DTM season review: An unexpected leader
Timo Scheider's surprise pre-season pace turned into early season form and a mid-season championship lead. Only a surge of form from Paul di Resta took it to the finale, but Scheider still wrapped up the title
It was too easy to dismiss Timo Scheider's pre-season form as meaningless in the early weeks of 2008. But as test after test went by with the black Audi at the top of the times, he became difficult to ignore.
Test after test then became race after race. The Scheider steam train showed no signs of running out of pace as he led a four-way battle mid-season, and it was only a late charge from Paul di Resta that kept the title battle alive to the Hockenheim finale.
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