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TROUBLE IN THE STREETS FOR SHELDON van der LINDE
The tight and twisty Norisring is a hard track to master, as South African triple Audi Sport TT Cup winner Sheldon van der Linde discovered on his first visit to the uncompromising German street circuit over the past weekend. Sheldon was immediately on the pace and qualified third and second for the two races before … Continue reading
LUCAS Di GRASSI WINS IN THE AUDI SPORT TT CUP AT THE NORISRING
The Audi Sport TT Cup celebrated a successful home round at the Norisring. The German Dennis Marschall and Joonas Lappalainen from Finland triumphed in the classification rounds. Audi factory driver Lucas di Grassi was the first to cross the finish line in race two on Sunday and secured first place among the guest drivers in … Continue reading
AUDI WINS AGAIN AT THE NORISRING
Audi has another DTM winner: youngster Nico Müller (24) won a turbulent DTM race at the Norisring on Sunday, causing Audi to triumph twice within the space of 24 hours in its “home round” in Nuremberg. Following “Forza Italia” with Edoardo Mortara’s victory on Saturday, it was “Hopp, Schwiiz!” on Sunday. In his 36th DTM … Continue reading
BMW TEAM RBM SEES BOTH DRIVERS ON THE DTM PODIUM AT THE NORISRING
Sunday’s DTM race at the Norisring (DE) ended with major success for BMW Team RBM: Tom Blomqvist (GB) drove into second place in the Ice-Watch BMW M4 DTM, after starting from pole position for the first time in his DTM career. Behind him, Maxime Martin (BE) delivered a fighting performance in the SAMSUNG BMW M4 … Continue reading
Di RESTA AND AUER IN DTM FOP FIVE FOR MERCEDES AT THE NORISRING
Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM) placed fourth in the second race at the Norisring in front of 123,500 spectators (over the weekend). His Mercedes-AMG DTM team-mate Lucas Auer (BWT Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM) finished the eighth race of the DTM season in fifth place. After a collision with Mattias Ekström on the first … Continue reading
DTM WIN FOR AUDI AT THE NORISRING
In the first of the two DTM races at the Norisring, Edoardo Mortara kept a cool head in sweltering heat and, 14 years following the brand’s most recent success at the Norisring, finally gave Audi a victory again. With that, the Italian from Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline not only made thousands of Audi fans … Continue reading
WITTMANN FOURTH IN HOME DTM RACE AT THE NORISRING
Marco Wittmann (DE), at the wheel of the Red Bull BMW M4 DTM, finished fourth in Saturday’s DTM race at the Norisring (DE). This represents the 2014 champion’s best ever home result in the DTM. Wittmann drove a great race, fighting his way through the field from 13th on the grid. After 49 laps of … Continue reading
PAUL Di RESTA ON DTM PODIUM AT THE NORISRING
Exciting start to the first DTM race at the Norisring: Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM) finished on the podium in third place. Christian Vietoris (BWT Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM) and Robert Wickens (SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM) were on course for a one-two win when they were taken out in a no-fault … Continue reading
BMW MOTORSPORT WELCOMES JOEL ERIKSSON AS AN ADDITIONAL JUNIOR DRIVER
The BMW family has gained a new member shortly before the DTM race weekend at the Norisring (DE). The 17-year-old Swede Joel Eriksson will be included in BMW Motorsport’s Junior Programme. He thereby joins the squad of talented racing drivers that up to now consisted of the two winners from the previous years, Jesse Krohn … Continue reading
MERCEDES NORISRING DTM PREVIEW
Robert Wickens (SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM) leads drivers’ standings by three points after six races this season Gary Paffett (EURONICS Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM) and Robert Wickens have each won twice at the Norisring Since 2003, Mercedes-AMG have produced the top driver in 14 consecutive races on the street circuit After Spielberg (67%), … Continue reading
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