audi sport dtm booklet (english, 2009)

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DTM 2009MediaInfo


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Audi celebrates the companys centenary in 2009. The

brand lines up as deending champion in the DTM and has

the chance o winning the racing series or the third time in

succession. Audi approaches this task with an unchanged,

high-caliber driving squad. The DTM provides motorsport

at the highest level, which is very popular with the public

whether on television or at the race track. Every an can

relate to touring cars at rst glance.

As the 2008 nale the DTM demonstrated down to the last

meter just how exciting the sport is. This year the costs were

clearly reduced and the sport is even more attractive or the

manuacturers. The motorsport audience can be sure o one

thing: The DTM will produce thrilling

sport again throughout 2009.

Audi in the 2009 DTM ....................................................4

Audi Sport ..................................................................... 6

Audi A4 DTM.................................................................. 8

The Audi drivers ............................................................14

The Audi teams ............................................................ 34

Entry list and calendar...................................................41

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

The tracks.................................................................... 44

Regulations and acts ................................................... 54

The Audi partners in DTM ............................................. 56

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

DTM statistics ..............................................................60

Media Service ..............................................................64

Audi Communications Motorsport ................................. 66

Foreword Content

Jrgen PippigAUDI AGHead o Communications Motorsport


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As the title deender, Audi starts to the 2009 DTM season with

an unchanged lineup o nine actory drivers and a version o

the A4 DTM which has been subjected to urther development.

The squads aim is to clinch the title or the third time in a row

in the touring car championship that is being staged in ve

European countries.

With a proven team and technology that has been improved

yet again, Audi is aiming to deend its historic result rom last

year in the 2009 season: In the brands up to now most

successul motorsport season, Audi successully deended

the DTM title or the rst time since 1991. On his way to

achieving the eat o winning the championship in 2008, Timo

Scheider clinched three single victories, while Mattias Ekstrm

contributed three urther exploits. In addition, the brands

track record reects eight pole positions. The new Audi A4

DTM in its dbut season has thus been the most successul

generation o an Audi DTM race touring car based on the A4

model to date.

In 2009, the project o deending the title starts under

completely dierent auspices: In the year o Audis 100th

Audi targets its third consecutive

title in DTM in 2009

Audi competes with an

unchanged driver squad

and nine cars in 2009

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anniversary, and 25 years ater the original inception o the

DTM, Head o Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolgang Ullrichs squad

has the chance o bringing the title home to Ingolstadt and

Neckarsulm or the third time in a row. No manuacturer has

ever managed this eat beore. Ater entering the DTM in

2004, Audi won the championship three times, thus becomingthe most successul brand in recent DTM history.

We want to continue this impressive track record, explains

Dr. Wolgang Ullrich. Our drivers squad has played a major

role in the brands exploits. Thereore, we will start with an

unchanged lineup or the rst time. In terms o technology,

we have consistently subjected the most successul Audi

A4 DTM to date to urther development within the strict

connes o the regulations. Consequently, the R14 evolvedinto the R14 plus, which will take advantage o the great

potential o the successul model in an improved orm.

The R14 plus eatures detailed work in the area o the engine

and is primarily characterized by aerodynamic renement as

well as detailed solutions. As in the past, Audi Sport continued

developing the race car at its Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm locations.

For Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline, title deender Timo

Scheider (D), Mattias Ekstrm (S), the 2004 and 2007

champion, Martin Tomczyk (D) as well as Tom Kristensen

(DK), who with as many as eight victories at the 24 Hours o

Le Mans and ve overall exploits at the 12 Hours o Sebring

under his belt is the record holder in the worlds two most

important endurance races, will compete again. A new member

joining the squad is Katherine Legge (GB). In her 2008 dbutyear, the Briton was driving a two-year-old A4 or the customer

team Futurecom-TME. Now she will be contesting the series in

a 2008 car or the rst time.

Mike Rockeneller (D) and Markus Winkelhock (D) will continue

to compete or Audi Sport Team Rosberg rom Neustadt an

der Weinstrae at the wheel o two 2008-spec Audi A4 DTM

cars. Two race cars rom the same model year will be driven

by Oliver Jarvis (GB) and Alexandre Prmat (F) or Audi SportTeam Phoenix rom Meuspath in the Eiel region. Audi thus

concentrates its DTM commitment in the 2009 season on

three race teams. In addition, it is anticipated that the team o

Dr. Colin Kolles will privately eld three A4 cars.

Audi aims to win the DTM or the third

time in succession to celebrate the

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Three race cars from Audi Sport

Approximately 200 employees in Ingolstadt and

Neckarsulm are primarily responsible or developing and

testing the race cars. Audi Sport is afliated with AUDI AGs

Technical Development (TE) and is thereore answerable to

Michael Dick, Board Member or Technical Development.

Head o Audi Sport since November 1993 is Austrian Dr.

Wolgang Ullrich. Audi Sport was restructured and aligned

or the uture in 2007. Towards the end o 2009 Audi

Sport will complete the construction o the rst stageo a customer sport center in Ingolstadt or the new GT3

motorsport program.

New routes in customer sport

Audi has developed three race cars or the 2009 season:

The A4 DTM o the R14 plus model range as successor to the

R14 or the DTM, the R15 TDI as rst diesel race sportscar o

the second generation and the R8 LMS or international GT3

customer motorsport.

While Audi Sport in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm continue to

look ater the actory motorsport program, the organization

or GT3 customer racing was systematically expanded.

Absolute responsibility or development is in the hands

o Audi Sport in Ingolstadt. At the same time two other

sites are integrated in this project: The bodyshell is taken

rom the quattro GmbH production line in Neckarsulm. The

engine or the race car originates rom Gyr in Hungary.

Three Audi race cars: The R8 LMS

(let), the R15 TDI (center) and

the A4 DTM (right)

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Audi Sport employs people in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm

Dr. Martin MhlmeierHead o Technology

Stephan KsterProject Leader DTM

Klaus-Dietrich KriegerHead o Finance andProject Management

Dr. Wolgang UllrichHead o Audi Sport

Wolgang AppelHead o VehicleDevelopment

Stean DreyerProject LeaderEngine DTM

Ulrich BaretzkyHead o EngineDevelopment

Volker NossekProject LeaderOrganization DTM

Joachim HausnerHead o CompleteVehicle

Dr. Christian JohnTeam Doctor

Siegried KrauseHead o Purchase andPartnerships

Stean AicherTechnical ProjectLeader DTM


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Audi improves the

winning model again

The Audi A4 DTM introduced last season set a record at

its dbut: With six victories, eight best times in qualiying

and the title win, it was the most successul DTM vehicle

based on the A4, which Audi has designed and built since its

return to the DTM in 2004. In accordance with the internal

model designations, R11 (2004), R12 (2005), R12 plus

(2006), R13 (2007) and R14 (2008), the current R14 plus

(2009) represents the sixth generation o the vehicle.

The engineers rom Audi Sport in Ingolstadt and

Neckarsulm were aced with a difcult task: the challenge

o improving the champions car rom the year beore yet

The R14 plus represents the

sixth generation o the Audi

DTM race car

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again, within unchanged connes o the regulations. All o

the principal design eatures o the touring race car, which

is based on a tubular rame and a carbon ber shell or the

driver, and powered by a 460-hp our-liter V8 engine, have

remained the same.

The most clearly visible modication when the hood is

open is the air box on top o the engine, explains Ulrich

Baretzky, Head o Engine Development at Audi Sport. It

is a consequence o the requirements that arose rom

a new cooling air passage at the vehicles ront. The

charge changing process meaning the inow o resh

gas ollowing the outow o exhaust gas has been

optimized by the new intake plenum. Audi has also achieved

improvements in torque development and power output,in other words the engines drivability. One o many other

detailed optimizations concerns the more avorable oil

circuit. When summing up the total o their achievements,

the developers have to make a realistic assessment.

