Bruno Spengler and BMW DTM Champion 2012!
Last ten races of the 2012 season very prestigious DTM, presented the Hockenheim race weekend allowed the driver quebecois Bruno Spengler won his first title in the series after a thrilling duel with English Gary Paffett.
Upon arrival, Spengler (BMW M3) wins by just two seconds ahead of Paffett (AMG Mercedes C-Coupe), who sees Bruno and rob him first place in the championship after having been leader since the beginning of the season. In fact, Bruno Spengler and BMW have all the team realized a late breakout season while Mercedes gradually lost the pace after having started the year with a bang.
This first title in the DTM driver quebecois is not only an important event for the driver but also for BMW, who was making his return to the series after 20 years of absence. Now, thanks to the victory of Bruno (his fourth of the year) and the third place of Brazilian Augusto Farfus, a rookie who shines throughout the season with his M3, BMW also clinched titles manufacturers to Audi and Mercedes, and the title of teams for BMW Team Schnitzer, the stable engaging car Spengler.
Serie expanding the DTM crown a North American pilot for the first time in its history. It is also a sweet revenge for Bruno Spengler, who was at his first season after seven years at BMW Mercedes.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup series were as they had in action on the oval of Kansas City. Sprint Cup, Matt Kenseth has wins while in Nationwide, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who will succeed Kenseth was in the stable Roush (Ford) next year, took advantage of the breakdown of gasoline Kyle Busch on the last lap to win.
Endurance in the American Le Mans Series presented his traditional closing event, the "Petit Le Mans" an ordeal of one million on the track at Road Atlanta, Georgia. Victory-all categories returned to prototype Lola-Toyota of Nicolas Prost Europeans (the son of former F1 champion Alain Prost), Neel Jani and Andrea Bellichi. The battle for first place in the GT category was the most disputed, a Ferrari 458 Italia before eventually winning a Corvette and two BMW M3 GT.
World Championship Rally, the Italian round of the calendar, on the island of Sardinia, was marked by the rout of almost all the favorites. Suffered a broken steering after hitting rocks, Sebastien Loeb had to give, leaving his Finnish team mate Mikko Hirvonen unhook first win at the helm of a Citroen DS3.
For North American passionate rally is closer to that event will turn your eyes this coming weekend, then will take place the traditional Rallye de Charlevoix in Quebec. an event that will celebrate twenty-five years of its creation.
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