DTM – Maxime Martin and Augusto Farfus, from Spa to Spielberg

Last weekend, the #4 BMW Z66 crew of Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS looked great. Augusto Farfus and Maxime Martin, both pilots of the propeller brand in DTM, were associated with Jörg Müller. But the trio did not complete the double Belgian clock tower. Victim of a first accident Saturday late afternoon with a Ferrari, the Z4 had already lost many laps in order to repair the damage, when in the middle of the night, the No. 66 collided with ? a rabbit, and had to give up, radiator damaged.

Martin and Farfus will be back in the seat of a BMW this weekend, but of the M4 DTM, for the Austrian round of the Red Bull Ring. The Belgian remains the latest winner in Russia at the Moscow Raceway. “I have already raced at Spielberg and tested the BMW M3 DTM last year, explains Martin. The track is very interesting: it's very fast and very demanding for us drivers. BMW was really on a roll last year and finished first, second and third. We will all try to repeat this success this year. »

It was the Canadian Bruno Spengler who won last year, ahead of the current championship leader Marco Wittmann and the former driver F1 Timo Glock.