Kelvin Van der Linde has lived the face and the cross of the DTM on his visit to the Nürburgring. The Audi driver achieved pole and victory in Saturday’s race, but suffered his first retirement of the year in race two. Despite this setback, the South African continues to lead the overall DTM with 129 points And he has even expanded his lead, as Liam Lawson has had a weekend to forget. In fact, Maximilian Götz is now Kelvin Van der Linde’s main pursuer, although the German has 33 points less than the leader. For its part, Marco Wittmann occupies the third position of the general of the DTM.
Apart from the ‘top 3’ of the general, Alex Albon was the other great protagonist of the DTM’s visit to the Nürburgring, since the Thai has closed the weekend with the same balance as the leader, although in the opposite direction. An abandonment and a victory that allow Albon to add 82 points, two more than his teammate Liam Lawson has. For its part, good weekend for Dani Juncadella in the Eifel with an eighth and a second place. Valuable points that are a well-deserved award and that allow the Catalan reach 43 units in the general, a figure that allows him to close the ‘top 10’ of the classification.
Regarding the team classification, Team Abt Sportsline continues to lead with a total of 190 points. 28 units behind appears AF Corse, in a fairly symmetrical reflection with respect to the drivers’ classification. With 122 points is already the Team Winward of Mercedes, by the 112 of HRT and the 94 that Walkenhorst Motorsport adds, something understandable since the team only has one GT3 on the track. Finally, Mercedes-AMG commands in the manufacturers classification thanks to the greater deployment of vehicles signed by the Stuttgart brand. With 277 points, the German firm surpasses Audi by 40 units.