Preining excited for the home game: “This route suits me”

“Be quick and don’t make mistakes.” Thomas Preining’s match plan for the upcoming DTM race weekend at the Red Bull Ring near Spielberg sounds simple. It’s just stupid that 25 other drivers are planning to do something similar. What the 25-year-old Porsche works driver from Linz has ahead of his colleagues: The Red Bull Ring is his favorite “Auto racing track”he has already achieved five victories in three different classes (Formula 4, Porsche Supercup, DTM) in Styria. “It’s time for the sixth Bulls trophy”says Preining, who wants to regain the lead in the DTM overall standings with home advantage.

After twelve of 16 races, Mirko Bortolotti (Lamborghini/173 points), who drives with an Italian license and is nine points ahead of Preining, who recently consistently finished in the points and two weeks ago at the Sachsenring with second and fourth place, has a chance for the title kept alive. Before the home game in Spielberg, his Porsche is given a walking aid by the Manthey team – he is allowed five kilos “throw off”.

“I can’t say yet how this will play out. But the layout of the Red Bull Ring with the hotspots for overtaking and the hard braking zones is cool. This route suits me”says Preining, who lives in Styria “In any case, have a good weekend” will have. Why? Preining: “My family, friends and many fans will be there. This is of course particularly motivating.”

The Viennese “Ice cream man”

DTM leader Bortolotti, as the current winner of the Sachsenring, has to carry 25 kilos of additional weight in the first of the two races at the Red Bull Ring. “It’s all very close together. It’s going to be hard work”says the 33-year-old, whose parents run several ice cream parlors on Vienna’s Mariahilferstrasse.

The relationship with his title rival Preining seems a bit cold. “We’re not friends, we only meet at the racetrack, but we respect each other”says the Linzer, who is at least as cool as the Viennese “Ice cream man” with the Italian license for racing.

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