le Mans Hour race (Audi R ultra)

Career

www.mike-rockeneller.de

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Timo Scheider (D)

Did you know that

Timo Scheider drives or Audi in

the DTM since 2006. In 2007 he

changed his year-old car or the

latest generation; in 2008 and 2009

he won the title twice in succession

with Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline.

Scheider is the only driver in the

current eld who was also on the grid

when the DTM made its comeback in

2000. Accordingly, no other driver

has completed more DTM races than

Scheider despite taking a year out

in 2005.

apart rom his own discipline

he also ollows karting, biathlon,

ootball and boxing?

... the two-time DTM Champion

spends as much time as possible with

his son Loris?

he has a sot spot or watches,

mobile telephones and sun glasses?

the Audi actory driver regularly

receives invitations to the TV events

organized by Stean Raab?

... Timo Scheider lives together with

Jessica Hinterseer, the daughter o

Austrian pop star Hansi Hinterseer,

in Lochau?

... Timo Scheider lives in Lochau,

Austria and races with an Austrian

racing drivers license?

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November , /Lahnstein (D)

Lochau (A)

single (partner Jessica), one son (Loris)

. m/ kg


Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

9899 Kart

99 st in Kart Winter Cup Kerpen

99 th in German Junior Kart Cup

99 st in German Junior Kart Cup, st in Junior Class North Rhine

Westphalian Kart Cup

99 st in German Formula Renault Championship

996 th in German Formula Renault Championship

997 nd in German Formula Championship

998 th in German Formula Championship

999 th in German Formula Championship

th in DTM

th in DTM

th in DTM

th in DTM, st in Nrburgring Hour race

th in DTM

nd in FIA GT Championship,

st in Spa-Francorchamps Hour race,

st in class in Nrburgring Hour race, A Grand Prix Series

6 th in DTM (Audi A DTM), st in Spa Hour race (GT)

7 th in DTM (Audi A DTM)

8 st in DTM (Audi A DTM), ADAC Motor Sportsman o the Year

9 st in DTM (Audi A DTM)


th in DTM (Audi A DTM), st in Spa Hour race (Audi R LMS)

DTM (Audi A DTM)

Career

www.timoscheider.de

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Adrien Tambay (F)

Did you know that

By signing Adrien Tambay Audi

continues its successul strategy o

discovering talent and binding these

personalities to the brand at an early

stage. The 21-year old Frenchman,

who was active in single-seater racing

since 2007 and nished ourth in the

international Auto GP series last

year, ought his way through multi-

stage young driver assessment tests

and contests his rst DTM season in

2012 with Audi Sport Team Abt.

competed in a total o 114 Formula 1

races between 1977 and 1986 and

won two Grands Prix?

... Adrien Tambay was orced to sit

out hal a season in 2009 due to a

sport injury suered in ootball?

... the new Audi actory driver

contested the Monte Carlo Rally

in January 2011 and nished in a

remarkable 18th position?

... he contested the French ice racing

series Trophe Andros in an electric

vehicle last winter?

... Adrien Tambay knows the majority

o DTM tracks rom his single-seater

racing days?

... Adrien Tambay speaks French,

English and Italian?

... his ather Patrick Tambay

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Februar , /Paris (F)

Aix-en-Provence (F)

single

. m/ kg


Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

6 Kart

7 st place, Formula BMW Germany, rookie classiication

8 rd place, Formula BMW Europe

9 Formula Euro Series

th place, Auto GP Series, th place, GP Series

th place, Auto GP Series, th place, Formula Renault .

nd place Trophe Andros Electrique, DTM (Audi A DTM)

Career

www.adrientambay.r

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Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline

ABT Sportsline GmbH, based in

Kempten, Allgu, is the worlds

leading tuner and rener o vehicles

rom the Volkswagen Group and one

o the most successul German race

teams. ABT Sportsline is involved in

touring car racing since 1996 always

with Audi. The rst great victory was

winning the STW Championship title

in 1999 with Christian Abt. The team

competes in the DTM since 2000

initially as customer team with the

Abt-Audi TT-R, since 2004 as Audi

actory team with the A4 DTM. The

team has clinched the DTM Drivers

Championship ve times with and

or Audi. Last year Audi Sport Team

Abt Sportsline won the DTM Teams

Championship or the third time ater

2004 and 2007. 39 o the 61 Audi

DTM race wins up to 2011 are credited

to the Allgu based squad. Around

53 employees tend to the our Audi

A5 DTM cars. ABT Sportsline has also

always been involved in other racing

categories over the years; however,

Hans-Jrgen Abts team concentrates

solely on the DTM program with Audi

during the 2012 season.

