Ricardo Feller has pulled off a shock by taking his first DTM race win of the yr within the second race of the weekend on the Purple Bull Ring.
The Land Audi driver, who is simply competing within the DTM this season because of a last-minute determination by his group, took the lead after a mistake by polesitter Thierry Vermeulen and held on for his third profession win within the DTM.
“An important feeling. I’m very comfortable and extremely happy with my total crew,” Feller stated on ran.de, praising his Land crew for the 2 good pitstops. “A tremendous victory, simply lovely. It is a pity that it’s Sunday now and everyone seems to be leaving, so we will’t have fun.
“In fact, I’m extraordinarily proud to provide Land their first DTM win at this time. It’s great. It hasn’t been a straightforward season thus far. Profitable a race right here on the Purple Bull Ring is one thing I by no means would have anticipated if somebody had requested me beforehand. However that makes it all of the sweeter. We now have to take pleasure in this.”
Behind Feller and Emil Frey Ferrari’s Vermeulen, Landgraf Mercedes’ Lucas Auer accomplished the rostrum in third place, reclaiming the factors lead within the course of.
Maro Engel (Winward Mercedes) completed fourth, adopted by HRT Ford’s Arjun Maini in fifth and Grasser Lamborghini driver Jordan Pepper in sixth.
Not like Saturday’s race, the beginning was rather more turbulent: whereas Vermeulen led from Feller and Jack Aitken, there have been quite a few collisions and incidents within the midfield, ending in drama for a number of title contenders.
Gilles Magnus, Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3, Ricardo Feller, Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3, Lucas Auer, Mercedes-AMG Crew Landgraf Mercedes-AMG GT3, Arjun Maini, Crew HRT Ford Mustang GT3
Picture by: ADAC Motorsport
Marco Wittmann was hit by Ben Dorr within the first nook, which nearly spun the Schubert BMW driver and dropped him to the again of the sector. Thomas Preining suffered a puncture in his Manthey Porsche within the chaos and dropped off the lead lap.
A number of corners later, Abt Lamborghini driver Nicki Thiim spun off the monitor, after which Aitken dropped again with a puncture, whereas Fabio Scherer retired his HRT Ford with a damaged driveshaft.
When the primary of the 2 pit home windows opened, the sector had largely settled on the entrance, with Vermeulen and Feller clear by six seconds of Auer in third place.
The leaders waited the longest to make their first tyre change, with the duel between Feller and Vermeulen beginning earlier than the pitstop. The Land Audi driver capitalised on a small mistake by the polesitter and took the lead earlier than midway by the race.
Two laps later, each rivals pitted concurrently, as did their chasers. Whereas Feller was capable of defend his lead over Vermeulen, Auer misplaced his third place to HRT Ford driver Maini as a result of a slower cease.
Feller was capable of prolong his lead over Vermeulen to greater than three seconds within the center stint, suggesting the Audi driver had used his recent tyre set within the center stint.
Rene Rast, Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3, Marco Wittmann, Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3
Picture by: ADAC Motorsport
The main group got here in collectively once more, with the Land Audi group making no errors, permitting Feller to defend his lead over Vermeulen. For HRT Ford driver Maini, nevertheless, he suffered a sluggish pitstop and dropped behind Auer, Engel, and Rene Rast.
However Rast dropped again after race management handed him two penalty laps – one for the unsafe launch and one for crossing the white line at pit entry – which despatched the BMW driver to thirteenth place within the last section.
With Schubert BMW driver Rast ending down the order, it noticed native hero Auer reclaim the factors lead at his house race, and he now leads the standings by seven factors over Grasser driver Pepper, with Rast in third, 11 factors again.
The 2025 DTM season concludes on the Hockenhiem finale on 3-5 October.
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