{"id":58453,"date":"2025-08-10T21:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T21:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/58453\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T21:01:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T21:01:50","slug":"jack-aitken-wins-red-flagged-race-to-take-points-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/58453\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Aitken wins red-flagged race to take points lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emil Frey Ferrari driver Jack Aitken<\/a> has taken a commanding victory in the DTM\u2019s first Nurburgring race to become the 2025 championship\u2019s new leader.<\/p>\n

Aitken converted pole into the lead at the start of the race, as an incident between Rene Rast and Mirko Bortolotti<\/a> caused the latter\u2019s retirement, while the former had to change his front tyres. Chaos ensued in the following corners with Maro Engel<\/a> and Thierry Vermeulen<\/a> colliding; the Dutchman was spun around and dropped to the back of the field, and Engel got three penalty laps.<\/p>\n

Another incident involved Morris Schuring<\/a> and his team-mate Ayhancan Guven on lap 2, with Guven spinning out of the race \u2013 which was red-flagged due to debris, as well as coolant from Bortolotti\u2019s car.<\/p>\n

Aitken kept the lead from Luca Engstler<\/a>, Ben Green<\/a> and Lucas Auer<\/a> as the race restarted behind the safety car. A small mistake from Engstler allowed Green through, with the two Emil Frey Ferrari drivers creating a two-second gap at the front.<\/p>\n

They also waited the longest for pitstops, and Green was overcut by Ricardo Feller<\/a>, who was 11th on the grid, and Marco Wittmann<\/a>. Feller even attacked Aitken; he overtook the Briton around the outside, made a mistake, then passed him again. Meanwhile, Green forcefully took third place away from Wittmann, which earned him a warning.<\/p>\n

\"Ricardo <\/p>\n

Ricardo Feller, Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT3<\/p>\n

Photo by: Alexander Trienitz<\/p>\n

Feller struggled with oversteer endured late-race pressure from both Aitken and Green, who easily passed him, as well as Wittmann and Jordan Pepper<\/a>, whose battle saved the Swiss driver\u2019s podium finish; Pepper prevailed for fourth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a very enjoyable battle, one I honestly didn\u2019t expect,\u201d Aitken told ran.de when asked about his duel with Feller. \u201cWe came out of the pits, had a stop that was okay \u2013 not the best \u2013 and then I saw Ricci in my mirrors.\u00a0At that moment I thought: \u2018Oh man, this is going to be really tough\u2019. We had a great fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Auer came sixth ahead of Rast, Engstler, Ben Doerr and Thomas Preining<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aitken now leads the DTM standings with a 10-point advantage over Auer, with Pepper in third.<\/p>\n

The second race of the Nurburgring weekend will start at 1:30pm local time on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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DTM Nurburgring Race 1 results<\/p>\n

In this article<\/p>\n

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