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ottobre 04, 2021 - Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

Mercedes-AMG secures win and manufacturers’ title in DTM and a 1-2 in ADAC GT Masters

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A successful weekend for Mercedes-AMG: in the penultimate #dtm #event of 2021, Mercedes-AMG secured the manufacturers’ title early following a strong overall result. Behind the wheel of the #22 Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Mercedes-AMG Team WINWARD, #lucasauer (AUT) scored a commanding win on Sunday. #maximiliangotz (GER) of Mercedes-AMG Team HRT scored further valuable points for the championship with third and fifth place and is currently third in the drivers’ standings. In #adacgtmasters at Sachsenring Team Zakspeed Mobil Krankenkasse #racing and Mercedes-AMG Team Toksport WRT secured a 1-2 in the second race. In the drivers’ standings, Maro Engel and Luca Stolz (both GER) are now in second place.

  • DTM: victory for #lucasauer in race 2
  • DTM: Mercedes-AMG wins manufacturers’ title
  • DTM: #maximiliangotz in third place of the drivers’ standings
  • ADAC GT Masters: second place for Mercedes-AMG Team Toksport WRT in race 1
  • ADAC GT Masters: Lights-to-flag victory for Team Zakspeed Mobil Krankenkasse #racing in race 2
  • ADAC GT Masters: Maro Engel/Luca Stolz in second place of the drivers’ standings

Hockenheimring served as the venue for the penultimate #dtm race weekend of the current season and already brought an early decision in the championship for Mercedes-AMG. In the two qualifying sessions, Mercedes-AMG Team WINWARD’s #lucasauer secured the best starting grid positions of all the Mercedes-AMG drivers with a pair of second places. Daniel Juncadella (ESP/#8), driving for Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM #racing, started from fourth on the grid for both 55-minute races. Title candidate #maximiliangotz secured sixth and seventh place on the grid.

Following a turbulent start of the first race, all of Lucas Auer’s hopes for a good result were blown. After a collision with fellow Mercedes-AMG driver Arjun Maini (IND) of Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed, both drivers had to retire from the race. In the opening stages, #maximiliangotz moved up to second place. The Franconian remained in the front-running group for a long time, but eventually had to make do with fifth place. With Juncadella (P6), Philip Ellis (P7/#57) and Vincent Abril (P9/#5), three further Mercedes-AMG GT3s finished in the point-scoring positions and thus secured valuable points for the championship.

Victory for the Mercedes-AMG GT3 in race two
At the start of the second race, #lucasauer already moved up into the lead right at the beginning and immediately pulled clear from his rivals. #maximiliangotz also had a good start and already moved up from seventh to third place in the early stages of the race. Dani Juncadella and Philipp Ellis also established themselves in the front-running group behind Götz. In first place, #lucasauer with the #22 Mercedes-AMG GT3 #22 controlled proceedings throughout the race. Eventually, he crossed the finish line in first place with a margin of over six seconds, securing his second win of the season in a dominant way. With #maximiliangotz in third place, another driver with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 made it onto the podium, followed by his fellow Mercedes-AMG drivers Ellis and Juncadella in fourth and fifth place. With #dtm newcomer Marvin Dienst (GER) in seventh, Arjun Maini in eighth and Vincent Abril in ninth place, seven cars from Affalterbach finished in the top 10.

With this outstanding team result, Mercedes-AMG already secured the #dtm manufacturers’ championship in the penultimate #event. In the drivers’ standings, #maximiliangotz moved up into third place and still has the possibility to decide the battle for the championship in his favour in the final two races of the season. The #dtm season finale is taking place at the Norisring in Nuremberg next weekend already.

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