Thiim-Kalender clash escalates again: "He got a taste of his own medicine"
At the Nurburgring, Nicki Thiim lost his temper because of Tom Kalender - and accused Mercedes-AMG of having sent the Landgraf driver after him. In Saturday's race at the Sachsenring, the Aston Martin title contender once again clashed with the youngster - and is now hitting back verbally. Thiim says Kalender did not leave him enough room when defending, as is actually required in the ... Keep…
At the Nurburgring, Nicki Thiim showed his frustration with Tom Kalender and accused Mercedes-AMG of sending the young driver after him. This was the second time Thiim had a similar issue with Kalender. Thiim finished the race in eighth place, after colliding with Kalender on the restart. Kalender demanded a penalty, but race director Sven Stoppe reprimanded Thiim instead.
Thiim retaliated, passing Kalender at Turn 1 and then denying him room on the exit. Kalender finished 14th, blaming his poor performance on Thiim's incident.
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