{"id":1826,"date":"2026-08-14T12:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T12:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:04:48","slug":"technical-infringement-strips-bortolotti-of-oschersleben-victory-how-the-ruling-reshapes-the-dtm-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/technical-infringement-strips-bortolotti-of-oschersleben-victory-how-the-ruling-reshapes-the-dtm-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical Infringement Strips Bortolotti of Oschersleben Victory: How the Ruling Reshapes the DTM Title Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

OSCHERSLEBEN<\/strong> \u2014 The championship battle took an explosive, high-stakes twist long after the checkered flag fell at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. Mirko Bortolotti and the Grasser Racing Team were stripped of their Race 2 triumph following a post-race technical inspection that revealed non-compliant front wheel bearings on the #63 Lamborghini Temerario GT3. What was meant to be a flawless performance on track turned into a bitter setback, throwing the mid-season point standings into complete disarray and opening the door wide for his fiercest rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrutineers discovered that the front wheel assembly on Bortolotti\u2019s machine deviated from the active GT3 homologation regulations, citing a clear breach of Article 5.1 of the DTM Sporting Regulations. Team Principal Gottfried Grasser pushed back against the verdict, highlighting a legacy 2024 DTM bulletin that permitted modifications to wheel bearings\u2014a document still housed in the series\u2019 official online portal. Scrutineers held their ground, ruling that current homologation standards supersede past clarifications. With Grasser Racing lodging an official appeal to the DMSB Sports Court in Frankfurt, the race classification remains provisional, but the immediate fallout has already reshaped the title fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Engel and Preining Strike Gold in the Point Shake-Up<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The disqualification created a ripple effect at the top of the race classification, handing major championship gains to Maro Engel and Thomas Preining. Elevated from second to first, Engel inherited the official victory for Mercedes-AMG Team Ravenol, pocketing the full twenty-five points instead of twenty. The extra margin allowed him to stretch his championship lead over Nicki Thiim to twenty-five points, giving him crucial breathing room as the series heads into its most intense stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Preining capitalized just as heavily, sliding into second position for Manthey Porsche and upgrading his race haul from fifteen to eighteen points. The extra cushion places the 2023 champion right back into the main title picture, bringing his total to 121 points and closing the gap to second-placed Nicki Thiim (125 points) to just four points, while sitting a single point behind Lucas Auer (124 points). Behind them, Marco Wittmann inherited a surprise third-place podium for BMW, while Thiim himself gained a single point by moving up to twelfth position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Maro Engel \u2014 150 pts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Nicki Thiim \u2014 125 pts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Lucas Auer \u2014 124 pts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Thomas Preining \u2014 121 pts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Matteo Cairoli \u2014 95 pts<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    A Rewrite in GT3 History Books<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    The steward\u2019s decision also robbed Lamborghini of a major milestone on the international stage. Bortolotti\u2019s drive was initially celebrated as the global maiden victory for the brand-new Temerario GT3 platform in competitive motorsport. With the Oschersleben result officially erased, that historic first victory shifted across the Atlantic to North America, where Pfaff Motorsports\u2019 GTD Pro win at Road America in IMSA competition now stands as the machine\u2019s official maiden triumph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    OSCHERSLEBEN \u2014 The championship battle took an explosive, high-stakes twist long after the checkered flag fell at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. Mirko Bortolotti and the Grasser Racing Team were stripped of their Race 2 triumph following a post-race technical inspection that revealed non-compliant front wheel bearings on the #63 Lamborghini Temerario GT3. What was meant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dtm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1826"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1830,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826\/revisions\/1830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}