Lucas Auer's race ended before it even began after he was involved in a startline collision at Zandvoort. Here's what happened to the Mercedes DTM ace:
As is sometimes the case with rolling starts, there was a short time difference between when each driver hit the accelerator as the lights went green at the Dutch venue. This caused chaos in the midpack, with Winward’s Auer coming off worse as his Mercedes sustained damage to its radiator and a loose bonnet. ’s Audi while the race hadn’t even effectively started for the Austrian.
“Sunday's qualifying was difficult. That's why we started in the middle of the field. We have to work hard now to be further up the grid, then I'm confident for the next races."The official document by the stewards only referred to contact between Auer and van der Linde, and held the former responsible for the collision.
"The stewards have found evidence of contact between car #22 [Auer] and car #1 [van der Linde]. They have decided that the driver of car #22 is mainly to blame, but has punished himself by retiring from the race after the contact."
Österreich Neuesten Nachrichten, Österreich Schlagzeilen
Similar News:Sie können auch ähnliche Nachrichten wie diese lesen, die wir aus anderen Nachrichtenquellen gesammelt haben.
DTM Zandvoort: Dominant Engel scores first win since 2017Factory Mercedes driver Maro Engel put in a dominant performance to claim a lights-to-flag win in Saturday\u2019s first DTM race at Zandvoort.
Weiterlesen »
DTM Zandvoort: Feller takes pole for Audi in red-flagged qualifyingAbt driver Ricardo Feller registered Audi\u2019s first pole position of the 2023 DTM season in a Zandvoort qualifying that was interrupted by crashes for Alessio Deledda and Clemens Schmid.
Weiterlesen »
DTM Zandvoort: Feller takes pole for Audi in red-flagged qualifyingAbt driver Ricardo Feller registered Audi\u2019s first pole position of the 2023 DTM season in a Zandvoort qualifying that was interrupted by crashes for Alessio Deledda and Clemens Schmid.
Weiterlesen »
DTM Zandvoort: Feller dominates as Audi scores first win of 2023Abt driver Ricardo Feller made it four different winners from four races in the 2023 DTM season with a dominant performance on Sunday at Zandvoort.
Weiterlesen »
DTM Zandvoort: Feller dominates as Audi scores first win of 2023Four different winners from four different races. Factory driver Ricardo Feller dominates on Sunday as the Zandvoort DTM weekend comes to a close. Full report and results:
Weiterlesen »
Mercedes predict two upcoming F1 races where the W14 has chance to shineMercedes believe the Austrian Grand Prix will be one of the two upcoming tracks that will favour the new W14.
Weiterlesen »