Overview

• The Manthey-Porsche driver retook the lead from Marco Wittmann with a late move into the Sachs curve and won by 0.169 seconds.
• Stewards reviewed the deciding pass, noted Wittmann for moving under braking, and found Güven kept wheels on the track, so no penalty applied.
• Title rivals Jack Aitken and Jordan Pepper received black flags for not serving penalty laps for overtakes under yellow on Lucas Auer.
• René Rast retired in a chain-reaction incident early in the race, with Rast blaming Güven while reports cited contacts involving Jules Gounon and Ben Green.
• Güven sealed the championship with his fifth win of the season, the most in the DTM GT3 era, in a campaign influenced by Balance of Performance changes.