A pitstop infringement denies Max Verstappen’s protege his maiden victory in the DTM, while the championship lead changed hands once again
HRT Mercedes driver Luca Stolz claimed his first victory of the 2024 DTM season in race two at the Sachsenring on Sunday after long-time leader Thierry Vermeulen was penalised for a pitstop infringement. Max Verstappen’s protege Vermeulen had appeared on course for his maiden DTM victory having dominated the race from pole position, in a carbon copy of the performance put in by his Emil Frey Ferrari team-mate Jack Aitken on Saturday.
Wittmann was furious after the incident, pushing back Pepper when he approached him and then throwing his gloves as he walked to the service road. He later apologised to Pepper for his ‘overreaction’. When the racing resumed with 19 minutes left on the clock, Vermeulen quickly built up a lead of 1.7s, but his hopes of a maiden win were dashed when he had to go through the long loop for a pitstop infringement.
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