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Jarvis: DTM more competitive than I'd thought.


Moving into the hotly-contested pan-European DTM touring car series with Audi in 2008 proved to be a tough challenge for former single-seater star Olly Jarvis - but he impressed many observers along the way.
Looking back over his maiden DTM campaign in 2008, Olly Jarvis has reflected that it turned out to be tougher than he had at first anticipated - as he revealed his hopes of stepping up to more competitive machinery in a year's time.

Behind the wheel of a 2007-spec Audi A4, the former McLaren/Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year impressed by qualifying an excellent eighth on his debut at Hockenheim and an even better fourth just a week later at Oschersleben.

Even more encouragingly still, a brilliant fifth place on race day at Mugello in Italy seemed to herald the arrival of a new superstar in the fiercely-competitive pan-European touring car series, but as the development of the 2008 machines accelerated, Jarvis and co found themselves increasingly cast into a supporting role as the year progressed. Just two more appearances in the final stage of qualifying would follow over the balance of the campaign - and no points beyond May.

"I think it was a good year overall," mused the 24-year-old erstwhile single-seater star, speaking exclusively to Crash.net Radioby Russell Atkins

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Published 22/12/2008 16:04

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