Audi Team Abt Sportsline's꧟ Edoardo Mortara feels his drive-through penalty given for 'failing to manage the slow zone' during the first Zand🥂voort DTM race was unjustified.

𓃲The Audi RS 5 driver was running 🍎in sixth when BMW's Augusto Farfus sailed off the circuit and into the barrier, which triggered a brief slow zone as the marshals retrieved the stricken car.

Mไortara's tour through the pit-lane left the championship༺ contender destined for a 17th place finish, which dropped the Italian from second in the standings to third.

Mortara 🐓felt he appropriately adhered to the slow zone protocol right to the letter of the law but was still given the penal💮ty.

His Audi team mate Nico Muller al൲so fell afoul within the same situation and also received a drive-through punishment.

"It's disappointing because we lost many points," Mortara told wuqian0821.com. "It was a bad day for Audi because we weren't at our usual level c✤ompared to the others. I think a top-six result would have been moreꦯ than enough today.

"They gave me a drive-through that is not correct. ꦍWe can prove it with data and on-board footage. We have everything to prove they were wrong but unfortunately when you♔'re in the race you can't discuss these penalties."

Mortara made the point of stating he approached the slow 𒐪zone in the same manner as ♏he has done for the entire race weekend.

"It wasn't a justified penalty. If you check the gaps before and after, I didn't g🍸ain anything. I did everything that they ask in that situation and gained no advantage from it," Mortara explained.

"I did nothing special compared to this morning and free-practice. We pಞractice our slow zo🤡ne entrance and exit over the weekend anyway."