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Gary Paffett Wins Season Opener at Hockenheimring

racer-web — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:48:40 +0000

Today’s DTM race at Hockenheimring was won by Mercedes C-Klasse driver Gary Paffett. His lead over Canada’s Bruno Spengler was only 00.567 seconds as the checked flag waved. Rounding out the top five were Jamie Green, Paul Di Resta, and Mike Rockenfeller.

Results of the DTM race at Hockenheimring:

Pos  Driver / Car                     Laps

  1  Gary Paffett                       39 
     Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C-Klasse  

  2  Bruno Spengler                     39 
     Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG C-Klasse  

  3  Jamie Green                        39 
     Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes C-Klasse  

  4  Paul Di Resta                      39 
     AMG Mercedes C-Klasse  

  5  Mike Rockenfeller                  39 
     S line Audi A4 DTM  

  6  Mattias Ekström                    39 
     Red Bull Audi A4 DTM  

  7  Timo Scheider                      39 
     Top Service Audi A4 DTM  

  8  Miguel Molina                      39 
     Audi Bank A4 DTM  

  9  Ralf Schumacher                    39 
     Laureus AMG Mercedes C-Klasse  

 10  Alexandre Prémat                   39 
     TV Movie Audi A4 DTM  

 11  Susie Stoddart                     39 
     TV Spielfilm AMG Mercedes C-Klasse  

 12  David Coulthard                    39 
     AMG Mercedes C-Klasse  

 13  CongFu Cheng                       39 
     stern AMG Mercedes C-Klasse  

 14  Katherine Legge                    39 
     Glamour Audi A4 DTM  

 15  Markus Winkelhock                  39 
     Playboy Audi A4 DTM  

 16  Maro Engel                         39 
     GQ AMG Mercedes C-Klasse  

 17  Martin Tomczyk                     32 
     Red Bull Cola Audi A4 DTM

The next race for DTM will be in Valencia on May 23, 2010.

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Mattias Ekstrom Victorious in Le Mans

racer-web — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:43:23 +0000

Mattias Ekstrom took this year’s Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters victory in Le Mans, France. The Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline driver came to the finish line just ahead of the second place finisher, Paul di Resta, and the third place finisher, Alexandre Premat. Gary Paffett and Bernd Schneider came in fourth and fifth respectively.

For the full results from this race, follow this link:

2008 DTM at Le Mans Results

The standings have been updated and can be found here:

2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) Standings

Schneider Wins a Wet Nurburgring on Slicks

racer-web — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:25:13 +0000

A late race call to stay on slick tires must have been the right decision for Bernd Schneider, because after the race was finished at a rather soaked Nurburgring, he was the one standing at the top of the podium. Schneider wasn’t the only driver to gamble with the dry tires however, as the third and fourth placed drivers, Jamie Green and Gary Paffett, also stayed out on their slicks.

“I thank my team for their great efforts and for the right tire choice,” Schneider said following the race. “This was the key to success.”

The second place finisher, Schneider’s teammate Paul di Resta, opted for a set of wet weather tires. These were the obvious faster choice, as di Resta was gaining around five seconds a lap on his teammate – not enough however to fully make up for the extra pit stop. Had the race been a couple laps longer, things probably would have ended differently for the two Mercedes drivers.

Di Resta had this to say about the decision, “It was tricky to keep the car on the track in the rain. In the end we decided to change to wet tires because we didn’t want to take chances with respect to the championship.”

The Top-5 finishers were:

1 Bernd Schneider
2 Paul di Resta
3 Jamie Green
4 Gary Paffett
5 Timo Scheider

For the full results of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters race at Nurburgring, please see the following link:

2008 DTM at Nurburgring Results

DTM at Nurburgring

racer-web — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:08:37 +0000

The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters are currently at Nurburgring for this Sunday’s race. The race itself will be held at 17:35 local time, on Sunday, July 27. DTM qualifying will happen from 18:48 – 19:35 the Saturday before.

“The Ring” as it is known by enthusiasts, was originally built around the village and medieval castle of Nurburg, and has a current lap record of 1.24,442 minutes held by Gary Paffett, who completed the fastest lap in his Mercedes. This time has remained the fastest since 2005.

Also scheduled to compete during the events at Nurburgring this weekend are the Formula 3 Euro Series, the Porsche Carrera Cup, the Seat Leon Supercopa, and the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup.