The Alexandros Margaritis DTM Thread

[Faustus]

BMW announces the driver line-ups:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112109

[wsrgo]

Nico Muller, the Swiss driver who finished fifth in the Formula Renault 3.5 series, will drive for Audi in the 2014 DTM season. https://www.audi-motorsport.info/v2/public/en/2014/press-release/single/id/8257

[dr-baker]

In tin-tops, we've already had Yvan Muller, Dirk Muller and Jorg Muller. Good to see another Muller with a 4-letter first name in tin-tops!

[Jocke1]

lol, another Muller?
Deutsche Tourenwagen Mullers.

Well, it's no surprise.
A quick search for the most common surnames in Germany, even though Nico is Swiss, shows Muller at #1:

http://german.about.com/od/names/a/German-Surnames.htm

The following is a listing of the top one hundred German last names currently in Germany. The list was created by searching for the most common surnames in 2012 via German telephone books.

1. Muller
2. Schmidt
3. Schneider
4. Fischer
5. Weber

[dr-baker]

Nico Muller is Swiss and Yvan Muller is French (albeit from Alsace...). So only half the Mullers in this list are German...

[Jocke1]

So only half the Mullers in this list are German...

I wonder what half a 'Muller' would look like?

[dr-baker]

So only half the Mullers in this list are German...

I wonder what half a 'Muller' would look like?

???

[Jocke1]

Look at Muller taking that corner! He'll win for sure.

[TomWazzleshaw]

This thread sure got weird in a hurry

[tommykl]

1. Muller
2. Schmidt
3. Schneider
4. Fischer
5. Weber

So Miller, Smith, Taylor, Fisher and Weaver, then?

[dr-baker]

This thread sure got weird in a hurry

Yeah, often happens in real-life conversations with me...

[Nessafox]

This thread sure got weird in a hurry

Yeah, often happens in real-life conversations with me...

You show those kind of pictures in real-life conversations too?

[Jocke1]

There are no "Muller's" like the one above, available in any super market where I'm at,
here they are called Risifrutti:



and I don't care for them at all.

[UncreativeUsername37]

There are no "Muller's" like the one above, available in any super market where I'm at,
here they are called Risifrutti:



and I don't care for them at all.

Well, nothing will taste good with that kind of lighting.

[Faustus]

The most predictable rumour is confirmed, di Resta is back with Mercedes and apparently he will the reserve driver for the F1 team:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112205

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112206

[Pointrox]

Bumping this thread up because I love the name

Oschersleben round was bathplugging brilliant, and this comes from me - a guy that is not very much into DTM. Vietoris' victory - first in his career and first for Mercedes this season - totally unexpected given how the race started for him.
Not a very impressive comeback from his team-mate, but given how the cars have changed since his last outing in 2010 I'm not surprised, and once he gets the hang of it, he'll most likely give Vietoris the works

[TomWazzleshaw]

Bumping this thread up because I love the name

Oschersleben round was bathplugging brilliant, and this comes from me - a guy that is not very much into DTM. Vietoris' victory - first in his career and first for Mercedes this season - totally unexpected given how the race started for him.
Not a very impressive comeback from his team-mate, but given how the cars have changed since his last outing in 2010 I'm not surprised, and once he gets the hang of it, he'll most likely give Vietoris the works

To be fair, the Merc's an absolute crapbox of a car, and Glass of Milk did get helped into the gravel trap by Martin partway through Oschersleben.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

ART will be joining the grid next year... with Mercedes: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116978
400th post!

[dr-baker]

We've barely commented on the DTM this season?! Was the season really that uninteresting?

[Londoner]

We've barely commented on the DTM this season?! Was the season really that uninteresting?

To be fair, I don't think we knew this thread existed for the most part.

Anyway, it was a pretty good season, with Wittmann demolishing the field out of nowhere, Mercedes somehow bagging three wins from their awful cars, and Ekky breaking his winless streak at the end of the season.

