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Race Information | ||
Date | 17 July 2005 | |
No. | 82 (6 of 2005) | |
Event | ![]() | |
Location | ![]() ![]() | |
Format | 165 km / 70 min (Championship Race) | |
Lap length | 2.300 km (1.429 mi) | |
Distance | 72 laps / 165.600 km (102.899 mi) | |
Qualifying Result | ||
Pole Sitter | ![]() | |
Team | ![]() | |
Time | 48.446 | |
Fastest Lap | ||
Driver | ![]() | |
Team | ![]() | |
Time | 48.922 on lap 5 | |
Race Result | ||
First | Second | Third |
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Winner Team | ![]() | |
Time | 1:05:58.262 | |
Race Guide | ||
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The 2005 Norisring Race, formally known as the ADAC Norisring Trophäe 2005, was the sixth race of the 2005 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Norisring in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany on 17 July 2005.[1] The race would see Gary Paffett sweep to his second straight victory at the Norisring, a result which moved him back into the lead of the Championship.[2]
Qualifying had seen Tom Kristensen sweep to his second pole position in a row, albeit by just 0.009s from Paffett after a tight Super Pole shootout.[3] Bruno Spengler, meanwhile, would sweep to his best quali-result of his rookie season, securing third ahead of Jean Alesi, while Championship leader Mattias Ekström would share the third row with Manuel Reuter.[3]
The start of the race saw Kristensen initially make a good getaway, although he was powerless to prevent Paffett and Alesi storming past on the brakes for the first hairpin.[4] Kristensen tried to squeeze Paffett but was unable to stop him coming through, as behind Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Allan McNish and Pierre Kaffer tangled as the former was tipped into a spin.[4]
All three would manage to untangle themselves without outside intervention, as the rest of the field charged around to complete the opening tour.[4] Out front, meanwhile, Paffett would break away as Kristensen fought hard with Alesi to regain second, while Jamie Green harassed Mattias Ekström for fifth behind Mika Häkkinen.[4]
That fight would come to a spectacular end at the end of lap five, when a lunge from Green saw the #21 Mercedes slam into the back of Häkkinen and smack the side of Ekström.[4] Häkkinen was out on the spot with damage, Green retired a few laps later, and Ekström continued, with the Safety Car scrambled to cover the debris collection.[4]
That SC period sparked a flurry of pitstops, although Paffett, Kristensen and Alesi would all stay out.[4] Alesi's race was soon ended by an engine failure, while Paffett worked to not only build a new lead over Kristensen, but also escape from those that had stopped.[4]
However, those that had not stopped would be thrown a life-line on lap 29, as Rinaldo Capello spun himself into the barriers exiting the Scholler S, destroying the back of his car.[4] That triggered a second Safety Car period that saw the entire field pit together, with Christian Abt the big winner as he rose up to third overall, while Marcel Fässler hit the debris of Capello's car hard enough to ruin his car.[4]
Paffett would ultimately serve both of his stops during the second SC period, rejoining in fifth before going all out at the restart.[4] Indeed, the Brit would immediately go on the offensive against main title rival Ekström, storming past the Swede with a lunge into the first hairpin.[4]
Second stops and a lunge past Abt would shuffle Paffett back up to second, with the Brit duly closing back in onto race leader Kristensen, who was still yet to stop.[4] After one lunge Paffett settled in the #6 Audi's wake, and would simply wait for the Dane to finally make his stop.[4]
With that, and a late accident between Bruno Spengler and Bernd Schneider that was identical to the one that took out their teammates, the race was run, with Paffett winning the race by three seconds from Abt.[4] Ekström completed the podium ahead of a battle damaged McNish, with Martin Tomczyk glued to the Scot's tail as they crossed the line.[4] Frentzen produced an impressive recovery drive to claim sixth ahead of Kristenesen, while Pierre Kaffer secured the final point in eighth.[4]
Background[]
After a near month-long break the 2005 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship resumed with its sixth round, returning to one of the Series' most popular venues.[1] Indeed, a total of 130,000 tickets had been sold for the DTM's weekend visit to the Norisring in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, on 15 - 17 July, with the 2.300 km circuit unchanged for the DTM's latest trip.[2] Likewise, there had been no changes to the entry list since the previous round in Oschersleben.[1]
Mercedes' Maximum[]
The success ballast allocation had again been rebalanced for the trip to the Norisring, with AMG-Mercedes back to racing at the maximum weight courtesy of Paffett's win in Oschersleben.[5] Audi, meanwhile, would keep the addition 10 kg they had earned with victory in Brno, while Opel remained at the minimum race weight.[5]
Outlined below are the success ballast allocations for the 2005 Norisring Race:
2005 Norisring Race Success Ballast | ||
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Manufacturer | Year | Weight |
AMG-Mercedes | 2004 | 1,055 kg (▲ 10 kg) |
2005 | 1,070 kg (▲ 10 kg) | |
Audi | 2004 | 1,045 kg (—) |
2005 | 1,060 kg (—) | |
Opel | 2004 | 1,015 kg (—) |
2005 | 1,030 kg (—) |
Saxon Supplements[]
Mattias Ekström had retained the lead in the Championship after his second, second place finish of the campaign, with those eight points having been just enough for him to retain the initiative. Indeed, Paffett's victory at the previous round, which had made him the first repeat winner of 2005, had moved him to within a point of the defending Champion, while Tom Kristensen sat eight off in third. Mika Häkkinen, meanwhile, had lost a fair amount of ground in fourth ahead of Jean Alesi, while Bernd Schneider had moved up to be the best placed German driver, albeit down in seventh.