Basically, in the sixth year o continuous development, the

potential o any engine design has been ully exploited,

says Ulrich Baretzky.

Wolgang Appel, Head o Vehicle Development, and his

team clearly dened some ocal areas with respect to the

The rear wing,

suspended rom

above, is new or the

2009 season

The exhaust pipes in

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development o the other components o the car as well.

Even though we compiled a list o about 80 minor or major

items on the whole vehicle, we clearly concentrated our

eorts on aerodynamics, says Appel. We modied various

aspects o the air ow around the vehicle, the diuser and

the ow through the engine compartment. A rear wingmounted rom the top, which promises to provide better

ow characteristics, is a conspicuous eature. This idea

made its dbut with the Audi R15 TDI Le Mans sports car

this year. The aerodynamic eects o new solutions are

rst calculated using computational uid dynamics (CFD),

ollowed by model wind tunnel testing and ultimately by

testing at AUDI AGs ull-scale wind tunnel.

Furthermore, the engineers ocused their attention on allaspects which contribute to maintaining the perormance

capability o the race car at consistent levels across the

racing distance o typically more than 60 minutes. Two

signicant actors determine the sporting result: the way

the car handles the deterioration o the tires over the course

o time as well as the reduction in vehicle mass caused by

the consumption o the uel in the tank. New components

o the braking system are an additional aspect. The British

manuacturer AP, who equips all DTM cars with a standard

system, presents clearly less massive brake calipers or the

2009 season. This inuences our choice o aerodynamic

ow toward the brake, explains Appel. The clearly

improved air ow through the calipers will also guaranteehigher consistency during the race.

Audi Head o Motorsport Dr. Wolgang Ullrich is certain:

With the R14 model last year we developed the most

competitive concept based on an A4 so ar. This race car

possesses enough potential to again ght or the place at

the top this year as the R14 plus. Ater all, our goal is to

deend the title.

Calculations made with the help

o computational fuid dynamics

play a decisive role in the

aerodynamics

The AP Racing brake system was extensively

modifed or the 2009 season

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Technical data Audi A4 DTM (2009)

DTM Touring Car

Space rame, carbon-ibre composite drivers saety cell,

carbon-ibre composite ront and

rear crash structures

Normally aspirated

V engine,

valves per cylinder,

mandatory intake air restrictors,

x . mm

Bosch MS .

Dry sump

, cc

Approx. hp

Over Nm

Rear-wheel-drive

-plate carbon-ibre clutch

Sequential -speed sport gearbox

Adjustable limited-slip plate dierential

Constant velocity sliding tripod universal joint shats

Servo assisted rack and pinion steering

Front and rear independent suspension,

double-wishbone suspension,

pushrod system with spring/damper unit,

adjustable gas pressurised dampers

Hydraulic dual circuit brake system,

light alloy brake callipers, ront and rear

ventilated carbon brake discs,

driver-adjustable ininitely variable

brake-balance

O.Z. aluminium orged wheels

ront: x inch, rear: x inch

Dunlop SP Sport Maxx,

ront: /-R, rear: /-R

, mm

, mm

, mm

, kg (including driver)

l

Vehicle type

Chassis

Engine

Engine management

Oil system

Cubic Capacity

Power

Torque

Transmission

Clutch

Gearbox

Dierential

Drive shats

Steering

Suspension

Brakes

Wheels

Tyres

Length

Width

Height

Minimum weight

Fuel tank capacity


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The DTM cockpit all in a days work

The cockpit o the Audi A4 DTM is characterized by

switches, buttons, digital displays, drinks or comort, but

also traditional levers and pedals.

Display with gear shit lights, rev counter,

indication o engaged gear, lap timer etc.

Green lamp on the let or indicator, on the rightor water temperature

Buttons or radio (black) and speed limiter in the

pitlane (yellow)

Buttons or high beam (blue), drinks supply

(green)

Let paddle behind the steering wheel actuates

brake valve or parking brake at the start

Right paddle at the steering wheel actuates brake

calliper cooling

Adjustable inlets or resh air into the cockpit o

the Audi A4 DTM

Gear lever or the manually operated transaxle

DTM control gearbox

Console with buttons or brake balance, display

brightness, re extinguisher

Main electric switch, with ignition and starter

buttons on the right

Operation o hazard warning light system or

ollowing vehicles in case car stalls on the grid

In spite o the wide-ranging limitation o

electronic components a DTMcockpit is ull o digital technology

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Unchanged

strong squad

Never change a winning team this was the motto used

by Head o Audi Sport Dr. Wolgang Ullrich when selecting

the drivers or the 2009 season: The driver squad remains

unchanged to the previous season or the rst time since

the brands return to the DTM.

Timo Scheider earned start number one ater winning thetitle. The now 30-year-old German had a dream season:

In April 2008 he celebrated his rst career DTM win at

Oschersleben, in August at Brands Hatch his second. His

third victory o the season at the Hockenheim nale sealed

his rst DTM championship win.

The Swede Mattias Ekstrm, DTM Champion a year beore,

again ought long and hard throughout the 2008 season

or the title. With three victories he completed Audis

excellent season and was third in the standings in the end.

Eight-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen rom Denmark

and Martin Tomczyk complete the line-up or the quartet o

2009 model Audi A4 DTM race cars. Audi Sport Team Abt

Sportsline receive a charming addition in the orm o a th

power: Katherine Legge drives an Audi A4 DTM rom 2008

or the Kempten based squad.

The other year-old cars are elded by two proven teams:

Audi Sport Team Rosberg prepares the race cars or Markus

Winkelhock and Mike Rockeneller, who won the Le Mans

Series last year with Audi. His ormer team mate in the

cockpit, Frenchman Alexandre Prmat, competes or Audi

Sport Team Phoenix in the DTM. The team rom the Eiel

region also prepares the Audi A4 DTM o Briton Oliver Jarvis.

Scheider competes or the frst time with the number one

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With 83 races and two DTM titles to his credit the

30-year-old Swede belongs already or a long time to the

most successul drivers in the series. Even though his

perormance and three individual victories last year were

not enough or the title Ekstrm can look back proudly. He

ought till the end or the championship and in doing so

set a personal record. With 13 DTM race victories or Audiduring his career he has now surpassed the previous record

held by Hans-Joachim Stuck.

Between races the Scandinavian re-charges his batteries in

his Swiss domicile Salenstein. He ollows the MotoGP series

in his spare time away rom the DTM.

Mattias Ekstrm likes to spend his ree time with his

girlriend and his two Jack Russell Terriers, collects watches

and owns a salt water aquarium?

the Swedes career stood at the crossroads in 2001? At the

time he was aced with the choice o being a race or rally driver.

giant prawns with wholemeal spaghetti, tomatoes and

roquette salad is one o his avorite meals?

the DTM Champion rom 2004 and 2007 says his driving

style resembles, more than anybody else, that o his ormer

team mate Laurent Aiello, the 2002 Champion?

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July , /Falun (S)

Salenstein (CH)

Single

. m/ kg

(Audi driver since )

Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

1993 Karting

1994 Karting, Swedish Renault Cup

1995 nd in Swedish Renault Cup

1996 st in Swedish Renault Cup, Young Driver o the Year

1997 nd in Swedish Touring Car Championship, Rookie o the Year

1998 th in Swedish Touring Car Championship

1999 st in Swedish Touring Car Championship (Audi A quattro)

2000 rd in Swedish Touring Car Championship

2001 th in DTM (Abt-Audi TT-R), th in Nrburgring Hour race

2002 rd in DTM (Abt-Audi TT-R)

2003 th in DTM (Abt-Audi TT-R), rd o Group N in Swedish Rally

2004 st in DTM (Audi A DTM), st o Group N in Swedish Rally and

Catalunya Rally

2005 nd in DTM (Audi A DTM), st in Nations Cup Race o Champions

2006 th in DTM (Audi A DTM), st in Race o Champions

2007 st in DTM (Audi A DTM), st in Race o Champions

2008 rd in DTM (Audi A DTM)Career

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Oliver Jarvis came rom single-seater racing as newcomer

to the DTM or the 2008 season. His respectable record: He

qualied ve times as best year-old car driver, he took the

checkered ag twice as astest driver o year-old car and

collected ve championship points.

