For the first time this season all three DTM manufacturers were on the podium at Brands Hatch, with Gary Paffet claiming victory for Mercedes, BMW driver Bruno Spenlger second and Mike Rockenfeller third for Audi.
Gary Paffett has taken his second win of the season for Mercedes at Brands Hatch. The championship points leader finished ahead of the season’s only other race winner, BMW driver Bruno Spengler.
Bruno Spengler set the quickest time in the warm up session at Brands Hatch for BMW with a lap time of 42.267s. The Lausitzring winner finished 0.068s ahead of the Audi of Edoardo Mortara.
Gary Paffett claimed pole position for Mercedes at his home event with a lap time of 41.266s.
Augusto Farfus topped the timesheets for BMW in the second free practice session at Brands Hatch with a lap time of 41.312s.
BMW on top again as the DTM hit Brands Hatch for the first free practice. Reigning champion Martin Tomczyk put the BMW M3 DTM on top of the list, 0.077 seconds ahead of leading Mercedes driver Gary Paffett.
Brands Hatch in England is next up for the DTM drivers and teams from Audi, BMW and Mercedes. The 1.9 kilometer indy circuit is as in previous years going to be used, meaning that the race is of 98 laps.
Audi heads to Brands Hatch this weekend for the third DTM race of 2012 with hope to boune back after being left out of the top fight in the previous race at Lausitzring that became an all BMW-Mercedes affair.
Motorbase Performance had a challenging opening to their 2012 British Touring Car Championship campaign at Brands Hatch.
The two new Triple Eight Race Engineering NGTC MG6s had a mixed day on their debut at Brands Hatch for the opening round of the 2012 British Touring Car Championship. Double Champion Jason Plato qualified in 6th for tomorrow’s first race with Andy Neate to line up in 19th.