DTM Hockenheim: Engel wins race 2 as Preining secures championship
Preining finished third to secure his second DTM title as Engel won the race and Feller took second after a final-lap pass.
- Winward driver Maro Engel won the final 2026 DTM race yesterday as Thomas Preining finished third to secure his second championship title.
- Manthey Porsche secured the teams' championship, while Mercedes-AMG won the manufacturers' standings ahead of Porsche, BMW, and Ferrari in the final standings.
- Preining told ProSieben the finale was a "horror day," especially with the three-hour delay, though he managed to drive a clean race to clinch the title.
- Despite his victory, Engel settled for second in the championship standings. He said, "I put everything into this weekend" and praised his team's effort.
- The 2027 DTM season will open at the Red Bull Ring in Austria from April 23 to 25, 2027, launching the next championship cycle.
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Thomas Preining won his second DTM title at the season finale in Hockenheim on Sunday. Three years after his premiere title, the 28-year-old Linzer did not take his lead in the prestigious GT3 series.
The Austrian took third place at the Hockenheimring and won the overall standings.
Born in Linz, Thomas Preining crowns himself as DTM title holder for the second time at the Hockenheimring. LINZ. Thomas Preining's motorsport history is written before 112,000 enthusiastic spectators at the Hockenheimring. The 28-year-old Porsche works driver goes 20 points ahead into the last race weekend of the season and can no longer take the overall victory. With a sovereign third place in the final, he secures his second DTM title after 2…
Winward Mercedes driver Maro Engel took victory in the final race of the 2026 DTM season at Hockenheim, but the title went to Manthey Porsche's Thomas Preining. Preining finished in third place, which was enough to win his second title, after […] The post Engel wins at Hockenheim, but Preining is crowned 2026 DTM champion appeared first on FormulaRapida.net.
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