By Johan Laubscher
Multiple private Audi entries competed in the 2013 DMV Touring Car
Challenge, including a number of Audi R8 LMS ultra cars.
Nine rounds were held in Europe, with the majority of the races taking place
in Germany. Two Audi R8 LMS ultra teams appeared in the series: Prosperia C.ABT
Racing and RS Tuning.
The season review has been compiled from the 2013 Audi Motorsport Blog
Weekend Round Up posts. Each round has been added as was seen in the individual
Weekend Round Up posts during 2013, which can be accessed via the links
throughout the review below
Round 4: HockenheimThe DMV TCC was at the Hockenheimring this weekend, alongside a number of other German series. For the first time this season an Audi was entered in the DMV TCC, an Audi R8 LMS ultra from Prosperia C.ABT Racing. The car was driven by team co-owner, Slobodan Cvetkovic, who also competed with a Prosperia R8 LMS during 2012. Interesting to note that the Audi R8 LMS ultra was in the full original 2013 Audi R8 LMS ultra specification, this with the new diffuser which did not pass homologation. This is the first time that a full original 2013 spec Audi R8 LMS ultra has competed since April, as the new diffuser was disallowed in the final FIA homologation. Cvetkovic finished eighteenth in race one and sixteenth in race two.
Round 5: Hockenheim
The DMV Touring Car Challenge (DMV TCC) hosted round five at Hockenheim
this weekend. This championship features a variety of race cars, including GT3
cars. A new Audi R8 LMS ultra team was present this weekend. The RS Tuning Audi
R8 LMS ultra was the only Audi entered in this event, and was driven by Suzanne
Weidt. The car was in the full original 2013 Audi R8 LMS ultra specification,
that with the original aggressive rear-diffuser. It was a learning experience
for Suzanne Weidt, as she got to grips with the new Audi. She qualified
twenty-third for race one and twenty-second for race two. She unfortunately
dropped back in race one and finished the second race, after progressing well,
in nineteenth.
The German DMV Touring Car Challenge was in Austria this weekend,
hosting round six at the Red Bull Ring. The RS Tuning Audi R8 LMS ultra was
entered at the event. Suzanne Weidt was again behind the wheel of the #8 Audi
in Austria. The car continues to run with the original 2013 rear diffuser, as
has been the case for all the 2013 Audi R8 LMS ultra cars which have competed
in the DMV TCC this season. In Austria there was more than just one Audi on the
DMV TCC gird. Two more Audi teams joined the series for this event. The first entrant
was Joachim Duscher, a regular STT competitor, in his ex-ROC Audi 80. The
second team was Christoph Düpré in the Düpré Motorsport Audi RS 5, which has
also been seen in the VLN and Nürburgring 24 Hours this year.
Round 7: Dijon
The DMV Touring Car Challenge headed to France this weekend, hosting
round seven at Dijon. RS Tuning added a second Audi R8 LMS ultra to their
arsenal for the event in France. The wet races saw the RS Tuning squad
achieving their best DMV TCC Audi results yet. Suzanne Weidt finished race one
in sixth overall, taking third place in class 8. Her teammate Dietmar
Haggenmüller repeated her success in race two, as he also scored sixth overall,
again taking a third place in class for the team.
The DMV Touring Car Challenge headed to Monza for its eighth and
penultimate round of the season. RS Tuning was entered with their two-car Audi
R8 LMS ultra team. A third Audi joined the gird this weekend, the ex-ROC French
Supertourisme Audi 80 of Joachim Duscher. During qualifying for the first race
the highest Audi was that of Haggenmüller, who qualified twelfth overall and
seventh in class. Weidt qualified seventeenth overall and eighth in class. The
Audi 80 of Duscher was twenty-eighth overall, sixth in class. Qualifying for
race two again yielded Haggenmüller as the highest Audi, this time placing
thirteenth overall, eighth in class. Weidt qualified nineteenth overall and
ninth in class. Duscher was thirtieth overall, fifth in class. Race one ended
with Haggenmüller finishing fifth in class, placing tenth overall. Weidt
finished sixteenth overall and seventh in class, whilst Duscher was
unfortunately not classified as a finisher and also did not take part in the
second race. Race two saw Haggenmüller finishing eighth overall, fifth in class
and Weidt in fifteenth overall, seventh in class.
Round 9: HockenheimThe finale for the DMV Touring Car Challenge took place at Hockenheim this weekend. RS Tuning again performed well with their pair of Audi R8 LMS ultra cars. Originally three Audi R8 LMS ultra cars were included on the provisional entry list, as YACO Racing had entered their R8 LMS ultra, along with RS Tuning’s two cars. However, YACO Racing did not take part this weekend. RS Tuning again entrusted their two cars to their drivers: Dietmar Haggenmüller (#8) and Suzanne Weidt (#88). Both cars have competed in the full 2013 Audi R8 LMS ultra specification during the 2013 DMV TCC and AvD 100 Meilen seasons, the full specification with the addition of the original 2013 rear diffuser. Qualifying for the first race yielded two class top ten results for the Audis, as Weidt qualified seventh in class followed by Haggenmüller in eighth. The grid for race two saw Haggenmüller fifth in class and Weidt was seventh again. The first race on Saturday concluded with the Audis finishing in their class starting positions, with Weidt seventh ahead of Haggenmüller in eighth, both finishing nineteenth and twentieth overall respectively. The second race marked the final race of the 2013 DMV TCC season. Haggenmüller finished the race by placing sixth in class and ninth overall. He was followed by his teammate in thirteenth overall, taking eighth in class.
Taken from Weekend Round Up - Audi Motorsport Blog (12-13/10/2013)
Photo credit:
DMV TCC
Monza Motorsport
Photo credit:
DMV TCC
Monza Motorsport
