Into the Alps with great momentum: the DTM season continues for BMW Motorsport with two races in Spielberg

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The eight #bmw drivers are setting their sights high ahead of the second DTM weekend of the 2016 season: #spielberg (AT) hosts races three and four on 21st/22nd May – at what is probably one of the most beautiful circuits in motorsport.

Nestled in the Styrian mountains in Austria, the Red Bull Ring is the highest racetrack on the DTM calendar, at almost 700 metres above sea level. It is also up near the top of the popularity ratings among the drivers. A real test for the drivers, and featuring unusually large changes in elevation and gradients of up to 12 per cent, the 4.326-kilometre track is located about 50 kilometres from Graz and all but guarantees tense and exciting races.

When the #bmw Motorsport drivers go out onto the track at the first of this season’s four trips abroad, they will be looking to back up the performance they showed in race two of the season-opener in Hockenheim (DE), where Augusto Farfus (BR) and Maxime Martin (BE) finished second and third. Farfus was also the top #bmw driver in #spielberg in 2015.

Three #bmw DTM drivers reached the podium on Saturday in the third race of the VLN #endurance #racing Championship at the Nürburgring Nordschleife (DE): DTM ace Marco Wittmann (DE), Jörg Müller (DE) and #bmw Motorsport Junior Jesse Krohn (FI) recorded the first big win for the new #bmw M6 GT3. Martin Tomczyk (DE) in second place and Tom Blomqvist (GB) in third also finished in the top-3 at the dress rehearsal for the 24-hour race.

The DTM races in #spielberg get underway at 17:50 on Saturday (live on ARD from 17:35) and 15:15 on Sunday (live on ARD from 15:00).