In the Teams' Championship DC Bank AMG-Mercedes had inched away atop the table in Oschersleben, the German squad having moved onto 51 points for the season. Audi Team Abt Sportsline had remained as their closest challengers, but slipped thirteen behind, while their sister squad Audi Team Abt were in third, twenty off the lead. In the Manufacturers' Championship AMG-Mercedes retained the lead, and had increased their advantage to ten points.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2005 Norisring Race is displayed below:
2005 Norisring Race Entry List | |||||
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No. | Name | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Livery |
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Audi | A4 DTM | File:EKS 05 Livery.png |
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Audi | A4 DTM | File:TOM 05 Livery.png |
3 | ![]() |
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AMG-Mercedes | C-Klasse DTM | File:PAF 05 Livery.png |
4 | ![]() |
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AMG-Mercedes | C-Klasse DTM | File:ALE 05 Livery.png |
5 | ![]() |
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Audi | A4 DTM | File:KRI 05 Livery.png |
6 | ![]() |
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Audi | A4 DTM | File:MCN 05 Livery.png |
7 | ![]() |
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AMG-Mercedes | C-Klasse DTM | File:BSC 05 Livery.png |
8 | ![]() |
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AMG-Mercedes | C-Klasse DTM | File:HAK 05 Livery.png |
9 | ![]() |
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Opel | Vectra GTS V8 | File:FAE 05 Livery.png |
10 | ![]() |
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Opel | Vectra GTS V8 | File:FRE 05 Livery.png |
11 | ![]() |
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Opel | Vectra GTS V8 | File:AIE 05 Livery.png |
12 | ![]() |
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Opel | Vectra GTS V8 | File:AIE 05 Livery.png |
14 | ![]() |
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Audi | A4 DTM | File:ABT 05 Livery.png |
15 | ![]() |
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Audi | A4 DTM | File:KAF 05 Livery.png |
16 | ![]() |
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AMG-Mercedes | C-Klasse DTM | File:MUC 05 Livery.png |
17 | ![]() |
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AMG-Mercedes | C-Klasse DTM | File:MAR 05 Livery.png |
18 | ![]() |
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Audi | A4 DTM | File:CAP 05 Livery.png |
19 | ![]() |
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Audi | A4 DTM | File:STI 05 Livery.png |
20 | ![]() |
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AMG-Mercedes | C-Klasse DTM | File:SPE 05 Livery.png |
21 | ![]() |
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AMG-Mercedes | C-Klasse DTM | File:GRE 05 Livery.png |
Source:[6] |
Practice[]
Qualifying[]
Report[]
Results[]
The final qualifying result for the 2005 Norisring Race are outlined below:
2005 Norisring Race Qualifying Result | |||||||
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Super Pole Results | |||||||
Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Ave. Speed | Grid |
1st | 5 | ![]() |
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48.446 | — | 170.911 km/h | 1 |
2nd | 3 | ![]() |
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48.455 | +0.009s | 170.880 km/h | 2 |
3rd | 20 | ![]() |
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48.469 | +0.023s | 170.830 km/h | 3 |
4th | 4 | ![]() |
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48.497 | +0.051s | 170.732 km/h | 4 |
5th | 1 | ![]() |
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48.542 | +0.096s | 170.573 km/h | 5 |
6th | 12 | ![]() |
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48.729 | +0.283s | 169.919 km/h | 6 |
7th | 8 | ![]() |
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48.745 | +0.299s | 169.863 km/h | 7 |
8th | 9 | ![]() |
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48.833 | +0.387s | 169.557 km/h | 8 |
9th | 21 | ![]() |
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48.869 | +0.423s | 169.432 km/h | 9 |
10th | 7 | ![]() |
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48.959 | +0.513s | 169.121 km/h | 10 |
Qualifying Results | |||||||
Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Ave. Speed | Grid |
1st | 3 | ![]() |
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48.257 | — | 171.581 km/h | SP |
2nd | 4 | ![]() |
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48.311 | +0.056s | 171.389 km/h | SP |
3rd | 5 | ![]() |
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48.329 | +0.072s | 171.325 km/h | SP |
4th | 20 | ![]() |
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48.351 | +0.094s | 171.247 km/h | SP |
5th | 8 | ![]() |
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48.474 | +0.217s | 170.813 km/h | SP |
6th | 21 | ![]() |
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48.482 | +0.225s | 170.785 km/h | SP |
7th | 1 | ![]() |
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48.505 | +0.248s | 170.704 km/h | SP |
