Weight changed on six cars before Sunday

(Motorsport-Total.com) – Wide Balance of Performance (BoP) change ahead of day 2 of the DTM at the Red Bull Ring (all information on TV times, broadcast, etc.): All vehicles are affected except McLaren, including The cars of the three title contenders Mirko Bortolotti, Kelvin van der Linde and Maro Engel.

Despite Bortolotti's criticism of Saturday's classification, ten kilograms must be loaded into the Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2. In addition, there is 25kg more heft needed to succeed in the race due to Saturday's win, meaning the DTM leader's vehicle will be 30kg heavier.

There are also consequences for Mercedes-AMG after Saturday's strong performance with second and third places for Engel and Arjun Maini.

Much greater weight for angels

The Mercedes-AMG GT3 adds an additional 20 kilograms to the weight bin overnight. For Engel, the weight of success in Sunday's race will add another ten kilograms, meaning his car will also be 30 kilograms heavier.

Kelvin van der Linde's Abt team is allowed to unload ten kilograms of ballast from the Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II. In the particular case of the German-South African, another ten kilograms have been unloaded compared to Saturday's race because Van der Linde will not have to carry any baggage of success after finishing eighth. So that's 20kg less in total.

Why your favorite BMW didn't shine on Saturday

However, the biggest beneficiary should be the original favorite BMW Team Schubert, which could not actually appear in qualifying or the race on Saturday and no longer has much to do with the title decision: a total of 20 kilograms can be obtained. Unloaded from an M4 GT3.

After the race, team principal Torsten Schubert was unhappy with the classification. “We have shown that we can take the car to a level that is perhaps on par with Audi. But Mercedes and Lambo are doing better in terms of balance of payments than they were at the same time last year.” Compare Motorsport-Total.com Data with the previous year, when they pulled off a double win on Sunday and had more boost pressure available.

“I don’t know why it is so difficult for us to reach this level. What makes things more difficult are the low temperatures and the resulting low level of grip, which does not help us.”

More weight for Ferrari despite Emile Frey's disappointment

The modification at Ferrari is interesting: Emil Fry's team has to load 15 kilograms of weight, although they had nothing to do with the decision made on Saturday and Emil Fry's driver Jack Aitken lost his chance at the title in 14th place.

The extra weight was likely due to the ADAC GT Masters race, where the Ferrari 296 GT3 from rookie Racing One was the fastest car, especially in the early stages.

There is also a change with Porsche: Manthey EMA forces will be allowed to compete on Sunday with ten kilograms lighter, which could also allow local champion Thomas Preining to have a better appearance. Incidentally, the changes only affect the weight of the vehicles, and performance is not affected.

DTM BoP Spielberg (new):
Audi: 1,295 kg/2 x 37mm (restrained)
BMW: 1,310 kg/2.00 – 2.64 bar (boost pressure)
Ferrari: 1,325 kg /1.78 – 2.50 bar (boosted pressure)
Lamborghini: 1,335 kg/1 x 51mm (restrained)
McLaren: 1300 kgf/1.10 – 1.78 bar (boost pressure)
Mercedes: 1,350 kg/2 x 36mm (restrained)
Porsche: 1,290 kg/2 x 39.5mm (restricted)

Audi: -10 kg
BMW: -20 kg
Ferrari: +15 kg
Lamborghini: +10 kg
Mercedes: +20 kg
Porsche: -10 kg

There are no changes to lambda and ride height

DTM-BoP Spielberg (Saturday):
Audi: 1,305 kg/2 x 37 mm (restricted)
BMW: 1330 kg/2.00 – 2.64 bar (boost pressure)
Ferrari: 1310 kg/1.78 – 2.50 bar (boost pressure)
Lamborghini: 1,325 kg/1 x 51 mm (restricted)
McLaren: 1300 kgf/1.10 – 1.78 bar (boost pressure)
Mercedes: 1,330 kg/2 x 36 mm (restricted)
Porsche: 1300 kg/2 x 39.5 mm (restricted)