Audi wins the 2022 DTM manufacturers classification

After Audi Sport driver Kelvin van der Linde competed for the title as much as the finale final yr, three-time champion René Rast stored the championship battle open till the sixteenth and closing race this yr. The 35-year-old professional from Team ABT had come to the DTM Hockenheimring powered by Audi as one among ten drivers from 5 totally different manufacturers with title possibilities. Cleverly, Rast prevented a number of critical accidents in Saturday’s race and picked up worthwhile factors in fifth place earlier than securing pole place for the closing race on Sunday morning. In the decisive closing race, solely three drivers nonetheless had an opportunity of successful the championship. Rast clinched second place after 34 laps forward of newly topped champion Sheldon van der Linde. This implies that 5 of the six Audi drivers have clinched a mixed complete of twelve podium finishes in the previous DTM season.

Audi owes the high end in the manufacturers standings to its three buyer groups. After ABT Sportsline and Team Rosberg had already fielded the R8 LMS in the GT3 debut yr of the 2021 DTM, Attempto Racing with privateer driver Marius Zug additionally participated for the first time this yr. Finishing third in qualifying, he scored his first level for Arkin Aka’s staff from Hanover on Sunday at Hockenheim. Fourth place in the race marked a robust finish to the season for the 19-year-old native of Munich. He was simply 0.291 seconds off the podium. Like the German, Dev Gore additionally competed as a privateer in the Audi this season. The 25-year-old race driver from Team Rosberg skilled his finest race at Imola. At the third occasion, the American clinched a DTM podium outcome for the first time in his profession in second place because of a great race technique and a convincing private efficiency after an early pit cease. His Rosberg teammate, Audi driver Nico Müller, recorded his finest performances this yr with a victory in the season opener at Portimão and a second place at Imola. The Swiss completed seventh in the closing standings as the second-best driver of an Audi R8 LMS.

Two different Audi Sport drivers have been on the grid for ABT Sportsline. Kelvin van der Linde achieved his finest performances with Audi this yr at the Nürburgring: After successful the 24-hour race with Audi for the second time in May, he additionally managed his finest DTM season outcome there three months later with second place. He completed the season in ninth place. His teammate Ricardo Feller put a number of exclamation marks on his debut season in the DTM. The Swiss celebrated his first victory as early as the third weekend in Imola, and added one other trophy at the Nürburgring with third place.

While the DTM season is over, Audi Sport buyer racing has thrilling weeks forward internationally. Nine drivers titles and 22 different classifications have already been gained by prospects of the model worldwide this yr, and in lots of different racing sequence they’re in promising positions with the model’s 4 merchandise – the Audi RS 3 LMS touring automotive and the three GT fashions R8 LMS GT2, GT3 and GT4.