BMW’s Timo Glock has called for the DTM’s organiser, the ITR, to penalise Mercedes’ Roberto Merhi following contact with himself and stablemate Martin Tomczyk during today’s race at Brands Hatch. In the opening stages of the race, the Mercedes driver forced Glock onto the grass at Graham Hill hill, but there appeared to be no … More »
Reigning DTM champion Bruno Spengler has described the performance of his Schnitzer prepared BMW M3 as ‘amazing’ in today’s race at Brands Hatch. Spengler started the race from fourth on the grid, but jumped to third after he took advantage of stablemate Joey Hand’s poor start. Following Augusto Farfus’ retirement, Spengler was elevated to second, … More »
Audi’s Jamie Green has called for consistency in decision making from the DTM’s organiser, the ITR, following the four wheels off the track rule which was put back in place as of yesterday’s practice session at Brands Hatch. According to Green, the rule was re-instated following an appeal made to the organisers by Audi as … More »
BMW’s Martin Tomczyk has been stripped of his pole position after today’s qualifying session at Brands Hatch, following a stewards finding which discovered his car to be underweight. At 18:05 this evening, the series organiser, the DMSB, announced that Tomczyk will be sent to the back of grid for tomorrow’s race after infringing article 26 … More »
Audi’s Timo Scheider is aiming to “show off” his car’s performance in qualifying at Brands Hatch this afternoon. The double DTM champion finished this morning’s practice session in third position, two places behind the pace setting BMW of Marco Wittmann, and one behind Audi stablemate Mike Rockenfeller. As a result, Scheider – who claimed pole … More »
With the British round of the DTM beginning tomorrow at Brands Hatch, TouringCarTimes caught up with last year’s winner, Mercedes’ Gary Paffett, to discuss cars, favourite corners, and the contents of his iPod. 1: What’s the best racing car you’ve ever driven? That’s a great question! The best racing car I’ve ever driven for sheer … More »
Honda Racing Team’s Gordon Shedden has been voted as the TouringCarTimes Driver of the Year for 2012 by readers of the site. The Scotsman, who won his maiden British Touring Car Championship title at Brands Hatch in October, was presented with his award by TcT at Donington Park. Shedden joins previous winners Rob Huff, Jason Plato, … More »
Audi’s Mike Rockenfeller will join BMW drivers, Martin Tomczyk and Augusto Farfus, at the Nürburgring Nordschleife for its annual 24-hour race, which takes place immediately after Sunday’s DTM race at Brands Hatch. Although Tomczyk and Farfus were confirmed to take part in April, Rockenfeller’s decision appears to have been made relatively late, with the Phoenix … More »
Abt Sportstline Audi’s Mattias Ekström has described the DTM season opener as a “weekend to forget” after a messy race at Hockenheim. In the run up to the race, the 2004 and 2007 title winner had praised the improvements the team had made to give the RS5 “a stronger front end”, which he hoped would … More »
HWA Mercedes’ Christian Vietoris admitted he is disappointed after qualifying third for today’s DTM season opener at Hockenheim. Vietoris, 24, conceded to TouringCarTimes that P3 is a disappointment after battling for pole position in yesterday’s qualifying session. When asked how he feels to have missed out on a maiden DTM career pole, he replied: “I … More »