» Prémat aiming for BMW DTM drive

Ousted Audi driver Alexandre Prémat has set his sights on rebuilding his DTM career with BMW when the marque makes its return to the championship in 2012.

The Frenchman – a multiple race winner in the defunct A1GP open-wheeler series before he joined the German touring car championship – was sacked by Audi in the wake of his huge opening-lap accident at in the penultimate race at Adria.

Prémat’s best DTM race finishes in four seasons of competition are a pair of third placings.

It remains unlikely that Prémat will be on the DTM grid in 2011, so he is biding his time and aiming for a sports car role until opportunities open up again at the end of the year.

“There is only BMW coming in for now, so I will get in contact with them. I have four years of experience, so maybe it’s good for them to have a driver who has already driven in DTM,” Prémat told AUTOSPORT.

“"I’m working hard to find a good seat. There is nothing in DTM for 2011, so I’m working to drive in sports cars. There are still some good drives available, so we are talking,” he added.

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