At the eighth DTM round at Brands Hatch, Audi celebrated their fourth win of the 2008 season. In unstable weather conditions Timo Scheider defended an extremely narrow lead against Mercedes driver Paul di Resta on the British circuit. In front of 26,800 spectators (throughout the weekend) Timo Scheider thus extended his leadership of the standings to nine points. Mattias Ekström shone with a brilliant recovery from seventh to third place. Continue reading ‘DTM: Audi wins at Brands Hatch and extends DTM lead’
Published August 30, 2008
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Qualifying turned out great for Timo Scheider as he carried his times over from practice. MArtin Tomczyk also had a good result and hope fully he will have some luck during the race. . Oliver Jarvis was the surprise in 6th, toping Mattias Ekstrom, Tom Kristensen! Qualifying break down after the jump. Timo leads the points by 4 over Jamie Green then Ekstrom is 2 back with 4 races (includes tomoarrow) left.
Timo Scheider back on top at Brands HatchFor the fourth time this season and for the sixth time in his career, Timo Scheider (Audi) will be on pole position for a DTM race. In qualifying for the eighth season round of the DTM at Brands Hatch, the German secured himself the best possible grid position with the Audi A4 DTM with a lap time of 42.084 seconds. Lining up alongside Scheider will be local hero Paul di Resta (Mercedes-Benz), who qualified second. With his AMG Mercedes C-Class, di Resta only came 0.090 seconds short of Scheider’s fastest lap time. Continue reading ‘DTM: Timo Scheider on pole position at Brands Hatch’
Published August 30, 2008
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For the third time during this Brands Hatch weekend, Audi scored a fastest time: Mattias Ekström, who had topped the time sheets in the second test on Friday, was fastest in free practice, too. On his fastest lap (42.301 seconds), the Swede improved the fastest lap time from the day before by more than two tenths of a second. The Audi trio in front was completed by Timo Scheider and Tom Kristensen in second and third place. Continue reading ‘DTM: Audi also on top in free practice’
Published August 29, 2008
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With temperatures rising up to 24 degrees, the 19 drivers from Audi and Mercedes-Benz failed to match the times from the morning session in the second DTM test. In the final minutes of the second test, Mattias Ekström set the fastest lap time. With his Audi A4 DTM, the Swede outpaced his team-mate Martin Tomczyk, who had been on top of the leaderboard for quite a while, by 0.244 seconds. Timo Scheider, who had set the fastest lap time of the day with 42.577 minutes in the morning session, completed the Audi trio on top after the second test. Continue reading ‘DTM: Ekström sets fastest lap time in test 2′
