The last time the Stuttgart-based brand celebrated a DTM victory in Styria was 23 years ago, when Marcel Fassler triumphed aboard the CLK-DTM 2003.Behind Engel, Schubert-BMW driver Marco Wittmann and local hero Lucas Auer (Landgraf-Mercedes) completed the podium.Jules Gounon (Winward-Mercedes) finished fourth, followed by Nicki Thiim in the Comtoyou Aston Martin in fifth. Polesitter Kelvin van der Linde (Schubert-BMW) ultimately finished only sixth after two poorly timed pitstops.The BMW driver was "pretty angry" after the race, saying "I think we just didn't do certain things right today and we paid the price for it in the end" in an interview with ran.de.

"From my perspective, it was the wrong decision twice."Ben Dorr (Dorr-McLaren) finished in seventh place after his unfortunate retirement the previous day, while DTM rookie Finn Wiebelhaus (HRT-Ford), Thierry Vermeulen (Emil-Frey-Ferrari) and Bastian Buus (Land-Porsche) completed the top 10.As on Saturday, there were no major incidents at the start, allowing van der Linde to hold on the lead from pole position. Behind him were eventual race winner Engel, his AMG team-mate Auer and Ford driver Wiebelhaus.At the front, van der Linde was unable to break away from the rest of the field in the early stages.

On the contrary, Engel put the BMW driver under pressure early on, but couldn't find a way past the South African. Behind them, the first drivers were already coming into the pits for the first of their two mandatory tyre changes.The top four, who had by now closed up tightly, stayed out for a long time. Engel, Auer and Wiebelhaus came into the pits at the same time, but the order remained unchanged.

BMW rider Wittmann, who had already stopped four laps earlier and therefore already had his tyres up to temperature, overtook Wiebelhaus and Auer.Race leader van der Linde was the last driver to make his first tyre change, and the Schubert team made no mistakes during the pit stop. However, the undercut by the competition paid off: both Engel and his team-mate Wittmann overtook the polesitter, who had thus dropped back to third place.Auer, Gounon, and Thiim battled behind for fourth place, with the Austrian soon breaking away from this three-way fight, while Thiim managed to overtake Gounon's "Mamba."

Wiebelhaus had also meanwhile rejoined this group.By the second mandatory pit stop, Engel had pulled away at the front by almost two seconds, while Wittmann and van der Linde rekindled the BMW internal duel from the previous day. The polesitter was clearly faster and put his Schubert team-mate under pressure, but couldn't find a way past.Engel and van der Linde were the first drivers from the leading group to make their second pit stop. A lap later, Wittmann, Auer, Thiim, and Gounon followed, with the Landgraf team's stop going better than the Comtoyou team's, allowing the "Mamba" to overtake Thiim.Engel defended his lead confidently after the mandatory pit stop, while van der Linde initially dropped back to fourth place after his pit stop.

In the closing stages, the polesitter came under increasing pressure: first from Gounon, then from Thiim. With just a few minutes remaining, both rivals overtook him.Saturday winner and erstwhile championship leader Thomas Preining (Manthey-Porsche) finished in 13th place.Former Formula 1 driver Timo Glock (Dorr-McLaren) was classified in 15th place, just ahead of Mirko Bortolotti, who, as on Saturday, was the best Lamborghini driver, but failed to score any points on Sunday.AMG driver Maro Engel took over the lead in the overall standings with his victory .The next DTM race will take place in four weeks, when the GT3 series visits the dune circuit in Zandvoort, Netherlands (22-24 May). To read more Motorsport.com articles visit our website.