1st in DTM

2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 (all Audi)

1st in DTM teams classication

2004, 2007, 2011 (all Audi)

1st in German Super Touring Cars

1999 (Audi)

1st in ADAC GT Masters

2009 drivers classication, 2010 teams

classication (both Audi)

1st in ADAC Formula Masters

2009

1st in ADAC Formula Junior

1991, 1992, 1996

Roll o honorT

heAuditeams


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c/o ABT Sportsline GmbH

Daimlerstrae 2

D-87438 Kempten

Phone +49 831 571400

Fax +49 831 5714037

E-mail [email protected]

Website www.abt-sportsline.de


Mattias Ekstrm (S)

Timo Scheider (D)

Audi Sport Team Abt

Rahel Frey (CH)

Adrien Tambay (F)

ABT Sportsline won the DTM Teams Championship in

Michael SeiertHead o TeamOrganisation

Hans-Jrgen AbtTeam Director

Christian KirschVehicle EngineerRahel Frey

Dave BenbowVehicle EngineerAdrien Tambay

Albert DeuringHead o Motorsport

Alexander StehligVehicle EngineerMattias Ekstrm

Franco ChiocchettiHead o Technology DTM

Harry UnfathHead o Marketing

Markus MichelbergerVehicle EngineerTimo Scheider

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Audi Sport Team Phoenix

Audi Sport Team Phoenix achieved a

spectacular coup in the DTM in 2011:

or the rst time ever a team proved

triumphant in the DTM with a year-

old car. Phoenix Racing was ounded

in 1999 and has contested the series

without interruption since the DTM

comeback in the year 2000 and

as Audi actory team since 2006.

Winning the DTM title is the greatest

victory to date in the history o

the young Eiel based team, which

celebrated its tenth anniversary in

2009 and wrote the rst chapters

o its success story in 1999 with the

Audi A4 quattro in Super Touring

Cars. Under the management o

Team Boss Ernst Moser twenty six

employees tend to the 2012 DTM

program. Phoenix Racing contests

selected endurance races with the

new Audi R8 LMS ultra in parallel

to the DTM involvement. Phoenix

Racing started the season in great

style by winning the 12-hour race at

Bathurst. The team is based in the

Meuspath business park directly at

the Nrburgring.

1st in DTM

2011 (Audi)

1st in European FIA GT3

2009 (Audi)

1st in Nrburgring 24 Hour race

2000, 2003

1st in Bathurst 12 Hour race

2012 (Audi)

1st in Belgian GT3

2009 (Audi)

1st in Touring Car Grand Prix Macau1999 (Audi)

Roll o honorT

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c/o Phoenix Racing GmbH

Gottlieb-Daimler-Strae 28

D-53520 Meuspath

Phone +49 2691 910990

Fax +49 2691 9109911


Website www.phoenix-racing.de


Miguel Molina (E)

Mike Rockeneller (D)

Ernst MoserTeam Director

Laurent FedacouVehicle EngineerMiguel Molina

Dirk TheimannTeam Manager

Phoenix felded theDTM champion in 2011

Chris van RuttenPerormance Engineer

Jrgen JungklausHead o Technology,Vehicle EngineerMike Rockeneller

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Audi Sport Team Rosberg

Keke Rosberg, Formula 1 WorldChampion in 1982, ounded his

own race team at the end o 1994.

The squad has since made a name

or itsel in touring car and single-

seater racing. Victory in the German

Formula 3 Championship with Gary

Pafett in 2002 numbers among

the teams outstanding victories.

Young Formula 1 star Nico Rosberg

also made his rst motorsport

steps with his athers team. The

team based in Neustadt an der

Weinstrae and managed by Arno

Zensen was active in the old DTM

in the 1990s with Klaus Ludwigand Hans-Joachim Stuck as drivers.

Team Rosberg has been a part o

the new DTM since the beginning.

In 2005 the team concentrated

solely on ormula racing beore

returning to the DTM as Audi

actory team in 2006. The team

signed Finn Ossi Oikarinen, who has

years o Formula 1 experience, as

new Technical Director. A total o

26 employees work or the team in

the 2012 DTM.

1st in German Formula 3

Championship

2002

1st in BMW Formula ADAC

Championship

2002

1st in Rookies classication in BMW

Formula ADAC Championship

2004

Roll o honorT

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Audi Sport Team Rosbergc/o Team Rosberg GmbH

Nachtweide 35

D-67433 Neustadt a. d. Weinstrae

Phone +49 6321 914-0

Fax +49 6321 914-205


Website www.team-rosberg.de

Audi Sport Team Rosberg

Filipe Albuquerque (P)

Edoardo Mortara (I/F)

Arno ZensenTeam Director

Karl JenningsVehicle EngineerFilipe Albuquerque

Kimmo LiimatainenTeam Manager

Rosberg has been Audi partner since 6

Erich BaumgrtnerVehicle EngineerEdoardo Mortara

Ossi OikarinenTechnical Director

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Moderate admission prices, special oers or children,automobile manuacturer brand world exhibition displays as

well as an attractive supporting program on and o the race

track with live concerts and much, much more give ans and

amilies great value or money and motorsport so close you

can touch it.

