Battle of the Generations: The 2006 DTM Season Review
Just when the young guns looked set to dominate another DTM season, veteran Bernd Schneider completed a flawless season and clinched his fifth title. Glenn Freeman looks back at the 2006 season
By the middle of October 2005 it seemed that Bernd Schneider's time in the DTM had passed. The man who had regularly been called the Schumacher of the German series had been quiet all year, while young guns Mattias Ekstrom and Gary Paffett had duelled for the title.
Jean Alesi and Mika Hakkinen had also chipped in with victories for Mercedes, leaving Schneider as the only Mercedes driver in the main HWA team without a victory heading into the season finale at Hockenheim.
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