Audi celebrates its 100th DTM victory in Austria
25 Sep 2018|1,243 views
Following the somewhat fortunate one-two-three success on Saturday, Audi Sport celebrated a dominant one-two result on Sunday thanks to Rene Rast (Audi Sport Team Rosberg) and Nico Muller (Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline).
"Before the event, we definitely didn't expect to score our 100th victory here at Spielberg," said Head of Audi Motorsport Dieter Gass. "This is simply incredible. After qualifying, we didn't think we could win. We were hoping for Nico to somehow manage to get in front of the Mercedes-Benz cars, and he did. Rene had a fantastic start. He put himself in a good position and subsequently drove an excellent race. The timing of the pit stop was perfect, too. Now we're looking forward to Hockenheim."
By clinching his fourth consecutive victory, Rene Rast managed to keep the DTM title race open. Mercedes-Benz secured an early win of the manufacturers' classification at Spielberg, while in the more prestigious drivers' classification the reigning champion before the last two races at the Hockenheimring only has a deficit of 30 points to Paul Di Resta and 26 to Gary Paffett. Rast closed a similar gap last year at Hockenheim by delivering a perfect performance during the final weekend. The DTM's shooting star is already sure of finishing the drivers' classification in one of the top three positions.
Following the somewhat fortunate one-two-three success on Saturday, Audi Sport celebrated a dominant one-two result on Sunday thanks to Rene Rast (Audi Sport Team Rosberg) and Nico Muller (Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline).
"Before the event, we definitely didn't expect to score our 100th victory here at Spielberg," said Head of Audi Motorsport Dieter Gass. "This is simply incredible. After qualifying, we didn't think we could win. We were hoping for Nico to somehow manage to get in front of the Mercedes-Benz cars, and he did. Rene had a fantastic start. He put himself in a good position and subsequently drove an excellent race. The timing of the pit stop was perfect, too. Now we're looking forward to Hockenheim."
By clinching his fourth consecutive victory, Rene Rast managed to keep the DTM title race open. Mercedes-Benz secured an early win of the manufacturers' classification at Spielberg, while in the more prestigious drivers' classification the reigning champion before the last two races at the Hockenheimring only has a deficit of 30 points to Paul Di Resta and 26 to Gary Paffett. Rast closed a similar gap last year at Hockenheim by delivering a perfect performance during the final weekend. The DTM's shooting star is already sure of finishing the drivers' classification in one of the top three positions.
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