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    • With Fridays being a way for the drivers of the DTM to relax before practice begins tomorrow at 9.10am, as well as being available for media engagements during the weekend,...

      BMW Drivers Get British Sight-Seeing Tour With A Difference

    • The time for talk was over as the DTM started the rivalries once again, as 42 laps of the 4.574 Hockenheimring circuit would see just who would have the measure...

      Farfus & Werner Brings Home Brilliant BMW 1-2 At Hockenheim

    • After the comeback year from BMW Motorsport brought the Munich manufacturer great success after an absence of 20 years, it all starts again from zero, as Day X comes in...

      2013 DTM Season Preview: German Trifecta Roars Into Action

    • The final four-day test got underway, as all three manufacturers began the final stretch towards the eventual fine-tuning of their cars, where preparations will cconclude this coming Friday. The conditions...

      Wittmann Gets Flying Start On First Day

    • It is a usual tradition at the BMW Welt in Munich for customers who normally come to pick up the in new cars in the “Premiere” section, However, this time...

      Munich’s Men Take “Special” Delivery Of M3 DTMs For 2013

    • Ingolstadt’s new signing, Jamie Green, gave the “Four Rings” the fastest lap time on Day 3, as the intense testing continued, with young rookie and last minute replacement for the...

      Audi’s Green Takes Top Honours For Test Day 3

    • BMW Motorsport entered the final set of preparation work for the final stretch towards the final test days for the 2013 DTM, as their annual fitness week at Viareggio, under the Formula...

      BMW Fitness Week Gets DTM Drivers Working Hard

    • BMW Motorsport remains true to the original formula it employed for the 2012 ‘comeback’ year, where it made a clean sweep of all three titles at the last round in...

      2013 Pairings For Defending Champion BMW Finalized

    • It was the dawning of a brand new start for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterchaft in 2012, as three premium German manufacturers that are known throughout the racing world went head...

      DTM 2012 Season Review: The Beginning Of A New Chapter…

    • As the current field of DTM drivers for next season is changing, as everyone is still underway with preparations for next year’s shenanigans, there have been rumours as to just...

      Wittmann Gets 2013 DTM Race Seat Promotion With BMW

    • Augusto Farfus upstaged DTM title pretenders Gary Paffett and Bruno Spengler to claim his second straight pole position ahead of the season finale at Hockenheim.

      Farfus Takes Pole For DTM Finale Ahead Of Paffett And Spengler

    • As the final stretch towards the end of the 2012 DTM season gets underway, Munich’s drivers, with the exception of title challenger Bruno Spengler being at Hockenheim for an official press...

      BMW Contingent Get A Bit Close For Comfort On Sinsheim Outing

    • In what has provided another twist in the tale for this year’s title fight, Canada’s Bruno Spengler led the 51-lap race at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben from start to finish, showing that the Munich manufacturer have more in the tank, as the race for the title hots up with just two races to go.

      Spengler Brings Home Third Victory For BMW At Oschersleben

    • After a two-week break, Qualifying for round eight of the DTM got underway at Oschersleben, but BMW is still bringing the fight to Mercedes-Benz, as Bruno Spengler got the better of everybody, to secure his hat trick of Pole Positions for the Munich manufacturer.

      Spengler Secures Pole Position Hat Trick For BMW

    • As it was possibly expected, events were played out in full view in the Netherlands that the 2012 season of the DTM was to provide a welcome change in the way the title race was being played out. The weather, as seems to be the case at Zandvoort, turned the grid upside down, as well as providing some action, drama and fallout for all to hear and see.

      BMW Looks Back After Testing Weekend At Zandvoort

    • Even though Timo Scheider had put the new Audi A5 DTM on Pole Position for the very first time in 21 months, his weekend went awry from the moment racing got underway at Zandvoort for Round 7 of the 2012 season. Edoardo Mortara, however, picked up his second win of the year following his earlier victory at Spielburg, with fellow Audi drivers Mike Rockenfeller and Mattias Ekström ensuring a truly dominant weekend at the sandy Dutch venue, showing that Audi was back with a bang after the summer break.

      Mortara Wins Again In Dramatic Race As Audi Clean Sweeps Podium

    • The Eifel region not only was helping to celebrate "40 Years of M," but one man in the field helped to make things even more special, as BMW Bank driver Bruno Spengler secured his second pole position for the 2012 season, when qualifying concluded at the Nurburgring this afternoon.

      Spengler Secures Pole For BMW While Mercedes Struggle

    • It is a daunting prospect for any driver at any level, no matter where the race weekend is taking place, but it is sometimes helpful for the racers that pull down their visors before lights out, to take in some wonderful scenery.

      Munich’s Mightiest See “Green Hell” From New Angle

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