Germany’s version of big-bore stock car racing (pictured) is one of the bright spots in SPEED Channel’s winter programming for those of us in North America.
Archive for October, 2005
It was a hard battle til the end and even though I lost a bet at work, I still kept true to VAG and bet that Eki would make pole and win! Obviously I lost.. but damn but this shot says it all!
*note: I’m currently the senior designer on AMG and AMG DTM sites. We have this huge in office brand battle!
Mercedes-Benz driver Gary Paffett is the newly crowned 2005 DTM Champion. For the 24-year old Briton, his third place in the season finale, held at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg, five wins and another three podium finishes represented the basis for the biggest success in his career so far. “It was an incredible feeling when I crossed the line,” beamed the new champion. For Mercedes-Benz, the final round of the season turned out to be a true triumph. Bernd Schneider clinched the win, in his 200th DTM race, thus securing his 39th victory in Europe’s most popular touring car series, with his team-mate, Jamie Green (Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes), finishing runner-up in the eleventh and final round of the season.
15.20 h Dear DTM fans. Thanx for your support during the season. Bye bye, see you next year.
Finish Schneider wins in front of Green and Paffett. Kristensen on 4th place in front of Stippler, Fässler, Spengler and Aiello
Lap 32 Fässler overtakes Ekström for 6th position
Lap 30 Paffett overtakes Kristensen for 3rd place. Frentzen off the track, crashed into the barier
Lap 28 Alesi into the pits
Lap 27 Paffett overtakes Spengler for 4th place. Schneider, Green, Spengler, Mücke into the pits
Lap 26 Kristensen, Abt, Capello into the pits
Lap 25 Alesi overtakes Ekström for 9th place. Paffett into the pits.
Lap 24 Frentzen spun in the “Spitzkehre”, continues. Kaffer, McNish into the pits
Lap 23 Fässler, Aiello into the pits
Lap 22 Frentzen, Reute into the pits
Lap 21 Paffett overtakes Stippler for 4th place. Stippler into the pits
Lap 20 Ekström takes 12th position from Alesi. Tomczyk off the track, retires
Lap 19 Alesi and Ekström collide in fight for 11th position. Alesi overtakes Ekström. Margaritis crashed into the barrier, retires.
Lap 17 Kristensen into the pits. Häkkinen and Schneider collide. Kristensen, Häkkinen, Spengler, Alesi, Tomczyk, Reuter, Margaritis, Capello into the pits
Lap 16 Spengler overtakes Ekström. Schneider, Green, Stippler, Paffett, Frentzen, Ekström, Aiello, Mücke, Abt into the pits
Lap 15 Kaffer into the pits.
Lap 14 Track is getting dry. Kristensen again fastest laptime: 1:47.780 minutes. Fässler, McNish into the pits
Lap 13 Fastest lap for Kristensen: 1:48.702 minutes. Alesi takes 11th position from Fässler.
Lap 10 McNish looses the ight dor of his Audi A4 DTM
Lap 8 Aiello off the track, continues. black/white flag for Margaritis for push another car
Lap 7 Current standings: Schneider, Green, Kristensen, Stippler, Paffett, Frentzen, Aiello, Häkkinen, Ekstöm, Reuter
Lap 5 Abt spun in first corner afte a collision with Margaritis. Paffett close behind Stippler in fight for 4th place
Lap 4 Aiello takes 7th place from Häkkinen
Lap 3 Häkkinen attacks Frentzen for 6th place. Reuter tries to pass Ekström
Lap 2 Schneider, Green, Kristensen, Stippler, Frentzen, Paffett, Häkkinen, Aiello, Ekström, Reuter. Paffet takes 5th place back from Frentzen
Lap 1 Tomczyk spun in first corner, continues. Frentzen overtakes Paffett for 5th place. Ekström allready 9th. McNish into the pits
Start Schneider wins the start in front of Green and Kristensen
14.08 Second formation lap starts
14.04 h Start delayed. Five minutes to formation lap
Weather air temperature: 14,8 °C
track temperature: 15,1 °C
14.00 The cars lead into formation lap
from 14.oo hrs The season finale at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg.