The only annoyance really is that Autosport put Jamie Green as their 2nd best driver of the season in their review. Did they actually watch any of the DTM races this season or what? Speed in qualifying means piss all if you can't convert it into results.

[MorbidelliObese]

Managed to watch a few races this year, my main gripe was with the tyre rules that essentially forced everyone onto the same strategy, or a mirror image of it. The races seemed a bit false, with one chunk of the field handicapped for each half of the race, converging at the end unless there was a late safety car which utterly shafted anyone running the harder tyre in the second half. Makes post-2007 option-tyre F1 strategy actually look interesting by comparison, which is some achievement.

I believe they are changing things for next season though, and credit to them for actually committing to one headline event of a decent-ish length, instead of breaking up into 2 or 3 sprint races with reverse grids and all that nonsense. So likely to give it another shot next year.

[MorbidelliObese]

and credit to them for actually committing to one headline event of a decent-ish length, instead of breaking up into 2 or 3 sprint races

Never mind *

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117019

* I reserve the right to rescind the rolling eyes if it transpires they're running two independent full-length races along the lines of IndyCar double-headers, but we'll see.

[dr-baker]

Autosport has said that Joey Hand has been dropped from the BMW line-up for 2015. To be honest, I didn't even realise that he was still in the series this year. Wonder if he will return to sportscars, which is what I associate him with more.

[Yannick]

There are no "Muller's" like the one above, available in any super market where I'm at,
here they are called Risifrutti:



and I don't care for them at all.

Well, nothing will taste good with that kind of lighting.

LOL!!! Thanks for that joke from last year. I hadn't read it then and it's still funny ... or does it just smell funny?

[Faustus]

Goes to show how relevant and interesting the DTM has become that no one has posted on this thread in months.

Anyway, Mercedes in Brixworth have been carrying out an assessment and redesign of the Mercedes DTM engine since about January. The engine was originally designed and manufactured by HWA. About 2 weeks ago, the order came from Stuttgart to Brixworth to stop all research, development and all work related to the DTM engine project. Not sure why.

[MorbidelliObese]

Goes to show how relevant and interesting the DTM has become that no one has posted on this thread in months.

I've tried watching some races and following it but it's really hard. The success ballast (I know it's hardly new in touring car racing) seems to lead to block-results where one manufacturer dominates one weekend then another the next. If it was just a case of one car suiting a particular circuit that'd be fine - great even - but when I hear from the commentators themselves about the leaders running x kilograms lighter than the winners last time out who are stuck down in 14th place or whatever, I really struggle to enjoy it. I'd genuinely prefer domination by one team/car/driver by dint of doing a better job.

And the fact they've adopted some of F1's worst ideas, from stuff that actually has an effect on track such as DRS, to superfluous crap like the confusing numbering system, the whole thing is just a giant turn-off.

I actually didn't mind it as much last year, but seems to be worse this year.

[AxelP800]

Goes to show how relevant and interesting the DTM has become that no one has posted on this thread in months.

Not really. I follow a lot of motorsport series, but doesn't bother to post here, because, I don't bother to post

I like many winners in DTM now and the success ballast really make things unpredictable. BMW leads the manufacturer points now! How cool is that? Very!

[Rabbi Gordon]

Wow...

A totally unimpressive and just above average Wehrlein became the DTM champion and people act like he is a huge talent, who will make it in F1.

He is even worse both talent and attitude-wise than di Resta.

[Salamander]

Wow...

A totally unimpressive and just above average Wehrlein became the DTM champion and people act like he is a huge talent, who will make it in F1.

He is even worse both talent and attitude-wise than di Resta.

But... he beat di Resta in the standings... quite convincingly...

[Miguel98]

Molina may have just done one of the most rejectfull things ever

[golic_2004]

Molina may have just done one of the most rejectfull things ever

I missed it. What happened?

[Klon]

Molina may have just done one of the most rejectfull things ever

I missed it. What happened?

Pulled a David Coulthard with an additional spin.

Meanwhile Timo Glock was disqualified from the second race. My reaction to that:
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~! Eat shite, BMW!