Mercedes’ young Spanish drivers, Daniel Juncadella and Roberto Merhi, are hoping that strategy and varied weather conditions will help move them through the field after they qualified 14th and 20th respectively. Juncadella, who made his debut at Hockenheim this season, is the only one of the Mercedes drivers to have not scored a point so … More »
BMW’s rookie Marco Wittmann has described his second position grid slot alongside stablemate Bruno Spengler as ‘awesome.’ The MTEK team driver was promoted from a test driver role for 2013, and has impressed with his strong start to the season. The 24-year old took ninth on his debut at Hockenheim, and raced to fourth after … More »
Veteran DTM driver, Manuel Reuter, has tipped Augusto Farfus to win the 2013 drivers’ championship. Reuter enjoyed a nine year DTM career with Opel from 1993 to 2005, and retired when the company withdrew from the series eight years ago. He also won the International Touring Car Championship in 1996 whilst driving an Opel Calibra … More »
For round three of the DTM season, the teams and drivers head to the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, for one of the most picturesque and exciting races on the calendar. The track, then known as the A1-Ring, originally came into use in 2001, one year after the DTM was revived, and remained on … More »
Mercedes drivers Christian Vietoris and Robert Wickens are targetting another strong performance in this weekend’s DTM race at Spielberg, Austria. Both drivers scored their maiden DTM career podiums in the first two races of the year, with Vietoris taking third at Hockenheim, and Wickens claiming the same position two weeks later at Brands Hatch. The … More »
Motorbase Performance’s third Next Generation Touring Car-specification Ford Focus has had its maiden track outing, in the hands of Michael Caine. The as-yet unliveried machine completed its first laps today at Snetterton, ahead of its introduction later in the season. Although it is sporting the Airwaves colours, the car will be run alongside the Addison … More »
Abt Sportsline’s Mattias Ekstrom and Jamie Green are aiming for a strong result at this weekend’s DTM race at Spielberg, following disappointing outings at Hockenheim and Brands Hatch. The Audi pairing have endured a difficult start to the season, with Ekstrom scoring all of the team’s six points in the last round, after the RS5’s … More »
When the charismatic Tony Gilham announced a four-car entry in this season’s British Touring Car Championship, it’s fair to say there were a few raised eyebrows. The Kent-based team had purchased the two Vauxhall Insignias built by John Thorne last season, and planned to add two Volkswagen CCs which they would build from scratch. The … More »
Martin Tomczyk has railed against Mercedes’ Roberto Merhi for ‘unsportsmanlike’ on-track behaviour during last Sunday’s DTM race at Brands Hatch, following their collision at the bottom of Graham Hill hill. The 2011 DTM champion is also the second BMW driver in a under a week to criticise Merhi. In the aftermath of the race, Tomczyk’s … More »
Audi’s Mike Rockenfeller is ‘not surprised’ by the Phoenix team’s strong performances in the opening rounds of the 2013 DTM season. After Rockenfeller took eighth place at Hockenheim and won last time out at Brands Hatch, the team has emerged as the Ingolstadt marque’s top squad in 2013 and lies in fourth place in the … More »