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In eager anticipation of DTM classic in the Eifel

Audi driver Ekström still in contention for title before Nürburgring round.

Mattias Ekström, Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS 5 DTM

Mattias Ekström, Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS 5 DTM

Eric Gilbert

Timo Scheider, Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS 5 DTM
Mike Rockenfeller, Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS 5 DTM
Race winner Marco Wittmann, BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM arrives in parc fermé
Timo Scheider, Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS 5 DTM and Joey Hand, BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM
Timo Scheider, Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS 5 DTM and Joey Hand, BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM
Antonio Felix da Costa, BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM, Miguel Molina, Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS 5 DTM, Mattias Ekström, Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS 5 DTM
Mike Rockenfeller, Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS 5 DTM

Ingolstadt  – The seventh race at the Nürburgring next weekend (August 15 to 17) marks the beginning of the hot stage in the DTM’s battle for the title. Audi driver Mattias Ekström, who has won in the Eifel twice in his career, is traveling to the classic event, trailing the leader of the standings Marco Wittmann with a 39-point gap. A maximum of 100 points per driver are yet to be awarded.

The aim of the four rings is clear: the Audi drivers are set on grabbing as many points as possible from the competition with a solid team performance and to thus achieve the best possible starting base in the final sprint for the title battle. In the drivers’ standings, Mattias Ekström has to reduce the 39-point gap to the leader of the standings. In the manufacturers’ classification, Audi is in striking distance as the runner-up.

Since the DTM’s comeback in 2000, the Nürburgring has been a fixture on the calendar. After the Hockenheimring, there is no other venue that has hosted as many DTM rounds as the Eifel circuit, which, not least due to its changeable weather conditions, has made for many spectacular races. With the Nordschleife and the huge enthusiasm of the fans the event is one of the great DTM classics. Seven times an Audi driver has entered his name on the winners’ list, most recently Mattias Ekström in the 2011 season.

For Timo Scheider, Mike Rockenfeller and Audi Sport Team Phoenix the round at the Nürburgring is a home race. Both the two-time champion and the current champion grew up in close proximity to the track and therefore are looking forward to many relatives, friends and acquaintances to keep their fingers crossed for them. The team of Ernst Moser that fields the Audi RS 5 DTM cars of Scheider and Rockenfeller only has to cross a street from its base in Meuspath to the paddock.

The drivers complete 49 laps on the 3.629-kilometer short configuration. The start-finish-straight in front of the first turn and the back-straight in front of the chicane provide two suitable sections in which the drag reduction system (DRS), which can be used to flatten the rear wing by pushing a button, can support overtaking maneuvers.

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