I'm sure I'm not alone here in my excitement at the return of Michael Schumacher to the world's top form of racing. He is, after all, the master of racing masters. I was sure that he was going to show all the young bucks who is boss from the get-go. But so far the "return of the king" has been a bit lackluster. While Michael hasn't
As the British DTM driver, Jamie Green sat on the grid at last weekend's Norisring race, he probably didn't fancy his chance of winning the race. He had only qualified in 7th position and surrounded by so many similar cars, victory wasn't exactly within his grasp... But win the race he did! Here pole sitter and reigning DTM champion Timo
Other than family, the biggest thing I miss about the UK is Goodwood Festival of Speed. I went to every one until 2005 and it was always a highlight in my Motor Racing year. I would see few cars run up the hill climbs. I would spend most of the time in the paddocks or on the front lawn where a stunning display was always to be had. The very wet 1997
As we wind down our Volkswagen Group features I thought it would be a good idea to pay a homage to Audi's winged warriors; their modern DTM race cars The modern era of DTM was relaunched in 2000 and is comprised of some of the most extreme looking race cars on the planet. The first Audi efforts in the DTM were from the privateer team Abt Sportsline
This past weekend, we went to the Recaro Days event, which was held at Nurburgring's paddock area. Rather than bore you with a ton of text, I thought I'd just put up a gallery of photos; after all, everyone knows that wheels are better to look at than talk about . Hmm... well, I love talking about wheels too! I'll be honest. Not all the
Right now it's about 6:00am in the quiet town of Nurburg, Germany. The sun is just rising right now, and the sky is filled with spectacular deep red and deep blue hues, which contrast to the lush green grassy fields right outside my window. I left my big windows open all night because it was so damn hot and stuffy inside my hotel room. From what
Here is a gallery of images from the DTM series visit to Eurospeedway a few weeks ago. Enjoy! Start. Check that exhaust out! Headlights on this car are wicked. Images are from Audi Motorsports, Daimler-Mercedes and DTM. A real master class in top level racing photography I have to say. -Rod Chong http://www.dtm.de http://www.teamamg-mercedes.de http
The DTM is a German based Touring Car Championship, currently featuring rear wheel driver 480bhp V8 powered Mercedes and Audi 'silhouette' racecars. Although its called a Touring Car Championship, in reality, its closer to F1 or ALMS/LMS with carbon chassis and huge budgets. Most rounds take place in Germany, but the series also visits Zandvoort