has taken his second win of the DTM season as he dominated the opener on the Lausitzring forward of .
Rene Rast darted from fifth on the grid to finish the rostrum for Schubert BMW in third, forward of , and .
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Landgraf Mercedes driver Auer led from the beginning whereas misplaced second place to Engel, however within the midfield there was chaos involving a number of drivers, as sustained heavy injury to the entrance of his Manthey Porsche and was additionally compelled out early for Grasser Lamborghini.
After a short security automotive interval, Auer maintained the lead forward of Engel, Rast and Feller. Whereas quite a few midfield drivers made early pitstops, the main group stretched their first stint, with Engel pulling off an overcut on Auer to take the lead.
Nevertheless it wasn’t to final as Auer, whose tyres reached the optimum temperature, shortly regained the lead, whereas Feller dropped out of the working with a mechanic problem together with his Audi.
Ricardo Feller, Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3
Ricardo Feller, Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3Alexander Trienitz
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Auer saved Engel at bay for the rest of the race to take his second win of the season and regain the championship lead.
Additional again, took seventh place together with his Emil Frey Ferrari, in entrance of Manthey Porsche driver Ayhancan Guven, who celebrated his first DTM win again at Oschersleben. Ben Dorr (Dorr McLaren) and (Emil Frey Ferrari) full the highest 10.
The second DTM race on the Lausitzring takes place on Sunday at 1:30pm native time, with two pitstops per driver obligatory.
DTMÂ Lausitzring – Race 1 outcomes
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