Belgium’s Laurens Vanthoor and Germany’s Daniel Abt, now F3 Euroseries drivers, sampled a brand-new Audi A4 DTM car.
"It was shockingly new," admitted Vanthoor to Auto Hebdo.
"You're sitting in the car, all laid back, you feel the power, you feel the tires… It was all very unusual for me, so much that I had a hard time spotting the kerbs."
On the other hand, Daniel Abt confessed about his boyhood dreams of driving a DTM car.
"It was very special for me [to take the wheel of the Audi DTM]. I grew up watching those cars, oh-so-cool, oh-so-fast… and now I'm driving one."
Maybe the initiative was inspired by fellow ex-F3 driver, Scotland's Paul di Resta. He won the Euroseries title in 2006, then went on to the DTM title in 2010, and now is an established F1 driver.
"I had a great time throughout those two days of testing," Abt adds. "Even though F3 and DTM cars are completely different, I think the former is a good stepping stone to the latter."
"It was shockingly new," admitted Vanthoor to Auto Hebdo.
"You're sitting in the car, all laid back, you feel the power, you feel the tires… It was all very unusual for me, so much that I had a hard time spotting the kerbs."
On the other hand, Daniel Abt confessed about his boyhood dreams of driving a DTM car.
"It was very special for me [to take the wheel of the Audi DTM]. I grew up watching those cars, oh-so-cool, oh-so-fast… and now I'm driving one."
Maybe the initiative was inspired by fellow ex-F3 driver, Scotland's Paul di Resta. He won the Euroseries title in 2006, then went on to the DTM title in 2010, and now is an established F1 driver.
"I had a great time throughout those two days of testing," Abt adds. "Even though F3 and DTM cars are completely different, I think the former is a good stepping stone to the latter."