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 |