8th | 7 | ![]() |
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48.572 | +0.315s | 170.468 km/h | SP |
9th | 9 | ![]() |
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48.596 | +0.339s | 170.384 km/h | SP |
10th | 12 | ![]() |
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48.717 | +0.460s | 169.961 km/h | SP |
11th | 10 | ![]() |
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48.750 | +0.493s | 169.846 km/h | 11 |
12th | 6 | ![]() |
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48.861 | +0.604s | 169.460 km/h | 12 |
13th | 19 | ![]() |
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48.880 | +0.623s | 169.394 km/h | 13 |
14th | 2 | ![]() |
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48.968 | +0.711s | 169.090 km/h | 14 |
15th | 18 | ![]() |
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49.018 | +0.761s | 168.917 km/h | 15 |
16th | 16 | ![]() |
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49.046 | +0.789s | 168.821 km/h | 16 |
17th | 14 | ![]() |
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49.106 | +0.849s | 168.614 km/h | 17 |
18th | 17 | ![]() |
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49.207 | +0.950s | 168.268 km/h | 18 |
19th | 15 | ![]() |
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49.489 | +1.232s | 167.309 km/h | 19 |
20th | 11 | ![]() |
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49.578 | +1.321s | 167.009 km/h | 20 |
Source:[6] |
- Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
Grid[]
The starting grid for the 2005 Norisring Race in shown below:
Pos. | Pos. | |
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Driver | Driver | |
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Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
2 | Tom Kristensen | |
Gary Paffett | ______________ | |
Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
4 | Bruno Spengler | |
Jean Alesi | ______________ | |
Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
6 | Mattias Ekström | |
Manuel Reuter | ______________ | |
Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
8 | Mika Häkkinen | |
Marcel Fässler | ______________ | |
Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
10 | Jamie Green | |
Bernd Schneider | ______________ | |
Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
12 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | |
Allan McNish | ______________ | |
Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
14 | Frank Stippler | |
Martin Tomczyk | ______________ | |
Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
16 | Rinaldo Capello | |
Stefan Mücke | ______________ | |
Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
18 | Christian Abt | |
Alexandros Margaritis | ______________ | |
Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
20 | Pierre Kaffer | |
Laurent Aïello | ______________ |
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
The final classification of the 2005 Norisring Race is displayed below:
2005 Norisring Race Result | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
1st | 3 | ![]() |
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72 | 1:05:58.262 | 48.922 | 10 |
2nd | 14 | ![]() |
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72 | +3.627s | 49.469 | 8 |
3rd | 1 | ![]() |
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72 | +6.269s | 49.160 | 6 |
4th | 6 | ![]() |
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72 | +13.251s | 49.357 | 5 |
5th | 2 | ![]() |
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72 | +13.615s | 49.451 | 4 |
6th | 10 | ![]() |
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72 | +14.538s | 49.311 | 3 |
7th | 5 | ![]() |
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72 | +21.917s | 49.100 | 2 |
8th | 15 | ![]() |
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72 | +23.310s | 49.355 | 1 |
9th | 12 | ![]() |
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72 | +34.250s | 48.992 | |
10th | 7 | ![]() |
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72 | +56.012s | 49.169 | |
11th | 17 | ![]() |
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71 | +1 Lap | 49.295 | |
12th* | 11 | ![]() |
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61 | Damage | 49.295 | |
13th* | 20 | ![]() |
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59 | Collision | 49.200 | |
Ret | 16 | ![]() |
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39 | Retired | 49.374 | |
Ret | 9 | ![]() |
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30 | Accident | 49.351 | |
Ret | 18 | ![]() |
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29 | Accident | 49.497 | |
Ret | 4 | ![]() |
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23 | Engine | 49.383 | |
Ret | 19 | ![]() |
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8 | Damage | 49.923 | |
Ret | 21 | ![]() |
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6 | Damage | 49.325 | |
Ret | 8 | ![]() |
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5 | Collision | 49.530 | |
Source:[6] |
- Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
- Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
Milestones[]
- Sixth win for Gary Paffett.