The competition on the race tracks is at the very highest

level. The DTM enjoys the status, and rightly so, as one

o the best touring car race series, says Head o Audi

Motorsport Dr. Wolgang Ullrich. In 2012 we have the

chance to create the worlds best touring car series.

Together with the DMSB and the ITR, Audi, BMW and

Mercedes-Benz have developed new, trend-setting

regulations that set new standards especially in the elds

o saety, cost and desirability o the cars.

DTM which was once an abbreviation or DeutscheTourenwagen Meisterschat is today the trademark or one

o the worlds most important race series. The magical three

letters do not only attract an average o 60,000 spectators

to the race tracks and millions in ront o the TV screens

the DTM events are also an enjoyable experience or the

entire amily.

The DTM provides the

worlds highest caliber

touring cars

Touring car racing at the very highest levelTheDTM

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exciting duels and

packed grandstands

An average o more than

, spectators attendedeach DTM race in 2011. The three way

dogfght between Audi, BMW and

Mercedes-Benz should attract even

more ans in 2012

The ans can orm a picture or themselves at eleven events

staged during the 2012 season. Ten races are held and on

top o these, like last year, a show event is staged in the

Munich Olympic stadium, which attracted over 54,000

spectators on its premiere.

The strong oundation or the three competing automobile

manuacturers Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz is the

important domestic German market which boasts a total

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o seven events. Complementingthese are guest races in Great Britain,

Austria, the Netherlands and Spain.

DTM relies on continuity this year:

all eleven DTM events were on the

calendar in 2011.

A gradual internationalization o the

DTM brand is being developed or the

uture. The DTM is already present

on TV in almost every one o the 194

countries worldwide. Races in Asia

are currently in discussion. The DTM

aims to establish itsel together with

the GRAND AM organization in the

USA, discussions regarding a possible

cooperation with Japan are also being

held.

2012 DTM Calendar9/4 Hockenheim (D)

/5 Lausitzring (D)

/5 Brands Hatch (GB)

3/ Spielberg (A)

/7 Norisring (D)

5/7 Munich (D) *

9/8 Nrburgring (D)

/8 Zandvoort (NL)

/9 Oschersleben (D)

3/9 Valencia (E)

/ Hockenheim (D)

* Non-championship round

Autographs rom DTM stars like

Mattias Ekstrm are coveted bymotorsport ans

TheD

TM/

Thetracks

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5 535 3

5

5 3

5 5

95

5 8 4

58

km/h

Gear

Hockenheim (D)

Mattias Ekstrm:

The season opener at Hockenheim is always something

very special or us drivers, since its all completely new;

rom the hospitality to the team clothing. The rst race

gives an idea o balance o perormance in the new season.

Itll be particularly exciting this year due to the new cars

and the third manuacturer. The atmosphere at Hockenheim

is always amazing the ans are really eager to see all the

cars in action. The season opener is normally blessed by

wonderul spring weather. Hockenheim is also a antastic

circuit or the rst race: it allows you to get into a good

rhythm and has a good variety o corners. However, there is

only one good place to overtake which is beore the hairpin,

unless a competitor makes a mistake.

Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), Laurent Aiello (Abt-Audi),

3 Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), 4 Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), 5Jean Alesi (Mercedes-Benz), Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz),

7 Mattias Ekstrm (Audi), 8 Mattias Ekstrm (Audi), 9 Tom Kristensen (Audi), Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz)

Media contact

Location

All winners since 2000 (opening race)

Data and acts

Round 1 29/04/2012

Track length . km

Distance laps = . km

DTM track record in qualiying

Mattias Ekstrm (Audi), //,

m .s (. km/h)

DTM track record in the race

Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-Benz),

//, m .s (. km/h)

Pole position in

Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz),

m .s (. km/h)

Fastest lap in


m .s (. km/h)

C. Hutstadt Events

Cornelia Hustadt

Schtzenstrae

D- Mnchengladbach

Phone +


Internet www.hockenheimring.de

km south o Frankurt,

km north-west o Stuttgart

102 2

141 3

ks


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95 2

150 3

160 3

80 290 2

75 2

239 6

212 5

176 4

157 4

140 3

km/h

Gear

Lausitzring (D)

Timo Scheider:

On this track you need a car that unctions well both

mechanically and aerodynamically since the Lausitzring

has a mixture o both ast and slow corners. Entering

turn 1 is a particularly good place to overtake; you have

to use the tow down the long straight. Going into turn 5

which takes you onto the short circuit is another good

opportunity the circuit is wide here and there is plenty

o space. The smooth tarmac which doesnt have much

grip is typical or the Lausitzring. I like this modern

acility. The background with its towering grandstands

is very imposing especially when you drive out o the

pits or the rst time. By the way, the grandstands are

perect or the ans because the spectators can see

almost the entire track rom them.

