Grasser Racing Team lodges appeal against disqualification within the deadline

Winner Mirko Bortolotti has been disqualified from Sunday’s DTM race at Oschersleben. The Grasser Racing Team’s Lamborghini Temerario GT3 was fitted with a wheel bearing that did not comply with DTM GT3 homologation requirements or a reference part. As this constitutes a breach of Article 5.1 of the sporting regulations, the car was removed from the results.

On 13 August, the Grasser Racing Team announced an appeal within the stipulated time limit. The team lodged this appeal today, also within the stipulated time limit, and now has seven days to substantiate it.

A date for a hearing of the case before the DMSB Appeals Court can only be set after this and has therefore not yet been determined. However, the aim is for the hearing to take place before the championship finale at Hockenheim and for there to be no championship decision subject to review.

Until the Appeals Court has reached a decision, the result of Sunday’s race at Oschersleben remains provisional.

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