With Mike Rockenfeller taking the title, and seven (if we include Mattias Ekström as the on-track victor at the Norisring) winners from 10 races, the 2013 DTM season was one of the most varied in the series’ history. However, despite the obvious highs, this DTM season was also characterised by one of the biggest lows in … More »
Dave Newsham completed two days of testing with Tony Gilham Racing earlier this week at Croft, driving the team’s Volkswagen CC. “Once I’d got used to the fact the Passat is left hand drive it felt very good – even though it was unfortunately wet which is par for the course at this time of … More »
17-year-old Aiden Moffat plans to enter next year’s British Touring Car Championship with the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) specification Chevrolet Cruze built by RML and IP Tech Race Engineering. The Scottish driver took part in the Knockhill round of the BTCC this season, driving for Finesse Motorsport in their S2000-specificiation Chevrolet, before finishing off … More »
Audi’s Mike Rockenfeller ended his DTM title winning year ruing strategy errors which saw him finish 16th at the Hockenheim season finale. Up until the season ender, the Phoenix Audi driver scored in every round of the year, including two victories at Brands Hatch and Moscow. However, strategy mistakes saw the 2013 DTM champion finish … More »
Robert Wickens feels Mercedes’ decision to go with young drivers for the 2013 DTM season has been vindicated, due to the performances he and HWA team-mate, Christian Vietoris, have put in this year. Wickens won his maiden DTM career race at a wet/dry Nurburgring, and also finished on the podium at Brands Hatch, the Lausitzring, … More »
Triple Eight Race Engineering’s Jason Plato lost out on the 2013 drivers’ title by 17 points, less than a race victory, after an up and down season which saw him win more races than anyone else, but also had five non-scores during the season. The 2001 and 2010 BTCC champion put on a strong charge … More »
Brands Hatch was a trying weekend with a poorly ‘Sherman’, the name given to Austin’s Audi A4, but the ever-popular Rob Austin says he has already turned his thoughts to 2014 after a season with “some terrific highs”. The Rob Austin Racing team boss finally took a maiden pole at Knockhill and maiden win at … More »
Dan Welch has confirmed his Welch Motorsport team are building a new Proton Persona for the 2014 season. Welch was speaking at Brands Hatch on Sunday as he reflected on a trying 2013 season, with a TOCA power unit in the car which he described as “not good enough”. The promise of late-2012 did not … More »
The 2014 DTM calendar has been released, featuring a return to China and Hungary. “We are looking forward to returning to Hungary, 26 years after our first race at the Hungaroring,” said Hans Werner Aufrecht, Chairman of DTM rights holder and promoter ITR e.V. The DTM last raced in Hungary in 1988, with both races … More »
Well, it was finally settled at Zandvoort. With one race from 10 still remaining, Audi’s Mike Rockenfeller was crowned the 2013 DTM champion. The double Le Mans winner has had a metronomically consistent season which has seen him score in every race of the year, as well as winning at Brands Hatch and Moscow. However, … More »