Nine weeks before the 2010 DTM season starts, Audi’s driver line-up for the most popular international touring car racing series is complete.
The biggest names from the world of motorsport, including Volkswagen factory driver and Dakar Rally winner Giniel de Villiers and Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button, lined up on the grid in motorsport prepared versions of the Volkswagen Scirocco at this year’s Race of Champions in Beijing, to battle it out for the title of Champion of Champions.
Leading racing drivers from across the world have been battling it out in the minimalist KTM X-BOW sportscar at this year’s Race of Champions in Beijing.
Ten races, eight pole positions – the qualifying track record of the Audi A4 in the 2009 DTM season is impressive. The eighth fastest qualifying time of the year for Audi in the finale at the Hockenheimring was contributed by Mattias Ekström. Quotes from the Audi camp after qualifying.
On October 25 the Hockenheimring will be the venue of the title decision in the DTM for the third time in a row.
The motorsport world will be focusing on France on October 11 with eager anticipation: For the first time, the DTM will visit the legendary French circuit of Dijon-Prenois at which one of the most spectacular Formula 1 races of all time took place exactly 30 years ago.
Audi extended its leading position in the DTM at Barcelona (Spain) with a commanding one-two-three victory.
The situation in the DTM is coming to a head: The race at Barcelona (Spain) on September 20 kicks off the crucial phase of the fight for the title in the most popular international touring car racing series.