DTM News

Mattias Ekstrom has been docked a position in the results of the DTM race at Zandvoort after Audi was found guilty of a breach of regulations in the Dutch race.

The results of the fifth round of the 2009 DTM held at Zandvoort in the Netherlands will remain provisional until July 31, it has been announced.

Katherine Legge was left both frustrated and disappointed as another promising qualifying performance resulted in retirement for the Audi driver at Zandvoort.

Four Audi drivers have been excluded from the fourth round of the DTM season at Zandvoort due to infringements following the Dutch race.

Newly-crowned A1GP Champion Adam Carroll has challenged Formula 1 teams to take a punt on his services in 2010, by insisting: I can fight for the world championship!

The launch of a new DTM campaign usually brings with it some sort of tweaking of the rulebook, and 2009 was no difference as organisers took the wraps off the series in Dusseldorf at the weekend.

Precisely a month away from the start of the 2009 campaign, Mercedes-Benz has revealed its slim-lined, eight-strong DTM driver line-up - one that it hopes will prove up to the task of stealing the laurels back from Audi after two years in which its Ingolstadt rival has held the upper hand.

Rubens Barrichello has suggested that a 'culture difference' and language barrier were the key elements separating Honda from success in Formula 1 in recent years - as he revealed his hopes that Brawn GP will turn out to be something of a hybrid of what he found at Ferrari and Stewart Grand Prix.

Mercedes has revealed that Ralf Schumacher has extended his contract to continue in the DTM for the coming season, with the former F1 racer moving up to a 2009-spec Mercedes C-Class for his second year in the series.

Gary Paffett has revealed that he is bullish about his chances of finally grabbing a spot on the grand prix grid in 2009, insisting that there is 'a door to be opened' at Force India - and that he is determined to be the man to open it.

Susie Stoddart has stated her belief that there will be a 'successful female Formula 1 driver' in her lifetime - but stopped short of suggesting that it will be her.

Pedro de la Rosa has refused to comment on mounting speculation that he is being considered for a return to Formula 1 with Force India in 2009 - even if he has admitted that 'what [he] really wants to do is to race'.

Paul di Resta has admitted that he is so keen to make his Formula 1 debut next year that he would be willing to do so with a back-of-the-grid team - something many in the paddock believe is a distinct possibility.

Susie Stoddart will seek to pick up her first DTM points of the year later this month as the series heads to Brands Hatch for the eighth round of the campaign.

Katherine Legge's lack of Nurburgring experience counted heavily against her as the latest round of the DTM took place in some typical Eifel conditions, but she showed some fighting spirit before her race ended earlier than expected.

Markus Winkelhock has admitted that his Formula 1 career is unlikely to extend to a second race as he continues to remain focused on his career in the DTM.

The organisers of the DTM confirmed the provisional calendar for 2009 on Tuesday and like this year it will again feature eleven rounds in six European countries, including an event at Brands Hatch in the UK.

British Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton will return to the DTM bill when the series returns to UK shores, at Brands Hatch, next month, when he demonstrates his McLaren-Mercedes MP4-23 around the tight confines of the Indy Circuit.

As if victory last time out at Oschersleben and a handy championship lead were on their own not enough, Timo Scheider has gone another step towards stamping his authority firmly on the DTM in 2008 - by storming to his third successive pole position on the series' first foreign trip of the campaig

Formula One outcasts Christian Klien and Ralf Schumacher could be poised to follow the likes of Mika Hakkinen and Heinz-Harald Frentzen by switching to touring cars in the DTM.

The McLaren name could disappear from Formula One if rumours in Germany regarding Mercedes' DTM partner prove to be close to the mark.

Three years after making his racing comeback, double Formula 1 World Champion Mika Hakkinen has confirmed his retirement from professional motor racing.

There was a dramatic end to the penultimate DTM race of the season at Barcelona when Audi sensationally withdrew all of its cars with only a few laps of the race remaining.

This year's title race may not have been resolved just yet, but the DTM is already making plans for 2008 after revealing their calendar for next season with only a few minor changes to it