Manthey Porsche driver Thomas Preining clinched victory within the second race of the Norisring spherical within the 2025 DTM season.
Preining, who began from sixth on the grid, triumphed because of a flawless technique, beating Emil Frey drivers Jack Aitken and polesitter Thierry Vermeulen, who accomplished the rostrum in second and third place respectively.
The race began with a dramatic incident in Flip 1, involving Marco Wittmann’s BMW, the Lamborghinis of Mirko Bortolotti and Nicki Thiim, and Jules Gounon’s Mercedes, all of which retired, whereas Morris Schuring’s Porsche was broken. The purple flag was waved to get well the stricken automobiles and clear particles from the monitor.
The race restarted behind the protection automobile with polesitter Vermeulen sustaining the lead from Aitken and Preining, who had jumped from sixth to 3rd within the first begin.
A full-course yellow was referred to as by race management when Fabio Scherer (HRT Ford) suffered a unfastened wheel; Tom Kalender slowed down to fulfill the delta time, however his Mercedes was hit from behind by Gilles Magnus’ Aston Martin, and each needed to retire.
“I wouldn’t say I braked too early – drivers simply generally don’t anticipate it,” Kalender defined to ran.de. “I noticed three or 4 seconds left on the sprint, which is regular.
“That will’ve been the same old braking level. I don’t know what the opposite driver was pondering, however it occurred. You’ll be able to’t simply vanish into skinny air. It was a typical racing incident.”
Ayhancan Güven, Manthey EMA Porsche 911 GT3-R, Tom Kalender, Mercedes-AMG Workforce Landgraf Mercedes-AMG GT3, Morris Schuring, Manthey EMA Porsche 911 GT3-R
Photograph by: Alexander Trienitz
As soon as the race resumed, the main pack got here in for his or her first pitstops, however chief Vermeulen was overcut by Aitken and Preining.
Extra attrition occurred within the second half of the race, with Ricardo Feller rear-ending Luca Engstler when braking for the primary nook, which ended the Spa 24 Hours winner’s race whereas Feller was in a position to proceed.
On the entrance, Preining was closing in on Aitken, trailing the Ferrari driver by lower than a second. The 2023 DTM champion braked too late when he made his preliminary assault on the Dutzendteich hairpin, however then pitted one lap earlier; a swifter service from the Manthey squad put him proper on Aitken’s tail after the latter’s second pitstop. Preining rapidly took the result in win by 1.5s.
“I’m clearly very glad – this win was actually hard-fought in the present day,” Preining advised ran.de. “I had a implausible begin, transferring from sixth to 3rd, which is hard on the surface right here, however it labored out properly. After that, it was a brutal battle with Jack.
“We overtook Thierry because of technique. Jack didn’t give me an inch, however I believe it was honest and nice leisure for the followers. As all the time, we had a full home right here, and it was good to ship a cool present.”
Maro Engel took fourth forward of Arjun Maini and the third Emily Frey Ferrari driver, Ben Inexperienced. Rene Rast salvaged seventh place however dropped to sixth within the drivers’ standings, nonetheless led by Lucas Auer (Landgraf Mercedes), who completed eighth.
Preining is now tied on factors with Saturday race winner Jordan Pepper, each of whom path Auer by seven factors.
The DTM will return in 5 weeks’ time on the Nurburgring, on 9-10 August.
Photographs DTM Norisring
Race 2 outcomes
1
91
Porsche 911 GT3 R
64
25
2
14
Ferrari 296 GT3
64
1.592
20
3
T. Vermeulen Emil Frey Racing
69
Ferrari 296 GT3
64
3.617
16
4
24
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
64
4.642
13
5
36
Ford Mustang GT3
64
2.055
11
6
B. Inexperienced Emil Frey Racing
10
Ferrari 296 GT3
64
4.693
10
7
33
BMW M4 GT3 Evo
64
1.364
9
8
22
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
64
0.233
8
9
J. Pepper TGI Workforce Lamborghini by GRT
63
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2
64
4.222
7
10
48
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
64
0.704
6
11
90
Porsche 911 GT3 R
64
1.468
5
12
29
Audi R8 LMS Evo II
64
0.168
4
13
M. Schuring Manthey Junior Workforce
92
Porsche 911 GT3 R
64
1.344
3
14
N. Baert Comtoyou Racing
8
Aston Martin Vantage GT3
64
1.077
2
15
B. Dörr Dörr Motorsport
25
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
64
12.863
1
dnf
16
McLaren 720S GT3 Evo
54
10 Laps
dnf
19
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2
31
23 Laps
dnf
7
Aston Martin Vantage GT3
21
10 Laps
dnf
T. Kalender Mercedes-AMG Workforce Landgraf
84
Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo
21
7.699
dnf
71
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2
20
1 Lap
dnf
64
Ford Mustang GT3
19
1 Lap
dnf
1
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2
1
18 Laps
dnf
11
BMW M4 GT3 Evo
0
dnf
2
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2
0
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