Bei über 200 km/h kam es im Bereich Tiergarten zu einem Kontakt zwischen den Brüdern Laurens und Dries Vaanthoor. In folge dessen schlug Laurens hefig in die Reifenstapel ein.
Dies führte nun dazu das Laurens Vanthoor ein emotionales Statement postete.
1/3 I’ll probably never be ready to put this into words.. What happened yesterday was a nightmare. I know I’m smarter, I know you don’t take that amount of risk in a 24h race.
It’s painful to be this open in public but the reason behind is that I was racing my brother.— Laurens Vanthoor (@VanthoorLaurens) May 29, 2022
2/3 My emotions took over and my brain stopped working. We’ve been competing against each other since we were kids, never backing off and rather breaking a leg then loosing to each other. Unfortunately this competitiveness took the upper hand yesterday.
— Laurens Vanthoor (@VanthoorLaurens) May 29, 2022
3/3 I regret it badly, it was unprofessional.
I have no hard feelings towards Dries, in the contrary, I’m a proud brother. In the future we will have each others back.
Today was a black day in my career. I will regret it for a very long time but that’s how life works.— Laurens Vanthoor (@VanthoorLaurens) May 29, 2022