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First picture of homologated Audi A5 DTM

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Audi has released the first picture, although heavily disguised, of the final version of the Audi A5 DTM 2012.
“More than ever before, even the minutest detail will count this year in the DTM. Obviously, you want to keep the things you’ve worked out over the past few months under wraps for as long as possible,” said Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich.

The homologation deadline for the DTM teams, Audi, BMW and Mercedes, expired yesterday on the 1st of March.

This means that the key areas, like aerodynamics, of the new DTM cars have been frozen and cannot be changed before or during the season.

Filipe Albuquerque was one of the first Audi drivers to get a taste of the final specification Audi A5 DTM.
“I expected quite a bit of it. But I wouldn’t have thought that the step would be so big. Particularly in fast turns the new A5 DTM handles like a formula car. Truly fascinating! I think I’d have to readjust quite a bit if I switched back to the old A4 DTM,” said Albuquerque.

Audi is going to test on Valencia in Spain on from March 20th to 22nd along with the other DTM teams. Then the final liverys are going to be revealed.