Aston Martin title contender Nicki Thiim was completely beside himself after finishing 11th in Saturday's DTM race at the Nurburgring - and lashed out at the series and at Mercedes-AMG. "I thought Oschersleben was bad, but this is absolutely next level. I'm super disappointed. What is going on here right now is simply a disgrace," the Dane raged.
Above all, the battle with Landgraf Mercedes driver Tom Kalender for ninth place and the penalty-lap sanction sent him over the edge. He said it was "ridiculous what is going on here. With Tom, it is clear to see what his job was: not to let me past at any cost!" he accused Mercedes-AMG of having instructed Kalender to help Thiim's brand colleagues Maro Engel and Lucas Auer, who are fighting for the title.