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The weird manner Verstappen’s protege Vermeulen misplaced a maiden DTM win
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The weird manner Verstappen’s protege Vermeulen misplaced a maiden DTM win

By Miles Cooper November 1, 2024
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Max Verstappen’s protege Thierry Vermeulen misplaced a possible DTM victory on the Sachsenring as a result of a mechanic left a tyre on the bottom within the pitlane to regulate his glasses, incurring a long-lap penalty.

Emil Frey driver Vermeulen had put in a dominant efficiency within the second leg of the weekend, edging out Kelvin van der Linde for pole place in qualifying after which constructing a three-second lead within the opening stint of the race.

After a security automobile neutralised the sphere with slightly below half-hour to run, the Dutch driver rebuilt a buffer of just about two seconds over the chasing pack led by Mercedes’ Luca Stolz, solely to be hit with a ‘penalty lap’ for a pitstop infringement.

Taking the lengthy loop between turns 1 and a pair of, the 22-year-old dropped to 3rd behind eventual winner Stolz and Abt driver van der Linde, ending his hopes of a maiden win within the DTM.

The sanction was additionally painful for the Ferrari squad, because it had a powerful likelihood of finishing a uncommon double victory on the Sachsenring after Jack Aitken’s success within the opening race on Saturday.

Emil Frey’s head of engineering Jurg Flach revealed the weird purpose as to why the penalty was handed to the crew.

“Throughout the pitstop, the particular person becoming the wheel should at all times have no less than one hand on the wheel,” he defined in an interview with Motorsport.com’s sister title Motorsport-Complete.com. “As a result of he nonetheless needed to regulate his glasses, that wasn’t the case for a second.

 “He is aware of precisely what he did and would like to crawl below a rock [in embarrassment].

 “Everybody who makes a pit cease is aware of that [rule]. There is no such thing as a rationalization [that] he would not know.”

Digicam footage revealed that the mentioned mechanic had entered the pitlane a lot later than the rest of the crew and positioned the tyre on his foot. It took him a number of seconds earlier than he held the tyres along with his arms once more.

As a consequence of security causes, the tyres should stay below management of mechanics after they cross into the quick lane to forestall any accidents.

This isn’t a brand new regulation within the collection, as Thomas Preining misplaced a victory for the same mistake on his Manthey EMA crew’s half at Oschersleben final yr.

The impression of the long-lap penalty, which price him to the tune of 5 seconds, was much more extreme as a result of the protection automobile that was known as in for a three-way incident between Rene Rast, Jordan Pepper and Marco Wittmann had worn out the benefit he had constructed after his pitstop.

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“In any other case he would in all probability have completed no less than second regardless of the penalty lap,” Flach mentioned. “That did not play into our arms both. I really feel very sorry for Thierry. It was his race.”

After serving the penalty, Vermeulen tried his greatest to repass van der Linde’s Audi however finally needed to accept third place.

Whereas he missed out on a victory, the consequence nonetheless marked his first go to to the rostrum within the DTM since his debut in 2023.

“At that second, you simply attempt to get on the rostrum by some means,” he mentioned. “The lap earlier than the penalty lap was like a qualifying lap for me. I gave it my all, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to remain in second place and even win.

The weird manner Verstappen’s protege Vermeulen misplaced a maiden DTM win

Thierry Vermeulen, Emil Frey Racing

Picture by: Alexander Trienitz

“There was a lot rubber abrasion subsequent to the racing line that it took me one or two laps earlier than I may even take into consideration following Kelvin.

“You win and lose collectively, nevertheless it actually hurts. I have to let that sink in, no less than for a couple of hours.”

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