German Car Zone

May 20, 2007
• Capello/McNish shine in back-to-front race
• Timo Scheider best Audi driver
• First podium for Audi in Sweden
• Double victory for Audi Sport Italia

Capello/McNish shine in back-to-front race

ALMS: In the fifth round of the American Le Mans Series at Salt Lake City (US State of Utah), Dindo Capello and Allan McNish caused a sensation in an impressive back-to-front race. From the rear of the field they fought their way forwards to the top in their Audi R10 TDI. Despite having to make another refuelling stop shortly before race end, they clinched second place overall. In the LM P1 class, Audi celebrated another 1-2 victory.

Timo Scheider best Audi driver

DTM: 77,500 spectators (throughout the weekend) witnessed one of the most turbulent races in DTM history at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz that was completely distorted on account of unfortunate events surrounding a safety car deployment. In the interest of sport, Audi chose not to lodge a protest against the race being counted in the Championship. As the best Audi driver, Timo Scheider was classified in fifth place.

First podium for Audi in Sweden

STCC: With a third place, Thed Björk secured Audi’s first podium result in the 2007 season of the Swedish Touring Car Championship. Struck by bad luck was Frank Stippler, who had started the race from the pole position: A questionable drive-through penalty caused the German to drop to sixth place in the final classification.

Double victory for Audi Sport Italia

Superstars: In the third round of the Italian Superstars Touring Car Series at Magione, former Formula 1 driver Gianni Morbidelli in the Audi RS 4 celebrated a dominant start-finish victory. Audi Sport Italia’s triumph was completed by Giorgio Sanna claiming second place.

Results and points

EuroSpeedway Lausitz (D), 20 May, DTM round 3
1 Mika Häkkinen (Mercedes) 48 laps in 1h 09m 10.219s
2 Paul di Resta (Mercedes) + 1.679s
3 Bruno Spengler (Mercedes) + 4.175s
4 Bernd Schneider (Mercedes) + 8.714s
5 Timo Scheider (GW:plus/Top Service Audi A4 DTM) + 13.076s
...
9 Martin Tomczyk (Red Bull Audi A4 DTM) + 23.742s
10 Mattias Ekström (Red Bull Audi A4 DTM) + 24.071s
11 Adam Carroll (Audi A4 DTM) + 24.829s
13 Mike Rockenfeller (S line Audi A4 DTM) - 1 lap
14 Lucas Luhr (Philips Audi A4 DTM) - 1 lap
15 Vanina Ickx (Audi A4 DTM) - 1 lap
17 Christian Abt (Playboy Audi A4 DTM) - 4 laps
Positions after 3 of 10 rounds: 1 di Resta, 20 points; 2 Ekström, Paffett and Tomczyk, 12; 5 Häkkinen, 10; ... 7 Scheider, 9; 8 Rockenfeller, 6.
Next race: Brands Hatch (GB), 10 June

Salt Lake City (USA), 19 May, American Le Mans Series round 5
1 Maassen/Briscoe (Porsche) 66 laps in 2h 46m 49.942s
2 Capello/McNish (Audi R10 TDI) + 9.932s
3 Bernhard/Dumas (Porsche) + 57.191s
4 Leitzinger/Wallace (Porsche) + 1m 28.563s
5 Smith/Dyson (Porsche) + 1m 50.637s
6 Pirro/Werner (Audi R10 TDI) + 1m 57.262s
Positions after 5 of 12 rounds: 1 McNish and Capello, 102 points; 2 Pirro and Werner, 90; 3 C. Field, 71; 4 J. Field, 58; 5 Berry, 45.
Next race: Lime Rock (USA), 7 July

Magione (I), 20 May, Italian Superstars Touring Car Series round 3
1 Gianni Morbidelli (Audi RS 4) 21 laps in 26m 41.059s
2 Giorgio Sanna (Audi RS 4) + 5.424s
3 Giuliano Alessi (BMW) + 27.194s
4 Alessandro Balzan (Jaguar) + 32.062s
5 Massimo Pigoli (Jaguar) + 35.979s
6 Stevo Goldstein (Audi RS 4) + 38.101s
Positions after 3 of 8 rounds: 1 Pigoli, 46 points; 2 Balzan, 37; 3 Battaglin, 28; 4 Sanna, 26; 5 Alessi, 24; 6 Morbidelli, 23; ... 8 Goldstein, 16.
Next race: Misano (I), 15 July

Mantorp Park (S), 20 May, Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) round 3
1 Richard Göransson (BMW) 28 laps in 41m 08.087s
2 Fredrik Ekblom (BMW) + 8.576s
3 Thed Björk (Audi A4 STCC) + 13.802s
4 Robin Rudholm (BMW) + 26.004s
5 Mattias Andersson (Alfa Romeo) + 30.766s
…
9 Tommy Kristoffersson (Audi A4 STCC) + 1m 09.750s
Positions after 3 of 11 rounds: 1 Dahlgren, 22 points; 2 Ekblom, 14; 3 Rudholm, 13; 4 Nilsson, 12; 5 Göransson, 10.

Audi Scores Double Victory at Hockenheim



The result at Hockenheim 1 Mattias Ekstrom (Red Bull Audi A4 DTM) 27laps in 1h 10m 16.441s
2 Martin Tomczyk (Red Bull Audi A4 DTM) + 3.826s
3 Daniel La Rosa (Mercedes) + 7.057s
4 Alexandros Margaritis (Mercedes) + 8.451s
5 Paul Di Resta (Mercedes) + 9.036s
6 Jamie Green (Mercedes) + 10.913s
7 Bernd Schneider (Mercedes) + 13.743s
8 Gary Paffett (Mercedes) + 14.460s
9 Timo Scheider (GW:plus/Top Service Audi A4 DTM) + 16.859s
10 Mika Hakkinen (Mercedes) + 17.271s
11 Lucas Luhr (Philips Audi A4 DTM) + 33.245s
12 Mike Rockenfeller (S line Audi A4 DTM) + 33.801s
13 Mathias Lauda (Mercedes) + 36.139s
14 Bruno Spengler (Mercedes) + 56.850s
15 Vanina Ickx (Audi A4 DTM) + 1 m05.012s
Not classified:
Christian Abt (Playboy Audi A4 DTM), - 22 laps (collision)
Tom Kristensen (Siemens Audi A4 DTM), - 27 laps (accident)
Susie Stoddart (Mercedes), - 27 laps
Alexandre Premat (Audi Bank Audi A4 DTM), -27 laps (accident)
Adam Carroll (Audi A4 DTM), - 27 laps (accident)
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