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If you haven't yet watched the opening round of DTM 2012 from Hockenheimring last weekend, then you're missing out on a cracking race, with Mercedes finishing first and second ahead of Mattais Ekström's Audi in 3rd, and the best placed BMW of Andy Priaulx in sixth.

Despite securing pole position in yesterday's qualifying, Audi driver Mattais Ekström lost the lead to arch-rivals Mercedes and never recovered it, finishing in 3rd place, with Andy Priaulx chasing down Audi driver Mike Rockenfeller to finish in 6th, as the best-placed BMW driver.

The 2012 DTM championship is underway, and after plenty of pre-season speculation we can now judge the performance of each of the three premium manufacturers - Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

If you're a UK-based fan of Germany's DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen-Meisterschaft) series, then you may be wondering how to catch up with the action on TV or online.

News which arose this weekend that McLaren had been given a seat on the board of the sport’s holding company alongside Ferrari and Red Bull, came amidst pre-float preparations as Formula One gets ready for a listing on the Singapore stock exchange this summer.

This weekend 72,000 fans gathered at a special DTM presentation in Wiesbaden to meet the teams and drivers, watch racing taxis perform spectacular drifts, lightning-quick pit stops, and see the new DTM contenders from Mercedes, Audi and newcomer BMW up close.

There's a very 'short' list of women who have graced the Formula 1 paddock as drivers and now Scottish DTM racer, Susie Wolff, joins the ranks of the best drivers in the world.

With a power output of 621 bhp and 1000 Nm (737 lb ft) of torque, you could be forgiven for thinking those are the most significant numbers attached to Mercedes' new V12-engined SL65 roadster, but owners will quickly discover that the car's depreciation is far more brutal.

What is the BMW M6? A more focused and sporty M5? A rival for Porsche's 911? Or, perhaps a working man's Aston Martin? In some ways it could be all of those things, but equally none of them.

After we reported earlier in the week that Audi's 2011 DTM Champion, Martin Tomczyk had left the Ingolstadt team, BMW has announced this morning that the 29-year old German driver will join Andy Priaulx, Augusto Farfus and Bruno Spengler in driving the M3 DTM in 2012.

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