Vital victory weekend for Audi at Oschersleben

Audi had a strong DTM weekend at Oschersleben with Mattias Ekström heading an Audi 1-2-3 and Martin Tomczyk further extending the championship lead with second place.
“We’re now leading the championship with a nine-point advantage. That doesn’t mean anything except that we’ll be tackling the next races the same way we did the last ones: with determination and concentration,” said Tomczyk.

Ekström started fourth but was quickly in the lead and extended the gap to over 40 seconds to second place.

“I had a fantastic race. Crossing the finish line in the DTM as the winner with a more than 40-second advantage is definitely a world of difference. I didn’t even know who came second behind me. I’m very happy that it was Martin [Tomczyk]. But I’m even happier that in the team and with Audi Sport we’ve come up with ways of working together even better and continuing our successful days. Knowing this, it’s really fun going into the last two races, and then starting into the winter break,” said Ekström.

Audi rookie Edoardo Mortara scored his first ever DTM podium finish in third, but was not entirely pleased.

“I’ve got mixed feelings. It was definitely a fantastic result for me to finish on the podium as a rookie for the second time this season. But I made a lot of mistakes in qualifying and particularly at the start. I still need to improve some more for the next races at Valencia and Hockenheim,” said Mortara.

Tomczyk heads main title rival and Mercedes driver Bruno Spengler with nine points ahead of the final two races and 20 points.