Peter Dumbreck (Mercedes-Benz), Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), 3 Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), 4 Mattias Ekstrm (Audi),

5 Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), Mattias Ekstrm (Audi), Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), 7 Mika Hkkinen (Mercedes-Benz),

8 Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-Benz), 9 Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz), Martin Tomczyk (Audi)

Media contact

Location

All winners since 2001

Data and acts

Round 2 06/05/2012

km south o Berlin,

km north o Dresden

Track length . km




//, m .s (. km/h)



//, m .s (. km/h)

Pole position in


m .s (. km/h)

Fastest lap in

Timo Scheider (Audi), m .s

(. km/h)

EuroSpeedway Verwaltungs GmbH

Carolin Schneider

Lausitzallee

D- Klettwitz

Phone +

E-mail carolin.schneider@

lausitzring.de

Internet www.lausitzring.de

Thetrack

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5 3


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5 5

39 3

37 3

5

8 49 4

5 3

5

km/hGear

Brands Hatch (GB)

Mattias Ekstrm:

A typical English race track. It is small and bumpy in

places. You cant aord to make a mistake because there

are virtually no run-o areas. Ive had a mixture o good and

bad experiences here. Like the Norisring, Brands Hatch has

very ew corners. However, they are very special, especially

the rst corner. The circuit which is also the shortest on

the DTM calendar has very ew places to overtake. A lot is

said about the typical English weather, but weve only ever

had rain here once when the DTM has visited. The Brands

Hatch track normally has good grip, but the organizers have

made some modications over the years so that weve oten

had a ew small surprises in rst practice.

Mattias Ekstrm (Audi), 7 Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), 8 Timo Scheider (Audi), 9 Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-Benz),

Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-Benz), Martin Tomczyk (Audi)

Media contact

Location


Data and acts

Round 3 20/05/2012

Track length . km




//, .s (. km/h)


Miguel Molina (Audi), //,

.s (. km/h)

Pole position in

Mike Rockeneller (Audi), .s

(. km/h)

Fastest lap in

Martin Tomczyk (Audi), .s

(. km/h)

MotorSport Vision

Brands Hatch Circuit

Kevin Ritson

Fawkham, Longield

GB-Kent DA NG

Phone +

E-mail kevin.ritson@

motorsportvision.co.uk

Internet www.motorsportvision.co.uk

km south-west o London near

Kingsdown at the A

60 1

85 2

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93 2

120 3

120 3

115 3

km/h

Gear

Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), Marcel Fssler (Mercedes-Benz), 3 Marcel Fssler (Mercedes-Benz), Martin Tomczyk (Audi)


Spielberg (A)

Rahel Frey:

The race track in Spielberg is my avorite in the DTM

calendar. I elt immediately at home here in 2011. The

atmosphere was amazing; you really sensed how the

ans celebrated. Spielberg is also a track with great

motorsport history, which obviously blends perectly

into its natural surroundings. The brakes are heavily

stressed due to the many uphill and downhill sections.

I you make a mistake it has a great aect since you lose

time on the next uphill section. There are several good

overtaking places. You can ollow the rhythm o the

track very easily; Spielberg certainly suits drivers with a

gentle driving style.

Media contact

LocationData and acts

Round 4 03/06/2012

Track length . km



Martin Tomczyk (Audi), //,

m .s (. km/h)



//, m .s (. km/h)

Pole position in

Martin Tomczyk (Audi),

m .s (. km/h)

Fastest lap in


m .s (. km/h)

BRO.MOTION e.U.

Roland Bogensperger

Rosenberggasse

A- Graz

Phone +


Internet www.projekt-spielberg.at

km north-west o Graz,

km south-west o Vienna

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5

5

5

97 87 4

8 4

5

45

km/h

Gear

Norisring (D)

Filipe Albuquerque:

The only street circuit on the DTM calendar is something

quite special. The atmosphere is unique. The grandstands

are always sold-out and the paddock is absolutely crowded.

The Norisring is, however, much harder or us drivers than it

actually appears. As outsider you think: just three corners

that cant be so dicult. Because the circuit is very bumpy

you have to hit the braking point exactly every lap. The track

surace is special; there are several sections with a kind o

concrete surace, which is very slippery in the rain. In turns

2 and 3 you have to drive very close, so close in act that the

mirrors are oten damaged. Ater all you have to use every

millimeter o the track. Overtaking is very dicult, the best

chance is under braking or turn 1 and into the nal corner.

