Audi prepared for the new DTM season in a three-day test on the Portuguese race track in Portimao, covering 1,971km in total. It was the last test with an interim car before the world premiere of the new Audi RS5 DTM, which will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show on 7^th March - marking the first debut of the DTM car to take place at the same time as that of the new production model.

For Audi's DTM team, these days are particularly intensive ones. Fine-tuning of the new Audi RS5 DTM's aerodynamics and technology can continue until next Tuesday. On 1^st March, the final design has to be submitted to the motorsport authority, after which no modifications are possible anymore.

Many things in the 2017 DTM will be new - more engine power, less downforce, a more efficient Drag Reduction System and softer tyres, which may no longer be pre-heated either. All this is intended to make the DTM races even more thrilling and varied for spectators. Following the world premiere in Geneva, the new Audi RS5 DTM will be doing its first public test laps at the Italian race track of Vallelunga near Rome from 14^th to 16^th March. The final pre-season test will take place at Hockenheim in Germany from 3^rd to 6^th April.