Rene Rast feels he and Audi lacked the pace to win enough DTM races to grab the title
There were some serious complaints from Audi regarding the series’ BoP after Rast struggled to fifth in the opening race of the Hockenheim, with the marque’s customer racing boss Chris Reinke telling Motorsport.com that the situation on Saturday was a “farce”.
“It's not easy for those decision makers to have the right measurements all the time so you cannot say they did a bad job. They try their best as well.“We were always kind of in the mix but never competitive enough to win races from our own pace, which is obviously a bit frustrating. Rast and Wittmann then engaged in a close scrap for victory and banged wheels several times, before Rast finally made a move into Turn 12.
“It was good fun battling with Marco,” he recalled. “He came out of cold tyres on track and I was sure that I can have a go, which I had and we were battling hard.
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