Overview

• René Rast surged from seventh on the grid to claim his 30th DTM victory and led a Schubert Motorsport BMW one-two with Marco Wittmann in second.
• Lucas Auer’s third-place finish lifted him to 137 points, eight clear of Jack Aitken in second.
• Ben Dörr’s surprise pole position was undone by two slow pit stops that dropped him to eighth place.
• Timo Glock retired a lap after his pit stop when a gearbox malfunction forced his Dörr-McLaren out of the race.
• With six races remaining, four drivers sit within 20 points of the lead as the title fight moves to Sachsenring.