Emil Frey Racing: Fight for a podium position
EVERY POINT COUNTS This month, Emil Frey Racing is hitting the ground running - one race weekend follows the next. Now the focus is on the start of the sixth round of the DTM championship.
After a successful test day and the motivation of the first DTM victory in the luggage (AutoSprintCH reported), the Swiss team is looking forward to the next two DTM races next weekend. So far, Emil Frey Racing has only known the Sachsenring with last year's car, the Lamborghini Huracán GT3. In good conditions, the team has now been able to collect data with the Ferrari 296 GT3 and cover a lot of kilometers - and is well prepared to fight for a podium place again.
Many challenges
The Sachsenring has been an integral part of the racing calendar for many years and is particularly well known for its exciting MotoGP races. But GT3 racing also finds its joy on the 3671-meter-long circuit, which poses many challenges for both man and machine with a gradient of up to almost 13 percent and a ten-percent incline. The longest straight is the start-finish straight at 780 meters, but there are also good overtaking opportunities down to the Sachsenkurve or back to the start-finish.
Currently in seventh place
Emil Frey Racing is currently in 7th place in the championship standings after its DTM victory at the Lausitzring. With only 17 points behind the top 5, the chances of achieving a good position in the inaugural year in the DTM are good.
Lorenz Frey-Hilti, Team Principal: "We're coming straight back from the Sprint Cup at the Hockenheimring to the Sachsenring for the DTM. We showed very strong pace at Hockenheim and certainly could have done better. We're building on that. With this knowledge from testing, I'm confident that we'll be able to achieve further good results."
The sixth DTM round of the season will take place from September 8 to 10. The weekend kicks off with two free practice sessions on Friday at 11.10 a.m. and 3.30 p.m. for 45 minutes each. An early qualifying session on Saturday at 9.05 a.m. will determine the grid for the race on the same day, which will start at 1.30 p.m.. On Sunday, qualifying will also take place at 9.05 a.m., with the race again following at 1.30 p.m.
