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Anyone watch the race at Norisring today? Was pretty dam good.
Anyone watch the race at Norisring today? Was pretty dam good.
Na no channel in the UK was showing it I don't think. Since Setanta went bust, we have no coverage
Anyone watch the race at Norisring today? Was pretty dam good.
Na no channel in the UK was showing it I don't think. Since Setanta went bust, we have no coverage
Does the net do live coverage????
Anyone watch the race at Norisring today? Was pretty dam good.
Na no channel in the UK was showing it I don't think. Since Setanta went bust, we have no coverage
Does the net do live coverage????
Prob does, I didn't watch it if it did. Watched F1/WSBKS instead
Anyone watch the race at Norisring today? Was pretty dam good.
Na no channel in the UK was showing it I don't think. Since Setanta went bust, we have no coverage
Does the net do live coverage????
Prob does, I didn't watch it if it did. Watched F1/WSBKS instead
F1?
Glad he showed his talent in that year old Merc!Awesome Jamie Green
The title fight is really shaping up!
Awesome Jamie Green
The title fight is really shaping up!
There seems to be hardly any difference between the current cars & year old cars. Last year the gap between the two was fairly huge.
Ralf didn't fair too badly either this time
Gary Paffett (Mercedes-Benz) has won the fourth DTM season round at Zandvoort in The Netherlands. After 41 laps, the Briton crossed the finish line with a margin of 1.4 seconds over Mattias Ekström (Audi). Third place went to Oliver Jarvis (Audi), who started the race from pole position. With his second victory of the year, Gary Paffett has taken over the lead in the drivers’ points standings. After four of ten rounds, the Mercedes-Benz driver has 24 points in first place, two points more than second-placed Ekström. The results remain provisional, as the stewards of the meeting are still investigating situations in the race.
1. Paffett/GBR Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C-Klasse
2. Ekström/SWE Red Bull Audi A4 DTM
3. Jarvis/GBR Audi Cup A4 DTM
4. Prémat/FRA Audi Bank A4 DTM
5. Tomczyk/GER Red Bull Cola Audi A4 DTM
6. Winkelhock/GER Playboy Audi A4 DTM
7. Spengler/CAN Mercedes-Benz Financial AMG C-Klasse
8. Scheider/GER GW:plus/Top Service Audi A4 DTM
9. Di Resta/GBR AMG Mercedes C-Klasse
10. Engel/GER GQ AMG Mercedes C-Klasse
11. Kristensen/DEN 100 Jahre Audi - A4 DTM
12. Green/GBR Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes C-Klasse
13. Schumacher/GER Trilux AMG Mercedes C-Klasse
14. Stoddart/GBR TV Spielfilm AMG Mercedes C-Klasse
15. Bakkerud/DEN AUDI A4 DTM
16. Rockenfeller/GER S line Audi A4 DTM
17. Kostka/CZE AUDI A4 DTM
18. Legge/GBR Audi Collection A4 DTM
19. Lauda/AUT stern AMG Mercedes C-Klasse
Audi tactics to be investigated
By Glenn Freeman Sunday, July 19th 2009, 14:28 GMT
The results of Sunday's DTM race at Zandvoort are likely to remain provisional overnight while the German motorsport authority (DMSB) investigates Audi's tactics in the closing stages of the race.
The 2008 A4s of Oliver Jarvis, Alexandre Premat and Markus Winkelhock all slowed dramatically on some laps towards the end of the race. Jarvis and Premat then offered little resistance to title-chasing Mattias Ekstrom after he made up a gap of five seconds in four laps and went on to take second place.
Further back, Winkelhock slowed dramatically on lap 34, losing roughly three seconds in the first sector. That meant he went from challenging Martin Tomczyk for fifth, to backing Bruno Spengler up, allowing Timo Scheider to challenge the Canadian.
Team orders are officially banned in the DTM, although teams have often disguised changes of positions in the past. The matter will now be investigated by the DMSB, which plans to speak with the drivers and teams involved this evening, before deciding if the situation needs to be investigated further.
DMSB delegate Christian Schacht said: "We would like to make an examination of what happened in the closing laps of the race, and the course of action that led to some of the drivers' positions.
"Thus the results will remain provisional until the inquiries are carried out. Unfortunately I cannot promise that this will be finalised today, or even the next day."
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