Joachim Winkelhock (Opel), Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), Uwe Alzen (Mercedes-Benz), Laurent Aiello (Abt-Audi),

3 Christijan Albers (Mercedes-Benz), 4 Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), 5 Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz),

7 Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz), 8Jamie Green (Mercedes-Benz), 9Jamie Green (Mercedes-Benz), Jamie Green (Mercedes-Benz),

Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz)

Media contact

Location


Data and acts

Round 5 01/07/2012

Track length . km




//, .s (. km/h)



//, .s (. km/h)

Pole position in


.s (. km/h)

Fastest lap in

Jamie Green (Mercedes-Benz),

.s (. km/h)

IKmedia GmbH

Oliver Schielein

Hansastrae a

D- Schwabach

Phone +


Internet www.norisring.de

Nuremberg Frankenstadion,

Motorway A MunichNuremberg,

Exit N-Fischbach

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Edoardo Mortara (Audi), Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz)

* track version

All winners

Munich (D)

Edoardo Mortara:

Munich represents a completely dierent DTM to the

rest o the calendar. We drove in the Olympic stadium

or the rst time a year ago. As a racing driver you are

used to ghting head to head with other, but here you

drive alone against the clock. You drive the whole time

in rst and second gears, the speed is low. From thetechnical point o view you have to drive extremely

clean, otherwise it gets very expensive in a fash. In

2011 the walls were made o concrete. This year plastic

elements are also used. The pit stops take a bit o

getting used to. Last year I had mixed eelings. On one

hand I was the best Audi driver here and was awarded

my rst DTM trophy. On the other I had an accident on

Sunday to conclude the event.

Media contact


15/07/2012

Track length . km

DTM track record*


//, .s (. km/h)

Fastest lap in *


.s (. km/h)

Olympiapark Mnchen GmbH

Arno Hartung

Postach

D- Mnchen

Phone +

E-mail hartung@

olympiapark-muenchen.de

Internet www.olympiapark.de

Munich city center, Schwabing West

quarter, km south-west o the

Franz-Jose Strau airport

Thetrack

74 3

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85

74

4

3

7 3

8

83

km/h

Gear

Nrburgring (D)

Adrien Tambay:

One o the key points is the rst corner which is very

technical. The last chicane is also important. Its crucial to

have a good balance and excellent traction out o the slow

corners in order to be able to overtake at the end o the

long straight. I really like this track. In 2007, I competed

in a single-seater series or young talents which was parto the support program or the Formula 1 Grand Prix and

nished on the podium or the rst time, which is why I

have ond memories o the Nrburgring. Ive only ever raced

with ormula cars here beore, now Im intrigued to see the

track rom a touring car. The biggest dierence is certainly

that I can now drive across the kerbs. The weather in the

Eiel can change very quickly, which adds a little more spice

to the exciting races.

Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), Manuel Reuter (Opel), Manuel Reuter (Opel), Laurent Aiello (Abt-Audi), Laurent Aiello (Abt-Audi),

Uwe Alzen (Mercedes-Benz),3 Christijan Albers (Mercedes-Benz), Laurent Aiello (Abt-Audi), 4 Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz),5 Mattias Ekstrm (Audi),

Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz), 7 Martin Tomczyk (Audi), 8 Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), 9 Martin Tomczyk (Audi), Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz),

Mattias Ekstrm (Audi)

Location


Data and acts

Round 6 19/08/2012

Track length . km



Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), //,

m .s (. km/h)



//, m .s (. km/h)

Pole position in

Mattias Ekstrm (Audi), m .s

(. km/h)

Fastest lap in

David Coulthard (Mercedes-Benz),

m .s (. km/h)

km south-west o Cologne,

km north-west o Koblenz

Media contact

Pro Motion GmbH

Michael Kramp

Am Coloneum

D- Kln

Phone +


Internet www.nuerburgring.de

8 4

4

83 3

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7 38 4

5 5

44 3

9 5

58 5

9

9 5

4

km/h

Gear

Zandvoort (NL)

Mike Rockeneller:

The circuit is situated in a great place. Running through the

dunes and close to the sea makes it unique. However, sand

requently collects alongside the ideal line; you shouldnt

stray o line as you dont want to lose any grip. This is

extremely important in qualiying. Zandvoort is one o the

best tracks on the calendar or me: a traditional track withplenty o character, it is ast, has very ew run-o areas

and several blind corners. I particularly like the right-hand

downhill section ater the crest. There are several places

to overtake at Zandvoort. You can really take advantage

o mistakes the competition make here. Furthermore,

the atmosphere among the many spectators is antastic.

