Drivers championship over for Mercedes
Mercedes’ hopes of having one of their drivers named DTM champion for the first time since Bernd Schneider in 2006, have practically been ended.
Mercedes’ hopes of having one of their drivers named DTM champion for the first time since Bernd Schneider in 2006, have practically been ended.
Stephen Jelley took his second career victory in the same day as team mate Colin Turkington finished top of the championship contenders.
Jason Plato kept his slim championship hopes alive by taking pole position for race one of the BTCC tomorrow at the Rockingham circuit.
New team Club SEAT will join the BTCC for the final two rounds of the season, with Gordon Shedden racing for the new team with support from Cartridge World.
Title contenders Gabriele Tarquini and Augusto Farfus are going to be on maximum penalty weight for the race at Imola next weekend.
Plato is 42 points behind leader Turkington. With more than twice the points still left, Plato does not think he is going to be in the title fight.
Kolles Futurecom-TME driver Johannes Seidlitz has been penalized for blocking Mercedes-Benz driver Ralf Schumacher during the first qualifying.
Audi Motorsport boss Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich is upset over the recent crashes between Audi drivers in the DTM.
The World Touring Car Championship resumes it’s on-track action next weekend as the series heads to Oschersleben in Germany.
Three time BTCC champion and multiple Australian Touring Car champion Frank Gardner has died.