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Langeveld that resulted in a series of
contacts that helped Florian Thoma
(Team Engstler Volkswagen) and Tim
Zimmermann (Target Competition
Audi) to move up to 4th and 5th.
The race ended in drama, as at the
beginning of last lap the engine of
Richard’s Honda, that had been
chasing the leader Oestreich for the
entire race, blew at the beginning of
the straight and caught fire.
Oestreich therefore won under yellow
flags, preceding Pascal Eberle (Steibel
Motorsport SEAT) and Luca Engstler
(Team Engstler Volkswagen).
In Race 2, Thoma made an excellent
start from P2 and took the lead
ahead of Kirsch, Engstler, Langeveld
and Files. On lap 2, Langeveld took
third from Engstler, but the safety
car was out to allow the retrieval of
the Honda of Jürgen Schmarl from
the gravel trap. At the restart there
was a nice fight for the lead between
Thoma and Kirsch, with the Swiss
keeping the advantage, while Kirsch
was defending the position from
Langeveld. A slight contact between
them sent Kirsch’s Honda into the
gravel trap, with the safety car out
again.
Shortly after the restart, Thoma spun
in the last corner and was luckily
avoided by the other cars; Langeveld
inherited the lead ahead of Files,
who had passed Engstler.
Files has further stretched his
leading margin in the championship
classification to 87 and 88 points
ahead of Oestreich and Thoma
respectively.
The ADAC TCR Germany will resume
on 22 and 23 July at Zandvoort,
Netherlands.
Results
Oschersleben, Round 5, Saturday 8
July
1. Moritz Oestreich (Honda Civic); 2.
Pascal Eberle (SEAT León); 3. Luca
Engstler (Volkswagen Golf)
Oschersleben, Round 6, Sunday 9 July
1. Niels Langeveld (Audi RS3 LMS); 2.
Josh Files (Honda Civic); 3. Luca
Engstler (Volkswagen Golf)