DTM Finale in Hockenheim plus Formula 3 and ADAC GT cars

[pzgren]

I've been in Hockenheim yesterday for the DTM Finale. luckily i had a VIP Pass from Mercedes which allowed me to go to a lot of nice places including the paddock, Mercedes VIP Lounge,... and an awesome place on the Mercedes Tribüne!
they had a new record yesterday with over 150000 visitors. weather and ambience were perfect!
and the sound of those DTM cars..... my oh my. i never expected that they are so loud... awesome!!!!! the race was great, lot's of action, great take-overs and crashes.
it was very difficult to take some good pics because it was everywhere overcrowded.

Some DTM related pics:

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Some cars around the Mercedes World

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Here some small vids:

DTM cars drive-by in front of the Mercedes Tribüne
YouTube

DTM cars spinning, lot's of smoke :D
YouTube

Aston Martin revving up
YouTube

Here some cars from the other races which took place at the same weekend: Porsche Carrera Cup, Formula 3 and ACAC GT Masters. I was too lazy to take some pics from the Leon Cupra and VW Polo cars races....

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[Schwalbe]

You were very lucky to see this big DTM season finale live from the Hockenheim Ring. Bruno Spengler from my province of Québec, finished the season in 2nd place in the championship, but it's really great that Mattias Ekström won the championship with the Audi A4 DTM team...Congrats Audi Motorsport ! :clap:

Thanks mate for your pix & video from this event. :D

Those Lambo R-GT look awesome. :good:

[chest3r]

That Murcielago looks stunning !! I would love to be there just to hear the sound of those Lambos, Vettes, Ford GT, etc...

[Smartdriver]

Wow, there are a lot of amazing race supecars!
Thanks for all pics! :wink:

[stmoritzer]

this is prolly a JW-first - the SLR Roadster :mrgreen:


awesome report ( and ready on the following day :good::D), thanks for the pics from the paddock.

[yeckmohr]

Holy Moly nice pics and great video stuff. You're a lucky men, having this VIP Pass ont he Mercedes Tribüne. I was there in April, it's fantastic.

Congratulations to Bruno Spengler and Mercedes Benz - next sunday they will be Formula One Champion. :D