🗣️'Today we didn't have the pace, not at all. With the performance weight we had no chances.' Lucas Auer feels his 25kg success penalty for winning race one at Hockenheim left him no chance to beat Sheldon van der Linde to the DTM title on Sunday ⬇️
victory in Saturday’s opening raceStarting 11th on the grid after a red flag in qualifying prevented him from setting a flying lap on new tyres, Auer could only rise as high as seventh in his Winward Mercedes AMG GT3, with a separate 5kg weight increase under Balance of Performance only making his life harder.
“The team did an amazing job but today we didn't have the pace, not at all,” the Austrian explained. “With the performance weight we had no chances. While van der Linde’s banker lap on old tyres was good enough for sixth, which became fifth after a penalty for Rosberg Audi's Nico Muller, Auer was forced to start the race from 11th on the grid.
Second-place still marked Auer’s best championship result in a season, having previously finished sixth in 2017 as part of the factory Mercedes line-up.
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