The Red Bull AlphaTauri AF Corse team continues to enjoy success in the 2021 DTM series after Kiwi Liam Lawson repeated Saturday’s second place in Germany on Sunday driving the #30 Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020, while team-mate Alex Albon also impressed.
The key for both drivers in Saturday’s first race around the 4.570km Lausitzring circuit was to ‘keep calm’ and – starting from fifth (Lawson) and seventh (Albon) on the grid – they stayed clear of the turmoil in the first half of the race before gaining ground after their pit stops.
Lawson was rewarded for his flawless performance with second place behind Swiss winner Philip Ellis, while Thai driver Albon gained two positions over the race and crossed the finish line in fifth. Sunday began promisingly again with an impressive second in qualifying for Lawson while Albon was less than three-tenths of a second slower, but had to settle for 13th off the start line in the evenly-matched field.
Lawson led the race briefly, before eventually finishing runner-up behind German winner Maximilian Götz with Albon coming home in 11th, having again made up two places over the course of race two.
Lawson, 19, said: “It’s great that we were able to score a lot of points in both races. After the start I thought we might have the chance to score our second win, but then I stalled the car at the pit stop. I’m sorry for the team. The key in Saturday’s race was the super fast pit stop. It was fantastic to race on this layout, even if it did not necessarily suit our car.”
Albon, 25, added: “When we had clean air ahead of us, the pace was there, however it was a real challenge in traffic. In the opening race, I was basically running fifth for the whole race. It was not really possible to overtake. In race two, the pit stop didn’t go according to plan.”
In the Drivers’ standings, Lawson is second with 65 points and Albon fifth on 31 points while Red Bull AlphaTauri AF Corse is first in the Team standings with 96 points to its name after four races.
Next in the 2021 DTM season is Zolder in Belgium from August 6-8 2021.