Something thats quiet unique in Zandvoort is that ans can

combine a trip to the beach with the DTM race.

Uwe Alzen (Mercedes-Benz), Mattias Ekstrm (Abt-Audi), 3 Christijan Albers (Mercedes-Benz), 4 Mattias Ekstrm (Audi),

5 Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), Tom Kristensen (Audi), 7 Martin Tomczyk (Audi), 8 Mattias Ekstrm (Audi), 9 Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz),

Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), Mike Rockeneller (Audi)

Media contact

Location


Data and acts

Round 7 26/08/2012

Track length . km




m .s (. km/h)


Timo Scheider (Audi), //,

m .s (. km/h)

Pole position in


m .s (. km/h)

Fastest lap in

Mike Rockeneller (Audi), m .s

(. km/h)

Rebocar Automotive Productions

Ren de Boer

Postach

D- Kevelaer

Phone +


Internet www.circuit-zandvoort.nl

km west o Amsterdam (NL), near

Haarlem

Thetrac

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7 4

8 4

3

4 3


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75 4 7

9 4

75 5

7 5

3 3

7 4

4 3 5

8 3

km/h

Gear

Oschersleben (D)

Timo Scheider:

Oschersleben is a very special track or me. It has a mixture

o ast and slow corners and is very selective. The track is

not very wide; there are also several sections where you

have to drive hard over the kerbs in a touring car. As a rule,

overtaking is very dicult you have the opportunity in

Turn 1 and in the nal corner. Otherwise you only havea chance i the driver in ront makes a mistake. It goes

without saying thereore that qualiying is extremely

important or us. The pit stops are just as important since

the pit lane is extremely long. I have ond memories o

Oschersleben as I celebrated my rst DTM win here. The

atmosphere is always great, you notice that there is very

little motorsport in Northern Germany the ans and very

interested and appreciative.

Manuel Reuter (Opel), Manuel Reuter (Opel), Uwe Alzen (Opel), Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), Marcel Fssler (Mercedes-Benz), 4 Tom Kristensen

(Audi), 5 Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), Tom Kristensen (Audi), 7 Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), 8 Timo Scheider (Audi), 9 Timo Scheider (Audi),

Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-Benz), Mattias Ekstrm (Audi)

Media contact

Location


Data and acts

Round 8 16/09/2012

Track length . km




m .s (. km/h)



m .s (. km/h)

Pole position in

Miguel Molina (Audi), m .s

(. km/h)

Fastest lap in


(. km/h)

Motorsport Arena Oschersleben GmbH

Marcel Orban

Motopark Allee

D- Oschersleben

Phone +


Internet www.motorsportarena.com

km south-west o Magdeburg,

km south o motorway A Hanover

to Berlin

100 2210 5 80 2

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95 2

215 5

75 2

248 6

160

205 4

150 4

90 2

115 3 110 3

160 4

km/h

Gear

Mattias Ekstrm (Audi), Mattias Ekstrm (Audi)


Valencia (E)

Miguel Molina:

As a driver the most noticeable eature is that the track

runs anti-clockwise. The majority o race tracks run

the opposite way round. Valencia has several very ast

corners like corners 1 and 8. Overtaking is possible in

the second and nal corners. Special or Valencia is also

that it is usually very hot; this aects the tires and thetechnology. Great demands are made o the drivers

tness here. I like Valencia: its my home DTM race.

All my riends and many ans are here and there is a

antastic atmosphere. This is motivation enough or me.

Media contact


Round 9 30/09/2012

Track length . km




m .s (. km/h)



m .s (. km/h)

Pole position in


(. km/h)

Fastest lap in

Timo Scheider (Audi), m .s

(. km/h)

Circuit Ricardo Tormo

Pablo Perna

Autova A ValenciaMadrid

Salida

E- Cheste (Valencia)

Phone +


Internet www.circuitvalencia.com

Near Cheste on the A rom Valencia to

Madrid, km west o Valencia

Thetrac

9

5

3 5

8 4

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5 535 3

5

5 3

5 5

95

58

km/h

Gear

Hockenheim (D)

Mattias Ekstrm:

The track is particularly interesting through its mix o

corners. There are several very slow corners like corner 2

and the hairpin, but also very ast kinks like turn 1 or the

entry into the Motodrom. I particularly like the layout since

the track was modied ten years ago. In the Parabolika

corner, which was added at that time, you can set-upyoursel perectly to overtake the car in ront. Earlier we

measured the gaps at Hockenheim in hal-seconds. Over the

course o the years they have reduced to just a tenth. And

with the new car generation or 2012 I can guarantee that

well have to look or the hundredths in order to make the

dierence. The fair at Hockenheim is particularly great.