Since the winter Jarvis has proved that he does not see theDTM as hal-way-halt in his career. He moved rom Great

Britain to Switzerland to be close to the majority o DTM

circuits. That he started taking German lessons at the Audi

Akademie at the same time urther underlined his ambition.

Oliver Jarvis once worked in a Thai restaurant where

nobody spoke English?

away rom motorsport Oliver ollows ootball (Premier

and Champions League) as well as tennis and MotoGP?

he names Nicolas Cage as his avorite actor?

Oliver would like to visit the Glastonbury Festival (the

English answer to Woodstock) at some time in the uture?

the Briton names windsurfng, jet ski and skiing as his

hobbies?

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Tom Kristensen is the record man and the one to break

them. At Le Mans last year the Dane won the 24-hour

race or the eighth time and in doing so broke his own

historical record in the Audi R10 TDI. With overall victory

at Sebring in March 2009 he became the rst driver in

history to win the classic 12-hour race or the th time

on the debut o the new Audi R15 TDI.

Ater recording a total o three wins, seven pole positions

and a total o 16 podium positions in the DTM he aims or

more in 2009 season: He wants to ght at the top o the

table. At the 24 Hours o Le Mans he aims to break the

next record.

i he had one wish Tom Kristensen would love to spend a

day with Nelson Mandela?

would liked to have witnessed two historical events?

The discovery o America by Christoph Columbus and Neil

Armstrongs giant leap or mankind.

the Audi driver has an idea o dream team mate? In

sportscars a very light, apolitical, extremely ast and

consistent ... woman.

todays racing driver previously worked as a lling station

attendant and even worked once in a ower shop or a week?

Audi factory driver

Tom Kristensen (DK) Did you know that

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July , /Hobro (DK)

Monaco (MC)

Single (partner Hanne), two sons (Oliver and Oswald) and

one daughter (Carla Malou)

. m/ kg


Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

198284 st in Danish Kart Championship

1985 st in Scandinavian Kart Championship

1986 nd in European Kart Championship, st in Danish Kart Championship,

st in Italian Kart Championship

1987 nd in World Kart Championship, Formula Ford

1989 nd in World Kart Championship

1991 st in German Formula Championship

1992 th in Japanese Formula Championship,

nd in Japanese Touring Car Championship

1993 st in Japanese Formula Championship, st in Formula World Cup

Fuji, nd in Formula Grand Prix Macau

1994 nd in Japanese Touring Car Championship,

th in Japanese Formula Championship

1995 nd in Japanese Formula Championship,

th in Japanese Touring Car Championship

1996 th in International Formula Championship

1997 st in Le Mans Hour race

1998 German Super Touring Car Championship, Formula test driver

1999 rd in German Super Touring Car Championship,

st in Sebring Hour race

2000 st in Le Mans Hour race, st in Sebring Hour race, nd in

Petit Le Mans race (each time Audi R), Michelin Formula test driver

2001 st in Le Mans Hour race, nd in Sebring Hour race, th in

American Le Mans Series (each time Audi R)

2002 st in American Le Mans Series , st in Le Mans Hour race,

st in Petit Le Mans race (each time Audi R)

2003 st in Le Mans Hour race, st in Spa km race (Audi R), st in

Le Mans km race (Audi R)2004 st in Le Mans Hour race (Audi R), th in DTM (Audi A DTM)

2005 st in Le Mans Hour race, st in Sebring Hour race (each time

Audi R), rd in DTM (Audi A DTM), st in Nations Cup Race o

Champions

2006 rd in DTM (Audi A DTM), st in Sebring Hour race (Audi R TDI),

rd in Le Mans Hour race (Audi R TDI)

2007 th in DTM (Audi A DTM)

2008 st in Le Mans Hour race (Audi R TDI), rd in Sebring Hour race

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

2009 st in Sebring Hour race (Audi R TDI)

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Katherine Legge debuted last year in der DTM, and was

duly promoted just one year later. For the current season

she switched to Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline, the DTM

championship winning team rom 2002, 2004, 2007 and

2008.

The 28-year-old Briton, who previously competed in theChampCar series, moved to Ermatingen, Switzerland during

the 2008/2009 winter. Sport, travel, shopping, watching

lms and relaxing number among the Audi actory drivers

hobbies. She jogs, cycles and plays tennis to keep hersel t

or her pacy proession. Her target or the 2009 season: to

nish in the top twelve in the DTM.

Katherine Legge would love to dine alongside David

Beckham, Jennier Aniston, Angelina Jolie and Barack

Obama?

would like to visit the carnival in Rio de Janeiro?

the Briton was best at math in school?

Katherine Legge is superstitious? She always climbs into

an open race car rom the let, does not walk under ladders

and can not all asleep i one o her wardrobe doors is open.

Audi factory driver

Katherine Legge (GB) Did you know that

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July , /Guildord (GB)

Ermatingen (CH)

Single

. m/ kg


Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

1996 st in Scottish Open Kart Championship

2000 UK Formula Ford Championship

2001 Formula Renault UK Winter Series

2002 Formula Renault UK Championship

2003 British Formula Championship

2004 th in Formula Renault North America Championship (rd in F Renault

CanAm Cup), won Kathryn Nunn Ininiti Pro Series Scholarship

2005 rd in Champ Car Atlantic Championship

2006 th in Champ Car World Series

2007 th in Champ Car World Series

2008 DTM (Audi A DTM)

Career

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The Frenchman starts his third season with Audi in 2009.

His constant increase in perormance shows just how

comortable he eels within the German team: In 2007 in

the DTM he was the third best driver o a year-old car, in

2008 he moved up to second place, and by winning the Le

Mans Series together with team mate Mike Rockeneller he

added a title to Audis extraordinary sporting record in the2008 season. In 2009 he contests the DTM and the

24 Hours o Le Mans or Audi.

The 27-year-old Audi actory driver rom Paris has entered a

new stage in his lie. His partner Clo gave birth to the pairs

rst daughter in October 2008.

Alexandre Prmat would like to visit the Cannes Film

Festival and a Major League Baseball game?

the Frenchman has contact with ootballers Jean-Alain

Boumsong and Zindine Zidane?

has a very romantic vein? Youre beautiul by JamesBlunt is just as much a part o a pleasant evening as is a

romantic dinner with partner Clo.

his ather Philippe Prmat supported the career o racing

driver Emmanuel Collard, who or his part introduced

Alexandre Prmat to motorsport?

Audi factory driver

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April , /Juvisy-sur-Orge (F)

Paris (F)

Single (partner Clo), one daughter (Zoe)

. m/ kg


Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

199299 Kart, st in World Cup in , st in French Championship in

2000 nd in Formula Campus France

2001 th in French Formula Renault Championship

2002 st in French Formula Renault Championship

2003 th in Formula Euro Series

2004 nd in Formula Euro Series, st in Formula Masters Zandvoort,

st in Formula Grand Prix Macau

2005 th in GP Series, st in Nations Cup o A Grand Prix Series

2006 rd in GP Series, Formula third driver in Chinese Grand Prix


2008 st in Le Mans Series (Audi R TDI), th in Le Mans Hour race (Audi

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

Career

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In only his second season with Audi Mike Rockeneller

celebrated winning a title. He won the Le Mans Series

together with Alexandre Prmat in an Audi R10 TDI in the

2008.

