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27 November 2007 - Paffett awarded for his character in DTM
Gary Paffett, the Mercedes-Benz DTM driver, has been awarded the ‘Laureus Medien Ehrenpreis’.
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14 October 2007 - 10th round in Hockenheim
Seven victories for the C-Class in the season’s ten races 141st race win for Mercedes-Benz in the brand’s 300th DTM/ITC race A record crowd of 152,000 during the weekend.
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13 October 2007 - 10th round in Hockenheim, Qualifying
Jamie Green (Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C-Class), winner of the previous DTM race in Barcelona, will start Sunday’s 2007 DTM season finale in Hockenheim as the best driver of an AMG Mercedes C-Class from fourth place on the grid. In the third part of qualifying, Green set a time of 1min33.028. Tom Kristensen (Audi/1:32.862) took pole position.
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13 -14 October 2007 - Jubilee: 300th Race for Mercedes-Benz in front of a Record Crowd
The 10th and final round of the 2007 DTM in Hockenheim this coming weekend will be the 300th race for Mercedes-Benz in the DTM and in the ITC since the brand has officially returned to touring car racing in 1988.
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22nd/23rd September 2007 - Round nine in Barcelona
In the ninth round of the 2007 DTM in Barcelona this coming weekend, the new Mercedes-
Benz C-Class will start with its basic weight of 1,070 kilograms for the first time since the
season opener in Hockenheim on 22nd April, and so does the respective model of the
competition. Prior to the championship showdown with the races at the Circuit de Catalunya
and the finale in Hockenheim on 14th October, there is an equality of chances between
the title contenders.
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22nd September 2007 - Round 9, Barcelona, qualifying
Mika Häkkinen (AMG Mercedes C-Class) will start tomorrow’s ninth and penultimate round of the 2007 DTM in Barcelona second on the grid. In Saturday’s qualifying on a drying track, Häkkinen set a time of 1min18.868 and was 0.179sec behind Audi driver Martin Tomczyk’s pole position time of 1min18.689.
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1st/2nd September 2007 - Round 8 at the Nürburgring
With round eight at the Nürburgring this coming weekend, the 2007 DTM enters the start-and-finish straight with three races remaining until the finale in Hockenheim on 14th Oc-tober. At the “Ring”, Mercedes-Benz drivers have won six out of the new DTM’s 12 races since 2000, Audi took four wins and Opel two. In 2006, Bruno Spengler won at the wheel of his DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes C-Class. The most recent Mercedes-Benz vic-tory at the Nürburgring was achieved by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Fernando Alonso in the European Grand Prix last month.
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28th/29th July 2007 - Round seven in Zandvoort, Netherlands
The seventh round of the 2007 DTM in Zandvoort, Netherlands this coming weekend is also the seventh DTM race at this track located 25 kilometres west of Amsterdam. In the six races in Zandvoort so far after the DTM premiere in 2001, Mercedes-Benz and Audi took turns winning the event – regarding their victories they are equal on wins three to three.
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28th July 2007 - Round 7, Zandvoort, qualifying
Bruno Spengler (2007 DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes C-Class) will start Sunday’s seventh round of the 2007 DTM in Zandvoort as the best driver with a Mercedes-Benz C-Class sixth on the grid. In Saturday’s qualifying, Bruno set a time of 1min33.162 and was 0.339sec behind Timo Scheider’s pole position time of 1min32.823. The second C-Class driver to qualify for the top-eight was Paul di Resta (JAWA4U.de AMG Mercedes C-Class 2005); he will start seventh on the grid with a time of 1min33.400. Because of the Tour de France, the race will be started already at 13:00h.
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14th/15th July 2007 - Round six in Mugello, Italy
The sixth round of the 2007 DTM will be staged at Mugello, Italy, 30 kilometres north of Florence this coming weekend. Five different drivers won the five races so far, among them were four Mercedes-Benz C-Class drivers – the most recent one was Bruno Spengler (2007 DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes C-Class) who won at the Norisring two and a half weeks ago.
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14th July 2007 - Round 6, Mugello, qualifying
Bruno Spengler (DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes C-Class) will start tomorrow?s sixth round of the 2007 DTM in Mugello, Italy sixth on the grid. After three pole positions for him and five for the new C-Class in the season„s first five races, the Canadian was the best Mercedes driver today. In the final part of qualifying, Spengler set a time of 1min44.696 Min. Jamie Green (Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C-Class) qualified seventh with 1min44.774. Audi driver Mattias Ekström took pole position with 1min43.851. The race on Sunday will be started at 17:35 h, German TV station ARD will broadcast LIVE from about 17:40 h after reporting from the Tour de France before
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23rd/24th June 2007 - Fifth round in Nuremberg
The fifth round of the 2007 DTM this coming weekend in Nuremberg is the championship’s
only race on a temporary street circuit. It will take place three days after the calendrical
beginning of summer.
