Rounds 15 + 16: Nürburgring (D)

Race 1 (round 15): Saturday, September 8, 1.30 pm
Race 2 (round 16): Sunday, September 9, 1.30 pm
Track length: 3.629 kilometers
DTM qualifying lap record: Marco Wittmann (BMW), 1m 20.936s (2017)
DTM race lap record: René Rast (Audi), 1m 22.308s (2017)

Audi victories in the DTM at the Nürburgring:
1990 Walter Röhrl, Audi V8 quattro; 1992 Frank Biela, Audi V8 quattro; 2001 (both Races) Laurent Aiello, Abt-Audi TT-R; 2003 Laurent Aiello, Abt-Audi TT-R; 2005 Mattias Ekström, Audi A4 DTM; 2007 Martin Tomczyk, Audi A4 DTM; 2009 Martin Tomczyk, Audi A4 DTM; 2011 Mattias Ekström, Audi A4 DTM; 2015 (Sunday) Miguel Molina, Audi RS 5 DTM; 2016 (Sunday) Edoardo Mortara, Audi RS 5 DTM; 2018 (Saturday and Sunday) René Rast, Audi RS 5 DTM.

Track description by Mike Rockenfeller:
“The Nürburgring is the home round for me and for Audi Sport Team Phoenix. I’m very much looking forward to racing in the Eifel, in front of a home crowd of fans. We’d really like to win there this year. Unfortunately, the race in the 2017 season was an outright catastrophe for me. I love the Nürburgring and wouldn’t mind driving the full track – including the Nordschleife. In the DTM, we race on the short version, but that’s great fun too and technically very challenging. There are two long straights on the Nürburgring where, thanks to DRS, you’ve got good overtaking opportunities. Plus, the ‘Ring’ has semi-fast to slow turns but no really fast ones.”