Thomas Preining takes a brilliant win in a wet/dry DTM thriller at the Red Bull Ring, as BMW's Sheldon van der Linde failed to score points yet again. Full race report and results:
Preining took the start in seventh but was slowly able to carve his way through the field on a wet track, overtaking polesitter Maro Engel for the lead on lap 16 of 35. A slow 11.2s pitstop left him vulnerable to the Mercedes of Luca Stolz, but he was able to rejoin the track in the lead and then cruise to a comfortable 4.6s win.
However, Preining was overtaking one driver after another further down the pack, barging past the HRT Mercedes of Arjun Maini and the Winward AMG GT3 of Maximilian Gotz on successive laps before reeling in the Schubert BMW of Eng. Preining had no trouble keeping his wet tyres in good condition as the track began to dry out, taking the chequered flag at the end of lap 35 with a winning margin of 4.6s over Stolz.
Maini was also one of the drivers to switch to slick tyres late in the race and, after dropping to as low as 12th, he recovered to fourth position - equalling his best result of the year. Grasser Lamborghini's Mirko Bortolotti appeared to be set for another non-points finish but an inspired decision to take on slick tyres elevated him to ninth at the finish, just ahead of the SSR Porsche of Dennis Olsen.
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