Rene Rast cracks records and celebrates DTM victory in Zandvoort!

Rene Rast cracks records and celebrates DTM victory in Zandvoort!

In the second race of the 2025 DTM season in Zandvoort, Thomas Preining (Manthey-Porsche) won third place. This is its second podium placement this racing season, while Lucas Auer (Landgraf Mercedes) was also able to collect points with a seventh place. René Rast (Schubert-BMW), on the other hand, celebrated his first victory this season and at the same time achieved his 26 pole position, which overtook Bernd Schneider as the most successful qualifying pilot in DTM history. Together with Marco Wittmann (Schubert-BMW), who took second place, the BMW team experienced a double victory and thus impressively showed their strength in this race.

The two BMW pilots Rast and Wittmann had a comfortable lead of 6.1 seconds on Preining at the finish line. Nevertheless, after contact with Jack Aitken (Emil-Frey-Ferrari), Wittmann was observed with the race management and received a 5-second penalty. Despite this punishment, he was able to maintain his second place with only 0.005 seconds. Preining, who went into the race from fifth place, was finally able to reach the podium through a strategic undercut against Aitken.

driver rating and break to the Norisring

Auer remains overall leaders in the world driver's world championship with 91 points. Rast follows him with 75 points, while Ayhanancan Güven (Manthey-Porsche) is in third place with 73 points. Preining is currently ninth in the World Cup with 57 points. The next two World Cup runs will take place in four weeks at the city race at the Norisring in Nuremberg.

in Zandvoort, Aitken Preining put fourth place with a fourth place. Maro Engel (Winward-Mercedes), who started by P12, finished the race in fifth place. Places six to ten were occupied by Lucas Auer, Jules Gounon (Winward-Mercedes), Mirko Bortolotti (Abt-Lamborghini) and Arjun Maini (HRT-Ford). Ayhanancan Güven finished the race in twelfth place, while Jordan Pepper (GrT-Lamborghini) could not end the race after tire damage. Fabio Scherer (HRT-Ford) failed due to a technical problem.

The DTM is now taking a four-week break, as the 24-hour races in Le Mans, the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps are coming in the coming week. The course of the season shows BMW's dominance in recent years; From 1984 to 2024, numerous championship titles were won, which underlines the importance of the brand in the racing statistics. Among other things, Thomas Preining won the championship title for Porsche in 2023.

with excitement is expected how the ranking lists will develop after the Norisring, since the drivers and teams are looking for further success and valuable points.