Lucas Auer prior to #DTM home round: “Victory would be cool, but championship will only be decided in the finale at Hockenheim”
Lucas Auer is the prime candidate for a home win during this weekend’s DTM Red Bull Ring powered by REMUS event (23 till 25 September). Currently second in the drivers’ standings, the Tyrolean with the WINWARD Mercedes-AMG is the best-placed Austrian in DTM. “I would be happy with a podium result, a victory would be cool, of course,” the 29-year-old said during the DTM press conference. Meanwhile, Auer is convinced that the battle for the title will only be decided in the final laps of the Sunday race during the Hockenheimring finale (7 till 9 October). “The field is so strong, everybody is so closely together.” Auer and his compatriots Philipp Eng (Schubert BMW) and Thomas Preining (KÜS Porsche) as well as Mirko Bortolotti (GRT Lamborghini) are fully focused on the two races at Red Bull Ring (Saturday and Sunday, live on ProSieben from 1pm CEST): “I expect two spectacular races,” Philipp Eng from Salzburg says on behalf of them all. [...]