After a year away racing in Formula E, the Abt Audi driver had a tough return series return in Portimao as he scored no points, and admitted that he found his R8 LMS Evo II “quite difficult to drive” on his way to eighth at the Lausitzring in Saturday’s race one.
But after his mechanics worked late into the evening on an “upside-down” change to the set-up, Rast qualified a strong second on Sunday and felt “much more comfortable in the car” on his way to third in the race, just 1.817s behind winner Sheldon van der Linde.
