Lamborghini’s Mr Dependable

Astealthy drive to sixth will rarely make headlines. But for Lamborghini GT3 talisman Mirko Bortolotti, such instances as his first-race Lausitzring recovery from being shuffled outside the top 10 at the start could prove crucial for his DTM title ambitions. “We are not in a position to fight for the top this weekend unfortunately, but it’s the way it is,” he tells your author in the Grasser Racing Team’s truck. “You have to put your head down and get the maximum.”

Another sixth place in race two, after