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Audi 2008 successfully defends DTM TitleTimo Scheider became the man of the year. The 29-year-old started his third season for Audi with three pole positions. In the second race at Oschersleben he celebrated his first DTM win, where the Audi driver also took the championship lead which he would never lose.
That Scheider could only secure the title at the Hockenheim finale in front of a record crowd of 165,000 spectators was due to several factors: At the Nürburgring and at Le Mans, the weather put paid to his efforts, at Mugello he jumped the start. Apart from this, it was a perfect season for the new DTM Champion.
Timo Scheider won three races during the 2008 season. Mattias Ekström contributed three more wins to the tally. Last year’s champion crowned the Audi triumph with third place overall. | |
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Further developed A4 DTMA new version of the A4 DTM bearing the project name “R13” was created over the winter at Audi Sport. The survival-cell from last year’s “R12 plus” was retained, whereas the aerodynamics, suspension and also the engine were further developed.
The four latest generation Audi A4 DTM cars were run by Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline. Record Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen from Denmark and the Swede Mattias Ekström, the 2004 DTM Champion, spearhead the Bavarian team’s championship assault. German Martin Tomczyk, who celebrated his first DTM victory last season and the “newly promoted” Timo Scheider completed the Abt squad.
Audi Sport Teams Phoenix and Rosberg each entered a pair of year-old cars. The customer team Futurecom TME competed with two A4 from the 2005 season. With the two Germans Lucas Luhr and Mike Rockenfeller and Frenchman Alexandre Prémat, Audi has signed three new factory drivers and rejuvenated its driving squad in the progress. Luhr and Rockenfeller line-up for Audi Sport Team Rosberg, while Prémat is new team mate to experienced DTM veteran Christian Abt at Audi Sport Team Phoenix. Factory driver Vanina Ickx tackled her second DTM season again for the Futurecom TME customer team. The second cockpit was filled by the Bavarian team. | 2007 is a transitional yearThe 2007 DTM was a transitional year for Audi: The current A4 DTM competed for the last time before series-production of the new road going model began, and before the race car is replaced by the new A4 in 2008. Although the opponent appeard this year with a new model, the team under Head of Audi Motorsport Dr Wolfgang Ullrich brought back the DTM title to Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm in 2007. |
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