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Chip Herr (1:33.397) will start on the front row alongside Kleinubing (1:33.231), driving the No. 17 STaSIS/QVALE Audi A4 with Jeff Altenburg in 8th (1:34.063) and Freddy Baker in 9th (1:34.153).
Christian Miller landed in 17th with his VW Jetta 2sec back.
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Excitement in the battle for the DTM title. In the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Tom Kristensen scored his first win of the season with his Audi A4 DTM. After two victories for Mercedes-Benz in the first two rounds of the season, the Dane showed a dominant performance and took the lead in the drivers’ standings from Bernd Schneider. “Our early second pit stop was a tactical geniality and the key to success”, the winner was delighted with the good work by his team. For Kristensen, it was the second win in the most popular international touring car series. The seven times’ winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours had scored his maiden win at the same venue in 2004. After 161.348 kilometres in the race, Bruno Spengler and Jamie Green finished second and third respectively.
At the narrow track in the region of Magdeburg, team tactics were mainly decisive about the outcome of the race. After a good start and a successful first pit stop, Kristensen initially pulled clear from his rivals. But then, the Dane lost precious seconds and his margin over main rival Spengler as he got stuck in traffic. The Audi Sport Team Abt decided spontaneously to make the second stop earlier and thus prevented Kristensen from losing more time. Back on the track, he drove on to victory in a dominant way and even managed a hattrick during the weekend: pole-position, victory and the fastest race lap with 1.21.121 minutes.
Audi-driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen crossed the line in fourth place.
Swede Mattias Ekström (Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline) who had started ninth finished seventh at Oschersleben behind his team-mate Martin Tomczyk.
In the championship standings, Audi-driver Kristensen is leading with 26 points, just ahead of Mercedes-Benz-duo Bernd Schneider (24) and Bruno Spengler (12). The fourth round of the DTM will be taking the 20 drivers to Brands Hatch in Great Britain on July 2.
Tom Kristensen (winner, Audi Sport Team Abt): “That was a great weekend for Audi, the team and myself. It was my first win in the DTM since Oschersleben 2004. We have broken our duck. It is a great feeling.”
Audi motor sport director Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich: “I think that personally, I can be very satisfied. Tom Kristensen and the team have shown a great performance. After we had already been very strong in the first two races and our rivals were as strong here as we know them, I can say: “mission completed”. I am also happy that we are now in the lead of the championship. This result makes it a great weekend for us. The race was hard, but fair.”
- DTM Media
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Wolfsburg, 21 May 2006 – Volkswagen today introduced the Golf GTI Edition 30, a new study to mark the 30th anniversary of the GTI at the Golf Record Day in the Veltins Arena in Schalke, Gelsenkirchen in front of an audience of thousands of Golf drivers from throughout Europe.
With a powerful 230 PS (169 kW) 2.0 litre turbo FSI engine, the Edition 30 study is closely related to the production model and responds to the wishes of GTI enthusiasts. The options package, a profile of desired equipment, is a reaction to the numerous wishes from customers.
Especially prominent are the flat black 18-inch alloy wheels, the lower front and rear panels, the side skirts in body finish and the darkened tail lights. A plaque on the right side of the rear hatch with the text “Edition 30” identifies this GTI study.
The interior includes top-quality, part-leather sport seats sporting the distinctive “Interlagos” diamond pattern in the cloth centre section.
The red-stitched leather steering wheel is trimmed with a clip bearing the text “GTI” on a red background. Another eye-catcher is the foil with the text “Edition 30” on the door sill. A special highlight is the gear stick knob in the form of a golf ball. Floor mats trimmed in red round out the dynamic character of the study.
- VW Media
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We had a blast yesterday at the Streets of Tomorrow. Even though we had a little mix up signing in, it was a lot of fun with the little ones and wife. My son was in heaven, as was I. Instead of seeing race cars on TV, he got to sit in an Audi LMP1 R8. He was way shy at first but not towards people but I think in awe that a race car was right before him.
