Emil Frey Racing: joys and sorrows in Oschersleben 🎥
SPECTACULAR RACING The DTM and ADAC GT Masters season opener at the Motorsportarena Oschersleben was a mixed success for the Swiss Emil Frey Racing team. The DTM victory on Saturday was followed by retirements on Sunday.
Emil Frey Racing experienced a real rollercoaster ride of emotions at the opening weekend of the DTM and ADAC GT Masters in the Oschersleben motorsport arena. After pole position and a commanding, albeit lucky, victory for Jack Aitken in the Ferrari 296 GT3 in Saturday's race, luck was no longer on the side of the Swiss team on Sunday. Both Jack Aitken and Thierry Vermeulen achieved good grid positions, but were involved in accidents in the race that led to retirement.
Top ten twice
The ADAC GT Masters season opener brought two solid top ten results after a one-year break. The driver duo of Jean-Luc D'Auria and Alain Valente finished seventh on Saturday and improved to sixth place on Sunday after an eventful race.
Team boss Lorenz Frey-Hilti had this to say about the first race weekend: "After the successful start to the season on Saturday, Sunday was of course all the more disappointing for us all. Winning the first race of the year is something very special and a reward for the whole team, who worked so hard over the winter to make this success possible. In the ADAC GT Masters, we were able to achieve two top ten results, but we have definitely not yet reached our full potential."
Growth potential
Jürg Flach, Technical Director, commented: "We had good speed throughout the weekend, which was underlined by the pole position and Jack's victory in the DTM on Saturday. It was important and a well-deserved reward for the whole team. The DTM race on Sunday was very unfortunate. It's a shame that we weren't able to take advantage of the good starting positions. The results in the ADAC GT Masters were an important foundation stone at the start of the season. The potential for more is there, and we can certainly make even better use of it in the next races."
That remains to be seen, as the Emil Frey Racing DTM team will start round two at Brands Hatch next weekend, while the ADAC GT Masters cars will be back in action at Zandvoort from June 7 to 9.
