• Audi driver Mattias Ekström in World Rally Car
DTM 2004
Emanuele Pirro, Audi A4 DTM #44 (Audi Sport Infineon Team Joest)

DTM star in Skoda Fabia WRC and other news from the Audi camp, as follows...

...Mattias Ekström tested the Skoda Fabia WRC fielded in the World Rally Championship on Thursday. This was a comparison test with the Audi A4 DTM for the official programme of the Rallye Deutschland ...

...Skoda motorsport director Dr Martin Mühlmeier, a former staff member of Audi Sport, used the opportunity to watch the DTM tests on Friday from the Audi pits ...

...Adria saw the debut of the new Audi Safety Cars. Instead of the previous Audi RS 6, the race stewards are furnished the Audi A6 S line 4.2 cars this season....

... the twilight on Saturday evening saw the two Audi works teams, Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline and Audi Sport Infineon Team Joest, posing for their first joint official team shot – photo available for downloading at www.audi-sportpress.com ...

... during his “home race” Emanuele Pirro was able to welcome several guests, including former World Ski Cup Champion Peter Gunggaldier, who was taken on a ride in the Audi racing taxi by Christian Abt ...

... Dr Werner Mischke, the Head of Lamborghini, and Johann Wohlfarter, the Head of Autogerma, Audi’s Italian importer, were guests of Audi at Adria ...

... as at Estoril, online editor Andre Dietzel won the Audi Super Pole, the single timed lap for media representatives on the Sony PlayStation 2. The second and third places were clinched by Patrik Koziolek (dtm.de) and Oliver Hilger (AutoBild motorsport) ...

... Motorsport aktuell editor Marcus Lacroix at Estoril took the lead in the overall standings of the Audi DTM Competition, exclusively available to media representatives...