Many spectators visit the nale every year.

Uwe Alzen (Opel), Uwe Alzen (Opel), Bernd Maylnder (Mercedes-Benz), Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), 3Jean Alesi (Mercedes-Benz),

4 Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), 5 Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz), 7Jamie Green (Mercedes-Benz),

8 Timo Scheider (Audi), 9 Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-Benz), Jamie Green (Mercedes-Benz)

Media contact

Location

All winners since 2000 (fnal race)

Data and acts

Round 10 21/10/2012

Track length . km




m .s (. km/h)



//, m .s (. km/h)

Pole position in

Miguel Molina (Audi), m .s

(. km/h)

Fastest lap in

Jamie Green (Mercedes-Benz),

m .s (. km/h)

ADAC Wrttemberg e.V.

Reimund Elbe

Am Neckartor

D- Stuttgart

Phone +


Internet www.hockenheimring.de

km south o Frankurt,

km north-west o Stuttgart

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Partners in the DTM

www.audi.com www.audi.com

www.autobild.de/auto-test www.computerbild.de/cbs

www.kicker.dewww.epost.de

www.emc.com

www.nintendo.com

www.audi.com

Audipart

nersintheD

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www.alpinestars.com

www.eibach.de

www.gerolsteiner.com

www.homuehl.de

www.ozracing.com

www.wuerth.com

www.schaeer.com www.tagheuer.com

www.redbull.comwww.playboy.com

www.tvmovie.de www.welt.de

DTM

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Rally cars, Pikes Peak hillclimb cars, US race cars, Le Manssportscars or touring cars: everywhere, where Audi

competed, the drivers celebrated wins and championship

titles in the sign o the our rings. Audi is involved as actory

in motorsport or more than 30 years; the success story in

the DTM began 22 years ago with the V8 quattro.

Legendary V8 daysAudi cleaned up big time with the large V8 quattro: the rst

two DTM championship titles went to Ingolstadt in 1990

and 1991 with Hans-Joachim Stuck and Frank Biela. The

powerul 309 kW (420 hp) V8 engines and the our-wheel

drive quattro was regarded as the combination to beat. The

Eight count: the DTM championship winning cars rom 1990, 1991, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011

Audis success story in the DTM

History:

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limousine celebrated 19 race wins beore Audi withdrew

in 1992.

Intermezzo with the TT-R

Following Audis temporary withdrawal the our rings wererepresented in the DTM between 2000 and 2003 by team

Abt Sportsline. Laurent Aiello achieved the eat o winning

the 2002 title or the private team.

A4 DTM the most successul car o its era

Audi elded the A4 DTM since returning to the DTM in

the 2004 season. It won the title ve times in eight years

and is, as a result, the most successul DTM touring car o

this era. Mattias Ekstrm triumphed in 2004 and 2007,

How it all started: Audi claimed its frst two DTM titles in 1990 and

1991 with the V8 quattro

The Audi A4 DTM has claimed

3 of Audis 6 racevictories in the DTM

Timo Scheider ollowed in 2008 and 2009. Audi was,

as a consequence, the rst manuacturer in the DTM to

celebrate a hat-trick with three successive championships.

Martin Tomczyk clinched another title in 2011 the rst or

a year-old car in DTM history.

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DTM statistics 19842011

Victories Pole positions Fastets race laps

5

5

5

5

5

Mercedes-Benz

Audi

BMW

Ala Romeo

Ford

Opel

Rover

Volvo

Chevrolet

Mercedes-Benz

Audi

BMW

Ford

Ala Romeo

Opel

Volvo

Rover

Mercedes-Benz

BMW

Audi

Ala Romeo

Ford

Opel

Volvo

Chevrolet

Rover

Seat ftting: Timo Scheider,

DTM Champion in 2008 and

2009, in the V8 quattro with

which Hans-Joachim Stuck took

the frst DTM title or Audi in

1990

Races Qualiyings Races

History:DTM

statis

DTM Champions

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Other recordsEvents

Races

Tighest inish .s

Biggest advantage 5.s

Biggest success o one brand Places

Longest winning streak o one brand victories in a row

Per Stureson (Volvo)

Kurt Thiim (Rover)

Eric van de Poele (BMW)

Klaus Ludwig (Ford)

Roberto Ravaglia (BMW) Hans-Joachim Stuck (Audi)

Frank Biela (Audi)

Klaus Ludwig (Mercedes)

Nicola Larini (Ala Romeo)

Klaus Ludwig (Mercedes)

Bernd Schneider (Mercedes)



Laurent Aiello (Abt-Audi)



Gary Paett (Mercedes)



Timo Scheider (Audi)

Timo Scheider (Audi)

Paul Di Resta (Mercedes)

