Title finale: It's Schneider vs Albers
Mercedes-Benz's Bernd Schneider is banking on home support to spur him on to clinch a record-breaking fourth DTM title at Hockenheim in Germany this weekend
Schneider is just one point ahead of AMG team-mate Christijan Albers going into Sunday's title decider. Albers won the previous race at Zandvoort in Holland to set-up a tense season finale.
"There is not much between us, but Hockenheim is my home race," said Schneider. "I hope my home fans will support me as well as the Zandvoort spectators did for Christijan."
Surprisingly, Albers claimed that victory at Zandvoort was "more important to me than winning the championship". He has scored four race wins to Schneider's two, which means that Christijan only needs to tie with Bernd to take the title.
"Of course, there will be a lot of pressure in Hockenheim," said Albers. "But sometimes a little bit of pressure is good for you."
Mercedes motorsport chief Norbert Haug says there will be no team orders this weekend.
"It's great to come to Hockenheim with the title in our pocket," said Haug. "As before we will let them fight it out - anything can happen."
Be part of the Autosport community
Join the conversationShare Or Save This Story
Wolff: Mercedes can't just keep living off F1 ‘bright spots’
From tweaked headrests to new floors: China’s F1 updates in full
Pourchaire eager for more IndyCar after “amazing” debut in Long Beach
Was Long Beach really Scott Dixon’s greatest IndyCar drive yet?
Autosport writers' most memorable moments of 2022
The plug in and play stand-ins who got their timing just right
The longest-serving Red Bull driver revealing F1’s true brutality
How the DTM has come back stronger from its Norisring nadir
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments