Swiss teams: Many points and some bad luck 🎥

It wasn't meant to be. Ricardo Feller's chances of winning the DTM title vanished into thin air after the first race at the finale in Hockenheim. Thomas Preining, the leader of the overall standings, was too strong. The Austrian in the Manthey Porsche not only won both races in Baden, he was also on pole position in both races and thus confidently secured his first DTM title ahead of Mirko Bortolotti.

Audis in Red Bull livery

For Feller, who finished 4th and 9th in the last two races, a successful season in the DTM came to an end with 3rd place. As the only driver besides the new champion Preining, the man from Aargau finished in the points in every race. Feller will also compete in the DTM for Team ABT Sportsline in 2024. On Friday before the finale, Abbots presented their two new Audis in Red Bull livery for the coming season

First victory for Alain Valente

Nevertheless, there was a Swiss victory in Baden. Alain Valente secured his first victory alongside Ralf Aron in the ADAC GT Masters (gallery on the right) in the last race of the season. In the first race, the driver from Bern finished second. With the two top results, the Mercedes driver still managed to jump to second place overall. The title went to the duo Seppänen/Owega.

The two final races of the 2023 DTM season were hard to beat in terms of excitement for Emil Frey Racing. Both Ferrari 296 GT3s were involved in many duels and even if they were ultimately unable to bring the hoped-for results to the finish line, the Swiss team secured the important Pitstop Challenge for the team with the fastest pit stops over the entire season in its debut season. The Emil Frey Racing drivers ultimately finished in 7th and 11th place.

Léna Bühler is vice champion

Léna Bühler (left in the gallery) was also delighted with second place overall. The Vaud native finished her first season in the Formula 1 Academy, an F4 racing series for women, as runner-up. At the season finale at the Circuit oft he Americas in Austin, Bühler finished 3rd, 2nd and 4th. The Sauber Academy driver secured two victories and a total of 13 podium finishes over the course of the season. Another Swiss also celebrated on the podium this weekend. After winning the Ladies Trophy in Italian Formula 4, Tina Hausmann secured the same title in Euro 4.

Jasin Ferati also celebrated a perfect end to the season in the Porsche Carrera Cup (center gallery): The 20-year-old from Winterthur advanced to 10th place in the final race at the Hockenheimring and claimed two more podium places among the rookies.

Louis Delétraz misses title

Swiss drivers and teams were also on the grid at the ELMS finale in Portimão. However, with varying degrees of success. Louis Delétraz (3rd in the end) missed out on the ProAM title, as did Alexandre Coigny with Cool Racing (2nd). Neel Jani also failed to finish higher than 5th and 10th in the finale.

Albert Tamm also achieved another international respectable success. The Swiss karting champion in the Super Minis took third place in the 51st edition of the Trofeo delle Industrie in Lonato (I). Tamm has already been on the podium this year at the Trofeo Margutti as second and at the WSK in Sarno (as first).

Photos: Audi, F1 Acadmey, ADAC, Fach Auto Tech
Source: Car Sport Switzerland
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