Martin Tomczyk (Audi)

Title hat-trick: Audi won the DTM three times in succession in 2007, 2008 and 2009

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Audi DTM statistics 19902011

Best Audi drivers in DTM Most successul Audi driversin DTM (victories)

All Audi victories in DTM

1990 (Audi V8 quattro): 8/22*

Avus Hans-Joachim Stuck


Wunstor Hans-Joachim Stuck

Wunstor Hans-Joachim Stuck

Norisring Hans-Joachim Stuck

Nrburgring Walter Rhrl

Hockenheim Hans-Joachim Stuck

Hockenheim Hans-Joachim Stuck

Hans-Joachim Stuck (st)

Frank Biela (st)

Frank Biela (5th)

Laurent Aiello (th)

Laurent Aiello (5th)

Laurent Aiello (st)

Mattias Ekstrm (th)

Mattias Ekstrm (st)

Mattias Ekstrm (nd)

Tom Kristensen (rd)

Mattias Ekstrm (st)

Timo Scheider (st)

Timo Scheider (st)

Timo Scheider (th)

Martin Tomczyk (st)

Mattias Ekstrm

Hans-Joachim Stuck

Frank Biela

Laurent Aiello

Martin Tomczyk

Timo Scheider

Tom Kristensen

Walter Rhrl

Mike Rockeneller

Mattias Ekstrm won by 42.167 seconds at Oschersleben

in 2011 it was the most convincing victory since the DTM

comeback in the year 2000

Mattias Ekstrm is

the most successul

Audi DTM driver

History:DTM

stati



2003 (Abt-Audi TT-R): 1/10*

Nrburgring Laurent Aiello

2008 (Audi A4 DTM): 6/11*

Hockenheim Mattias Ekstrm


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Avus Frank Biela

Norisring Hans-Joachim Stuck

Diepholz Hans-Joachim Stuck

Singen Frank Biela

Singen Hans-Joachim Stuck

Hockenheim Frank Biela

Hockenheim Frank Biela

Donington Frank Biela

Donington Frank Biela


Nrburgring Frank Biela

2001 (Abt-Audi TT-R): 2/10*Nrburgring Laurent Aiello

Nrburgring Laurent Aiello

2002 (Abt-Audi TT-R): 5/10*

Hockenheim Laurent Aiello

Zolder Laurent Aiello

Sachsenring Laurent Aiello

Norisring Laurent Aiello

Zandvoort Mattias Ekstrm

2004 (Audi A4 DTM): 5/11*

Adria Mattias Ekstrm

Lausitzring Mattias Ekstrm

Oschersleben Tom Kristensen


Brno Mattias Ekstrm

2005 (Audi A4 DTM): 3/11*

Brno Mattias Ekstrm

Nrburgring Mattias Ekstrm

Lausitzring Mattias Ekstrm

2006 (Audi A4 DTM): 4/10*Oschersleben Tom Kristensen

Brands Hatch Mattias Ekstrm

Zandvoort Tom Kristensen

Barcelona Martin Tomczyk

2007 (Audi A4 DTM): 3/10*

Hockenheim Mattias Ekstrm

Zandvoort Martin Tomczyk

Nrburgring Martin Tomczyk

Oschersleben Timo Scheider


Brands Hatch Timo Scheider

Le Mans Mattias Ekstrm

Hockenheim Timo Scheider

2009 (Audi A4 DTM): 4/10*

Hockenheim Tom Kristensen

Oschersleben Timo Scheider

Nrburgring Martin Tomczyk

Barcelona Timo Scheider

2010 (Audi A4 DTM): 2/11*

Valencia Mattias Ekstrm

Adria Timo Scheider

2011 (Audi A4 DTM): 7/10*

Zandvoort Mike Rockeneller

Spielberg Martin Tomczyk

Lausitzring Martin Tomczyk

Nrburgring Mattias Ekstrm

Brands Hatch Martin Tomczyk

Oschersleben Mattias Ekstrm

Valencia Mattias Ekstrm

* Total number o races contested by Audi in that season

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The Audi Media Service at the DTM

The Audi Communications Motorsport team is present onlocation at all DTM events and provides journalists and

photographers with a comprehensive media service.

MediaIno

All press releases are available in the German and English

languages, and in the corresponding national languages at

the races at Zandvoort and Valencia.

Media DatabasePhotographs, sound bites, TV ootage and all the

inormation about Audis motorsport program can be

ound in our Media Database www.audi-motorsport.ino or

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bites o the Audi drivers and key personnel are also

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Communications representatives working in the

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Media Hospitality during the media meetings.

DTM Sweepstake

Media representatives can place bets on the results o the

DTM races and win attractive prizes. More inormation

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Audi Sport App

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