What is the secret of Nicki Thiim at the Norisring? The Comtoyou driver took both pole positions and both race wins at his favorite track in his Aston Martin - the same venue where he had celebrated his only DTM victory until then in the SSR Lamborghini in 2024. And he did so despite a Balance of Performance (BoP) adjustment on Sunday and success ballast in the second race. This was last achieved by Thomas Preining during his 2023 title win at Hockenheim.
"You have to hit me - living in a dream!", the Dane, who is now also the mid-season champion, can hardly believe it himself. But what makes him so fast in Nuremberg? "Nicki is still a real old-school racer who suits tracks like the Norisring where the wall is the limit," says Mario Schuhbauer, who heads the DTM project at the Comtoyou team, following Aston Martin's historic maiden victory in the DTM.
