The relief was written all over Kelvin van der Linde's face after his victory in the second DTM race at Zandvoort: The Schubert BMW driver had controlled the race with poise for long stretches before a mistake with about 20 minutes remaining momentarily cost him the lead.
"I was a bit annoyed with myself, but I couldn't think about it too much," the South African admitted during the post-race press conference. "I just had to carry on pushing. I had five cars behind me immediately and just knew I had to do a clean in-lap and a clean out-lap to try and fight back."