Swiss teams: Mixed start of the DTM
UP AND DOWN Switzerland was once again able to celebrate one or two successes on the international stage this weekend - first and foremost Grégoire Saucy (third in Monaco) and Emil Frey Racing (third in its DTM debut).
The opening race of the 2023 DTM season was very mixed from a Swiss perspective. While DTM newcomer Patric Niederhauser spoke of the worst weekend in a long time, Ricardo Feller finished in fourth and seventh place respectively, scoring points twice and thus being the best Audi driver twice as well.
Jack Aitken on the podium right away
Only Emil Frey Racing did even better at Oschersleben. The DTM newcomer finished third in the first race with Briton Jack Aitken on the podium straight away.
Jack Aitken: "The race yesterday went better than today. Third place in our DTM debut is a good result, but after second place in qualifying we wanted to fight for victory. The start was rough, I lost a few positions due to contact with another car. But the tactic with the early pit stop worked well and we were able to fight our way back to third place. The second race was difficult. I had trouble overtaking another car in the duel."
Victories at the DTM season opener at the Börde went to Franck Perera (F) and Christian Engelhart (D).
Julien Apothéloz is in the lead
At the top in Oschersleben (for the second time this year) was Julien Apothéloz in the German Prototype Cup. The young man from Zurich has thus been on the podium in all four races and leads the championship with his Colombian teammate Oscar Tunjo. The Swiss duo of Lucas Mauron and Elia Sperandio, who raced together on a car for the first time at Oschersleben, had to settle for ninth place.
Grégoire Saucy in third place
Grégoire Saucy left Monaco with mixed feelings. 3rd place in the first race and 10th in the second was not quite the weekend he had imagined, according to the man from the Jura. At least there were a few important points and a podium finish. In the overall standings, Saucy is in third intermediate place.
Source: Auto Sport Switzerland
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