Emil Frey Ferrari driver Jack Aitken has celebrated his first DTM victory of the 2025 season on the Lausitzring.
Schubert BMW racer Rene Rast did undercut polesitter Aitken with their first pitstops, however the latter stayed shut and fought his method again into the lead with a decided transfer.
“Sure, I am tremendous completely happy,” stated Rast, who didn’t count on BMW to be so aggressive. “In fact, I might have favored to win immediately, and shedding the victory two laps earlier than the tip is at all times annoying, but it surely was extremely enjoyable immediately.”
Jules Gounon (Winward Mercedes) attacked Rast for second place on the final lap within the last nook, pulling alongside, however got here 0.045s brief and needed to be content material with third.
Jordan Pepper (Grasser Lamborghini) secured fourth place, adopted by Maro Engel (Winward Mercedes) and DTM champion Mirko Bortolotti, who scored his finest results of the season within the Abt Lamborghini. Thierry Vermeulen (Emil Frey Ferrari) completed seventh forward of Marco Wittmann (Schubert BMW) and Saturday race winner Lucas Auer within the Landgraf Mercedes.
Maximilian Paul was tenth below the chequered flag however obtained a 60-second penalty for taking his second pitstop too late, with Timo Glock inheriting the final top-10 spot.
Bortolotti and Scherer profit from chaos initially
The race begin was chaotic once more, with Thomas Preining (Manthey Porsche) colliding with polesitter Aitken and having to retire within the pits, whereas Marco Wittmann (Schubert BMW) tried to take benefit however was pushed off by the main Ferrari. Auer was pushed onto the grass by Wittmann and misplaced a couple of positions.
Bortolotti emerged from the chaos in tenth, having began twentieth, whereas HRT Ford driver Fabio Scherer moved as much as ninth from twenty second.
Wittmann then bumped into ABS points and began dropping again; a tyre change appeared to resolve the issue. In the meantime, Bortolotti was tapped by Ben Doerr (Doerr McLaren) and misplaced a number of placecs, with the teenager being awarded a penalty lap. Doerr went on to spin Morris Schuring (Manthey Porsche) round, which earned him three penalty laps – however he nonetheless salvaged 14th place ultimately.
Ben Dörr, Dörr Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
Photograph by: Alexander Trienitz
Rast undercuts Aitken for the lead
Aitken and Rast pulled away within the early levels of the race, and the German driver undercut his rival, pitting one lap earlier. The security automobile was then deployed because of contact between Wittmann and Schuring, and Rast confidently maintained his lead when the race restarted, whereas Aitken needed to fend off Engel.
Additional again, there was extra drama as Ricardo Feller span Nicolas Baert (Comtoyou Aston Martin) round whereas Arjun Maini and Timo Glock collided when battling for fifteenth.
Rast defends staunchly, however Aitken finds a method via
The second pitstop part made no distinction within the battle for victory, with Rast retaining the lead from Aitken and Engel. The latter made a mistake in his out-lap on chilly tyres, permitting Pepper and Gounon via.
Within the closing laps, Aitken closed the hole to Rast and put him below stress. The Scot discovered a method via with a daring manoeuver on the penultimate tour to safe his first win of the season, shifting as much as fifth within the standings.
René Rast, Schubert Motorsport
Photograph by: Alexander Trienitz
Auer nonetheless leads the championship with 69 factors, adopted by Gounon (63), Pepper (55) and Engel (52). The following spherical will happen at Zandvoort in two weeks’ time.
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