Fighting weekend for Audi at Lausitzring
The DTM race at Lausitzring became a fight between BMW and Mercedes, leaving Audi outside the podium.
The DTM race at Lausitzring became a fight between BMW and Mercedes, leaving Audi outside the podium.
It took BMW only two races to score their first DTM win since 1992. Then it was Roberto Ravaglia representing BMW on top of the podium, the name of the new BMW winner is Bruno Spengler.
The 2012 British Touring Car Championship heads to fastest track on the calendar, Thruxton, for the third event of the season.
Daniel Welch took his first top ten result of the season for Welch Motorsport in race three at Donington Park.
Ford took their first points of the 2012 FIA World Touring Car Championship season last weekend in Marrakech, Ford’s first since the 1987 WTCC. We have a little look back of the US marque’s history in the WTCC.
Race day at Donington Park came to an early end for Rob Austin Racing after the team’s second engine let go in the first race, forcing them to sit out the remaining two races. Rob Austin spoke to TouringCarTimes about the disappointment and his determination for Thruxton.
John Thorne pulled out of the weekend’s races at Donington on the Saturday night of the event after qualifying 22nd. The Thorney Motorsport driver spoke to TouringCarTimes about his decision and plans going forward.
After topping the timesheets in yesterday’s free practice two session Dave Newsham was a little disappointed with his qualifying position of seventh for today’s first race at Donington Park, but expects to be quick.
British Touring Car Championship leader Jason Plato says he’s not surprised about the pace of the new MG6 GT of Triple Eight Race Engineering at Donington Park, and believes criticism of the car’s performance from some teams is unfounded.
Dave Newsham was fastest in the final free practice session at Donington, finishing ahead of defending BTCC Champion Matt Neal.