Rounds 3 + 4: Lausitzring (D)

Race 1 (round 3): Saturday, May 19, 1.30 pm
Race 2 (round 4): Sunday, May 20, 1.30 pm
Track length: 4.570 kilometers
DTM qualifying lap record: Lucas Auer (Mercedes-Benz), 1m 37.343s (2018)
DTM race lap record: Marco Wittmann (BMW), 1m 39.395s (2018)

Audi victories in the DTM at the Lausitzring:
2004 Mattias Ekström, Audi A4 DTM; 2005 Mattias Ekström, Audi A4 DTM; 2011 Martin Tomczyk, Audi A4 DTM; 2015 (both Races) Jamie Green, Audi RS 5 DTM; 2016 (Saturday) Miguel Molina, Audi RS 5 DTM; 2017 (Sunday) Jamie Green, Audi RS 5 DTM

Track description by Jamie Green:

“The Lausitzring is a track on which I’ve celebrated many successes – especially with Audi. I’ve always been fast there and won three times at the Lausitzring in the past three years. This year, the DTM will race on the long track version for the first time since 2004 which, I feel, is better to drive. The most recently used short version was pretty narrow with just a few overtaking opportunities. The track was pretty short and I didn’t really like the layout – in spite of my successes. I think that the longer version will be more fun and will offer more overtaking opportunities. Obviously, I hope that on the longer version I’ll be just as successful as on the shorter one.”