What should I say: The weekend was a constant up and down, which finally didn’t end well. But everything started as planned.

In free practice the performance of my GQ AMG Mercedes C-Class was good. Speed and set up worked, so I was always one of the fastest on the track, we ended the session in 3rd and 5th place. Therefore my team Mücke Motorsport and I were very confident for the qualifying.

Why we didn’t manage to translate our good speed into a strong qualifying was a little bit of a mystery for us. P14 was of course not what we expected. Especially as on Sunday morning in warm-up everything was back to normal with P 3.

The start of the race was promising. At the very first lap I managed to pass three opponents. After the safety car period, I then started to pressure my ex-teammate Ralf Schumacher.

But then the race was quickly over. In Turn 3 Oliver Jarvis crashed into my rear. The consequences were bad: Parts of the destroyed end plate got sucked into the wheel arch and then stuck there. The unscheduled pit stop was inevitable and a strong race result was impossible.

Even if I repeat myself: We will forget the Euro Speedway quickly, draw our conclusions, and we are very much looking forward to the Norisring! Sooner or later things will go our way again!

Keep racing
Maro

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