Rene Rast has recounted his fascinating finish to the second DTM race of the Lausitzring spherical, having misplaced an exhilarating duel for victory in opposition to .
Rast undercut the Emil Frey Ferrari driver within the first spherical of pitstops, however finally succumbed to Aitken’s stress within the penultimate lap.
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“So we pulled all the time just a little hole, however sadly, we weren’t quick sufficient on the finish,” Rast commented, explaining: “My tyres from yesterday’s race, they have been simply finish of life once we put them on already and I had simply no grip, so I might not likely defend onerous.”
“I feel there was a little bit of carcass peeking out of the tyre and we have been utterly over,” the BMW driver grinned. “I could not speed up out of the corners. I had such poor traction and I knew he might solely actually move on the skin.”
Aitken’s “fairly good” tyre administration was hailed as a key think about his victory by Emil Frey technical director Juerg Flach, in an interview with Motorsport.com’s sister publication Motorsport-Whole.
Aitken was considerably sooner within the late phases of the race. “Rast’s entrance tyres gave up,” Flach added. “Because of this, Jack made up nearly 4 seconds in three laps. And the overtaking manoeuvre was magnificent.”
Jack Aitken, Emil Frey Racing Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3
Jack Aitken, Emil Frey Racing Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3Alexander Trienitz
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Aitken defined: ‘For me, the primary sector was the strongest, so I might actually assault him there and ultimately, simply taking a look at anyplace that he left a niche, and ultimately it was the skin of six.”
Rast was powerless to carry his rival off: “I gave him the skin, however he nonetheless had a lot grip that he was in a position to journey on the skin and he did not give my tyres again to me. In fact, I might have bumped him a bit, however ultimately everyone knows what’s occurring, in order that’s tremendous.
“It was cool racing. That is the way it ought to be. We all the time left one another the house on the skin or inside. That is the way it ought to be. Clearly, a bit too tight for my style on the finish with Jules, however yeah, it was good racing.”
Winward-Mercedes’ additionally tried to assault Rast within the ultimate metres. “I attempted to exit of the final nook, however I couldn’t put the facility down as a result of my rear wheels have been simply spinning all the way in which,” the German stated.
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“And I noticed Jules nonetheless had good traction, so he put himself on my left-hand aspect and we had a drag race to the end line. Generally he was pulling forward, generally I used to be pulling forward,” Rast added, with a 0.045s hole in his favor.
“It was only a little bit of a nightmare in that state of affairs since you can’t do loads. You simply sit there – and I used to be watching Jules, he was watching me, and we have been simply hoping to be forward of the opposite one. I do not know what the hole was on the finish, however in all probability the closest end I ever had with any individual.”
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