'We shouldn't forget we are a small brand fighting with the big ones...' A giant-killing DTM title eluded Mirko Bortolotti and Lamborghini this year, but he's taking the positives 👇
While admitting that he lost crucial points for a variety of reasons, including some unforced errors, Bortolotti said he is extremely satisfied with how he and Grasser performed in 2022 with works support from Lamborghini.
“Generally, a really positive season. For sure there is always something you can improve on. Especially the last two rounds [for us]. “At the end of the day, we are P4. We could have been fighting for a bit more, especially on Sunday. I was en route to a pole lap but there was a red flag.”Bortolotti was super-consistent in the first four rounds of the season, establishing a nine-point lead in the standings over eventual champion van der Linde after the Norisring event in July.
Asked if he was disappointed with the outcome of the championship given how strong he was in the first half of the campaign, the factory Lamborghini driver said: “No, we kept performing exactly the same way, even better than the first half - but we just didn't collect it the second half, that's the difference. It's not about the performance.
“So it is easy to see only the downside, but at the end of the day I always say you can only judge the full season and not only half a season.”An overall champion in the Blancpain GT series and a two-time class winner in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Bortolotti said he enjoyed his first season in the DTM but it is up to Lamborghini to decide whether he would return to the championship for another assault at the title in 2023.
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