During the 2009 season, the 25-year-old proessional is the

driver in the Audi squad with the highest number o raceson his schedule: In addition to ten DTM races in the Audi A4

DTM he also contests the 12-hour race at Sebring and the

24 Hours o Le Mans in the R15 TDI. Furthermore, he starts

the Nrburgring 24-hour race in a R8 LMS. In 2006 he took

overall victory in the classic race in the Eiel.

Mike Rockeneller considers his athers suggestion to

race in Jrg van Ommens kart series to be the best piece o

advice in career? The junior won the series in the year 2000.

the racer, who comes rom Neuwied, is an enthusiastic

ootball an and is a loyal 1. FC Kln an?

or a change o scene and social interaction it is not only

modern consumer electronics that busy the Audi driver?

Slot car racing and table top ootball number among his

avorite toys two good old ashioned systems.

Audi factory driver

Mike Rockenfeller (D) Did you know that

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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

199500 Kart

1997 st in DMV Junior Cup

2000 st in Jrg van Ommen Kart Cup

2001 th in Formula Knig

2002 th in Porsche Carrera Cup

2003 nd in Porsche Carrera Cup, Porsche Supercup

2004 st in Porsche Carrera Cup, Porsche Supercup

2005 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

2006 st in Nrburgring Hour race, th in GrandAm Series, th in GT class

o American Le Mans Series


2008 st in Le Mans Series (Audi R TDI), th in Le Mans Hour race (Audi

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

2009 rd in Sebring Hour race (Audi R TDI)

Career

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Timo Scheider has dream year behind him: In Oschersleben

he scored his rst ever DTM race win. Beore the end o the

year he had celebrated three wins and won the title, which

he aims to deend in 2009.

Away rom the track Timo Scheider is a person who

loves to relax and wind down and harmony. His partnerJasmin and son Loris provide the private happiness in his

domicile Lochau, Austria on Lake Constance. The 30-year-

old Germans social involvement is rather unusual: He is

involved in a local relie project and organizes a kart race

every year, the proceeds are donated to a charitable cause.

Timo Scheider is a an o BVB (Borussia Dortmund)

ootball club?

the Audi actory driver believes that he would today

be a pop singer or actor i he had not got involved in

motorsport?

i a lm was to be made o his career Timo Scheider would

wantJude Law as the leading actor? They do look alike.

the racing driver would like to invite Lance Armstrong,

Angelina Jolie and the Dalai Lama or a dinner?

Audi factory driver

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November , /Lahnstein (D)

Lochau (A)

Engaged to Jasmin, one son (Loris)

. m/ kg


Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

198994 Kart

1992 st in Kart Winter Cup Kerpen

1993 th in German Junior Kart Cup

1994 st in German Junior Kart Cup, st in Junior Class North Rhine

Westphalian Kart Cup

1995 st in German Formula Renault Championship

1996 th in German Formula Renault Championship

1997 nd in German Formula Championship

1998 th in in German Formula Championship

1999 th in in German Formula Championship

2000 th in DTM

2001 th in DTM

2002 th in DTM

2003 th in DTM, st in Nrburgring Hour race

2004 th in DTM

2005 nd in FIA GT Championship, st in Spa-Francorchamps Hour race,

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

2006 th in DTM (Audi A DTM), st in Spa-Francorchamps Hour race

(GT)


2008 st in DTM (Audi A DTM)

Career

www.timo-scheider.com

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Martin Tomczyk ought or the title until the nal DTM race

o the 2007 season and was third. Ater a 2008 season

which did not meet his expectations the Audi driver now

aims to pick up where he let of in 2007. He has already

demonstrated that he can: In 2006 and 2007 he scored

three wins, and he has taken six pole positions in his DTM

career.

Even though the DTM enjoys enormous publicity the private

Martin Tomczyk is completely down-to-earth. Be it poker

with riends or a tour on the Harley the Bavarian, now

living in Basel, is just a normal guy.

Martin Tomczyk most admires two-time Rally World

Champion Walter Rhrl as racer, ever since he saw him charge

up Pikes Peak in the Audi sport quattro S1 rom 1987 on video?

as ritual immediately beore a race Martin Tomczyk

watches TV in a doze?

he would like Nicolas Cage to play him i a lm about his

lie was ever shot?

Martin Tomczyk would loved to have witnessed the

invention o the internal combustion engine?

Audi factory driver

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December , /Rosenheim (D)

Aesch/Basel (CH)

Single

. m/ kg


Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

1994 st in German Kart Slalom Championship

1995 th in German Kadet Team Championship

1996 st in German Pop Junior Kart Team Championship

1997 nd in German Pop Kart Championship,

nd in South German Pop Kart Championship,

st in South Bavarian Pop Kart Championship

1998 nd in ADAC Formula Junior Cup

1999 st in Portuguese BMW Formula ADAC Championship,

th in BMW Formula ADAC Championship

2000 th in German Formula Championship

2001 th in DTM (Abt-Audi TT-R)






2007 rd in DTM (Audi A DTM), ADAC Motor Sportsman o the Year


Career

www.tomczyk.com

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Markus Winkelhock joined the Audi amily as actory driver

during the 2008 season. He scored his rst points in only

his second race. He went on to score points on two more

occasions with a year-old car. With Audi Sport Team Rosberg

he can now convert the experience gathered with Audi

during this learning year, since he stays loyal to the team

rom Neustadt an der Weinstrae.

Privately, the down-to-earth Swabian has remained loyal

to his home. Winkelhock lives in Berglen-Steinach near

Stuttgart, likes to eat marinated bee with spaetzle and is

delighted every time VB Stuttgart wins a soccer game.

Markus Winkelhock preers to spend his holidays in Cape

Town?

his ather Manred, his unclesJoachim and Thomas and

cousinJens were or are still active in motorsport?

todays racing driver once worked as photographer or

an automotive publishing company? He once had to spend

twelve hours photographing every truck travelling along the

A8 motorway.

the ex-Grand Prix driver says that a DTM race car is just as

much un to drive as a Formula 1 car?

Audi factory driver

Markus Winkelhock (D) Did you know that


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June , /Stuttgart

Berglen-Steinach (D)

Single

. m/ kg


Date/place o birth

Place o residence

Status

Height/weight

Motorsport since

1998 nd in German Formula Knig

1999 th in German Formula Renault




2003 th in Formula Euro Series

2004 DTM

2005 rd in World Series by Renault

2006 Formula test driver

2007 Formula , seven DTM rounds (Audi A DTM)


Career

www.m-winkelhock.de

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Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline

Abt Sportsline GmbH, based in

Kempten in the Allgu, is the worlds

leading customizer o vehicles rom

the Volkswagen group and one o

the most successul German racing

teams. Abt Sportsline has been

involved in touring car racing since

1996 and always with the Audi

brand. The rst important victory was

the STW Championship in 1999 with

Christian Abt and the A4 quattro.

The team has competed in the DTM

since 2000 initially as customer

team with the Abt-Audi TT-R, since

2004 as Audi actory team with A4

DTM. The team has already won the

DTM title our times with and or

Audi. Fity employees attend the our

2009 generation cars and also the

year-old car o Katherine Legge this

season. The motorsport involvement

is, however, not only restricted to the

DTM: Abt Sportsline looks ater the

Polo Cup cars or Volkswagen and

urthermore starts with two single

seaters in the ADAC Formula Masters

as well as with the Audi R8 LMS in the

ADAC GT Masters and in the 24-hour

race at the Nrburgring.

