DTM-C2: First victory for René Rast

The Audi driver took his first DTM victory at the Hungaroring and takes the lead in the championship.

Published on 19/06/2017 à 10:23

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Starting from pole position, the German driver kept the advantage at the start while Nico Müller (Audi) took the lead over Marco Wittmann (BMW) to gain second position. At the end of the obligatory pit stops, it was Mattias Ekström (Audi) who was in the lead ahead of René Rast and Maxime Martin (BMW) who had stopped on the first lap, thus progressing by 15 places since he He was launched last.

Five minutes from the end of the race, Rast took the advantage over Ekström without the positions changing for the podium. Nico Müller finished 4th^e ahead of Jamie Green (Audi). The winner of the day before, Paul Di Resta was the best driver Mercedes of the day with a sixth place. Timo Glock (BMW) finished 7^e in front of the silver arrows of Robert Wickens and Gary Paffett.

Mike Rockenfeller (Audi) completed the top 10. Loïc duval (Audi) finished 16^e while Lucas Auer (Mercedes) was forced to retire, which gave Rast the championship lead by one point.

Discover the analysis of the round of DTM at the Hungaroring in AUTO issue 2119weekly, available from Monday evening from 22 p.m. in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.