News in detail

Jul 14, 2008

• Another Audi one-two-three-four win at Zandvoort
• Mistakes prevent Audi triumph at Lime Rock
• JTCC: Mixed weekend for Reinberth

Another Audi one-two-three-four win at Zandvoort

DTM: Audi showed a dominant performance at the sixth DTM round at Zandvoort and, like last year, celebrated a one-two-three-four victory in the Netherlands. It was the new Audi A4 DTM’s best result so far and Audi’s 45th victory in the DTM. One day before his 30th birthday, title defender Mattias Ekström celebrated his second exploit of the season, after winning the season opener at Hockenheim. Following the twelfth DTM triumph of his career, the two-time champion is now the best Audi driver in DTM history. Scheider extended his lead in the standings from one to five points. He is followed in the championship by Mattias Ekström, who bumped Mercedes driver Jamie Green from second place.

Mistakes prevent Audi triumph at Lime Rock

ALMS: Audi lost all hopes to take outright win in round five of the American Le Mans Series at Lime Rock (US State of Connecticut) owing to small errors. The diesel sports cars were the fastest cars in the field but at the end of a thrilling race, Team Audi Sport North America had to settle for fourth place. A time penalty cost Lucas Luhr/Marco Werner one lap but they won the LM P1 class and finished fourth overall. Their team mates Dindo Capello/Emanuele Pirro took a commanding lead in the first hour of the race before becoming involved into an accident.

JTCC: Mixed weekend for Reinberth

JTCC: Whilst his mentor Mattias Ekström triumphed at Zandvoort, Simon Reinberth who is supported by the DTM champion in the Swedish Junior Touring Car Championship had a weekend of mixed results. The youngster who is only 16 years old finished 12th and 14th at Falkenberg in his Audi A3. Just when a points finish was in sight in heat one, Reinberth became a victim of aquaplaning as did many competitors when they were caught out suddenly by heavy rain.

Results and points

Zandvoort (NL), DTM round 6
1 Mattias Ekström (Red Bull Audi A4 DTM) 38 laps in 1h 01m 03.298s
2 Timo Scheider (GW:plus/Top Service Audi A4 DTM) + 0.270s
3 Tom Kristensen (Audi A4 DTM) + 6.760s
4 Martin Tomczyk (Red Bull Audi A4 DTM) + 10.183s
5 Bruno Spengler (Mercedes) + 21.919s
…
8 Markus Winkelhock (Playboy Audi A4 DTM) + 49.564s
10 Mike Rockenfeller (S line Audi A4 DTM) + 53.394s
16 Katherine Legge (Audi A4 DTM) - 5 laps
17 Oliver Jarvis (Best Buddies Audi A4 DTM) - 9 laps
Positions after 6 of 11 rounds: 1 Scheider, 40 points; 2 Ekström 35, 3 Green, 34; 4 di Resta, 29; 5 Spengler, 26; 6 Tomczyk, 22; 7 Kristensen, 20; ... 9 Winkelhock, 6; 10 Jarvis, 5; 11 Rockenfeller, 2; 13 Prémat, 1.
Next race: Nürburgring (D), 27 July

Lime Rock (USA), 12 July, American Le Mans Series round 5
1 Brabham/Sharp (Acura/Honda) 168 laps in 2h 45m 57.790s
2 Dumas/Bernhard (Porsche) + 18.872s
3 Maassen/Long (Porsche) + 1m 01.641s
4 Luhr/Werner (Audi R10 TDI) - 1 lap (1st in LM P1)
5 Fernandez/Diaz (Acura/Honda) - 2 laps
...
21 Capello/Pirro (Audi R10 TDI) - 31 laps (3rd in LM P1)
Positions after 5 of 11 rounds: 1 Luhr and Werner, 106 points each; 2 C Field and J Field, 65 each; 3 Pirro, 55; 4 Capello, 43; 5 Biela, 42.
Next race: Mid-Ohio (USA), 19 July

Falkenberg (S), 12 July, Swedish Junior Touring Car Championship round 11 (JTCC)
1 Joakim Forsell (MG) 14 laps in 16m 44.757s
2 Johan Kristoffersson (Volkswagen) + 0.178s
3 Marcus Ekström (Toyota) + 0.582s
4 Kevin Engman (MG) + 1.489s
5 Andreas Ahlberg (Citroën) + 1.762s
…
12 Simon Reinberth (Audi A3) + 39.381s

Falkenberg (S), 12 July, Swedish Junior Touring Car Championship round 12 (JTCC)
1 Andreas Ahlberg (Citroën) 14 laps in 13m 35.790s
2 Kevin Engman (MG) + 0.516s
3 Marcus Ekström (Toyota) + 2.709s
4 Richard Trange (SEAT) + 4.460s
5 Marcus Fluch (Volkswagen) + 7.407s
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14 Simon Reinberth (Audi A3) - 3 laps
Next round: Knutstorp (S), 31 August
Positions after 12 of 18 rounds: 1 Graff, 67 points; 2 Ekström, 57 points; 3 Fluch, 37; 4. Engman and Forsell, 36 each … 11 Reinberth, 22.

Coming up next week

30th birthday of Mattias Ekström (Monday) ... "Stars & Cars" event with Audi works drivers Lucas Luhr and Marco Werner in Parsipanny, New Jersey/USA (Tuesday) ... Round six of the American Le Mans Series at Mid-Ohio (Saturday)