The mix up came when we were walking up and had some workers say we could take them (my daughter too) in the Q7 test drives. Well, online it says 4yrs old or older, so we had no intentions of taking them. To make a long (it was) story short, they didn’t let us. I almost got to go by myself but my son wanted to sooo bad and if he couldn’t then I didn’t want to either.
Other than that, the event was awesome. It was also open to the public. You did have to register online but they even say to pass it around, granted a sales thing. I did see a good amount of “other” brands parked around..
On the spot, was a slew of Q7’s. When this design came out I was iffy. I’m a big fan of the new grill etc but for some reason the Q7 caught me off gaurd. It has been growing on me the more I have seen it online. In person it’s a whole new ride with elegant but sporty lines. The grill speaks for itself. Interior is plain and simple Audi perfection. I can say that the included LCD’s in the rear are a bit odd as they are not incorporated into the actual seat/headrest. However, they are removable in the same way a headrest is. I will never own a Q7 so… 
After you complete the Q7 test drive, you have the option to take a shuttle over to, Turner Field in our case, test drive the 2006 A3, A4, TT, A6 and A8. On top of that, you can take an insane spin in the 2007 RS4, with a professional driver of course.
The RS4 is nutz. That’s all I can say. We had a small auto-x type loop. From the moment you take off, your head is in the seat. This thing is pushing out 420hp/317tq through its V8 FSI® Direct Injection engine. We had a Phantom Black pearl and a Mugello Blue pearl. I want mine in Imola Yellow or Misano Red please. Unfortunately no white!
More images on my flickr page >
If you want to check it out, head over to http://www.audistreetsoftomorrow.com and see if it’s swinging by your state (very limited)
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Tom Kristensen scores his second career win in the DTM and the first victory for Audi this year. He finishes ahead of Mercedes-Benz-pairing Bruno Spengler and Jamie Green and takes over the lead in the championship standings.
Lap 44 Final lap. Finish order: Kristensen wins from Spengler, Green, Frentzen, Schneider, Ekström, Tomczyk, Alesi, Häkkinen and Kaffer
Lap 43 Margaritis into the pits again, retires. Lauda off the track, retires.
Lap 40 La Rosa und Tielemans collide
Lap 39 Frentzen, Schneider, Ekström, Tomczyk past Margaritis, who appears to have a problem. Alesi overtakes Häkkinen for eighth. Margaritis comes into the pits for a fresh set of tyres
Lap 38 Ekström is closing up on sixth-placed Schneider
Lap 35 Ekström overtakes Tomczyk for seventh under braking before the McDonald’s corner
Lap 34 Ickx into the pits
Lap 33 Mücke into the pits
Lap 32 Kristensen is leading from Spengler, Green, Mücke, Margaritis, Frentzen, Schneider, Tomczyk, Ekström, Häkkinen. Lauda into the pits
Lap 31 La Rosa into the pits
Lap 30 Margaritis, Tielemans into the pits
Lap 29 Scheider into the pits
Lap 28 Stippler into the pits (drive through)
Lap 27 Drive through for Stippler because of pit lane speed infringement. Stoddart into the pits
Lap 26 La Rosa, Kaffer into the pits
Lap 25 Stippler and Alesi into the pits
Lap 23 Alesi into the pits
Lap 22 Margaritis, Mücke into the pits
Lap 21 Frentzen, Häkkinen into the pits
Lap 20 Green, Tomczyk into the pits
Lap 19 Schneider, Ekström into the pits
Lap 18 Kristensen, Spengler into the pits. Kristensen just stays ahead of the Canadian. Scheider into the pits (drive-through)
Lap 17 Bruno Spengler has closed up to Tom Kristensen, who is stuck behind La Rosa
Lap 16 Häkkinen and Ickx into the pits. Kristensen tries to get past La Rosa, but can’t. Drive through for Timo Scheider because of crossing the white line.
