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How reigning DTM champion Mirko Bortolotti’s Abt switch is going

They were fierce title rivals last year, but Mirko Bortolotti has brought the coveted number one to the Abt DTM team for 2025, following title success last year.

Autosport

Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #38 Kelvin van der Linde

In his final year racing an Audi, Kelvin van der Linde put together an excellent DTM campaign but came up short to Mirko Bortolotti after leading into the final race.

Autosport

Audi squad perplexed that Preining escaped with Lausitzring DTM warning

Van der Linde had moved into the lead of Sunday’s DTM race thanks to a brilliant overcut strategy executed by Abt Sportsline, jumping both team-mate Ricardo Feller and Manthey EMA driver Preining.

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DTM's new Full Course Yellow rule receives heavy criticism from teams

Starting this year, the pitlane is effectively closed whenever a FCY or a safety car is deployed in the DTM, with any urgent visit to the pits made during that period not counting towards a driver’s mandatory stop.

Motorsport

How Abt Audi brought back Red Bull to the DTM

There was a great degree of surprise in the DTM paddock when Abt took the covers off its 2024 challenger at the Hockenheim finale last month. A shiny new Audi R8 LMS was showcased late in the evening to a huge hoard of photographers and journalists, with the car sporting…

Motorsport

Abt calls for action against DTM teams using sunlight to heat tyres

Amid struggles to get temperatures into Pirelli tyres that are new to the DTM for 2023, teams have come up with creative ways to circumvent the ban on using electric blankets.

Motorsport

How Audi's factory GT3 exit could impact its DTM teams

As reported by Motorsport.com earlier in May, Audi will restructure its GT3 programme next year by limiting its participation to technical support and supply of spare parts.

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How Audi's GT3 factory exit could impact its DTM teams

As reported by Autosport earlier in May, Audi will restructure its GT3 programme next year by limiting its participation to technical support and supply of spare parts.

Autosport

DTM champion Tomcyzk returns to Abt as motorsport director

Martin Tomczyk has rejoined Abt Sportsline as its motorsport director after the 2011 DTM champion spent last season in a senior managerial position at former series promoter ITR.

Autosport

DTM champion Tomcyzk joins Abt as motorsport director

2011 DTM champion Martin Tomczyk has returned to Abt Sportsline as its motorsport director after spending the last season in a senior managerial position at ITR.

Motorsport

The BMW that ended a 20-year wait for DTM glory

BMW’s return to the DTM in 2012 with the new M3 yielded its first championship since 1989. Bruno Spengler fondly remembers the car that sent the Bavarian marque to the top, and secured him the prize he’d been working towards for eight years.

Motorsport

Friday favourite: The BMW that ended a 20-year wait for DTM glory

Autosport

DTM Nurburgring race delayed "indefinitely" by fog

The first DTM race of the weekend at the Nurburging has been delayed indefinitely due to low-hanging fog.

Motorsport

Friday favourite: The "4WD limo" that stunned a DTM star

When Audi introduced its 90 Quattro to IMSA's GTO class in 1989, it made a powerful if brief impression fitting for its impressive engine. When 2011 DTM champion Martin Tomczyk got to drive it in a demo run, he was blown away

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Tomczyk was "naive" to expect team order compliance during DTM career

Recently-retired DTM champion Martin Tomczyk concedes that he was perhaps 'a bit naïve' during his DTM career for expecting team-mates to be compliant in following team orders.

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