News 16 apr 2005

In its racing debut, the new Audi A4 DTM will be starting from the pole position. At the Hockenheim season opener, defending champion Mattias Ekström drove the fastest time in Saturday’s Super Pole qualifying session to secure the best starting position for the race on Sunday. Martin Tomczyk and Tom Kristensen, as well, qualified for the single car qualifying of the fastest ten. The best drivers of last year’s Audi A4 DTM cars were Christian Abt and DTM newcomer Frank Stippler on positions twelve and 13 respectively.

	Rinaldo Capello (Audi Sport Team Joest Racing #18) 20th place, 1'36"020 "Today, the fast time had to be driven with the first set of tyres. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to do this. I think I didn’t warm up the tyres enough. In the second corner I had big understeer, which cost me a lot of time. That’s a question of experience.”