Lap 15 Kaffer into the pits
Lap 14 Drive through penalty for Mathias Lauda because of crossing the white line at the pit lane exit. Spengler and Green into the pits
Lap 13 Bernd Schneider attacks Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Stoddart into the pits
Lap 11 Tielemans into the pits
Lap 9 Pit stop for Ekström
Lap 8 Stippler into the pits
Lap 7 Pit stop for Frentzen
Lap 6 Pit stops for Kristensen, Tomczyk, Schneider, Abt
Lap 5 Order after five laps: Kristensen is leading from Spengler, Green, Fentzen, Häkkinen, Ekström, Tomczyk, Schneider and Margaritis. Abt spins at Hotelcorner
Lap 1 Stippler and Abt collide under braking before the Hasseröder corner, Abt through the grass. Scheider spins at McDonald’s corner, continues
14.00 hrs The DTM Race at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
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His home track, as Tom Kristensen is jokingly calling the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, seems to suit the Dane: in warm-up on Sunday morning, the pole-sitter for the third season round also set the fastest lap.
With the Siemens Audi A4, he lapped the 3.667 kilometres long track in 1.21.725 minutes. The second fastest lap on Sunday morning was set by Bernd Schneider with the Vodafone AMG Mercedes C-Class, 0.078 seconds down on Kristensen. The top three was completed by Jamie Green, the second-placed driver from qualifying.
Already in fourth place was the best-placed driver with year-old machinery: with the Easy Rent AMG Mercedes C-Class, Alexandros Margaritis was fourth fastest with a lap time of 1.21.898 minutes. Mattias Ekström, who had bad luck in qualifying and is ninth on the starting grid, ended the 30 minutes’ warm-up session in fifth place ahead of Mika Häkkinen. Timo Scheider, Martin Tomczyk, Pierre Kaffer and Christian Abt completed the top ten. Bruno Spengler was eleventh, while Heinz-Harald Frentzen occupied 15th position.
In dry conditions, Susie Stoddart became the best-placed driver with a car from 2004 in 17th place. With the AutoScout24 AMG Mercedes C-Class, the young lady racer from Scotland outpaced her direct opponents Mathias Lauda (Junge Gebrauchte AMG Mercedes C-Class), Vanina Ickx (Orig. Zubehör Audi A4) and Olivier Tielemans (Futurecom Audi A4). Stoddart was less than two tenths of a second down on Stefan Mücke, who ranked 16th with his 2005-spec TV-Spielfilm AMG Mercedes C-Class.
Even though warm-up is only a final check before the race, the close competition in the field makes us expect a highly exciting third round. Up to Frank Stippler in 13th place, all drivers were within one second. Stippler, born in Cologne and living in Bad Münstereifel, set a lap time of 1.22.560 minutes with his S line Audi A4, 0.835 seconds slower than his fellow Audi-driver Kristensen in front.
- DTM
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Heavy wind at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben made DTM qualifying a huge challenge for the 20 drivers. Like last year already, Audi-driver Tom Kristensen secured himself pole-position for tomorrow’s race at 14.00 h (ARD live from 13.45 h). With his Audi A4 DTM, the Dane crossed the 3.667 kilometres long track in the region of Magdeburg in 1.19.264 minutes and thus will be starting from the first position for a DTM race for the third time in his career. For Audi, it was the 30th pole-position in the DTM.
Audi-driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen, will start from fifth position.
Most prominent victim of the new shoot-out qualifying was the 2004 DTM champion. In the second of the three sessions, Mattias Ekström failed to make it among the best eight. He was just 0.021 seconds down on fellow-Audi-driver Frank Stippler.
Tom Kristensen (1st place, Audi Sport Team Abt):
“Pole-position was exactly what I needed. I am really happy. It would have been nice to have a few more Audis standing behind me, as it then would be a little more comfortable for me in tomorrow’s race. In the race on Sunday, we will be stronger over the entire distance than today.”
