Bruno Spengler three points behind first place in the DTM
Although there was no Grand Prix Formula 1 schedule last week, the actuality of this series has been much talk and announcement COMBINED recruiting Sergio Perez at McLaren to replace Lewis Hamilton will replace Michael Schumacher at Mercedes has reminded everyone that the 2013 season is already running. Yet many international series have not yet finished their 2012 season, has the image of the DTM which featured the last weekend before his last appointment on the Valencia circuit in Spain.
While Mercedes were relegated to the depths of the rankings, the Brazilian Augusto Farfus (BMW M3) has dominated, earning the pole position and victory. This is the first in the series to Farfus, debutant this season. He beat upon arrival another rookie, the young Adrien Tambay (son of former F1 driver Patrick Tambay) and the double champion Mattias Ekstrom, both Audi A5. Bruno Spengler (BMW) finished sixth, despite a penalty pass in the wells before the Swiss Rahel Frey (Audi) who scored his first points in the series. This "Top 6" Spengler combines the abandonment of Gray Paffett, Bruno makes a back three points Mercedes driver in the first place in the championship with only one race to do.
NASCAR Brad Keselowski has exercised when ordeal Sprint Cup presented in Dover (Delaware). On the same track, Joey Logano wins the eve Nationwide Series race. In Camping World Trucks, the Brazilian Nelson Piquet Jr has clinched his second victory of the season in this series, on the oval of Las Vegas.
World Championship Endurance prototype Audi R18 e-tron quattro are harvesting the first two rows after the 6 Hours of Bahrain. Marcel Fassler, Andre Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer, earlier laureates in the year of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, have die before their teammates McNish and Kristensen. Toyota Wurz / Lapierre, laureate two weeks earlier in Brazil, was abandoned due to mechanical problems.
Finally, last weekend marked the conclusion of the season in the World Championship of GT cars. On Donington in England, replacing the race is canceled in India, the title fight between / duos Bartels Buurman (BMW Z4 GT3) and Winkelhock / Basseng (Mercedes SLS AMG) ended thirty minutes from 'arrival when Markus Winkelhock collides violently Yelmer Buurman. The two pilots, wounded, were forced to abandon, enough has Winkelhock and Marc Basseng to ensure the security. The victory went to the McLaren MP4-12C of Frederic Makowiecki and Stef Dusseldorp.
Launched two years ago with pomp, and ended the season in the mediatic anonymity, this series could well disappear in the next year, the International Federation privileging logically World Championship Endurance which includes prototypes and GT cars, while Stephane Ratel (current promoter) has already indicated that he preferred to focus on the series Blancpain, a European championship races with long duration as featured ordeal very popular 24 Hours of Spa.
