Audi Sport Team Phoenix driver Martin Tomczyk took his second consecutive win at the Lausitzring in this weekend’s DTM round, and snatched the championship lead from Mercedes driver Bruno Spengler while he was at it. Fellow Audi driver Timo Scheider finished second, while Spengler took the third step of the podium.
Tomczyk had been in third during the early stages, but outbraked the Mercedes of Jamie Green to grab second place on lap three. Running two laps further than Spengler on his opening stint and a speedier maiden stop helped Tomczyk to secure Audi’s first win at Lausitz since 2005.
[Source: Mercedes-Benz]
Results – 52 laps:
Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Martin Tomczyk Phoenix Audi 1h10m52.902s
2. Timo Scheider Abt Audi + 5.436s
3. Bruno Spengler HWA Mercedes + 14.300s
4. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes + 17.604s
5. Oliver Jarvis Abt Audi + 18.633s
6. Jamie Green HWA Mercedes + 19.397s
7. Tom Kristensen Abt Audi + 23.259s
8. Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi + 24.956s
9. Christian Vietoris Persson Mercedes + 25.846s
10. Maro Engel Mucke Mercedes + 26.674s
11. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi + 29.182s
12. Ralf Schumacher HWA Mercedes + 31.737s
13. David Coulthard Mucke Mercedes + 44.504s
14. Renger van der Zande Persson Mercedes + 46.956s
15. Rahel Frey Phoenix Audi + 59.739s