ABT Sportsline visiting friends at the Red Bull Ring

“It’s always nice to come to the Red Bull Ring,” says ABT Motorsport Director Martin Tomczyk. “You just have to feel at home there. The track is located in a picturesque landscape and always guarantees exciting races. From a sporting point of view, the Red Bull Ring is a rather difficult track for us. That was already the case with the Audi R8 and hasn’t really changed since we switched to Lamborghini, because the package as a whole, the naturally aspirated V10 engine and the car concept, is similar and not ideal for the track characteristics.”
 
The Red Bull Ring is 677 metres above sea level, so cars with turbo engines have an advantage in the thin air. At 1,340 kilogrammes, the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 is also the heaviest vehicle on the entire DTM grid. This makes the 65-metre difference in altitude and accelerating out of the slow Turns 1 and 3 particularly painful.
 
Nevertheless, ABT Sportsline has fond memories of Styria – especially 2023, when Kelvin van der Linde celebrated an unexpected victory in the rain and Ricardo Feller completed a double podium for the team from 26th on the grid. The weather forecast for the coming weekend is once again changeable.
 
Mirko Bortolotti celebrated a victory at the Red Bull Ring in 2024 and got in the mood for his home race in the DTM with a guest start in the GT Open racing series last weekend. “It’s been a difficult year so far,” says the Italian, who lives in Vienna. “The standings do not reflect our original goals. I always try to get the best out of my car, and I will do the same at the Red Bull Ring. Last year, I won my only race of the season here and have fond memories of the track.”
 
“The surroundings with the mountains are beautiful, and thanks to Red Bull, it’s also a bit of a home race for us,” says his team-mate Nicki Thiim. “However, it’s not my favourite track at all – and neither is it for our car, given our top speed deficit. Nevertheless, I will try to do my best as always. It’s the penultimate race weekend of the season, and of course you want to deliver. I just hope we have a little more luck than last time – although we don’t need any more luck than the others, just not as much bad luck.”
 
The two DTM races will start at the usual time of 1:30 PM CEST on Saturday and Sunday. In German-speaking countries, the DTM will be broadcast live on Joyn, ran.de, ProSieben and Servus TV while the series can be watched live all around the world on TV and YouTube. All DTM races can also be viewed on Red Bull TV.

“It’s always nice to come to the Red Bull Ring.”, says ABT Motorsport Director Martin Tomczyk.

Did you know that ...
 
... ABT Sportsline CEO Thomas Biermaier, Motorsport Director Martin Tomczyk and Head of Sports Marketing Harry Unflath will be guests at a dinner hosted by Wings for Life?
 
... Wings for Life CEO Anita Gerharter, Wolfgang Illek and Red Bull veteran Robert Hohensinn are three of numerous executives from the Red Bull Group who will be coming to the Red Bull Ring for the DTM?
 
... several prominent Red Bull athletes will visit ABT Sportsline at the Red Bull Ring, among them Marcel Hirscher, one of the most successful skiers of all time, and motocross world champion Heinz Kinigadner?
 
... ABT partners Arburg, Bihler, KEUK, MAHA, MR Group, SÜDPACK and Schaeffler will be on site, some with guests and customers?
 
... Florian Wellbrock, ten-time world champion in open water swimming, will be a guest of ABT partner Schaeffler at the Red Bull Ring?
 
... the auction of an ABT VIP package for the DTM weekend at the Red Bull Ring raised almost 2,000 Euros for the Austrian Sports Aid Foundation?