Mercedes' Lucas Auer and Lamborghini's Mirko Bortolotti were surprised not to be given a chance to set a proper flying lap after qualifying for the DTM title decider was red-flagged. 'The whole paddock has no idea why they didn't restart.'
was perhaps the worst-hit from the red flag as he had just set a purple sector and was on a lap that he believes was good enough for provisional pole when the red flag was shown.
“I think the whole paddock has no idea why they didn't restart and the explanation for not restarting didn't really make sense because the next series was taking place according to time. “There was a red flag, there was still time on the clock but I guess because of the timetable or something they had to stop it which was crazy, but anyway that is also motorsport,” the Austrian told reporters including Motorsport.com.
"Everybody could have queued [in the pitlane] and half of the field could have done a lap, but probably the other half couldn't,” said the Abt Audi driver, who eventually finished second behind race winner“So it is probably also not fair if you give half of the field the chance to do a lap and not the other half. I don't know what the reason was - maybe the barrier.
“I understood that there was too much damage at the barrier and too much to repair, that was the reason why they didn't restart it,” he said.
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