For Johannes Seidlitz and the KOLLES Futurecom-TME – Team the weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona started with a roll-out on Friday. First of all Johannes had to get familiar with the 2.977 km track. At the beginning in Saturday’s free practice the track was very slippery and dirty. Johannes did his programme as usual but after around 20 laps he was interrupted. His car had a problem with the steering and the repairing costed a lot of time. At the end of the free practice Johannes was able to do some laps again. It became serious in midday’s qualifying. Johannes did a good job. He was faster than both of his experienced team mates Tomas Kostka and Christian Bakkerud. ”The qualifying was very good. The car was superb and I was in front of my team mates.“ After Ralf Schumacher was put back to the end of the grid due to an engine change Johannes was put another position forward so that he started from P17.

During the race Johannes had to deal with some problems. His AUDI A4 DTM 07 was difficult to handle and the first stint didn’t go well. Due to engine overheating Johannes had to drop back a bit. Johannes did both of his mandatory pit stops in lap 22 and 42. Unfortunately he had to do a third unscheduled pit stop because it seemed on the straight that he could get some tyre problems. To avoid a puncher Johannes decided with the team to change tyres to be on the safe side. With having done three pit stops he finished on P18 and was not content. After his pleasant qualifying Johannes was hoping for a better result in the race. ”My race weekend was good till Saturday evening. After that it didn’t go well. The second and third stint were very good in the race but with having some problems and having to deal with a third pit stop didn’t allow to get a better position. All in all the race was not ideal but it is positive that all three cars of the team were able to close the gap to the 2008 models. Now I am looking forward to the next race in Dijon.“
The next DTM race will take place in Dijon / France on the 11th October.