With 29 drivers and 14 teams in the 2023 season, the DTM once again had a first-class line-up. In this tough environment, the private team ABT Sportsline once again secured results in the top field at the finale at Hockenheim with third place for Ricardo Feller in the Audi R8 LMS in the drivers standings and position three in the team standings. With two victories, five podium positions and two pole positions, the team from Kempten was the most successful of three Audi customer teams in the traditional racing series. Feller is the only driver in the field, apart from the new champion Thomas Preining from Porsche, to have scored points in each of the 16 races. Ricardo Feller had also kept the title decision open until the finale.
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00:00 DTM gets underway here, Valtteri Schleven.
00:04 Riccardo Fella, the winner here at Zandvoort.
00:07 DTM live from the Norris Ring.
00:11 Pereira on the back of van der Linde, sends to South Africa.
00:17 Van der Linde gets his first podium.
00:21 Riccardo Fella comes back.
00:26 Riccardo Fella comes back.
00:28 DTM itself has a long history in the German market and is one of the most popular racing series worldwide.
00:40 Germany is one of our top markets for the R and RS models.
00:44 And with this series, we could really showcase the performance of our iconic model, Audi R8, with the GT3 version.
00:54 Riccardo has been with us from a very early age in the drivers program of Audi Sport.
00:59 And now he's one of the favorites here for the finale in Hockenheim.
01:02 What else can we wish at Audi Sport?
01:04 It will be difficult to win the championship being 30 points behind.
01:11 But still, we will support him as much as we can and hopefully he can do it.
01:14 An ultimate round of DTM 2023.
01:22 Look at this fella at the inside of Bortolotti.
01:24 And he gets ahead of him with a great piece of opportunistic driving.
01:28 You saw a little bit of contact, but still Kevin van der Linde was in front.
01:40 And now, the final round.
01:42 I'm not so happy with the weekend, but I'm happy with how the season went.
01:57 I'm super proud of the whole team. They did a great job all year and they worked very hard.
02:01 So, thanks to everyone.
02:03 And on the other side, we finished third in two championships.
02:06 So, for sure this is not bad.
02:08 A big thank you to the Team Abt Sports Line, Liqui Moly Team Engstler and Attempto Racing
02:13 and all their teams and the drivers for a great job during the season in a challenging DTM.
02:18 Thanks for watching!
02:20 [Music]