1st in DTM

2002, 2004, 2007, 2008 (all Audi)

1st in German Super Touring Cars

1999 (Audi)

1st privateer in Super Touring Cars

1996, 1997 (both Audi)

1st in B-Cup o German Formula 3

1992

1st in ADAC Formula Junior

1991, 1992, 1996

Roll of honour

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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

Audi Sport Team Abt

1 Timo Scheider (D)

2 Tom Kristensen (DK)


5 Mattias Ekstrm (S)

6 Martin Tomczyk (D)

Audi Sport Team Abt Lady Power21 Katherine Legge (GB)

Abt Sportsline has won four DTM titles or Audi since 2000

Thorsten TpplerTeam Manager

Hans-Jrgen AbtTeam Director

Armin PlietschCar EngineerTimo Scheider

Franco ChiocchettiCar EngineerTom Kristensen

Albert DeuringHead o Motorsport

Markus MichelbergerCar EngineerKatherine Legge

Dave BenbowCar EngineerMartin Tomczyk

Harry UnfathHead o Marketing

Alexander StehligCar EngineerMattias Ekstrm

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Audi Sport Team Phoenix

2009 is already the ourth year

in which Audi Sport Team Phoenix

is one o the three Audi actory

teams in DTM. Under the guidance

o Team Boss Ernst Moser almost

20 employees work at the DTM

races on the Audi A4 DTM o

Alexandre Prmat and Oliver Jarvis.

The squad rom the Eiel, with its

base in Meuspath industrial estate

located directly on the Nrburgring,

has competed as actory team in

the DTM constantly since 2000.

In 1999, the year the team was

established, Phoenix Racing

competed in the STW Championship

with a pair o Audi A4 quattro cars.

In the year o its 10th anniversary,

and parallel to the DTM program,

the team also competes in the

ADAC GT Masters, the FIA GT3

Championship and also the 24-

hour race at the Nrburgring with

the Audi R8 LMS. Being based in

the Eiel region the team members

are denitely at home at the

Nordschleie: Two overall victories

at the endurance classic in the years

2000 and 2003 number among the

teams greatest triumphs.

1st in Nrburgring 24 Hour race

2000, 2003

1st in Touring Car Grand Prix Macau

1999 (Audi)

1st in Teams classication Porsche

Carrera Cup

2001, 2002

Roll of honour

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c/o Phoenix Racing GmbH

Gottlieb-Daimler-Strae 26

D-53520 Meuspath

Phone +49 2691 910990

Fax +49 2691 9109911


Website www.phoenix-racing.de


14 Alexandre Prmat (F)

15 Oliver Jarvis (GB)

Laurent FedacouCar EngineerAlexandre Prmat

Ernst MoserTeam Director

Jrgen JungklausCar EngineerOliver Jarvis

Frank LynnTeam Manager

Team Phoenix celebrates its 1th anniversary in 2009

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Audi Sport Team Rosberg

Former Formula 1 World Champion

Keke Rosberg established his

own race team in 1994, which

has made a name or itsel in

touring cars and ormula racing

since then. Winning the German

Formula 3 Championship in 2002

with Gary Pafett numbers among

the outstanding victories. Young

Formula 1 star Nico Rosberg also

made his rst steps in motorsport

with the paternal team. Managed

by Arno Zensen, the team with its

headquarters in Neustadt an der

Weinstrae was active in the 1990s

in the old DTM with, among

others, Klaus Ludwig and Hans

Stuck as drivers. Team Rosberg has

also been involved in the new

DTM since its inception. In 2005 it

concentrated solely on single-seater

racing, beore returning to the DTM

as Audi actory team. Twenty-our

employees work in the DTM 2009 or

Audi Sport Team Rosberg. Todays

Team Manager Kimmo Liimatainen

started his career in the squad as

Formula BMW driver in 2000.

1st in German Formula 3

Championship

2002

1st in BMW Formula ADAC

Championship

2002

1st in Rookies classication o the

BMW Formula ADAC Championship

2004

Roll of honour

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c/o Team Rosberg GmbH

Nachtweide 35

D-67433 Neustadt/Weinstrae

Phone +49 6321 914-0

Fax +49 6321 914-205


Website www.team-rosberg.de


11 Mike Rockeneller (D)

12 Markus Winkelhock (D)

Pascal GodelHead o PR/Marketing

Arno ZensenTeam Director

Andreas RoosCar EngineerMike Rockeneller

Eckhardt DhrerTechnical Manager

Karl JenningsCar EngineerMarkus Winkelhock

Kimmo LiimatainenTeam Manager

Team Rosberg was active during the old DTM already

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Kolles Futurecom-TME

Since 2006 the privateer teamunder the auspices o Dr. Colin Kolles

relies on Audi race, which are elded

independently in DTM. A brace o

Audi A4 DTM rom the Greding based

team have since competed regularly

in the popular series. Furthermore,

the team has also purchased two R10

TDI rom Audi in the 2009 season.

The privateer team competes in the

European based Le Mans Series with

the diesel sportscars as well as in the

24-hour race at Le Mans. The team

under Dr. Kolles elds several Audi A4

DTM rom 2007 in the DTM this year.

Kolles Futurecom-TMEIndustriestrae 35

D-91171 Greding

Phone +49 8463 602679

Fax +49 8463 6060097


Kolles Futurecom-TME

18 Christian Bakkerud (DK)

19 Johannes Seidlitz (D)

Kolles Futurecom-BRT

20 Tom Kostka (CZ)

Dr. Colin KollesTeam Director

Boris BermesOperations DirectorTh

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2009 entry list and calendar

# Name Team Vehicle name 2009 DTM calendar Timo Scheider (D) Audi Sport Team Abt GW:plus/Top Service Audi A DTM

Tom Kristensen (DK) Audi Sport Team Abt Jahre Audi - A DTM

Paul Di Resta (GB) AMG Mercedes AMG Mercedes C Class

Ral Schumacher (D) Trilux AMG Mercedes Trilux AMG Mercedes C Class

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

Martin Tomczyk (D) Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Red Bull Cola Audi A DTM

Jamie Green (GB) Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes C Class

Susie Stoddart (GB) TV-Spielilm AMG Mercedes TV-Spielilm AMG Mercedes C Class

Bruno Spengler (CDN) Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG Mercedes C Class

Gary Paett (GB) Salzgitter AMG Mercedes Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C Class

Mike Rockeneller (D) Audi Sport Team Rosberg S line Audi A DTM

Markus Winkelhock (D) Audi Sport Team Rosberg Playboy Audi A DTM

Alexandre Prmat (F) Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi Bank A DTM

Oliver Jarvis (GB) Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi Cup A DTM

Maro Engel (D) GQ AMG Mercedes GQ AMG Mercedes C Class

Mathias Lauda (A) AMG Mercedes stern AMG Mercedes C Class

Christian Bakkerud (DK) Kolles Futurecom-TME Audi A DTM

Johannes Seidlitz (D) Kolles Futurecom-TME Audi A DTM

Tom Kostka (CZ) Kolles Futurecom-BRT Audi A DTM

Katherine Legge (GB) Audi Sport Team Abt Lady Power Audi Collection A DTM

5/7 Hockenheim

5/ EuroSpeedway Lausitz

6/8 Norisring

7/ Zandvoort

8/ Oschersleben

8/6 Nrburgring

/6 Brands Hatch

/ Barcelona

/ Dijon-Prenois

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In 2009, the DTM enters its tenth season since its rebirth

in the year 2000. The series abbreviation, which once

stood or Deutsche Tourenwagen-Meisterschat, today

represents the most popular international touring car

racing series. In television, but also in the stands it attracts

the largest number o spectators alongside Formula 1. The

DTM broke yet another record during the 2008 season:

165,000 spectators visited the nale in October won by

Audi driver Timo Scheider on the way to being crowned the

new Champion.

