It was Porsches leading the way in the second DTM Oschersleben race with Christian Engelhart profiting on a penalty for poleman Thomas Preining. Full report:
Porsche driver Christian Engelhart scored his maiden DTM victory in Sunday’s second race at Oschersleben after a penalty for long-time leader Thomas Preining.Preining had looked set for a third career victory in the DTM having led the race comfortably from pole position until the final 10 minutes, when his Manthey EMA team was found to have not correctly completed the pitstop procedure.
Dennis Olsen got the jump on the SSR Performance Lamborghini of Mirko Bortolotti to take fourth, while eventual race winner Engelhart was only sixth at the end of the opening lap after passing the Bernhard Porsche of Ayhancan Guven. The pitstop sequence followed soon after, with Preining again managing to stay in front after pitting 32 minutes into the race.Engelhart was among the last of the frontrunners to complete a pitstop and this allowed him to jump up to second, albeit with a train of cars including Heinemann and Olsen circulating behind him.
A third victory for Preining looked certain as he had managed to build a three-second buffer up front, but the race control handed him a long lap penalty for a pitstop infringement in the final 10 minutes, ending his chances of adding to his victories at the Norisring and the Red Bull Ring last year.
Olsen finished fourth behind his team-mate Preining to complete a historic 1-2-3-4 result for Porsche, even as Preining’s penalty dented the manufacturer’s celebrations a little. Jusuf Owega was the top representative for Mercedes in eighth place, as the AMG GT3s endured one of their worst showings in the DTM since the series’ switch to GT3 cars in 2021.
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