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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 30 2007, 09:03 AM (235 Views) | |
| Red Andy | Jul 30 2007, 09:03 AM Post #1 |
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I watched the replay of this race yesterday while waiting for the ChampCar to start. Unfortunate memories of Austria 2002 abound, with Alexandre Premat and Timo Scheider both giving up places to drivers from the works Audi team. Race report: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/61206 Full race results (courtesy of Autosprout link above): Pos Driver Car Time 1. Martin Tomczyk Audi 1h02:31.668 2. Alexandre Premat Audi + 0.297 3. Mattias Ekstrom Audi + 2.036 4. Timo Scheider Audi + 2.413 5. Bruno Spengler Mercedes + 2.994 6. Christian Abt Audi + 4.969 7. Mika Hakkinen Mercedes + 5.748 8. A.Margaritis Mercedes + 6.929 9. Gary Paffett Mercedes + 7.882 10. M.Rockenfeller Audi + 8.914 11. Jamie Green Mercedes + 10.536 12. Bernd Schneider Mercedes + 11.805 13. M.Winkelhock Audi + 13.279 14. Paul Di Resta Mercedes + 13.758 15. Mathias Lauda Mercedes + 29.626 16. Lucas Luhr Audi + 41.986 17. Susie Stoddart Mercedes + 1 lap 18. Tom Kristensen Audi + 5 laps |
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| u4coffee | Jul 30 2007, 10:48 AM Post #2 |
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Just Married
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I've missed most of the DTM this year Has it been any good? |
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| Red Andy | Jul 30 2007, 10:50 AM Post #3 |
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It's been pretty good actually - we've had a variety of different people out the front each time out. The problem is that we get tainted results like yesterday's, because the manufacturers all want to see their works cars win, and the one-year-old and two-year-old machinery really isn't that far behind the up-to-date stuff. |
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| u4coffee | Jul 30 2007, 11:00 AM Post #4 |
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Yeah, that happened a bit last year too. Last year was the 1st time I'd watched it asn I thought it was great. Just not got to see it this year
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| safc_fan89 | Jul 30 2007, 02:14 PM Post #5 |
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This was voluntary, apparently, so the comparison between this and Austria 2002 shouldn't really be made. |
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| Red Andy | Jul 31 2007, 09:47 AM Post #6 |
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You are correct: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/61222 Still, the fact that Premat was thinking about the team's championship rather than his maiden DTM win suggests that there is something amiss with the philosophy of these DTM manufacturers. |
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| ppparkinson9 | Jul 31 2007, 05:41 PM Post #7 |
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Audi and Mercedes agreed that the older cars should have a chance to win, but then they seemingly enforce team orders to stop it. This is sadly the way it is in DTM at the moment. Only another one, and ideally two new manufacturers could force Audi and Mercedes to stop messing around in this way. |
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