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M4 DTM celebrates its street circuit debut
For Marco Wittmann, with 50 points, the current front-runner in the drivers' championship, the race weekend in Nuremberg is the highlight of the season. He lives just 20 kilometers away from the track in Fürth. Just as the local hero lies in the front of the other drivers, his BMW Team RMG also has the number one hold. The team to team boss Stefan Reinhold leads the standings with 58 points.
The 2.3 kilometer Norisring is regarded as the Monaco of the DTM. Just as driving the Formula 1 drivers drive in the Principality through narrow canyons, the DTM drivers come extremely close to the walls and on the tight street circuit in Nuremberg. 83 time they complete the stop-and-go circuit around the pond before they see the checkered flag.
Last year proved to be the Norisring, which is made suitable for racing each year by volunteers and also includes public roads, for BMW Motorsport as relatively difficult terrain. After a turbulently heated race with two Safety Car periods, Bruno Spengler finished as the best-placed BMW driver in sixth place. A total of four BMW drivers managed to make it into the top ten. In the course of the 2013 weekend 126,000 viewers came to the track to watch what was happening at the Norisring during which BMW has been able to celebrate five victories in the DTM.
The DTM premiere of the race at this track, in 1984, saw a victory with Winfried Vogt in a BMW 323i.
Stefan Reinhold, Team Principal at RMG, knows what it will arrive at the Norisring: "We are focused, in order to remain with Maxime Martin and Marco on course for success The Norisring is a special and difficult course, the one by three out of ten races. means completely new situation for all. We are therefore very excited to see how there the balance of power will represent. important as always to deliver the team a flawless weekend. "
There is still a catching up to do for teams of Schnitzer, RBM and Mtek. They lie in the team standings only between 6th and 10th place, and thus behind three Audi teams as well as the best team of stragglers Mercedes.
The driver: No question, the big favorite for the race win in Nuremberg is Marco Wittmann. Every time the youngster took the checkered flag this season, he was also at the very top of the podium. But the Norisring is known for turbulent race, and one mistake can already mean a premature end. For Wittman, this will not be a passing triumph.
Bruno Spengler was the last race at the Hungaroring after a modest start of the season with just eight points from two runs recognize an uptrend and finished third on the podium.
The other BMW drivers Augusto Farfus, Joey Hand, Martin Tomczyk, Timo Glock, Antonio Felix da Costa and Maxime Martin may be normally well calculate only limited opportunities for the front ranks, but, in a street race course there could at any time be an unforeseen incident.
The car: Two wins from three races for the new BMW M4 DTM - better, a season for a new vehicle actually hardly begin. This will be the inaugural race from the BMW M4 DTM
BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt said this:.. "The debut of the new BMW M4 DTM has been very successful for us two pole positions, two wins and 118 points from three races are a more than positive yield The start of the season is so successful with us the new BMW M4 DTM. However, we will not make the mistake of resting on our laurels. represented in the DTM has to be earned every single hit hard. exactly what awaits us next weekend in Nuremberg . "