Those were incredibly thrilling battles from the beginning to the end.

It’s been one of the coolest races I’ve ever driven.” Head of Audi Motorsport Dieter Gass was only able to agree: “That was a fantastic show today, a superb race for the DTM in general.

I’m going to watch it myself again tonight. It was mega fun and no doubt worth watching. In the end, we had a four-way battle up until the last turn. Because Timo (Glock) and Gary (Paffett) at the front kept overtaking each other Joel (Eriksson) and I came closer and closer. I was able to attack on both sets of tires. Qualifying wasn’t perfect, but the race was top. “That was an awesome race today,” said Rockenfeller. Only winner Timo Glock in a BMW was out of “Rocky’s” reach. In the final stage, the German profited from tough duels at the front of the field and in a fierce fight still managed to bump Saturday’s winner Gary Paffett in a Mercedes-Benz from second position.

The principal performer for Audi was Mike Rockenfeller. Picture-perfect weather, a fantastic crowd and arguably the most gripping DTM race of all time: The fierce on-track battles made it difficult for most of the spectators that had traveled to Hockenheim on Sunday to stay in their seats during the 36 laps. Mattias Ekström (Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline) experienced an emotional DTM farewell. His teammate, Loïc Duval, and René Rast (Audi Sport Team Rosberg) scored points for Audi as well. What a DTM opener at Hockenheim! In Sunday’s spectacular second race, Mike Rockenfeller in the Schaeffler Audi RS 5 DTM of Audi Sport Team Phoenix stormed forward to second position after starting from ninth on the grid.

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