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The DTM racers were very close in qualifying on the Brands Hatch 1.929 kilometres long track

Mercedes already has cars that compete in GT and endurance series and question is will they built a prototype for Le Mans in the future? IndyCar entry would probably be Mercedes engines if they do elect to go that route.

The Brazilian Augusto Farfus successfully used the technical novelties option tyres and DRS to take the chequered flag from his fellow BMW driver Dirk Werner and Christian Vietoris (Mercedes-Benz).

The first race of the season covers 42 laps and 192.108 kilometres and starts on Sunday at 13:30 hrs (CET).

From 8.55 hrs till 9.25 hrs, pit stops are being practices, in the presence of spectators.

The most important changers in the regulations for 2013: DRS, Option tires, Pit stop window, Qualifying, and Parc fermé.

Recently, there seems to always be powerhouse teams or manufacturers who dominate a certain discipline. Yet the German-based DTM appears to have parity.

Thanks to Marco Wittmann, BMW also secured one of the fastest lap times on the Barcelona time sheets.

It was Audi's turn to see one of their drivers fastest in testing on the Circuit de Catalunya.

The second day of the four day test on the 2.977 Circuit de Catalunya a Mercedes driver again on the top of the timesheets.

The DTM teams also test the DRS (Drag Reduction System), allowing the drivers to open a rear-wing flap and temporarily increase their top speed, this way.

DTM’s exclusive tyre partner Hankook will take an option tyre to the Spanish metropolis that will offer the driver the opportunity to set clearly faster times, for some laps.

Coulthard: But I know from personal experience how hard it is to compete against these DTM guys.

In 2013, a new timing starts in the DTM. 14.40 h and 13.30 h are the new constant factors for the spectators at the race tracks and the fans in front of their TV screens at home.

Ex-Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica (Poland, 28) undertakes his first tests in a DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.

After a long break from top-level competition, Kubica insisted that the high-downforce nature of his DTM test was no problem.

Thanks to Mercedes, Robert Kubica was able to test one of their German Touring Car Masters cars with the rest of the DTM drivers and teams for the first test days of the new season.

It appears that Robert Kubica will test a Mercedes DTM this week at in Valencia.

At the end of the 2012 racing season, Norbert Haug’s departure as the head of Mercedes motorsports programs sent shockwaves through the racing community. It now appears that Toto Wolff will be named as the new director this coming week.