🗣️'He drove into my car four or five times. I don't know what he had for breakfast this morning.' Mercedes driver Maro Engel hit out at his BMW counterpart Rene Rast after the two drivers came to blows during Sunday’s second DTM race at Oschersleben ⬇️
Schubert BMW driver Rast was fighting with Engel for ninth position on the second lap of the race when he pushed his Landgraf Mercedes rival wide and over the grass at the exit of the Hasseroder right-hander.
But Engel was still furious at Rast, having feared the incident could have forced him into an early retirement from the race.“He drove into my car four or five times. I don't know what he had for breakfast this morning. “I almost lost the car and almost hit it. Pretty unnecessary for me at this early stage of the year.”The contact dealt damage to Engel’s exhaust, costing him straightline speed in comparison to Landgraf team-mate Jusuf Owega.
"I spoke to Sheldon before the race and told me that Maro was super aggressive on Saturday and also pushed him off the track two or three times,” said the 36-year-old. Rast would go on to retire from the race after the right-rear tyre rim of his BMW suddenly broke at Turn 1, leaving him beached in the gravel.
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