A week after it celebrated its world premiere
in Geneva, the new Audi RS5 DTM has made its first public test laps.
Dressed in a red-black Playboy livery, which will be
showcased on the 2017 DTM grid by Nico Muller, the RS5 racer was put through
its paces. Unlike the version that debuted in Swiss show, it features
"additional, innovative detailed solutions", as the brand explains.
Taking turns in driving the new Audi RS5 DTM on the
Vallelunga circuit, in Italy, were Mattias Ekstrom and Jamie Green. Between
them, they completed a total of 2,121 test kilometers, "an
impressive number for a new car", commented Ekstrom, who admitted that
they tried "a lot of different things: short stints, long runs, qualifying
simulations, and many different set-up variants."
After concluding the tests, the two Audi drivers are
now preparing for a final DTM test from April 3 to 6 at Hockenheim before the
season opener on the same track on May 6-7.
