DTM Zandvoort 2015: BMW makes history by finishing one through seven

N & M · 07-12-2015, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Blipit_

To be fair, two Audi's are leading the championship. Actually the highest ranked BMW in the standings is in 6th.

It gets under my skin those who come to this and other fan sites and start spreading grief and poison.

I have 2 theories:

1. They are frustrated x owners/employees who feel a need to vent rage.
2. They are rival brand PR minions who go and cause chaos and do "Gorilla" marketing.

Gonven · 07-12-2015, 02:45 PM

I have a feeling that Felix da Costa will make more surprises in this season

Brasko · 07-12-2015, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by red-sauerkraut

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Same thing I had thought.

Stoked on the win!

jaehshim · 07-12-2015, 03:57 PM

wow, great news for the M community
Long live the P66 V8 NA engine!

raysspl · 07-12-2015, 04:33 PM

EmArAsOnS · 07-12-2015, 06:08 PM

This is BMW track guys...a lot of fast corners

. Missed race 2 today but my guess is BMW won

BlkD12agon · 07-13-2015, 02:34 AM

What an amazing feat, let's hope they keep it up.

Matski · 07-13-2015, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Blipit_

No matter how many times I try to get into this series, I can't. It must be the spec rules package, it is just boring. I wish they would go back to actually using road cars as a foundation, like the old days.

That pretty much existed up until last year as the Itlalian V8 Superstars series. E92 M3's vs C63 Saloons vs RS5's. Roberto Ravaglia ran a team in it.

Fun to watch, but the simple fact is any series has to balance performance or it becomes utterly pointless. V8 Superstars struggled to BOP the RS5, they gave it insane restrictions to counter it's Quattro system but it still won. The BMW's got too old, and the Mercs couldn't be caught in a straight line.

Unfortunately the series went into administration.

Part of the problem with DTM is the cars are quite fragile, they're very quick and so evenly matched that it's hard to pass without just waiting for the guy in fronts tyres to go off.

Anyhow, I witnessed both Saturday and Sundays races live from Zandvoort

Pretty safe to say I was happy with the results

MrKuruma · 07-13-2015, 04:34 AM

good job BMW

Jamie Vandenbalck · 07-13-2015, 07:13 AM

Zandvoort is a typical track for a BMW, it's a very smooth circuit. You have to find the momentum of the car. Weight does not matter much at Zandvoort.

chillindrdude · 07-13-2015, 07:35 AM

ice watch m4 has a unique livery. congrats to the few that was able to score the M4 DTM edition.

Matski · 07-13-2015, 06:24 PM

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ice watch m4 has a unique livery. congrats to the few that was able to score the M4 DTM edition.

There was one at the track, pretty sure it was Wittmann's own one..
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Z K · 07-13-2015, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Matski

There was one at the track, pretty sure it was Wittmann's own one..
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That is one horrible looking street car with all those stickers.

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