The concept promises pure excitement and energy:

In qualiying, now comprised o our parts, urther

competitors are knocked-out ater each time segment. The

extremely entertaining near 70 minute long sprint races are

interrupted by two mandatory pit stops. The DTM grid is a

mix o young stars o tomorrow and established touring

In its tenth season the DTM

will once again captivate

several hundred thousand ans

Anniversary o a

winning concept

TheDTM

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car drivers and stars who have achieved everything in other

disciplines such as Tom Kristensen, who holds a record

with eight victories at the 24 Hours o Le Mans.

Internationality is key

With its driver line-up and calendar the DTM also

demonstrates its internationality in the 2009 season:19 drivers representing seven nations met the public at the

DTM presentation 2009 in Dsseldor. The series makes six

starts in ront o German ans, our times in ront o the

European public in France, Great Britain, the Netherlands

and Spain.

Complex regulations

Audi and Mercedes-Benz, two o the worlds most renowned

automobile manuacturers, are committed to the DTM.

Fans will see three Audi A4 DTM generations in action

throughout the 2009 season. Dierent base weights

improve the perormance parity: Cars rom 2009 compete

with a basic weight o 1,050 kilograms, cars one year older

with 1,030 kilos and cars two years older with 1,010 kilos.

In addition, ballast weight is imposed subject to a cars

success. Pure excitement with lap times diering by mere

tenths and hundredths-o-a-second are guaranteed.

Seven teams will eld

race cars rom two

manuacturers in the

2009 season

Popularity, performance parity

and international faircharacterize the DTM

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215 5135 3

210 5

150 3

225 5

100 295 2

65 1180 4

260 6

kph

Gear

Hockenheim (D)

Timo Scheider about the fow o the track

Hockenheim probably has almost every conceivable type

o corner and radii. There are very, very ast kinks, hairpin

bends and corners with generous run-o areas. The race

track itsel is very attractive. Due to the sequence o corners

a track unolds around which you can achieve an extremely

uid rhythm. The Motodrom is sensational, when you enter

it you use the curb on the let-hand side. You have to be very

careul on concrete suraces, grass paving blocks and grass.

One mistake and youre parked in the wall. There are plenty

o overtaking places: heading towards turns 2, at the end

o the Parabolica towards the hairpin bend, into the Sachs

Kurve and probably also in the Opel corners.

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)

Media contact

Location

All winners since 2000

Data and acts

Round 1 05/17/2009

Track length . km

Distance laps = . km

DTM track record in qualiying

Mattias Ekstrm (Audi), //,

m .s (. kph)

DTM track record in the race

Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-Benz),

//, m .s (. kph)

Pole Position 8

Timo Scheider (Audi), //,

m .s (. kph)

Fastest lap 8


//, m .s (. kph)

ADAC Wrttemberg e. V.

PR/Public relations

Reimund Elbe

Am Neckartor

D- Stuttgart

Phone + -

Fax + -

Mobile +


Internet www.adac.de/motorsport

km south o Frankurt,

km north-west o Stuttgart

Thetracks

102 2

141 3

241 6


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95 2

150 3

160 3

80 290 2

75 2

241 6

212 5

176 4

157 4

140 3

kph

Gear

EuroSpeedway (D)

Katherine Legge about the speed at the EuroSpeedway

I like the EuroSpeedway Lausitz. It has something o

everything: Fast and slow corners, the track is challenging

and there are enough places to overtake. It is one o the

tracks I really look orward to. The tarmac surace is very

uniorm around the entire circuit except several sections

that are very aggressive. The corner which I nd the most

appealing is the rst one. I like the hard braking just beore

turning-in. You drive the last section beore the start

and nish in the oval, approach the rst corner ater the

straight at extremely high-speed beore braking very hard.

An exciting part or drivers and ans alike!

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)

Media contact

Location


Data and acts

Round 2 05/31/2009

Track length . km




//, m .s (. kph)



//, m .s (. kph)

Pole Position 8


//, m .s (. kph)

Fastest lap 8


//, m .s (. kph)

ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e. V.

Hans-Jrgen Fischer

Bundesallee

D- Berlin

Phone +

Fax +

Mobile +


Internet www.adac.de/motorsport

km south o Berlin,

km north o Dresden

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51 1

216 5

212 5

110 2

97 2187 4

120 2

180 4

65 1

247 6

kph

Gear

Norisring (D)

Markus Winkelhock about traction and tires

The Norisring looks a lot easier than it really is. You have

to brake long and hard, need a good car balance and

plenty o traction. The circuit is a lot o un. Its in the

amily: My uncle Joachim always enjoyed driving here.

The track is very bumpy. I it rains the car can aquaplane

easily here on the standing water. The circuit is murderous

on the brakes. Although the tarmac is rough the tires do

not wear very much, you just have to be careul that you

dont spin the wheels. The corner I like the most is the

let-hander exiting the chicane. To build up speed, you get

so close to the wall on the right that the wing mirror is

scratched. During my career I once used up eight wing-

mirrors on a single weekend.

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)

Media contact

Location


Data and acts

Round 3 06/28/2009

Track length . km



Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz),

//, .s (. kph)



//, .s (. kph)

Pole Position 8


//, .s (. kph)

Fastest lap 8


//, .s (. kph)

MCN-Presseservice

Manred Mll

Am Snges

D- Laubach

Phone +

Fax +

Mobile +


Internet www.norisring.de

Nuremberg Frankenstadion,

Motorway A MunichNuremberg,

Exit N-Fischbach

Thetrack

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83 3


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170 3

180 4

181 4

215 5

144 3

191 5

216 5228 5

90 2

229 5

201 4

kphGear

Zandvoort (NL)

Mattias Ekstrm about the reduced practice time

I like the races in Zandvoort the best. The track is comprised

o many great corners, crests and compressions. You get

into a good rhythm. At the start there is virtually no grip.

The grip increases with every lap, which you really eel with

new tires. Since the new regulations allow less practice,

less rubber will go down on the track. For this reason the

tarmac could be harder on the tire. When it rains you should

drive on the rough tarmac and not ollow the ideal line on

the very new tarmac, otherwise things get tricky. There are

plenty o opportunities to overtake. Its one o the ew race

tracks where you can still win rom ourth or even th on

the grid. Zandvoort means a lot to me: I won my rst race

here in 2002 and Abt Sportsline gained the title.

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)

Media contact

Location


Data and acts

Round 4 07/19/2009

Track length . km




m .s (. kph)


Tom Kristensen (Audi), //,

m .s (. kph)

Pole Position 8


m .s (. kph)

Fastest lap 8


m .s (. kph)

Ren de Boer

Uhlandstrae

D- Kevelaer

Phone +

Fax +

Mobile +


Internet www.circuitzandvoort.nl

km west o Amsterdam (NL), near

Haarlem

225 6ks


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100 2

175 4126 2 217 6

190 4

100 2

175 5

170 5

155 4

132 3

172 4

181 4

140 3

140 3210 5

128 3

kphGear

Oschersleben (D)

Tom Kristensen about technical versatility

Oschersleben is a owing circuit with several very ast

corners and lots o changes o direction. A good balance

is thereore absolutely imperative. You have to turn-in to

the slow corners aggressively and come out with plenty o

momentum. Its a circuit at which every car needs a wide

range o qualities. There are circuits where it is mainly a

question o traction or high-speed, such as the Norisring.

At Oschersleben you have to drive with huge commitment.

The grip in general is low and only increases ater a lot o

laps. The track surace is very gentle to the tires. The track

is very slippery in the rain. Especially in the rst corner,

the tires have virtually no grip whatsoever in the wet. You

are conronted with a decisive moment right at the start

o a lap.

