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Cassidy stars as title battlers toil

DTM

RED BULL RING (AUT)

24-25 SEPTEMBER

ROUND 7/8

Nick Cassidy and Thomas Preining scored a DTM race win apiece in very different weather conditions at the Red Bull Ring, as championship leader Sheldon van der Linde came away with nothing from the penultimate round of the season.

The Austrian double-header began with a measured drive from pole position for Red Bull Ferrari driver Cassidy, who followed up his maiden victory at Spa a fortnight earlier with a second triumph on the bounce.

While title contenders Rene Rast (Audi) and Mirko Bortolotti (Lamborghini) engaged in a lengthy battle for second position, Cassidy could cruise away at the front of

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