• Tom Kristensen traditionally best Audi driver at Oschersleben
  • Mike Rockenfeller in year-old car on the podium in 2007
  • Three pole positions for Audi between 2004 and 2006
DTM 2008
Audi A4 DTM #9 (Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline), Tom Kristensen

Oschersleben is the circuit where Audi clinched two victories at four rounds. But there are other interesting facts about this venue.

Did you know that ...

... Mattias Ekström is coming to Oschersleben with a track record of eleven DTM victories?

... Audi immediately won the race at Oschersleben when the manufacturer returned to the DTM with its works team in the 2004 season?

... the winner of that race was Tom Kristensen, who celebrated his first DTM victory?

... the Dane also drove the fastest lap that weekend?

... Audi scored a 1-2 victory with Tom Kristensen and Martin Tomczyk at that round after both of these drivers had shared the front row of the grid (Tomczyk in front of Kristensen) as well?

... one year later these two Audi drivers – yet again (Kristensen in 2005 was in front of Tomczyk) – were the two fastest men in qualifying?

... the Super Pole qualifying of the top ten that same year had to be cancelled due to a storm?

... Mattias Ekström in 2005 with his lap of 1m20.791s set a lap record that was never broken and, due to the modification of the circuit in 2007, will remain the record lap time for the old circuit version forever?

... Tom Kristensen in May 2006 in the Audi A4 DTM started to the race from the pole position, won the race with a 3.4-second lead and drove the fastest lap?

... the Audi factory driver was not able to continue this personal string of exploits at Oschersleben last year because he was forced to take a break from racing after an accident at the season opener?

... the Dane Tom Kristensen calls the circuit near Magdeburg his “home circuit” in jest because of its geographical location in Northern Germany?

... at Oschersleben last year a new chapter in DTM history was written when three cars that were not current-generation vehicles finished on the podium?

... (then) Audi newcomer Mike Rockenfeller caused a sensation when he started to his second DTM race from position two alongside Mika Häkkinen in a car from the previous year and finished the race on the podium in third place?

... the DTM has been racing at Oschersleben since 2000 and an average of 64,000 spectators come to the venue race after race?

... that Thomas Voss, a former employee of Abt Sportsline, has been the new managing director of the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben since 31 March?