Prémat focuses on DTM

Even if a new participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the wheel of an Audi R15 TDI will certainly be the high point of his season, Alexandre Prémat is focusing this year largely on the DTM, the season of which begins at the end of the week at Hockenheim.

Published on 14/05/2009 à 19:38

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Juggling between the R10 TDI and the A4 DTM last year, Alexandre Prémat will have the opportunity this year to concentrate fully on the German championship. Only the 24 Hours of Le Mans ? with an R15 TDI? are added to the calendar of eleven races with the A4: “Last year, I took part in a double program for Audi. Mike (Rockenfeller) and I won the LMS. This year, I will only race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in endurance. So I will be able to concentrate on the DTM for the rest of the season. And I must say that I am looking forward to my third season with Audi in the DTM. »

An Audi driver since 2007, Alexandre Prémat will start his twenty-first DTM race at Hockenheim at the wheel of an Audi A4 (2008) to mark the launch of the new season. Progressing from year to year, the Ile-de-France driver aims to place himself at the top of the drivers benefiting from a 2008 car: “In 2007, for my first season in the discipline, I was third among the drivers behind the wheel of a car. from the previous season. In 2008, I took second place in this same ranking. What do I still have to aim for in 2009? »