[DTM] [2012], round 1, Hockenheim

[helgi]

Well, I thought it would be interesting. "New era" - new site - www.dtm.com (more direct links between news/drivers/teams which is rather convenient)

New tyres and refueling ban are going to bring some new strategies, as LMP2-like Hankooks are very stiff and the whole stint time drop is about 0,5 sec (comparing first and last lap). Besides, those wide tyres should lead to more overtaking in corners as I suppose because drivers are able to use different trajectories.

First training session was held yesterday, and Audi got top 6. But results were rather dense and usually leaders are not going to show their 100% so early.

And Andy Priaulx's car has lost its bonnet - the most notable incident.

A set of digits and letters if there's any sense in them:

Pos.	Nr.	Fahrer	Auto	Zeit	auf F.	auf V.	Rdn.
1	22	F. Albuquerque	Audi A5 DTM	1:34.508			33
2	9	M. Rockenfeller	Audi A5 DTM	1:34.524	0.016		27
3	21	E. Mortara	Audi A5 DTM	1:34.574	0.066	0.050	28
4	4	T. Scheider	Audi A5 DTM	1:34.669	0.161	0.095	30
5	10	M. Molina	Audi A5 DTM	1:34.813	0.305	0.144	25
6	3	M. Ekström	Audi A5 DTM	1:34.825	0.317	0.012	32
7	11	G. Paffett	AMG Mercedes C-Klasse	1:34.839	0.331	0.014	31
8	20	R. Wickens	AMG Mercedes C-Klasse	1:34.853	0.345	0.014	24
9	18	A. Tambay	Audi A5 DTM	1:34.910	0.402	0.057	31
10	19	D. Coulthard	AMG Mercedes C-Klasse	1:35.134	0.626	0.224	24
11	12	C. Vietoris	AMG Mercedes C-Klasse	1:35.180	0.672	0.046	31
12	15	A. Priaulx	BMW M3 DTM	1:35.389	0.881	0.209	30
13	7	B. Spengler	BMW M3 DTM	1:35.404	0.896	0.015	28
14	1	M. Tomczyk	BMW M3 DTM	1:35.546	1.038	0.142	22
15	2	J. Hand	BMW M3 DTM	1:35.577	1.069	0.031	21
16	23	R. Merhi	AMG Mercedes C-Klasse	1:35.581	1.073	0.004	21
17	5	J. Green	AMG Mercedes C-Klasse	1:35.585	1.077	0.004	33
18	8	D. Werner	BMW M3 DTM	1:35.723	1.215	0.138	27
19	24	S. Wolff	AMG Mercedes C-Klasse	1:35.732	1.224	0.009	27
20	6	R. Schumacher	AMG Mercedes C-Klasse	1:35.822	1.314	0.090	29
21	16	A. Farfus	BMW M3 DTM	1:35.954	1.446	0.132	18
22	17	R. Frey	Audi A5 DTM	1:36.575	2.067	0.621	29