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)

Media contact

Location


Data and acts

Round 5 08/02/2009

Track length . km




m .s (. kph)



m .s (. kph)

Pole Position 8


m .s (. kph)

Fastest lap 8


m .s (. kph)

Motorsport Arena Oschersleben GmbH

Gunnar Sperling

Motopark Allee

D- Oschersleben

Phone +

Fax +

Mobile +


Internet www.motorsportarena.com

km south-west o Magdeburg,

km south o motorway A

HanoverBerlin

Thetrack

174 3

98 2

227 6


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85 2

74 2

101 2

242 6

110 3

127 3

81 2

83 2

kph

Gear

Nrburgring (D)

Mike Rockeneller about the crucial corners

With its mix o corners o dierent radii the track is ar

rom simple. It is a modern track with ne grain asphalt.

Traction, clean driving, braking or the rst corner rom

high-speed all very challenging. The short loop is difcult,

the Bit Corner is un. A perectly set-up car is crucial. In bad

weather you can either distance yoursel rom the rubber on

the ideal line, but also drive exactly on it. This works really

well with the Dunlop rain tires. Ater the short loop there is

a let-hand curve. You lean on the curb on the outside here.

You tend to drive the Bit Corner too quickly, then you lose

momentum in the Hatzenbach-Bogen. Its important to

nd a good compromise, to take a lot momentum into the

corner and get on the pedal early again.

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)

Media contact

Location


Data and acts

Round 6 08/16/2009

Track length . km



Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), //,

m .s (. kph)


Gary Paett (Mercedes-Benz), //,

m .s (. kph)

Pole Position 8


m .s (. kph)

Fastest lap 8

Martin Tomczyk (Audi), //,

m .s (. kph)

Pro Motion GmbH

Michael Kramp

Am Coloneum

D- Kln

Phone +

Fax +

Mobile +


Internet www.nuerburgring.de

km south-west o Cologne,

km north-west o Koblenz

126 3

78 2

198 5

150 3ks


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165 5

139 3

137 3

227 6

181 4190 4

200 5

kph

Gear

Brands Hatch (GB)

Oliver Jarvis about his home race

Brands Hatch has a lot o character. Paddock Hill is one

o the best corners anywhere. You have to brake without

being able to see into the corner. Also, i you are a little

o line youll have massive problems at the exit. The track

is very short, but nevertheless challenging and physicallydemanding. The atmosphere is something very special. The

circuit is much lower than the grandstands, so you can see

almost the entire acility rom the stands. Its like being in

a ootball stadium. The tarmac is smooth to the tires, which

is why you can make several runs during qualiying with

just one set o tires. The pole position is not necessarily an

advantage. Because the start-nish straight slopes towards

the pit wall the position on the outside can provide better

grip than the one o the astest driver on the inside.

Mattias Ekstrm (Audi), 7 Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz), 8 Timo Scheider (Audi)

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.s (. kph)

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Brands Hatch Circuit

Chelsea Reay

Fawkham Longield

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km south-west o London near

Kingsdown at the A

Thetrack

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134 3

86 2

143 3

145 3

106 3

130 3

217 6 181 4162 3

174 4

161 3

Barcelona (E)

Martin Tomczyk about the line at Barcelona

Barcelona is a antastic circuit, which is all about maximum

speed in many places. Ater the long straight and the

back straight the aerodynamics and brakes must also be

excellent. Your car needs more traction than previous years

due to the new chicane. Thereore all aspects are required.The best solution is that you drive a car which is well-

balanced in every aspect. You can drive dierent lines in the

rain, but not everywhere. In two or three corners the line is

dictated to you. The tarmac is only moderately rough. Weve

never had excessive tire wear at Barcelona. Overtaking is

undamentally well possible. My personal highlight was

winning here in 2006.

Martin Tomczyk (Audi), 7Jamie Green (Mercedes-Benz), 8 Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-Benz)

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Round 8 09/20/2009

Track length . km



Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz),

//, m .s (. kph)



m .s (. kph)

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Bernd Schneider (Mercedes-Benz),

//, m .s (. kph)

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m .s (. kph)

Circuit de Catalunya

Jordi Mateu

Apartat de Correus

E- Montmel

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km north-east o Barcelona

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140 3

160 4

200 5

120 3

200 5

120 3

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Dijon-Prenois (F)

Alexandre Prmat about the rollercoaster ride

A very ast track awaits us, perhaps the astest in the

DTM, and there are rises and alls. You drive through the

nal corner beore the start and nish at 200 kph. You

cant see the exit o the corner due to a slight drop. Itll

be really interesting when the entire eld storms throughthis section. The tarmac is inconsistent, in some parts very

aggressive to the tires, and in others very gentle. To win at

Dijon it appears to me that your grid position is even more

important than elsewhere. I love the circuit and I have

ond memories o a win in Formula Renault and testing in

Formula 3. I was a little surprised when we tested here with

the DTM. It just looks antastic when our cars are pounding

around the track. The ans will love it.

* The DTM starts or the irst time at Dijon-Prenois in

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Data and acts

Round 9 10/11/2009

Track length . km


DTM track record in qualiying *

DTM track record in the race *

Pole Position 8 *

Fastest lap 8 *

Circuit Dijon-Prenois

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km north-west o Dijon,

km north o Lyon

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210 5

150 3

225 5

100 295 2

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260 6

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Hockenheim (D)

Timo Scheider about the track conditions

Hockenheim is a modern and balanced track. The tarmac is

slightly bumpy. The grip level is dierent in the Motodrom

compared to the rest o the track. The tarmac is coarse

grained around the majority o the circuit which means

that it has large pores. Nevertheless you can cover verylong distances on one set o tires. The level o grip doesnt

change signicantly with a change in temperature. I the

weather is bad the Sachs Kurve can be a critical point. I

you make a mistake here in the rain you either end up in the

gravel or the tire barrier. At other points the large run-o

areas tend to orgive driving errors. You can many dierent

lines through the Sachs Kurve inside, middle or outside.

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)

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m .s (. kph)



//, m .s (. kph)

Pole Position 8


m .s (. kph)

Fastest lap 8


//, m .s (. kph)

ADAC Nordbaden e. V.

Alexa Sinz

Steinhuserstrae

D- Karlsruhe

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km north-west o Stuttgart

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Extracts from the DTM regulations

AerodynamicsThe silhouette originates rom the road car. The areas

o the aerodynamics which may be changed are clearly

dened. During the season no changes are permitted to

the aero pack homologated or the respective model year

specication.

Engines

Only V8 engines with a 90 degree cylinder angle, a

maximum displacement o our liters and a maximum oour valves per cylinder are permitted. Two air restrictors,

each with a 28-millimetre diameter, are prescribed. Per

two-car team, only three engines are permitted per season,

which are sealed prior to the start o the season.

GearboxOnly two diferent gearbox-diferential units, made by

Hewland and X-trac, are permitted.

Tires

The tires are supplied exclusively by Dunlop. There is a slick

version or dry tracks and one or rain.

Weight

The minimum weight o a 2009 specication DTM car is1,050 kilograms including driver, overall and helmet. For

cars rom 2008 1,030 kilograms are valid, or 2007 models

1,010 kilos are stipulated.

Additional weight

During the season a sophisticated handicap system or

ballast, assigned new or each race according to the

previous race weekends results, ensures maximum

perormance parity among the manuacturers and model

The engine is powerful

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Points system10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points are awarded or positions one to

eight. There is a driver and a team classication.

years o the DTM vehicles.

Fuel

Only the uel made available at the respective event (Aral

Ultimate 100) may be used.

Qualifying

Qualiying is comprised o our parts. Pole position is only

awarded at the end in the nal segment.

Start

Standing starts are made in the DTM.

Mandatory pit stops

Every driver must make two mandatory pit stops in the race,

during each stop all our wheels must be changed and a

maximum o 20 liters o uel added. The time windows o

the pit stops are stipulated in the regulations.

