Reigning champion René Rast has said he’s no longer looking at the points table, and is focussing on single race results after Audi Sport’s tough start to the 2018 DTM season has almost put them out of contention for the drivers’ title. Rast is the best-placed Audi driver in the standings on 77 points after … More »
Jamie Green had the potential best finish of his season taken away after a late race drive-though penalty at Brands Hatch, which dropped him from sixth to 15th in the final order, which the Audi Sport Team Rosberg driver found questionable. Green had led the majority of today’s race after opting for an alternative strategy, … More »
Reigning DTM champion René Rast said he plans to speak to 2015 champion Pascal Wehrlein, after the Mercedes-AMG driver allegedly ran him off the road twice at the exit of Druids during the race today at Brands Hatch. Rast was run wide at the exit to the famous hairpin by Wehrlein at the start of … More »
Sam Tordoff admitted to mixed emotions after missing out on pole position for the latest rounds of the BTCC season at Rockingham. Tordoff, the driver with the best qualifying average this season, looked well set to put his bright pink Ford Focus on pole as he headed the times going into the latter stages of … More »
Gary Paffett was delighted to have extended his championship lead after finishing sixth in today’s DTM race at Brands Hatch, sporting damage after he slid into the barriers at the exit of Paddock Hill bend while on a fast lap in qualifying. The championship leader went “over the limit” and ran wide at the famous … More »
Reigning champion René Rast finished fourth in the first race of the weekend at Brands Hatch, after running second at the end of the first lap before he opted to take his compulsory pit stop straight away. Rast got the jump on Daniel Juncadella’s HWA Mercedes-AMG at the start and launched into second position, and … More »
Augusto Farfus has said track knowledge has helped a little, after the Brazilian sailed to second position in the first race of the weekend at the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit in the UK, securing his first podium result since the season opener at Hockenheim over two years’ ago. Farfus made his way from fifth … More »
Daniel Juncadella has called his first DTM victory the highlight of his racing career, in a season where a mountain biking accident ahead of the first race threatened to derail his entire season. The 27-year-old converted pole position to victory at the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit in his HWA Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM, finishing eight … More »
Rob Austin says he is focused on pushing for silverware this weekend when the BTCC returns to Rockingham for what could be the final time. The Northamptonshire circuit doesn’t feature on the calendar for the 2019 season amidst ongoing speculation over its long-term future, with Thruxton instead hosting two rounds. Rockingham has been a happy … More »
Rob Austin was left to rue more misfortune despite returning to the top six during the BTCC’s Diamond Double meeting at Snetterton. The HMS Racing driver went into the weekend on the back of a tough run of form that had seen him retire from three of the four races prior to the summer break. … More »