Mike Rockenfeller in the new Audi A5 DTM took third place and thus achieved a podium result for Audi in the DTM race at Brands Hatch (Great Britain). Mattias Ekström improved to third place in the overall classification.
Mattias Ekström in the Red Bull Audi A5 DTM from Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline managed to make up ground from position eight on the grid to fifth place, thus improving in the overall standings. The Swede overtook Christian Vietoris on lap one, Adrian Tambay on lap two and subsequently profited from a slower pit stop of the Portuguese Filipe Albuquerque (Audi Sport Team Rosberg), who in his TV Movie Audi A5 DTM was running on position four for a long time but in the end had to settle for tenth place.
Youngster Adrien Tambay (Audi ultra A5 DTM) was running in the points with good prospects in the early phase of his third DTM race but after several scraps and incidents of body contact dropped to twelfth place.
Rahel Frey (E-POSTBRIEF Audi A5 DTM) in 18th place won the ladies duel against her rival Susie Wolff for the second consecutive time. Timo Scheider on the other hand experienced a weekend to forget. The two-time DTM Champion dropped to 17th place on the starting lap, subsequently was stuck in traffic and had to park his AUTO TEST Audi A5 DTM after 55 laps due to a misfiring engine.