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4 May 2014, 08:42 (Ref:3401741) | #1 | ||
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Round 1 - Hockenheim
First round of the season and no one has opened a thread yet? Where have all those DTM fanboys been, huh?
Anyway, here's the starting grid: http://www.dtm.com/de/Rennen/2014050...fstellung.html Mercedes is pretty screwed up. Reminds me of Opel's performance in the early 00's and we all know how that ended... |
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4 May 2014, 11:12 (Ref:3401813) | #2 | |
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But didn't see we this last year too? On some tracks a manufacturer had an off-weekend.
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4 May 2014, 11:51 (Ref:3401825) | #3 | ||
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If DTM was, according to some people, the greatest invention since sliced bread, how come Hockenheim isn't sold out? I guess the Germans can't "recognize" a great racing series...
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4 May 2014, 15:08 (Ref:3401865) | #4 | ||
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Good job for Ekstrom and Rocky, good strategy call, but I was hoping Tambay could carry the pole to a victory, since Hockenheim was never Audi's track. I'd say DTM now looks a bit like F1 2005, literally no overtaking on track.
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4 May 2014, 16:03 (Ref:3401889) | #5 | ||
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a far cry from DTM 1991 for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wOjJ5ZM23I |
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4 May 2014, 20:45 (Ref:3402055) | #6 | ||
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you know that todays dtm has nothing to do with the original dtm besides the initials?
how dare you say that, there were at least 500.000 fans at the track today [/ITR] Last edited by Metzo; 4 May 2014 at 20:59. |
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5 May 2014, 19:32 (Ref:3402560) | #9 | ||
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i read 75.000 for the entire weekend
some newspaper wrote 144.000 spectators which is pretty unlikely |
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6 May 2014, 03:07 (Ref:3402671) | #10 | ||
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75k is a good number, comparing with 45k of 6hrs at Spa
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6 May 2014, 05:18 (Ref:3402688) | #11 | ||
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There weren't definitely 75.000 people on track at Sunday. But 37.500 sound more realistic. Again, I don't get why the ITR keeps making up numbers, especially after the ADAC scandal (Where, among other things, the ADAC also admitted to making up attendance numbers for their events). 37.500 is still a very good number and slightly below the average attendance of a German Bundesliga match. But that's probably not good enough for the "most popular international touring car series"
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I stand by my opinion: Either you turn DTM back into a series primarily racing in Germany in order to at least salvage their hold among German casual fans, or they outright expend internationally, in order to gain a following among international casual fans. But you can't really run a profitable racing series, by catering only to diehards. |
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6 May 2014, 11:51 (Ref:3402807) | #14 | |
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I like the change to single pit stops, but don't like dropping the shootout in qualifying.
Dunno what I think about this series. I want to like it, and I don't fall asleep watching the races or anything, but they also don't really excite me too much as nearly all of the overtaking seems to come from different tire strategies. Glad to see Tambay running at the pointy end, but I hope that Mercedes has a better showing in future rounds. |
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6 May 2014, 11:57 (Ref:3402812) | #15 | ||
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Hmm, the highlightshow of 5 minutes at the DTM International Youtube channel is suggested me it was a pretty good race. Offcourse it is especially designed to do that, but still, the reclaim of his fist position after losing places at the start of Wittman and the race of Eki to claim 2nd in the end should have been entertaining.
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6 May 2014, 20:50 (Ref:3403057) | #17 | ||
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75k for the entire weekend
somebody at the dtm forum said there couldve been more spectatators if there wasnt a 2. bundesliga match just 10 km away from the motodrom on sunday, the match was sv sandhausen vs. fc ingolstadt wtih 5.450 spectators |
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I watched the last half of the race live, and it definitely wasn't boring. Several good fights and a close finish made it a race worth watching. |
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7 May 2014, 07:28 (Ref:3403213) | #19 | ||
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That cannot be the real sense of racing, because with wrong tyres you cannot do anything against overtaking. For me it is still sprint racing - so all drivers should drive flat out, as fast as they can and not doing tactics, when to overtake! The numbers of spectators are very manipulated - i know so many people that got free tickets from manufacturers or sponsors or even tyre supplier, spare parts suppliers. It would be more interesting, how many people really bought tickets!!!! |
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10 May 2014, 11:30 (Ref:3404478) | #20 | ||
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One thing that baffles me really. On lap 31 when Ekstrom passed Mortara, who runs way too wide at the end of Turn 6. Why did team radio ask him to stay outside rather than rejoining the track?
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What's wrong with that car? Has there been any articles/rumors about it? Surely Mercedes hasn't forgot how to make good DTM cars.
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6 Jun 2014, 01:52 (Ref:3416000) | #23 | ||
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If that waiver brings Mercedes the season champion, I'll be laughing ITR to death. Nothing is more stupid than changing the regulation mid-season to please someone that it incompetent because their funding is cut back thanks to the 1000-strong F1 titan. What if the same situation comes to BMW or Audi next season?
In a word, that's the stupidest thing to do to keep someone in the game. |
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6 Jun 2014, 09:56 (Ref:3416112) | #24 | ||
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One word: Sandbagging...
In my opinion, it would have been easier to allow everyone to continue development on their cars. The money seems to be there after all... |
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