From the racetrack Audi motorsport news

Jun 26, 2005

In front of a record turnout of 88,000 spectators, Audi driver Mattias Ekström successfully defended the lead in the DTM standings at Motopark Oschersleben. At a circuit on which overtaking is extremely difficult, the Swede fought his way through from fifth position on the grid to second place.

Tom Kristensen showed a remarkable recovery: The Le Mans record victor started from pole-position but stalled at the race start. From 19th place, the Audi driver managed to advance to fifth place. Allan McNish finished the race in sixth place, thus scoring points again.

Best driver of a 2004-spec car at Oschersleben was Frank Stippler. Rinaldo Capello, Christian Abt and Pierre Kaffer claimed places ten, twelve and 17. Martin Tomczyk had to park his Audi A4 DTM due to a defect on the right front suspension.

Result and points
Oschersleben (D), 26 June, DTM round 5
1 Gary Paffett (Mercedes) 44 laps in 1h 01m 15.183s
2 Mattias Ekström (Audi A4 DTM) + 3.169s
3 Jamie Green (Mercedes) + 10.460s
4 Bernd Schneider (Mercedes) + 24.658s
5 Tom Kristensen (Audi A4 DTM) + 25.219s
6 Allan McNish (Audi A4 DTM) + 26.131s
...
9 Frank Stippler (Audi A4 DTM) + 40.322s
10 Rinaldo Capello (Audi A4 DTM) + 42.430s
12 Christian Abt (Audi A4 DTM) + 45.175s
17 Pierre Kaffer (Audi A4 DTM) + 51.541s

Positions after 5 of 11 rounds: 1 Ekström, 35 points; 2 Paffett, 34; 3 Kristensen, 26; 4 Häkkinen and Alesi, each 17; ... 8 Abt, 8; 11 McNish, 5; 12 Kaffer and Stippler, each 4; 15 Tomczyk, 3.

Next race: Norisring (D), 17 July