Jack Aitken snatches victory from Rene Rast

Emil Frey Ferrari driver Jack Aitken has celebrated his first DTM victory of the 2025 season on the Lausitzring.

Schubert BMW racer Rene Rast did undercut polesitter Aitken with their first pitstops, however the latter stayed shut and fought his manner again into the lead with a decided transfer.

“Sure, I am tremendous joyful,” mentioned Rast, who didn’t anticipate BMW to be so aggressive. “In fact, I might have preferred to win at the moment, and dropping the victory two laps earlier than the tip is at all times annoying, however it was extremely enjoyable at the moment.”

Jules Gounon (Winward Mercedes) attacked Rast for second place on the final lap within the ultimate nook, pulling alongside, however got here 0.045s quick and needed to be content material with third.

Jordan Pepper (Grasser Lamborghini) secured fourth place, adopted by Maro Engel (Winward Mercedes) and DTM champion Mirko Bortolotti, who scored his greatest results of the season within the Abt Lamborghini. Thierry Vermeulen (Emil Frey Ferrari) completed seventh forward of Marco Wittmann (Schubert BMW) and Saturday race winner Lucas Auer within the Landgraf Mercedes.

Maximilian Paul was tenth beneath the chequered flag however acquired a 60-second penalty for taking his second pitstop too late, with Timo Glock inheriting the final top-10 spot.

Bortolotti and Scherer profit from chaos initially

The race begin was chaotic once more, with Thomas Preining (Manthey Porsche) colliding with polesitter Aitken and having to retire within the pits, whereas Marco Wittmann (Schubert BMW) tried to take benefit however was pushed off by the main Ferrari. Auer was pushed onto the grass by Wittmann and misplaced a number of positions.

Bortolotti emerged from the chaos in tenth, having began twentieth, whereas HRT Ford driver Fabio Scherer moved as much as ninth from twenty second.

Wittmann then bumped into ABS points and began dropping again; a tyre change appeared to unravel the issue. In the meantime, Bortolotti was tapped by Ben Doerr (Doerr McLaren) and misplaced a number of placecs, with the teen being awarded a penalty lap. Doerr went on to spin Morris Schuring (Manthey Porsche) round, which earned him three penalty laps – however he nonetheless salvaged 14th place ultimately.

Rast undercuts Aitken for the lead

Aitken and Rast pulled away within the early levels of the race, and the German driver undercut his rival, pitting one lap earlier. The security automobile was then deployed as a result of contact between Wittmann and Schuring, and Rast confidently maintained his lead when the race restarted, whereas Aitken needed to fend off Engel.

Additional again, there was extra drama as Ricardo Feller span Nicolas Baert (Comtoyou Aston Martin) round whereas Arjun Maini and Timo Glock collided when battling for fifteenth.

Rast defends staunchly, however Aitken finds a manner by means of

The second pitstop section made no distinction within the battle for victory, with Rast preserving the lead from Aitken and Engel. The latter made a mistake in his out-lap on chilly tyres, permitting Pepper and Gounon by means of.

Within the closing laps, Aitken closed the hole to Rast and put him beneath stress. The Scot discovered a manner by means of with a daring manoeuver on the penultimate tour to safe his first win of the season, shifting as much as fifth within the standings.

René Rast, Schubert Motorsport

Photograph by: Alexander Trienitz

Auer nonetheless leads the championship with 69 factors, adopted by Gounon (63), Pepper (55) and Engel (52). The following spherical will happen at Zandvoort in two weeks’ time.