Audi secures the DTM manufacturers' championship

With a 1-2-3 victory at the Nurburgring, Audi has already secured the DTM manufacturers' championship with six races still to go before the end of the season. The teams' title in the last DTM season with Class 1 cars will also go to the brand with the four rings.

The twelfth race of the season was dominated by the three title contenders: Nico Muller, Robin Frijns (both from Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline) and Rene Rast (Audi Sport Team Rosberg).

Frijns managed a perfect lap in qualifying. "Achieving the fastest time in all three sectors is something that only rarely happens in the DTM," said the Dutchman after his fifth pole position - the 19^th consecutive one for Audi. "The lap also felt really good in the car."

Nico Muller made up one place at the start and used the Drag Reduction System and Push-to-Pass on lap seven to overtake his teammate. Afterwards, he continued to pull away at the front.

At the finish, the Swiss had an 11.790-second lead over Robin Frijns and 19.526 seconds over Rene Rast.

Before the last six races at Zolder and Hockenheim, Nico Muller leads the drivers' championship with 242 points ahead of Robin Frijns (224) and Rene Rast (195). In the teams' classification, Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline is clearly in first place. The score between Audi and BMW in the manufacturers' championship is 827 to 356 on points and 10 to two on wins.