From the racetrack Audi motorsport news

Aug 7, 2005

With his second victory of the season, achieved in difficult weather conditions, Audi driver Mattias Ekström re-captured the lead in the overall standings at the Nürburgring. After seven of eleven races, the Swede from Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline now has a one-point advantage again over the runner-up, Gary Paffett.

The Dane Tom Kristensen, who finished in second place, completed Audi’s one-two victory. Allan McNish – finishing in sixth place – scored points for the fourth time in a row, thus helping Audi to further expand its lead in the DTM manufacturers’ standings.

Martin Tomczyk was in the points as well, yet after his second tyre change, he drove across the white line at the pit lane exit, which earned him a drive-through penalty. Yet again, the best driver of a car from last year was Christian Abt, who crossed the finish line in tenth place in the Audi A4 DTM entered by Audi Sport Team Joest.

Result and points
Nürburgring (D), 7 August, DTM round 7
1 Mattias Ekström (Audi A4 DTM) 43 laps in 1h 05m 09.223s
2 Tom Kristensen (Audi A4 DTM) + 1.088s
3 Gary Paffett (Mercedes) + 4.585s
4 Mika Häkkinen (Mercedes) + 5.245s
5 Bernd Schneider (Mercedes) + 10.527s
...
6 Allan McNish (Audi A4 DTM) + 17.706s
10 Christian Abt (Audi A4 DTM) + 28.673s
11 Martin Tomczyk (Audi A4 DTM) + 32.883s
14 Frank Stippler (Audi A4 DTM) + 56.317s
18 Pierre Kaffer (Audi A4 DTM) + 1m 22.787s
19 Rinaldo Capello (Audi A4 DTM) - 1 lap

Positions after 7 of 11 rounds: 1 Ekström, 51 points; 2 Paffett, 50; 3 Kristensen, 36; 4 Häkkinen, 22; 5 Alesi, 19; 6 Abt, 16; ... 9 McNish, 13; 11 Tomczyk, 7; 12 Kaffer, 5; 14 Stippler, 4.

Next race: Zandvoort (NL), 28 August