Cups and points: Jubilation in many classes

Ricardo Feller remains the best-placed driver in the DTM to have scored points in every race so far (gallery, left). At the Nürburgring, at the halfway point of the 2023 DTM, the driver from Aargau also finished in the points in both races in fourth and sixth place respectively. This puts him in fourth place in the championship with 88 points - 29 points behind leader Thomas Preining.

Feller was not entirely satisfied with the result in the Eifel. In the second race, which Feller had started from pole position for the second time in his DTM career, he was able to defend his lead at the beginning but then fell back in the rain with flagging tires. For Patric Niederhauser, the second DTM Swiss, the weekend ended with a ninth-place finish in the first race. The Bernese retired in the second race.

First rookie win for Jasin Ferati

The Porsche Carrera Cup also reached its halfway point at the Nürburgring. And there was also a success story from a Swiss perspective. Jasin Ferati from Team Fach Auto Tech secured his first victory in the rookie classification in the first race. The picture gallery on the right shows him with team boss Alexander Fach.

Jasin Ferati, who just turned 20: "It's my first time on the rookie podium, and then right at the top - I could get used to that."

Marcel Steiner successful in Osnabrück

There was an all-Swiss podium at the 55th edition of the Osnabrück hill climb. Winner Marcel Steiner (LobArt-Honda/Helftec) laid the foundation for the overall victory with a fast first run in 52.073 sec. In the second, a 52.608 sec was enough for him to stand at the top of the overall score. Second place went to Joël Volluz in the Osella FA30 (1.1 seconds behind Steiner). Third place went to brand colleague Robin Faustini, who won the Hauenstein hill climb in a new record time a week ago, and lost 1.1 seconds to Volluz in the addition of both runs.

Joël Burgermeister not satisfied

Joël Burgermeister finished seventh overall in his Tatuus Formula 4. The Thurgau native was not satisfied with his first race run and had to admit defeat in his class (E2-SS up to 2000 cm3) to Italy's Federico Liber, who, like Joël Grand, pilots a Wolf Mistral GB08. Also at the start were Martin Bürki on the ex-Beiner BMW, Kyrill Graf (BMW M3) and Victor Darbellay (Tatuus Formula Renault).

Thierry Vermeulen in the points

Emil Frey Racing made its debut with the new Ferrari 296 GT3 last weekend at the DTM weekend at the Nürburgring (center photo). Unfortunately, the team experienced a roller coaster of emotions: while Dutchman Thierry Vermeulen was able to score points for the team in both races, his teammate Jack Aitken experienced a lot of bad luck and bitter disappointment. However, the difficulties the team had recently experienced with pit stops were eliminated and on both Saturday and Sunday they took the top position with the fastest pit stop.

Lorenz Frey-Hilti, Team Principal: "Jack always delivered a strong performance in qualifying. Thierry Vermeulen, on the other hand, had made his presence felt in the races with two top 10 finishes. Considering all the difficult circumstances we had to deal with, I'm still happy with the overall result. We were able to really fight for positions in a DTM race for the first time ever this year. "

Source: Auto Sport Switzerland
Photos: myrally.ch, Archive Fach, ADAC, Emil Frey Racing
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