From the racetrack Audi motorsport news

May 1, 2005

Audi achieved the first podium result for the new A4 DTM at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz. In front of a crowd of 78,000 spectators, Tom Kristensen shone in the race fighting his way through the field from seventh position on the grid to second at the finish.

Mattias Ekström came home fourth despite his Audi A4 DTM being badly damaged in an early collision. Additionally, a drive-through penalty was imposed on the reigning DTM Champion. Audi´s "used cars” were also fast again: Pierre Kaffer and Frank Stippler finished fifth and sixth recording the best results for last year’s cars. In the DTM standings, Mattias Ekström moved to third place.

Result and points
EuroSpeedway (D), 1 May, DTM round 2
1 Gary Paffett (Mercedes) 48 laps in 1h 03m 21.071s
2 Tom Kristensen (Audi A4 DTM) + 4.472s
3 Mika Häkkinen (Mercedes) + 6.075s
4 Mattias Ekström (Audi A4 DTM) + 34.856s
5 Pierre Kaffer (Audi A4 DTM) + 35.284s
6 Frank Stippler (Audi A4 DTM) + 42.299s
...
9 Christian Abt (Audi A4 DTM) + 51.639s
11 Rinaldo Capello (Audi A4 DTM) + 58.430s
12 Martin Tomczyk (Audi A4 DTM) + 1m 00.167s
Positions after 2 of 11 rounds: 1 Paffett, 18 points; 2 Alesi, 12; 3 Ekström, 9; 4 Kristensen, 8; 5 Häkkinen, 7; ... 7 Abt, 5; 8 Kaffer, 4; 9 Stippler, 3.

Next race: Spa-Francorchamps (B), 15 May