Retiring the record breaking Audi RS5 DTM race car
14 Nov 2020|914 views
28 victories, 95 podiums, 29 pole positions, 28 fastest race laps and all six championship titles. The Audi RS 5 DTM, which completed its last race at the Hockenheimring last Sunday, 8 November 2020, has set numerous records in just two years. Thanks in part to its efficiency, it is one of the most successful race cars in the history of the DTM.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was the most compact DTM season ever. There were only 100 days between the season opener at Spa and the finale at Hockenheim. In only 50 days and already six races before the end of the season, Audi won the manufacturers' title.
With more than 601bhp, the turbocharged four-cylinder engine of the Audi RS 5 DTM was not only the most powerful engine in the company's DTM history, but also the most efficient.
Thanks to the combination of turbocharging with gasoline direct injection (TFSI), which is also widely used in series production at Audi, the specific consumption in the speed range under full load was improved by around 10% compared to the old V8 engine, thus significantly reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Rarely before has a racing car in the DTM been as superior as the Class 1 version of the Audi RS 5 DTM. Audi won 28 of 36 races in 2019 and 2020. The Audi drivers achieved 95 out of 108 possible podiums in the two years of racing. Added to this are 29 pole positions, 28 fastest race laps and all six of the championship titles in the drivers', manufacturers' and teams' classifications.
The record advantage of 582 points in the 2019 season was followed by another record in the manufacturers' championship in 2020 with a lead of 753 points. At eight races in the last two years, Audi scored the maximum possible points in the manufacturers' championship, and was the first manufacturer ever to collect more than 1,000 points in a DTM season - and that twice in a row.
With 16 wins, 17 pole positions and 16 fastest laps, 45 of 54 possible podium positions and all three championship titles, the brand achieved the most successful DTM season in the company's history. In 2020, all the records from the 2019 season were surpassed once again.
With 16 victories in one season, Audi broke a 25-year old record in 2020. The narrowest finish in DTM history was also equaled. As in the 1996 Norisring race, Nico Muller and Rene Rast were separated by exactly 0.089 seconds at the finish line at the Lausitzring in 2020.
Within four years, Audi achieved the triple crown of titles three times, winning the drivers', manufacturers' and teams' classifications in the same season.
28 victories, 95 podiums, 29 pole positions, 28 fastest race laps and all six championship titles. The Audi RS 5 DTM, which completed its last race at the Hockenheimring last Sunday, 8 November 2020, has set numerous records in just two years. Thanks in part to its efficiency, it is one of the most successful race cars in the history of the DTM.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was the most compact DTM season ever. There were only 100 days between the season opener at Spa and the finale at Hockenheim. In only 50 days and already six races before the end of the season, Audi won the manufacturers' title.
With more than 601bhp, the turbocharged four-cylinder engine of the Audi RS 5 DTM was not only the most powerful engine in the company's DTM history, but also the most efficient.
Thanks to the combination of turbocharging with gasoline direct injection (TFSI), which is also widely used in series production at Audi, the specific consumption in the speed range under full load was improved by around 10% compared to the old V8 engine, thus significantly reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Rarely before has a racing car in the DTM been as superior as the Class 1 version of the Audi RS 5 DTM. Audi won 28 of 36 races in 2019 and 2020. The Audi drivers achieved 95 out of 108 possible podiums in the two years of racing. Added to this are 29 pole positions, 28 fastest race laps and all six of the championship titles in the drivers', manufacturers' and teams' classifications.
The record advantage of 582 points in the 2019 season was followed by another record in the manufacturers' championship in 2020 with a lead of 753 points. At eight races in the last two years, Audi scored the maximum possible points in the manufacturers' championship, and was the first manufacturer ever to collect more than 1,000 points in a DTM season - and that twice in a row.
With 16 wins, 17 pole positions and 16 fastest laps, 45 of 54 possible podium positions and all three championship titles, the brand achieved the most successful DTM season in the company's history. In 2020, all the records from the 2019 season were surpassed once again.
With 16 victories in one season, Audi broke a 25-year old record in 2020. The narrowest finish in DTM history was also equaled. As in the 1996 Norisring race, Nico Muller and Rene Rast were separated by exactly 0.089 seconds at the finish line at the Lausitzring in 2020.
Within four years, Audi achieved the triple crown of titles three times, winning the drivers', manufacturers' and teams' classifications in the same season.
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