33,000 spectators experienced a spectacular DTM weekend at the Hungaroring near Budapest and another strong showing by the Audi RS 5 DTM. Miguel Molina, on finishing the race as the runner-up, managed to clinch the best result in his DTM career so far. With six cars in the top ten Audi defended its lead in the manufacturers’ standings.
The man of the day from Audi’s perspective was Miguel Molina in the Audi Sport Audi RS 5 DTM of Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline. The Spaniard, through no fault of his own, had been relegated to the rear-most position on the grid in the first DTM races. At the Hungaroring, Molina, as the best Audi driver, started the race from position three and finished in second place after 41 thrilling laps, despite having dropped to eighth place at the start.
On the first lap, Molina recovered four positions. On lap 13, the Audi driver overtook the BMW of António Felix da Costa and immediately before his mandatory pit stop on lap 19 the BMW of ex-Formula 1 driver Timo Glock. Afterwards, ‘Magic’ Molina was the only driver in the field who was able to keep the pace of the subsequent winner Marco Wittmann.
“I’m very happy about this second place after all the misfortune I suffered in the first two races,” said the Spaniard. “I’d like to thank Audi Sport and Team Abt very much for giving me such a fantastic car. Unfortunately, the start wasn’t so great or else an even better result might have been possible. That I still managed to advance to second place is great and shows how strong the RS 5 DTM is.”
An impressive race was also driven by his team-mate Edoardo Mortara. The Italian, like Molina, had started on the softer option tires and, from position twelve on the grid, quickly advanced to fourth place. Following his change to standard tires, he fought a spectacular duel with Timo Glock which Mortara was able to decide in his favor. Only three laps before the end of the race, the Audi driver lost third place to Bruno Spengler who was one of the drivers to make up position by position on option tires in the second half of the race.
The same strategy was used by Adrien Tambay and Mattias Ekström, who in a spectacular final stage captured positions five and nine.
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