Audi Motor sport director Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich:
“Of course, I am really happy with Tom Kristensen’s pole. He has been showing a strong performance throughout the weekend and also in previous years at the Oschersleben circuit. I am not so happy with the result of the other three. But that shows that you have to have everything spot-on in qualifying. This type of qualifying is merciless, that was motor sport at its best. For us, standing on the pit wall, this new format is really thrilling and that is getting across to the spectators as well.”
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14.23 hrs Tom Kristensen scored the third pole-position of his DTM career and the first pole of the season for Audi. He outpaced Mercedes-drivers Jamie Green, Bruno Spengler and Mika Häkkinen and Audi-drivers Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Timo Scheider and Martin Tomczyk.
14.22 hrs End of the session. Kristensen is fastest from Green, Spengler, Häkkinen,
Frentzen, Schneider, Tomczyk and Stippler.
14.21 hrs Frentzen up into fourth place with 1.19.820
14.20 hrs Kristensen sets the fastest lap time of 1.19.264
14.16 hrs Jamie Green is fastest with 1.19.273 from Bruno Spengler with 1.19.513
14.15 hrs Final session starts
14.08 hrs Green is now fastest with 1.19.340 from Spengler, Kristensen, Schneider, Häkkinen and Frentzen. End of the session, Ekström, Abt, Margaritis, Scheider, Kaffer and Alesi do not make it through into the third and final heat
14.06 hrs Bernd Schneider into third place with 1.19.703, Häkkinen is fourth with 1.19.733
14.01 hrs Spengler sets the fastest time of 1.19.559, followed by Kristensen with
1.19.563
13.58 hrs Start of the second session, Timo Scheider is the first driver out
13.51 hrs End of the session. La Rosa, Mücke, Lauda, Stoddart, Ickx and Tielemans failed to make it into the second session. Fastest is Kristensen from Ekström, Tomczyk, Spengler, Frentzen and Häkkinen
13.49 hrs Tielemans off the track, but continues
13.48 hrs Margaritis into seventh place with 1.20.333
13.45 hrs Ekström is fastest with 1.19.835 from Tomczyk, but then Kristensen sets the best time of 1.19.686
13.41 hrs Bruno Spengler is fastest with 1.20.068 from Mika Häkkinen, Frank Stippler, Bernd Schneider, Jamie Green
13.40 hrs Timo Scheider sets a fastest lap time of 1.20.792, but is then outpaced by Jamie Green with 1.20.393
13.37 hrs Qualifying starts. Pierre Kaffer is the first driver out on the track
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 1. Tom Kristensen |
 2. Jamie Green |
 3. Bruno Spengler |
 4. Mika Häkkinen |
 5. Heinz-Harald Frentzen |
 6. Bernd Schneider |
 7. Martin Tomczyk |
 8. Frank Stippler |
 9. Mattias Ekström |
 10. Christian Abt |
 11. Alexandros Margaritis |
 12. Timo Scheider |
 13. Pierre Kaffer |
 14. Jean Alesi |
 15. Daniel la Rosa |
 16. Stefan Mücke |
 17. Mathias Lauda |
 18. Susie Stoddart |
 19. Vanina Ickx |
 20. Olivier Tielemans |
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Today we are heded to the “Audi Streets of Tomorrow” - a personalized driving Experience featuring the all-new 2007 Audi Q7. (quoted ) but also the Audi A3, A4, RS 4, A6, and A8. SOme cities are saying you can drivew the RS4 and others are saying no… if your interested got to http://www.audistreetsoftomorrow.com and see if they are coming to a city near you (and arent sold out its free)
Racing:
AMLS from Mid-Ohio. This will be on CBS. (http://www.americanlemans.com)
DTM - Motorsport Arena Oschersleben (http://dtm.de/index.php?lang=en)
Speed Challenge from Mid-Ohio (http://www.world-challenge.com)
