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dtm budapest race 1 2018 and the cold case of Was it team orders, and if it was team orders How was it team orders and also Why the fuck was it team orders. and why is gerhard so upset about it
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motorsport magazin, early afternoon of june 2nd, 2018
[The podium: Behind winner Di Resta was Lucas Auer in second place. The Austrian, who started from P3, led the race for a good while. An early pitstop brought him into a good position. In the last third of the race he somewhat surprisingly lost the lead to Mercedes colleague Di Resta. Nico Müller completed the]
article also includes quotes from di Resta, Luggi, etc., including the following from di Resta:
[We didn't have the best pitstop, Nico Müller's was better. But it was very close and we did good work and got the best possible result today. Lucas didn't make it too hard for me after his pitstop, but I didn't for him after mine either. It's a matter of teamwork and we implemented that today.]
and from Luggi:
[pitstop and pushed very, very hard. I had a real fight with Paul, but you always have to be a bit careful on the used tyres. But I wanted to undercut Paul and Nico, that's why I pushed so hard. Then Paul came back and I had to manage the tyres. We have a good car, tomorrow can come.]
motorsport.com, timo scheider's interpretation of the incident as team orders and criticism of those involved, june 2nd, 2018
article also includes quotes from Luggi, Ulrich Fritz, etc., including the following:
[Scheider's accusations of team orders in the house of Mercedes are not unfounded. A look at the laptimes shows that Auer drove a 1:41.442 in the 22. lap in question and was with that mote than 2.63 seconds slower than on his fastest lap. In conversation with 'Motorsport.com' Auer seemed totally surprised by this fact. 'That I can't explain even to myself,' said the Austrian.]
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[Scheider's criticism of Mercedes and also Lucas Auer continues. "I saw an interview with him and he tried to answer in a politically correct way. He didn't quite know what to say. He said something so that he was okay, politically correct. That wasn't so great," he complained.
"Of course as a racing driver I'm familiar with this as well. Who pays for my bread is whose song I sing. It is]
touring car times, june 2nd, 2018
piece about the incident german broadcast ran before race 2 (june 3rd, 2018)
snippet from interview on the grid initially of gerhard berger and then later also ulrich fritz also before race 2 (june 3rd, 2018)
luggi on same grid (june 3rd, 2018)
motorsport magazin, morning of june 3rd, 2018
[It was the huge topic after the Saturday race of the DTM in Budapest: Did Mercedes get involved in the double win through Paul Di Resta and Lucas Auer via team orders? And if yes, why? That Auer, in the second race third, touched the brake pedal twice before Turn 1 and made it easy for his brandmate to overtake him, is clearly visible in the TV images. Why the Austrian should make space for Di Resta is unclear.]
article also includes quotes from Ulrich Fritz, Gerhard Berger, Luggi, etc. including the following:
[Auer himself explained his braking maneuver on the DTM website as follows: "I pitted early. I can always do great laptimes on cold tyres. I'm strong there. I did that and overtook di Resta and Nico Müller. To keep the tyres in the window for 30 laps isn't easy. I had a little drop. After that it was fine again."
Auer continued: "A race like that is like a wave line. At that point the Audis behind me weren't far away. I wasn't thinking of Paul but of myself. If I can't win the race I at least want to be second. There you have to think further. That was it."]
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[The discussions after the race also caught the attention of DTM chief Gerhard Berger. Lucas Auer's uncle said with some distance: "If it was like Lucas says, then it wasn't an unsporting action." And: "Uli Fritz told me in a private conversation that there was no order. I have no reason to doubt his statement."]
Luggi is P3 on quali but he lost his car in one of the turns. Thankfully, everything is alright. Also I like his mentality – he went for a risky move because he doesn't want to settle for a safe option.
Luggi fighting Nico Müller for P2 on the first lap was beautiful!
It's raining, baby! So now I'm interested how heavy it is and what will drivers who pitted early do.
Looks okay, not like some of the wet races last season.
I think Luggi did okay with his pitstop, not too early, not too late.
It's not raining anymore but dark clouds are above the track, looks amazing.
Dani had a great overtake on Glock! And his defence from Rockenfeller on the last lap looked good.
Maybe I'm reading too much into this but from broadcasts this season there's a strong feeling that they lean into Glock as a main character of the season. It gives trying-to-fulfill-a-hole-Eki-left. But mayhaps I'm just still not over his retirement.
tanz, it's time for your amazing edit!!!
Doint!!! Edo P5. :)
They're at it again with talking to the driver directly through their radio.
I like post-race interview with both Luggi and Nico Müller where the interviewer told Luggi many people find his driving style agressive and assumed that Nico probably doesn't like racing Luggi, and Nico went (paraphrasing) 'ehh, what are you talking about? yeah, we had a fight in the beginning of the race but it was all fair'.
They're doing pre-race interview during formation lap through the radio? So we can't discuss pit strategy or data with the team but comms can talk to drivers? Sorry???
[video evidence]
They did aftee his win too!
Paffett is doing really good, both overtakes – for P2 and P1 – were great.
Luggi and Dani are both in top 10 but I hope they can gain more positions.
Edo overtook purple rookie car, they touched but it looked okay.
Luggi did a double overtake on Glock and Eriksson! Luggi!!! The man you are!
Apparently, Edo's overtake wasn't okay or they penalised him for something else. Anyway, giving positions back didn't make any sense. He did alright. Aghh, I hate it here.
They don't show guys after P6 enough: Luggi was P10 last I checked and then – voila – he's P14, how? What happened? I guess late pitstop, but can only guess (and look into jupiter's recap).
There were some nice battles in top 10, I like it when more than two cars are fighting for position.
It was an okay, easily forgettable race, to be honest. Luggi, Dani, Edo – all out of points. :(
2010 dtm is crazy because i see maro and am like wow ... fetus ... and then i remember he is in fact whole twenty five years of age here and i'm just used to seeing him forty
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