DTM countdown: development freeze relieves Audi’s budget

AUDI DTM
Ingolstadt, March 18, 2010

- Five weeks to go before the 2010 DTM season starts
- Audi A4 DTM nearly unchanged compared with last year
- Potential for reduction of fielding costs more than 30 percent

The 2010 DTM season that will start at the Hockenheimring on April 25, 2010 is marked by maximum efficiency: Audi will compete with the known model generations of the Audi A4 DTM and is expecting a potential to reduce the fielding cost by more than 30 percent without the sport losing any of its attractiveness to fans, media, drivers and teams. The freeze on the technical development of all DTM vehicles has enabled this step.

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March 11, 2010 5:29 AM

DTM countdown: starting into the new DTM season with six kilograms less

AUDI
DTM countdown
Ingolstadt, March 11, 2010

- Six weeks to go before the 2010 DTM season starts
- Audi “factory” driver Martin Tomczyk has changed his diet
- A half-year winter break packed with excitement and adventure

Exactly 183 days will have passed between the 2009 DTM finale and the 2010 season opener at the Hockenheimring (April 24) - this equates to just about half a year, which is an extremely long break for a sportsman. But as the example of Martin Tomczyk who is tackling his tenth DTM season in 2010 shows the winter season was anything but boring for the Audi "factory" drivers.

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March 4, 2010 7:28 AM

DTM countdown: Playboy meets Glamour

AUDI
Ingolstadt, March 4, 2010

- Seven weeks to go before the 2010 DTM season starts
- Katherine Legge is Markus Winkelhock’s new team colleague
- Two lifestyle magazines as media partners

Markus Winkelhock and Katherine Legge will be in for some completely new challenges in the 2010 DTM: for the first time, both of them will compete as team colleagues for Audi Sport Team Rosberg. That the driver from southern Germany’s "Swabia" region will continue to advertise the men’s magazine "Playboy" on the Audi A4 DTM while Katherine Legge will represent the colors of "Glamour" magazine should add a dose of lifestyle spice to the DTM - and can be expected to inspire the media to come up with some clever comparisons and puns.

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February 28, 2010 11:59 AM

Audi drivers are physically and mentally fit for 2010

Audi DTM
Ingolstadt, February 28, 2010

- A week of diverse fitness and team training in Ofterschwang
- Main focus on team spirit and physical exercises
- Impressive performance by Tom Kristensen

Head of Audi-Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich had every reason to be pleased with the excellent team spirit, physical fitness and strong motivation his drivers displayed at the annual winter camp held during the last week of February. Even the four drivers who experienced the team training in Bavaria’s "Oberallgäu" region for the first time perfectly blended in with the team.

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February 25, 2010 5:56 AM

DTM countdown: Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller to be “united again”

AUDI DTM
Ingolstadt, February 25, 2010

- Eight weeks to go before the 2010 DTM season starts
- 2008 LMS title winners united in a DTM team for the first time
- New motivation for Rockenfeller, Prémat concentrates on DTM

In a manner of speaking, the 2010 DTM will see the two Audi "factory" drivers Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller experience a "reunion." The two finished the 2008 season as team colleagues in Audi Sport Team Joest at the wheel of the Audi R10 TDI by winning the European Le Mans Series but have always contested the DTM for different teams - the Frenchman for Audi Sport Team Phoenix, the German for Audi Sport Team Rosberg. Now, for the first time, both will be team-mates at the wheel of two Audi A4 DTM cars fielded by Phoenix.

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February 18, 2010 6:13 AM

DTM countdown: Audi’s driver line-up for the 2010 DTM is complete

AUDI DTM
Ingolstadt, February 18, 2010

- Nine weeks to go before the 2010 DTM season starts
- 21-year-old Spaniard Miguel Molina is new Audi “factory” driver
- Katherine Legge and Mike Rockenfeller change teams

Nine weeks before the 2010 DTM season starts, Audi’s driver line-up for the most popular international touring car racing series is complete. Since Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen will fully concentrate on sports car racing in the Audi R15 TDI in 2010, the young Spaniard Miguel Molina will join the team as a new member.

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February 11, 2010 5:37 AM

DTM countdown: Mattias Ekström wants to score his very personal hat-trick

AUDI
Ingolstadt, February 11, 2010 -

- About ten weeks to go before the 2010 DTM season starts
- Two-time DTM Champion has completed intense preparation
- “I would bet money on Michael Schumacher”

He’s the man who defeated Michael Schumacher - not just once, but twice in the "Race of Champions" - at the wheel of identical cars. There are very few racers in the world who have such a feather in their cap. But when the new DTM season starts at Hockenheim on April 25, 2010, the Swede Mattias Ekström will pursue an altogether different goal: the Audi "factory" driver wants to clinch his third DTM title and score his personal hat-trick.

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February 5, 2010 6:32 AM

DTM countdown: Oliver Jarvis follows in Tom Kristensen’s footsteps

AUDI - DTM
Ingolstadt, February 5, 2010

- Eleven weeks to go before the 2010 DTM season starts
- Great chance for Audi’s youngest “factory” driver
- Jarvis to succeed Tom Kristensen in Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline

There is one Audi driver who is looking forward to the opener of the new DTM season at the Hockenheimring on April 25 with particularly eager anticipation: Oliver Jarvis. Jarvis, who at the age 26 is the youngest Audi "factory" driver, will take the place of Le Mans record winner Tom Kristensen in Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline to make his debut in the most popular international touring car series in a current-specification Audi A4 after a two-year "apprenticeship" in a prior-spec model. This automatically moves him into the group of candidates for the title.

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October 25, 2009 11:03 PM

Audi achieves hat-trick in the DTM

Audi
Ingolstadt/Hockenheim
October 25, 2009

- Timo Scheider clinches title with second place at Hockenheim
- 155,000 spectators witness thrilling finale
- AUDI AG writes another chapter of motorsport history

Befitting its 100th anniversary, Audi has written another chapter of motorsport history. The brand is the first ever automobile manufacturer to achieve a title hat-trick in the prestigious international touring car racing series: After 2007 and 2008, Audi has clinched the coveted trophy for the third consecutive time.

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Audi achieves hat-trick in the DTM

Audi
Ingolstadt/Hockenheim
October 25, 2009

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Timo Scheider makes DTM history for Audi

Audi
Ingolstadt/Hockenheim
October 25, 2009

- Audi driver clinches title yet again
- Second place in finale at Hockenheim
- Audi is first brand to have won the DTM title for the third consecutive time

Timo Scheider and Audi did it: Last year’s winner successfully defended his DTM title in the 2009 season in the A4 DTM. This makes Audi the first brand to have won the title for the third consecutive time in the history of the DTM that has been held since 1984.