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Zandvoort 2006: Second win for Kristensen.

Sunday, 3rd September 2006

Tom Kristensen gave his title hopes a boost in the seventh round of the DTM Championship at Zandvoort, the Dane storming to his second victory of the season and edging the gap down to Bernd Schneider with just three races remaining.

Norisring and Nurburgring winner Bruno Spengler finished a lonely fourth to consolidate his third place in the championship, ahead of Frentzen, who in turn moves into sixth place in the standings.

Sixth place was Scheider's his best result of the season, the German coming home as the leading year-old competitor, while Mucke finished seventh in a similarly aged car. Green settled for eighth and the final point, but his already slim championship hopes are officially over.

Indeed, with rounds at Barcelona, Le Mans and Hockenheim remaining, only Schneider, who leads the standings by ten points, Kristensen and Spengler can mathematically win the championship now. It is all still to play for, but four-time champion Schneider's unfailing consistency is making him difficult to beat…

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