Cairoli, Wittmann Share Wins on Eventful Nürburgring Weekend
Photo: Gruppe C Photography Ferrari driver Matteo Cairoli and BMW’s Marco Wittmann shared the wins on an eventful DTM weekend at the Nürburgring, during which championship contenders Maro Engel and Lucas Auer tangled on the opening lap of the second contest. Cairoli dominated the opener from pole in his Emil Frey Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo, eventually crossing the line almost ten seconds ahead of Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo racer Thomas Preining, who had also started on the front row. Ben Doerr had climbed up to third at the start in his Doerr Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo but a slightly slow pit stop dropped him behind Wittmann’s Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 EVO. Points leader Engel did emerge from his stop in third at the wheel of his Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo but fell behind Wittmann, Doerr and Auer as he got up to speed on his cold tires and therefore had to settle for sixth at the flag. A whole host of contenders were in strife, including title prot...