DTM: Ekstr� on podium, five Audi drivers in the points
Mattias Ekstr� finished the DTM season痴 highlight event at the Norisring as the runner-up in front of 132,000 spectators (throughout the weekend). The Swede had started into the race from grid position five and crossed the finish line with a gap of just 0.591 seconds behind the winner Jamie Green (Mercedes). All Audi A4 cars in the DTM are equipped with high-tech clutches from ZF Sachs Race Engineering.
As many as four other Audi drivers managed to score points as well: besides Oliver Jarvis (fourth) and Timo Scheider (fifth) points-finishes were achieved by Alexandre Pr駑at and Martin Tomczyk in seventh and eighth place, respectively.
Results, Norisring (D), DTM, round 4, 02 Jul � 04 Jul 2010:
1 Jamie Green, Mercedes, 1h 08m 05.282s
2 Mattias Ekstr�, Audi, + 0.591s, ZF Sachs
3 Bruno Spengler, Mercedes, + 1.910s
4 Oliver Jarvis, Audi, + 9.946s, ZF Sachs
5 Timo Scheider, Audi, + 12.315s, ZF Sachs
6 Gary Paffett, Mercedes, + 14.521s
7 Alexandre Pr駑at, Audi, + 15.834s, ZF Sachs
8 Martin Tomczyk, Audi, + 16.100s, ZF Sachs
9 Maro Engel, Mercedes, + 22.154s
10 Paul Di Resta, Mercedes, + 31.536s
Drivers standings:
1 B. Spengler, 32 points; 2 J. Green, 22; 3 M. Ekstr�, 21; 4 G. Paffett, 19; 5 P. Di Resta, 17; 6 T. Scheider and M. Rockenfeller, 12 each; 8 A. Pr駑at, 8; 9 O. Jarvis, 5; 10 M. Tomczyk, 4.
Other results:
Results, Norisring (D), Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup, round 3, 02 Jul � 03 Jul 2010:
1. Stefano Proetto, Volkswagen, 18m 29.689s, ZF Sachs
2. Maciek Steinhof, Volkswagen, + 9.535s, ZF Sachs
3. Christian Schweiger, Volkswagen, + 15.297s, ZF Sachs
4. Krzysztof Holowczyc, Volkswagen, + 17.643s, ZF Sachs
5. Jann-Hendrik Ubben, Volkswagen, + 18.459s, ZF Sachs
6. Ralf Kelleners, Volkswagen, + 19.207s, ZF Sachs
7. Kris Heidorn, Volkswagen, + 19.809s, ZF Sachs
8. Ola Nilsson, Volkswagen, + 20.437s, ZF Sachs
9. Marc Surer, Volkswagen, + 21.894s, ZF Sachs
10. Christian Abt, Volkswagen, + 24.168s, ZF Sachs
Drivers standings:
1 Maciek Steinhof, 108 points; 2 Kris Heidorn, 80; 3 Stefano Proetto, 73; 4 Ola Nilsson, 67; 5 Dennis Rieger, 58; 6 Jann-Hendrik Ubben and Arne Larisch, each 55; 8 Aditya Patel, 54; 9 Timmy Megenbier, 52; 10 Christian Schweiger, 51.