DTM to probe Rast over illegal P2P utilize at Spa

Rast confronted a stern exclaim from Nico Muller within the closing stages of the 2d lunge at Spa, but was once in a location to fend off his Audi stablemate to prefer victory by a slender margin of 0.483s.

However, onboard pictures from the lunge showed Rast deploying push-to-circulate to defend from Muller, although the overtaking reduction can no longer be aged by the driver that is main the lunge.

Motorsport.com understands that Rast was once in a location to prefer profit of push-to-circulate on laps 24 and 25 of the 26-lap lunge, with a connection failure between Malmedy and Bruxelles corners – which is also farthest from the launch/invent straight – possible accountable for the malfunction that allowed Rast to make utilize of the boost.

Attributable to the unimaginative zone between the two corners, the blueprint switches to a manual mode, that manner the flee-to-circulate is now no longer blocked mechanically. Groups had been mindful about this field as early as Saturday morning of the lunge weekend.

Having reviewed the pictures, the DTM has requested Rast to appear forward of the stewards this Friday, forward of the launch of the 2d round of the season at Lausitzring.

“The pause consequence of Sunday’s DTM lunge at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, is no longer yet excellent,” a press start from the DTM read. 

“All the device throughout the huge examination of the automobile recordsdata by the technicians of the DMSB within the days after the lunge it grew to vary into out that #33 Rene Rast had activated the flee-to-circulate blueprint twice, although because the lunge leader he haven’t got aged the blueprint. 

“The hearing of the case will happen on August 14th at 10: 00 am all around the following round of the DTM on the Lausitzring.”

Audi admitted that Rast was once in a location to make utilize of push-to-circulate when it must had been deactivated for him, but insisted that the two-time champion instinctively pressed the button when the boost modified into on hand – and that the form in efficiency was once marginal.

“All the device through DTM races, the supply of the flee-to-circulate blueprint is signalled to the drivers via a inexperienced expose,” a press start from Audi read.

“All the device throughout the DTM lunge at Spa on Sunday, Rene Rast experienced an error within the marshalling blueprint. 

“As a shatter consequence, the blueprint within the lead between turns seven and eight incorrectly signalled an active push-to-circulate blueprint to him within the originate of the inexperienced signal. 

“Rene then instinctively pressed the button and activated the blueprint. After Audi Sport analyzed the tips Rene requested the increased float rate of the flee-to-circulate blueprint for a full of 2.88 seconds. 

“The efficient time kind was once 0.01 seconds. We search recordsdata from to your working out that we is no longer going to commentary further on this topic forward of a gathering with the DMSB all around the following DTM lunge weekend on the Lausitzring.”

Likely penalty

Though there had been requires Rast to be disqualified from the lunge, a time-penalty is more possible, which would suggest he would lose the victory to Muller. A stunning for Audi remains an harmful likelihood, as it would favor miniature influence on a manufacturer of that size. 

However, Rast will be acquitted of all prices if he and Group of workers Rosberg boss Kimmo Liimatainen are in a location to receive evidence to make stronger their reason.