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Van der Linde 'Extremely Lucky' After DTM Norisring Crash

Published July 6, 2026 · Updated July 6, 2026 · Motorsport.com

Kelvin van der Linde was incredibly lucky to escape serious injury after a crash at the Norisring, with former champion Rene Rast suggesting the impact would have been much worse if the car was positioned differently.

Former DTM champion Rene Rast believes Kelvin van der Linde was incredibly lucky to survive a horror crash at the Norisring. Rast analyzed the incident where Maximilian Paul's unbraked Lamborghini hit van der Linde's BMW M4 GT3 Evo. milkshake.it.com

The former champion noted that if the Schubert BMW had been further into the Grundig-Hairpin, the impact would have had much worse consequences. Rast acknowledged that while van der Linde was unlucky to be hit, the specific positioning of the crash ultimately saved him.

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