Superb tactical and driving exhibition at Oschersleben Heinz-Harald Frentzen in fourth position Every Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline car takes points Tom Kristensen kept his word: The Audi factory driver claimed his second DTM race win at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben from pole position and assumed, as a result, the championship lead in the most popular international touring car race series. 64,000 spectators witnessed a dominant performance from the Le Mans record winner, who also celebrated his first DTM race victory at the same venue in 2004. The Dane took control immediately as the lights turned green after making a text book start in the Siemens Audi A4 DTM. Kristensen completed the first lap with an advantage lead of 1.3 seconds.

The Audi driver continued to build his lead over his closest rivals, before being held up by two slower Mercedes drivers following the first of his two pit-stops, and as a consequence Bruno Spengler and Jamie Green were able to close the gap. Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline reacted correctly and brought Kristensen in early for his second pit-stop. With an extremely fast lap after changing tyres the Dane was once again able to open up a reassuring cushion to his competitors. The Audi driver had a 3.5-second advantage and the championship lead in his pocket at the flag. Heinz-Harald Frentzen only narrowly missed finishing on the podium. Although his Veltins Audi A4 DTM was not handling as perfectly after changing tyres, the former Formula 1 star was able to hold Bernd Schneider, the previous championship leader, in check for the entire race. Martin Tomczyk and Mattias Ekström took the chequered flag in sixth and seventh positions with the brace of Red Bull A4 DTM cars – as a result, Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline took points with all four cars. Ekström overtook Bernd Schneider at the start, but lost a lot of time during the first pit-stop when the right-hand front wheel nut jammed. Quotes after the race Dr Wolfgang Ullrich (Head of Audi Motorsport): "That was a dominant performance from Tom, who really did drive a perfect race without a single mistake and who was extremely strong over the course of the entire weekend. The strategy was good, even though we had to adopt it once when Tom was held up slightly. The team performance was also very good. We can be happy. I think the flood gates have opened – from my side things can continue like this.” Tom KristensenAudi Sport Team Abt Sportsline, Siemens Audi A4 DTM #71st place, + 3.499s "It was a tough race. I made a great start and pushed really hard during the opening laps to create a gap, which I managed, as I had a big lead before making my first pit-stop. I was able to control the race, but after I passed Lauda and Stoddart easily I caught two other Mercedes who appeared to be racing among themselves. They weren’t very quick in the corners and really did hold me up. It was a genius move from the team to bring me into the pits early when Spengler closed in. However, the last stint was very long and I had to look after the tyres. In my out-lap after the pit-stop I immediately pulled out a 1.5 second gap to Spengler. Afterwards I could pace myself and drive a little more conservatively; I only forced the pace again in the last five laps when I noticed that the tyres would last.”