Having dominated the opening DTM race on Saturday on the Purple Bull Ring, Rene Rast endured a nightmare Sunday with two penalty laps and misplaced the championship lead forward of the season finale.
In Sunday’s race, Rast crossed the end line in thirteenth and misplaced his general lead again to Landgraf Mercedes driver Lucas Auer.
The Schubert BMW driver’s race was undone within the second pitstop, because the three-time champion obtained two penalty laps: the primary for crossing the white line at pitlane entry, the second for being launched immediately in entrance of HRT Ford driver Arjun Maini after which didn’t yield which the Indian driver slammed as “utterly unfair”.
The race stewards penalised Rast for an unsafe launch as a result of he obstructed Maini, one thing Rast may have prevented if he had braked and dropped again behind the HRT Ford driver.
“[At the second pitstop] so many automobiles are available in directly,” Rast defined. “It is tough to estimate what the visitors within the quick lane will likely be like whenever you begin off with chilly tyres. I used to be a bit forward, however I believe the unsafe launch had already occurred by the point I drove out. So there wasn’t a lot I may do.
René Rast, Schubert Motorsport
Picture by: ADAC Motorsport
“After all, the second penalty [crossing the white line at pit entry] was pointless. Usually there is a bollard there, nevertheless it was gone. And naturally I relied on the bollard that wasn’t there, appeared for it and drove over the white line. However that is no excuse, it was only a silly mistake.”
Nonetheless, Rast hasn’t given up on his title hopes on the Hockenheim finale.
“We’re nonetheless within the sport. We have closed the hole to the entrance,’ he stated, stating he’s now 11 factors behind chief Auer.
“There are a variety of automobiles nonetheless combating for the championship. I believe there are in all probability 9 of them. You simply should preserve a cool head and choose up factors.”
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