- HWA Team claimed their 47th win as an entrant.
- AMG-Mercedes secured their 49th win as a manufacturer.
Standings[]
A third victory of the campaign was enough to restore Gary Paffett back to the top of the Championship, the Brit having moved onto 44 points for the season. Mattias Ekström had slipped back to second, three off the lead, while Tom Kristensen had retained third, but fell sixteen off the lead. Mika Häkkinen and Jean Alesi had held station too, both having remained on seventeen points, while Christian Abt had moved into sixth.
DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes continued to lead the Teams' Championship after their fourth win of the season, with the lead HWA squad having moved onto 61 points. Audi Team Abt Sportsline remained in second, thirteen off the lead having kept pace with HWA, while their sister squad Audi Team Abt had lost ground in third. In the Manufacturers' Championship Audi had moved into the lead of the Championship for the first time in almost two years, having opened out a six point lead over AMG-Mercedes.
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References[]
Images and Videos:
References:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'Norisring: Race report', us.motorsport.com, (Motorsport Network, 17/07/2005), https://us.motorsport.com/dtm/news/norisring-race-report-2005-07-18/1253686/?nrt=45, (Accessed 06/11/2021)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 'Norisring: Qualifying report', us.motorsport.com, (Motorsport Network, 17/07/2005), https://us.motorsport.com/dtm/news/norisring-qualifying-report-2005-07-16/1253178/, (Accessed 06/11/2021)
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 'DTM Norisring 2005 - Highlights', youtube.com, (YouTube: DTM, 23/11/2016), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L9NYWWyZnE&list=PLrjmhNF7Jz1zZbXwniT08PYxmS8VVPwT7&index=6, (Accessed 06/11/2021)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 '2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Norisring', motorsportstats.com, (Motorsport Network, 2019), https://motorsportstats.com/results/deutsche-tourenwagen-masters/2005/norisring/info, (Accessed 06/11/2021)
2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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Manufacturers |
Audi • AMG-Mercedes • Opel |
Car/engine |
Audi A4 DTM 2005 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 • AMG 4.0l V8 • Vectra GTS V8 2005 • Opel 4.0l V8 |
Teams |
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Joest • Audi Sport Team Joest Racing • DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes • GMAC/Stern Team OPC • Mücke Motorsport • Team OPC • Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes • Vodafone/Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes |
Drivers |
1 Mattias Ekström • 2 Martin Tomczyk • 3 Gary Paffett • 4 Jean Alesi • 5 Tom Kristensen • 6 Allan McNish • 7 Bernd Schneider • 8 Mika Häkkinen • 9 Marcel Fässler • 10 Heinz-Harald Frentzen • 11 Laurent Aïello • 12 Manuel Reuter • 14 Christian Abt • 15 Pierre Kaffer • 16 Stefan Mücke • 17 Alexandros Margaritis • 18 Rinaldo Capello • 19 Frank Stippler • 20 Bruno Spengler • 21 Jamie Green |
Races |
Hockenheim Opening • Lausitzring I • Spa-Francorchamps • Brno • Oschersleben • Norisring • Nürburgring • Zandvoort • Lausitzring II • Istanbul Park • Hockenheim Finale |
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