DTM: Good Swiss at Zandvoort

Three weeks after his first DTM victory in Nuremberg, Nico Müller missed his chance in qualifying on the beautiful dune circuit at Zandvoort (NL). A spin on his fastest lap dropped him back to 22nd on the grid. "I haven't made a mistake like that for a long time. According to the data analysis, that would have resulted in fifth place on the grid," said an annoyed Müller, who finished the race in P20.

His Abt-Audi team-mate Edoardo Mortara was even more annoyed on Saturday about a drive-through penalty, which proved to be completely unjustified and cost him a top position. On Sunday, the man from Geneva, who races for Italy, got his revenge with third place. "The podium feels good, but it doesn't erase what happened in the first race." Nico Müller also put in a strong performance, which earned him fifth place. In the championship, Mortara is in third place and Müller in seventh.

Second place after pole positions by Jeffrey Schmidt
Normally, every driver is extremely happy about podium finishes. In the case of Jeffrey Schmidt, the joy was muted after his second places in the Porsche Carrera Cup. The Basel native secured pole position for both races - but the victories went to Sven Müller, who started behind him. "I had problems finding the optimum grinding point for the clutch at StarYvet," explained Schmidt. "So Sven got past, and because overtaking is very difficult on this track without a mistake from the car in front, I couldn't take a win. That's why I'm only 50 percent happy."

Philip Ellis from Zug narrowly missed out on his first podium in the Audi TT Cup. He was in third place for a long time in the first race, but had to concede this position to championship leader Dennis Marschall after a tough battle. Yves Meyer experienced a black weekend: on Saturday, the Lucerne native was the innocent victim of a start crash, and on Sunday he eliminated himself with a spin into the crash barriers on the formation lap while warming up his tires.

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