Mirko Bortolotti has been gifted victory in the second DTM race in Oschersleben as the Grasser Lamborghini driver worked his way up to second place with an overcut at the first pitstop and then benefited from a botched pitstop by Manthey Porsche for Thomas Preining.
Preining suffered double disappointment as he also lost second place to Winward Mercedes' Maro Engel, and just about held off Marco Wittmann in the Schubert BMW for third place.
Polesitter Preining initially held the lead after a battle with Luca Engstler and by the time the first pitstop window opened, Preining – who, following his victory the previous day, had to race with 20kg of success ballast – had already built up a lead of just over a second.
But it was Bortolotti who benefited from a late first stop and moved into the victory fight. Despite a light rain shower at the halfway point of the race Bortolotti managed to reduce the gap to leader Preining to less than one second.
But it was the second pitstop which proved decisive. The top four came in together for the final tyre change, but Preining's stop went wrong due to a problem with the left-rear tyre.
The Manthey Porsche driver lost valuable time in the pits and, as a result, dropped back to third place.
Bortolotti duly defended the lead from Engel to take victory, but second place was enough for the Winward Mercedes driver to extend his lead in the DTM standings to 21 points over Nicki Thiim.
DTM Oschersleben - Race 2 results
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| Cla | Driver | # | Car | Laps | Time | Interval | Pits | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  M. Bortolotti TGI Team Lamborghini by GRT |
19 | Lamborghini Temerario GT3 | 0 | - |
2 | 25 | ||||
| 2 |  M. Engel Mercedes-AMG Team Ravenol |
80 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 0 | 3.027 |
2 | 20 | ||||
| 3 |  T. Preining Manthey Racing |
91 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) | 0 | 3.431 |
2 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | M. Wittmann Schubert Motorsport |
11 | BMW M4 GT3 Evo | 0 | 3.640 |
2 | 13 | ||||
| 5 | L. Engstler Red Bull Team Abt |
130 | Lamborghini Temerario GT3 | 0 | 5.467 |
2 | 11 | ||||
| 6 |  A. Maini HRT Ford Performance |
36 | Ford Mustang GT3 Evo | 0 | 8.103 |
2 | 10 | ||||
| 7 |  K. van der Linde Schubert Motorsport |
3 | BMW M4 GT3 Evo | 0 | 10.362 |
2 | 9 | ||||
| 8 |  R. Feller Manthey Racing |
90 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) | 0 | 11.594 |
2 | 8 | ||||
| 9 |  J. Gounon Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter |
48 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 0 | 18.372 |
2 | 7 | ||||
| 10 | M. Cairoli Emil Frey Racing |
14 | Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo | 0 | 18.803 |
2 | 6 | ||||
| 11 | B. Buus Land-Motorsport | 29 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) | 0 | 19.146 |
2 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | L. Auer Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf |
22 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 0 | 19.997 |
2 | 4 | ||||
| 13 |  N. Thiim Comtoyou Racing |
7 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | 0 | 20.672 |
2 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | M. Mapelli Red Bull Team Abt |
10 | Lamborghini Temerario GT3 | 0 | 21.159 |
2 | 2 | ||||
| 15 | T. Vermeulen Emil Frey Racing | 69 | Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo | 0 | 22.027 |
2 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | B. Dörr Dörr Motorsport | 25 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 0 | 22.369 |
2 | |||||
| 17 | T. Glock Dörr Motorsport |
16 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | 0 | 22.736 |
2 | |||||
| 18 | T. Kalender Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf | 84 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | 0 | 23.987 |
2 | |||||
| dnf | N. Baert Comtoyou Racing | 8 | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| dnf | F. Wiebelhaus HRT Ford Performance | 64 | Ford Mustang GT3 Evo | 0 | 2 | ||||||
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