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Nürburgring – Race 2: Stolz, a first victory in control

Luca Stolz was the boss in the second race at the Nürburgring, his first DTM victory. Mirko Bortolotti has given up again.

Published on 28/08/2022 à 14:38

Dorian Grangier

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Nürburgring – Race 2: Stolz, a first victory in control

First victory for Luca Stolz in DTM © DTM

A perfect race and a first tasty victory for Luca Stolz (Team HRT – Mercedes) ! The German triumphed for the first time in DTM with masterful success. Having moved into the lead of the race after the pit stops, the 27-year-old driver then escaped far in front, increasing his lead by tenths of a second each lap. 

Stolz n’a jamais été inquiété par Dennis Olsen (SSR Performance – Porsche), qui signe son deuxième podium de la saison dans le championnat DTM. Lucas Auer retrouve lui le goût du champagne en accrochant le podium, le premier depuis la Course 1 sur ke Lausitzring.

Sheldon van der Linde increases his lead, Bortolotti loses everything!

Starting from pole position, the new championship leader, Sheldon van der Linde (Schubert Motorsport – BMW), missed his restart after the intervention of the safety car. The South African, 3rd on the restart, fell to 9th place. He retains the lead in the DTM championship since Mirko Bortolotti (GRT – Lamborghini), who was fighting for 4th place against brother Kelvin van der Linde, made contact at the very end of the race. The Italian forced the door at turn 4 and suffered a puncture. Bortolotti leaves the Nürburgring with two retirements in two races and is relegated to 21 points behind the championship leader.

The Sefety Car intervened a few minutes after the start, following the collision between René Rast (Team ABT – Audi) and David Schumacher (Team Winward – Mercedes). The son of the ex-pilot of Formula 1 hit the future member of the BMW fold in the last corner. Audi #33 found itself stuck in the gravel trap. The race was disrupted by several contacts between the drivers and 8 retirements, which had the gift of annoying René Rast and Dev Gore in particular…

The classification of Race 2: 

ALSO READ > Nürburgring – Race 1: Sheldon van der Linde wins at the end of the wait

Dorian Grangier

A young journalist nostalgic for the motorsport of yesteryear. Raised on the exploits of Sébastien Loeb and Fernando Alonso.

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