Jamie Green dominates 2011 DTM Hockenheim final race

Jamie Green dominates final race for the AMG Mercedes C-Class.

Fifth successive Mercedes-Benz victory in home race at Hockenheim.

Jamie Green (AMG Mercedes C-Class) won the 2011 DTM season finale at Hockenheim by 7.6 seconds from Martin Tomczyk (Audi) after starting from second place on the grid. It was Green’s seventh DTM victory and his second at Hockenheim. This was the 17th podium for the British driver, his sixth in a DTM race at Hockenheim and podium number 480 for a DTM driver at this track.

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Third place for Bruno Spengler at the Lausitzring circuit

Third place for Bruno Spengler

Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG C-Class) finished in third place to secure his third podium of the season at the fourth DTM race at the Lausitzring. Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG C-Class) was the top-placed Mercedes-Benz driver in third position at the fourth race of the season, held at the Lausitzring circuit. After securing victory at the season opener at Hockenheim and second place in Zandvoort, it’s the third podium of the season for the Canadian driver.

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Second DTM podium for Ralf Schumacher

Second place and second DTM podium in three races for Ralf Schumacher

Spengler leads the DTM championship

Second place for Ralf Schumacher (Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C-Class) made him the best-placed Mercedes-Benz driver at the third round of the season in Spielberg. After his third place at the season opener in Hockenheim, it was Schumacher’s second podium finish in the DTM.

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Zandvoort – Pole position for Bruno Spengler

Second pole of the season for Bruno Spengler.

Mercedes-Benz driver Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG C-Class) will start the second race of the 2011 DTM season from pole position on Sunday. The race starts at 14:00 CET and will be shown live on the German channel ARD (available via Astra and Eutelsat). Spengler, victor of the season opener at Hockenheim, posted a lap time of 1:31.805 minutes during the top four shoot-out at the end of qualifying. It is the ninth pole of his DTM career and the fourth for Mercedes-Benz at the Zandvoort circuit. Furthermore, this will be the 107th time in DTM history that a Mercedes-Benz driver has started from pole position.

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Bruno Spengler: first winner of the 2011 DTM

30th ‘home victory’ at Hockenheim for Mercedes-Benz:

Bruno Spengler wins as Ralf Schumacher claims first DTM podium

A successful weekend for Mercedes-Benz: In addition to the hat trick for Bruno Spengler at Hockenheim (pole position, race win and fastest lap of the race), all three victories in the Formula 3 Euro Series went to drivers of Mercedes-Benz powered cars – two to Roberto Merhi and one to Daniel Juncadella. To cap it, the SLS AMG GT3 won the VLN (German endurance championship) race at the Nürburgring.

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