DTM News

Vanina Ickx will not start the seventh round of the DTM after rolling her Audi A4 in qualifying at Zandvoort, her mechanics being unable to repair her car in time.

Mika Hakkinen timed his pit stop to perfection on the way to a second DTM win of the season on the series' first visit to Mugello in eleven years, a victory that makes up for the disappointment of missing a podium at the Norisring under opposite circumstances.

The DMSB has decided to award half-points to the top eight drivers following the third round of the DTM at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz following a controversial race marred by problems with the timing of the safety car.

Mika Hakkinen scored only the second victory of his DTM career with a resounding lights-to-flag victory in the third round of the championship at the EuroSpeedway, Lausitz, in a race otherwise determined by a pair of messy safety car periods.

Formula 1 test-driver Markus Winkelhock will return to the DTM at the Eurospeedway Lausitz this weekend, as Tom Kristensen continues to recover from the injuries he sustained in the season-opener at Hockenheim.

Audi star Tom Kristensen, one of two drivers hospitalised following last weekend's heavy first lap shunt in the opening DTM race of the season at Hockenheim, has been allowed to return home to his family and is happily now well on the road to recovery.

DTM debutant Alex Premat was the only serious human casualty of the opening lap accident that marred the first round of this year's DTM series, as Tom Kristensen, Adam Carroll and Susie Stoddart all escaped injury in the four-car pile-up.

In a move that comes as no surprise after the final round of the DTM season at Hockenheim, Audi has announced that it is parting company with driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen.

Bernd Schneider did everything but clinch the 2006 DTM title at Barcelona last weekend, with a close second place while his key rival for the crown, Audi's Tom Kristensen, finished outside the points.

Former F1 champion Mika Hakkinen has been named as an ambassador to DaimlerChrysler's worldwide road safety initiative MobileKids.

Susie Stoddart was left bruised after a collision involving herself and Daniel La Rosa in the fifth round of the DTM championship at the Norisring put the young Scot in hospital.

After Mika Hakkinen and Bruno Spengler had topped the first two days of the DTM's marathon pre-season test at Vallelunga, multiple champion Bernd Schneider continued Mercedes' strong run by repeating the feat on day three.

Weeks after admitting that it had hopes of keeping the former F1 pilot in the series, Audi has finally confirmed that Heinz-Harald Frentzen had signed to bolster its DTM squad.

With the confirmation of the French circuit of Le Mans on the DTM calendar, the full season for the popular German race series is complete.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen has said that he is grateful to have got away without serious injury after crashing out of Sunday's DTM finale at Hockenheim and being airlifted to hospital.

Christian Abt has hit out at ex-F1 ace, Mika Hakkinen following their coming together at the EuroSpeedway on Sunday, round nine in the DTM. Speaking at the finish, Abt, who drives for Audi, reckoned that the Finn had quite simply just got overly 'nervous'.

Audi driver, Tom Kristensen has admitted it is a shame the DTM won't race at Avignon in France next weekend, however on the bright side, a second outing at the EuroSpeedway isn't all bad.

The DTM has announced that it is to switch to a new fuel supplier from the next round of the championship season at the Nurburgring.

Nuremberg has a history of producing spine-tingling moments, and Saturday's charity 'race' at the Norisring proved to be no exception as 15 world championship titles and 184 grand prix wins were put on the line as six champions went head-to-head as a precursor to the DTM weekend.

Allan McNish drove through the pain barrier as the DTM headed to Oschersleben at the weekend to secure his best finish yet in the German touring car series.

Former Toyota F1 driver Allan McNish put the problems of the last two DTM races to one side to secure his first points in the championship with a seventh place at Brno.

Two-times F1 world champion, Mika Hakkinen showed his class at Spa today [Sunday], by taking the win in only his third DTM race. 'The Flying Finn', who started from pole, eventually triumphed by 4.258 seconds.

Opel endured one of its most difficult weekends in recent times in the DTM series as Lausitz as only one of the teams car managed to finish inside the top ten in the second race of the year.

DTM rookie Allan McNish will make a step into the unknown as the championship heads to the EuroSpeedway circuit for the second round of the season next weekend.