Under normal circumstances, the DTM would go Stars, just in the last preparation phase for the end of April, start at the end of the season, but the Coronavirus crisis also puts its everyday life on the head: Not a Motorsport, a restricted life in the own four walls. And the uncertainty, you can pursue your passion.
“It’s all a bit strange,” says BMW driver Timo Glock compared to ‘auto motor and sport’, and his current state of mind. “I think a lot about what will happen in the next few weeks and months. The situation is not particularly rosy for all.”
The 38-Year-old lives with his wife Isabell, his seven-year-old son Mika and his three-year-old daughter, Leni, in Kreuzlingen in Switzerland. And in times of Corona is also popular with the Glocks Homeschooling. “With the boys I practiced this Morning computing tasks,” he says.
Timo Glock: How to keep the children happy?
“of Course it is very nice to be able to with the family, spend more time than usual at this time of year. But I think that all parents of small children need to consider a program for the next five or six weeks, how to keep the children happy”, is it for Glock is currently quite a challenge to bring children and Training under a hat.
One who knows this challenge is the DTM Champion Rene Rast: The Audi driver lives in Bregenz on lake Constance with his girlfriend Diane and three-year-old son Liam. The Minden says: “About boredom, I can’t complain, I really have a lot to do.”
Rene Rast: “Much to the role-driven”
Since January, he is in an intensive training program, focused primarily on Cycling. To go “out there now is because of the prohibitions that we have in Austria, a bit more difficult, but I’ve driven in the last few weeks much to the role,” refers to he ‘Ran’ to his trainer, the he can the Bicycle in the apartment to use. “Now you can build, of course his level of fitness properly.”
in Addition, he was “big into Online Gaming started,” grins grid, had used his Simulator in the basement so far, only for the intensive preparation for the DTM race, but not to Sim-Racing events took part. Due to the long Break from racing, he, too, was now weak and defeated already in formula 1 Star and Sim-Racing-Freak, Max Verstappen in a direct duel.
What’s he doing otherwise? “There are many things which are now to be regulated via E-Mail, there are many telephone conferences are held. And I got home, removed a wall,” he smiles.
Wittmann: workshop prevents bearing Koller
on the Ground, it also Rasts BMW-rival Marco Wittmann. Fürth is a trained body builders and helps in the workshop of his father Herbert Wittmann. “As craftsmen, we are allowed to work currently, what is for me a very good balance,” says the two-time DTM champion to ‘Ran’. “Therefore, the ceiling-luckily not to me yet on the head.”
Wittmann works to not only in times of Corona in the workshop, but also in everyday life, if he travels with BMW through the world. But the Sport is not for him currently too short: “I’ve never done so much Sport, as it is currently,” the BMW driver, who is currently regularly on the treadmill kilometers.
Be lucky: Also friend Anna-Lena enjoys sports. “We make each other fit,” he confirms. “This is motivated, of course, more, but and it also, of course, his own program.” One thing he can’t deny it, but: “The car and the racing is missing me extremely. The health of all people is still, and has priority number 1.”
Philipp Eng: shopping for the parents
Like Wittmann in the workshop BMW-mate Philipp Closely supported his family. However, in a different way. “I’m going for my parents, who are already a bit older, always shopping,” refers to the Salzburg in conversation with ‘Motorsport-Total.com’ on his parents, who are already over 70 years old. “I know all the super markets, in the meantime, inside and out.”
he had already “neat,” says the 30-Year-old. “I am no one, buys ten bags of toilet paper. Then I’ll buy you Yes to someone else. The shops are all open. And I don’t think that we should think only of ourselves, and certainly not in this time.”
Tight Racing lives alone in his house in Mondsee, and is currently spending so much time like no other in the in-house racing simulator: in addition to BMW-Sim-inserts, he also joined the official formula-1-Sim-Race for Red Bull and the upcoming weekend is Tight covers with inserts in.
Müller: “So after ten days,
it is hilarious” While the BMW-Pilot operates since ten years of Sim-Racing, is Vice-champion Nico Müller a complete newbie. Two weeks ago, his Simulator was delivered to Thun, a week ago, he drove his first race. “I have twice looked in the wrong direction,” he grins. “The Pro-Sim-Racer is extremely fast. And to come to the level, because I still need a couple of weeks.”
Muller, who started the DTM season at the end of the same in the formula E season, had originally planned to use the crisis to his charge a battery. “I thought to myself: Now you can use the time to get the winter break, which is unusual for me, so, this year, by the formula E commitment a bit shorter than usual.”
The Swiss mainly worked on his Fitness, was sitting a lot on the bike, “but at some point, so after ten days, it is already hilarious, I must say. Because you still don’t know when it starts exactly.” His Reaction? “I got myself a Simulator and am trying to be a bit distracting, so I can leave the racing to life.”
This article was written by Sven Haidinger
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