Mercedes AMG gain weight for Race 1 at Lausitzring

The extraordinary qualifying performance shown by Mercedes AMG and Lucas Auer in this morning’s session in Lausitzring has translated into 5kg of performance weight added to the C63 DTMs.

Auer scored his second pole position of the season with a time of 1:16.193, but his best ideal lap was of 1:16.084, setting the benchmark for Mercedes AMG.

René Rast clocked the best ideal lap for Audi Sport with a time of 1:16.360, whilst Maxime Martin’s qualifying lap of 1:16.404 was the best lap for BMW Motorsport.

The result is that both Audi and BMW were over 0.2% slower than Mercedes’ ideal lap. As a consequence, the C63 DTMs gain 5kg, resulting in a new weight of 1,130kg, with the RS 5 DTMs and the M4 DTMs losing 5kg, with new weights of 1,115kg and 1,120kg respectively.

The performance weights for Race 1 at Lausitzring are as follows:
Manufacturer – Car- Base weight – Variation – Performance weight
Mercedes AMG – C63 DTM – 1,125 – +5kg + 1,130kg
Audi – RS 5 DTM – 1,120 – -5kg + 1,115kg
BMW – M4 DTM – 1,125 – -5kg + 1,120kg