The number of tires

is limited, their

change during the

race stipulated by

the regulations

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Audi is one o the most successul brands in DTM historywith six championship titles, 48 wins, 47 pole positions and

36 astest race laps to its name. Whether V8 quattro, the

TT-R rom Abt-Audi or the A4 every Audi model that has

competed in the DTM to date has won the prestigious title

at least once.

Two consecutive titles with the V8 quattroAudi made a lasting impression ollowing its rst

appearance in the DTM. With the production based Audi V8

quattro Hans-Joachim Stuck clinched the title or Ingolstadt

in its debut year not least o all due to superior quattro

transmission. Frank Biela triumphed in 1991. Audi was, as a

Devilish trio: The Audi V8 quattro here at Hockenheim dominated the DTM in 1990 and 1991

Winning streak under the sign of the four rings

History:AudiinD

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result, the rst manuacturer to successully deend a titlein the DTM beore the brand with the our rings temporarily

withdrew rom the series in 1992.

In 2004 Audi returned as actory to the race series. Mattias

Ekstrm won the DTM title at the rst time o asking in

the Audi A4 DTM. The Swede also triumphed in 2007. In

the ollowing season Audi successully deended the title:

For the rst time Timo Scheider took the coveted spoils o

victory in the Audi A4 DTM.

Team Abt Sportsline, which elded a compact Coup based

on the Audi TT between 2000 and 2003 as customer team,

presented Audi with its sixth DTM title. The team rom the

Allgu region became champions with Frenchman Laurent

Aiello in 2002. Mattias Ekstrm won his second titlewith the Audi A4 DTM in 2007

most successul manuacturers in DTM history

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DTM statistics 19842008

Victories Pole Positions Fastest race laps

Mercedes-Benz

BMW

Audi

Alfa Romeo

Ford

Opel

Rover

Volvo

Chevrolet

Mercedes-Benz

Audi

BMW

Ford

Alfa Romeo

Opel

Volvo

Rover

Mercedes-Benz

BMW

Alfa Romeo

Audi

Ford

Opel

Volvo

Chevrolet

Rover

History:DTM

statis

DTM Champions

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Other recordsEvents

Races

Tightest finish .s

Biggest advantage .s

Biggest success of one brand Places

Longest winning streak of one brand victories in a row

Per Stureson (Volvo)

Kurt Thiim (Rover)

Eric van de Poele (BMW)

Klaus Ludwig (Ford)

Roberto Ravaglia (BMW) Hans-J. Stuck (Audi)

Frank Biela (Audi)

Klaus Ludwig (Mercedes)

Nicola Larini (Ala Romeo)

Klaus Ludwig (Mercedes)

Bernd Schneider (Mercedes)



Laurent Aiello (Abt-Audi)


Mattias Ekstrm (Audi)

Gary Paett (Mercedes)


Mattias Ekstrm (Audi)

Timo Scheider (Audi)

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Audi DTM statistics 19902008

Best Audi drivers in DTM Most successful Audi driversin DTM (victories) Hans-J. Stuck (st)

Frank Biela (st)

Frank Biela (th)

Laurent Aiello (th)

Laurent Aiello (th)

Laurent Aiello (st)

Mattias Ekstrm (th)

Mattias Ekstrm (st)

Mattias Ekstrm (nd)

Tom Kristensen (rd)

Mattias Ekstrm (st)

Timo Scheider (st)

Mattias Ekstrm

Hans-J. Stuck

Frank Biela

Laurent Aiello

Tom Kristensen

Martin Tomczyk

Timo Scheider

Walter Rhrl

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All Audi victories in DTM

1990 (Audi V8 quattro): 8/22

Avus Hans-J. Stuck

Avus Hans-J. Stuck

Wunstorf Hans-J. Stuck

Wunstorf Hans-J. Stuck

Norisring Hans-J. Stuck

Nrburgring Walter Rhrl

Hockenheim Hans-J. Stuck

Hockenheim Hans-J. Stuck


Avus Hans-J. Stuck

Avus Frank Biela

Norisring Hans-J. Stuck

Diepholz Hans-J. Stuck

Singen Frank Biela

Singen Hans-J. 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


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

Hockenheim Laurent Aiello

Zolder Laurent Aiello

Sachsenring Laurent Aiello

Norisring Laurent Aiello

Zandvoort Mattias Ekstrm

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


2004 (Audi A4 DTM): 5/10

Adria Mattias Ekstrm

EuroSpeedway Mattias Ekstrm

Oschersleben Tom Kristensen


Brno Mattias Ekstrm

2005 (Audi A4 DTM): 3/11

Brno Mattias Ekstrm

Nrburgring Mattias Ekstrm

EuroSpeedway 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

2008 (Audi A4 DTM): 6/11

Hockenheim Mattias Ekstrm

Oschersleben Timo Scheider


Brands Hatch Timo Scheider

Le Mans Mattias Ekstrm

Hockenheim Timo Scheider

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The Audi Media Service

The Audi Communications Motorsport team is onlocation or every event supported by AUDI AG and

provides journalists and photographers in the DTM with a

comprehensive media service.

Media database

Photographs and all the inormation concerning the

AUDI AG motorsport program can be ound in our media

database at www.audi-motorsport.ino (accreditation

required). You can also register to be included in our mediadistribution list via the database. Audi dispatches media

ino exclusively by e-mail.

MediaInfo

All press inormation is available in both the German and

English languages, and at the races at Barcelona, Dijon-

Prenois and Zandvoort also in the respective national

languages.

SMS serviceThe latest practice and race results can also be received, i

requested, by SMS/text message. Subscribe to this service

ree-o-charge via www.audi-motorsport.ino

Photographs and sound bites

The latest photographs and archive material are also available

to download rom the media database. The photographs are

copyright-ree or press purposes. In addition, sound bites

o the Audi drivers and key personnel are also available todownload. They are stored in radio quality in mp3-ormat.

The Audi drivers are very

popular with the media

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ionsMotors

After Qualifying Lounge and After Race Lounge

Dr. Wolgang Ullrich, all the Audi drivers and Team Directors

il bl t i i t i i th T & M di

TV footage

TV ootage ofered in Beta SP and Digi Beta (PAL and NTSC)

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are available to give interviews in the Team & Media

Hospitality on Saturday ater qualiying and on Sunday ater

the race. All media representatives have ree access to the

Team & Media Hospitality during the media meetings.

DTM sweepstakes

Media representatives can type the results o the DTM race

on a card and win attractive prizes. More inormation about

this at the track.

ormat or television channels can be ordered via the Media

Database.

Interview requests

I you wish to interview one o our actory drivers, Head o

Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolgang Ullrich or team personalities,

please contact the Audi Communications Motorsport team.

We try to grant all interview requests.

Telephone press conference

For the 2009 season Audi ofers journalists the opportunity,

prior to each event, to participate in a telephone press

conerence with the Audi actory drivers and Head o Audi

Motorsport Dr. Wolgang Ullrich. It is scheduled to takeplace at 1:30 p.m. on the Wednesday beore each race.

Team & Media Hospitality

The Audi Team & Media Hospitality is the central hub in

the paddock. Audi Communications Motorsport employees

manning the counter will happily provide you with

inormation. Please understand that access to the catering

area is limited.

Mattias Ekstrm is a popular and eloquent

conversationalist for the media

The Media Database contains more than 3,3 fles rangingrom photos via texts and results to audio fles in radio quality ormat

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Eva-Maria Veith

Alexander von Wegner

Iris Guttenberger

Julia Koop

Birgid FuchsStefanie Albrecht

Mark Schneider

Your contacts

The Audi Communications Motorsport

team is your rst point o contact

i you have any questions about the

AUDI AG motorsport program. Head

o Communications Motorsport is

Jrgen Pippig. Iris Guttenberger

coordinates the DTM activities,

Eva-Maria Veith the sportscar

projects R15 TDI and R8 LMS.

Address

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