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23rd June 2007 - Round 5, Norisring, qualifying
Bruno Spengler (DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes C-Class) will start Sunday’s fifth round of the 2007 DTM at Nuremberg’s Norisring on Sunday from his third pole position of the year. In an exciting qualifying on a wet track, which was drying out only in the closing minutes, Spengler posted a best time of 55.963sec. Mika Häkkinen (AMG Mercedes C-Class/56.199sec) was second fastest ahead of Bernd Schneider (Genuine Parts AMG Mercedes C-Class/56.261sec); the two winners of the last two races.
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09th/10th June 2007 - Fourth round in Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch in Kent is the venue for the fourth round of the 2007 DTM this coming weekend. The 1.929-kilometre long short track of the former Grand Prix circuit is the shortest track on the DTM calendar.
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9th June 2007 - Round 4, Brands Hatch, qualifying
Mika Häkkinen (AMG Mercedes C-Class) will start Sunday?s fourth round of the 2007 DTM at Brands Hatch, England from pole position. In an exciting qualifying, the Finn set a time of 42.660sec and was 32 thousandths of a second ahead of Bruno Spengler (DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes C-Class) who qualified second. The new Mercedes-Benz C-Class now took all four pole positions of the season; Häkkinen, the winner of the last race at the Lausitzring took two poles as well as Spengler who had been the fastest qualifier there.
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19th/20th May 2007 - Third round at the Lausitzring
Six podium positions, six different drivers: Six different drivers occupied the six podium positions of the 2007 season’s first two races. In addition to Audi drivers Mattias Ekström and Martin Tomczyk as well as Daniel la Rosa at the wheel of the 2006 TrekStor AMG Mercedes C-Class in Hockenheim, Gary Paffett (2006 Laureus AMG Mercedes C-Class), Paul di Resta (2005 JAWA4U.de AMG Mercedes C-Class) and Mike Rockenfeller (2006 Audi) were at the top in Oschersleben. Last year, Bernd Schneider repeated his victory in the season opener in the second race; Tom Kristensen (Audi) came home second twice. Only third place changed: Mika Häkkinen (AMG Mercedes C-Class), third at the Lausitzring, followed Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Audi), third in Hockenheim.
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5th/6th May 2007 - Second round in Oschersleben
The second round of the 2007 DTM this coming weekend is already the championship’s ninth race at this circuit
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19th May 2007 - Round 3, Lausitzring, qualifying
Bruno Spengler (DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes C-Class) will start Sunday?s third round of the 2007 DTM at the Lausitzring from pole position. In the qualifying„s thrilling third part, the Canadian set a time of 1min18.408sec, which was the fastest lap of the weekend so far. It is the fourth DTM pole for Spengler and his second of the year after Hockenheim four weeks ago. The race version of the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class is on pole the third time in the third race of the season.
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5th May 2007 - Round 2, Oschersleben, qualifying
Mika Häkkinen at the wheel of the new AMG Mercedes C-Class will start Sunday’s second round of the 2007 DTM in Oschersleben from the top spot on the grid (1min22.456sec, fastest time of all practice sessions). On the occasion of AMG’s 40th anniversary, it was Mika’s second pole after Spa-Francorchamps almost two years ago, and the second for the race version of the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class. On the new car’s racing premiere at Hockenheim two weeks ago, Bruno Spengler (DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes C-Class) had been the fastest qualifier. In the third part of today’s qualifying, the Canadian posted a time of 1min22.625sec and is third on the grid. Jamie Green (Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C-Class) qualified fifth with 1min22.791sec; Gary Paffett (Laureus AMG Mercedes) ended up eighth with 1min23.134sec at the wheel of the 2006 C-Class. In the second part of qualifying, Bernd Schneider (Genuine Parts AMG Mercedes C-Class) ended up tenth after he was held up by another car and lost two t
tenths of a second.
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Bruno Spengler Fifth
Mika Häkkinen and Alexandros Margaritis in positions seven and eight
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Mika Häkkinen wins from 15th on the grid
Second win of the year for the Finn, the fourth in a row for the new C-Class
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Win for Bernd Schneider and the new C-Class
Third Mercedes-Benz victory in the fourth race
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Jamie Green Wins Turbulent Race
Bruno Spengler finished second and kept title hopes alive
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2007 DTM, round 1, Hockenheim, qualifying
Great debut for the new AMG Mercedes C-Class in the DTM season opener: In the first DTM race of the new C-Class, Bruno Spengler (DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes) will start from pole position, three weeks after the market launch of the street version. In a thrilling qualifying, Spengler, the 2006 runner-up, posted a time of 1:34.369 minutes and was 0.077sec faster than Martin Tomczyk (Audi A4 DTM) in second place. In Sunday’s race, Bruno will start from first spot on the grid for the third time in his DTM career.
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DTM season opener in Hockenheim
Bernd Schneider (Original-Teile AMG Mercedes), five-time and reigning DTM Champion, Mika Häkkinen (AMG Mercedes), double Formula One World Champion, Bruno Spengler (DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG Mercedes), 2006 DTM runner-up and Jamie Green (Salzgitter AMG Mercedes), 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series Champion, will race in Hockenheim with the new C-Class for the first time.
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