Emil Frey Racing boss Jurg Flach has revealed suspicions that rival DTM groups are heating tyres with out permission.
It’s unlawful within the German championship to make use of tyre blankets earlier than a race with this seen as a transfer to save lots of vitality consumption and price.
However within the wake of final weekend’s Norisring spherical, Flach has launched these suspicions after watching Manthey Porsche driver Thomas Preining win Sunday’s two-stop race.
Key to mentioned victory was, per Flach, Preining’s “mega sturdy” outlap which enabled him to beat Emil Frey drivers Jack Aitken and Thierry Vermeulen – who completed second and third respectively.
“It is a bit controversial, as a result of with a few of them you will have the sensation that they do not have chilly tyres,” Flach instructed Motorsport.com.
“And this subject does fire up a little bit of emotion, as a result of we all know that our automobile is definitely not the worst within the warm-up. That is why it makes you surprise why that’s.”
Podium: Race winner Thomas Preining, Manthey EMA, second place Jack Aitken, Emil Frey Racing, third place Thierry Vermeulen, Emil Frey Racing
Photograph by: Alexander Trienitz
The evaluation reveals that Preining unpacked the hammer after the second cease, as he drove a 1m17.444s within the undercut try in opposition to Aitken, who did a 1m20.764s.
Aitken’s time loss was additionally resulting from the truth that he needed to defend instantly in opposition to Preining. Preining additionally recorded the quickest cease in 6.7 seconds, whereas Aitken wanted 8.2s.
Flach reckons his staff would “commonly lose 1-1.5 seconds in comparison with the quickest” on an outlap, but it surely isn’t simply in comparison with Manthey both.
Within the weekend’s opening race on Saturday, Vermeulen left the pits forward of Winward Mercedes driver Maro Engel however quickly dropped behind him and Preining..
“He had no likelihood of holding them off – no likelihood,” added Flach. “What is that this? How is it potential? Bodily, you’ll be able to’t try this simply with the strain.
“You produce grip by temperature – and you do not have that after one nook. Engel pulled away from Thierry from the exit of Flip 1 to Flip 2 with chilly tyres.”
Jack Aitken, Emil Frey Racing Ferrari Ferrari 296 GT3
Photograph by: Alexander Trienitz
This was additionally a matter of the highest three driver press convention final weekend, as Preining was requested by Motorsport.com concerning the secret of his sturdy outlap.
But as quickly as he was, Aitken interjected “sure Thomas, please inform us” earlier than Vermeulen added “we’re listening”.
“It was simply full danger,” Preining then lastly mentioned. “We did a whole lot of information evaluation from yesterday’s outlaps to maximise that.
“I knew it is for the win, so I went all out. Usually I am not pushing like this on a road monitor with chilly tyres, as a result of the danger you are going to find yourself within the wall is sort of excessive. Right now, I consider it was well worth the danger.”
Manthey is “very relaxed” concerning the considerations raised by Flach although, saiyd its managing director Nicolas Raeder.
“We’re working very carefully on the main points,” he added. “He’s welcome to come back to our pits and test the vehicles with an infrared imaging digicam earlier than the pitstops.”
Learn Additionally:
We would like your opinion!
What would you wish to see on Motorsport.com?
– The Motorsport.com Group
