Yeah, this is a Canada pride post. Bruno Spengler had a brilliant start at Hockenheim and held off Gary Paffett to win the 2012 DTM Championship for BMW in their first year back.
Woo!
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Yeah, this is a Canada pride post. Bruno Spengler had a brilliant start at Hockenheim and held off Gary Paffett to win the 2012 DTM Championship for BMW in their first year back.
Woo!
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Wow impressive, and especially considering the first races I saw BMWs weren't front runners...
Congratulations to Bruno Spengler and the BMW Team!
Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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Finally Bruno pulls it off...after being close for so many years...
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one of the most overrated championships....
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In what way? Its basically German NASCAR/V8 Supercar....and much like those, its not exactly a stroll to win the title....sure they are basically spec cars, but as with most racing series these days, its either great racing and not so interesting cars, or interesting cars and not so great racing....Originally Posted by henk4
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it is a continuing story about manipulation who should win the title. Not only among among the drivers but also between Audi and Mercedes. And if you compare it to NASCAR, you don't need to ask anymore why it is overrated
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Well its easy to say NASCAR is not interesting, but I still watch and still fascinated by it. Its not an easy series to win and they are still doing pretty crazy stuff with really old technology....
At any rate, I blame EU snobbery to a Canadian success....
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WTCC. That's some proper racing.
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I honestly thought he was German...Well its easy to say NASCAR is not interesting, but I still watch and still fascinated by it. Its not an easy series to win and they are still doing pretty crazy stuff with really old technology....
At any rate, I blame EU snobbery to a Canadian success....
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Eh. I watched a round or two and was not that impressed. Bumpy, a bit gimmicky with the FWD vs RWD, and the cars didn't interest me. Maybe I will give it another shot.
He was born in France, raised in Canada.
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A younger Canadian, Robert Wickens, is also in DTM racing in a Benz, but he had an unremarkable year.
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Ill advised career move to touring car I think...open wheel transition to that is not historically successful...the reversed seems a bit better...
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I think Paul di Resta does not share your opinion.
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Wickens might be being groomed for a potential F1 seat by Haug. The word was if Spengler had won DTM last year he woulda got the FI seat or not, but I am not so sure considering he is significantly older than Paul di.
Of course, Hambam signing with Mercedes has thrown a wrench in the works.
I just looked, "the Wick" was 2nd best of the three Benz youths in DTM, and beat Ralf and tied DC on points. Trololol.
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Touring car to F1 has had better results than going the otherway around....Wickens is already pretty old(23), when Di Resta went to DTM he was 21. 2 years can mean a lot in trying to climb the openwheel ladder....Wickens has already spent a ton to time in open wheel cars....that makes the transition into saloon harder, since the race craft required is so different. And if he is not performing at an impressive level in DTM, he won't get a chance to go back into F1 again. Look at how many recent F1 drivers(and winners) going to DTM and their results....
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