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Bruno Spengler raced to his first win of the season in Spielberg, Austria, with BMW teammates Marco Wittmann and Timo Glock, completing the podium. The Canadian now leads the championship.

Bruno Spengler celebrates in traditional fashion (Photo: DTM.com)

Spengler, who started from pole position, was dominant from start to finish at the third round of the DTM championship.

Behind him, Wittmann and Glock claimed their respective first podium finish in DTM, in their first season. Wittmann, who started alongside Spengler, won a tough battle with Edoardo Mortara's Audi. From 12th on the grid, Timo Glock too had a good race.

Timo Glock, BMW M3 DTM (Photo: DTM.com)

The best-placed Audi driver was Mike Rockenfeller, 4th at the end of the race. Mercedes had to make due with 7th, courtesy of Christian Vietoris.

Bruno Spengler moves into the championship lead, 12 points ahead of Mike Rockenfeller.

(Photo: DTM.com)

Race classification
1. Bruno Spengler (BMW M3) - Schnitzer - 47 laps in 1h08h35'249
2. Marco Wittmann (BMW M3) - MTEK + 1''550
3. Timo Glock (BMW M3) - MTEK + 6''504
4. Mike Rockenfeller (Audi RS5) - Phoenix + 9''183
5. Mattias Ekström (Audi RS5) - Abt + 10''260
6. Augusto Farfus (BMW M3) - RBM + 14''299
7. Christian Vietoris (Mercedes C-Coupé) + 14''884
8. Dirk Werner (BMW M3) - Schnitzer + 15''548
9. Gary Paffett (Mercedes C-Coupé) - Mercedes + 16''207
10. Pascal Wherlein (Mercedes C-Coupé) - Mercedes + 17''462
Etc.

Championship
1. Spengler 53 points, 2. Rockenfeller 41, 3. Farfus 33, 4. Wittmann 32, 5. Vietoris 25, etc.