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Paul di Resta was left unimpressed with DTM officials having been hit with a marginal jump-start penalty after vaulting his Aston Martin into the lead at Brands Hatch. Di Resta had qualified fourth in changeable conditions but muscled his way to the front on lap one of the opener. “If that’s a jump start, then every single start every single person has done for the last 15 years would be illegal,” di Resta argued. He later retired with an engine-related problem… Former Audi LMP1 racer Oliver Jarvis will make a one-off World Endurance Championship return for the Fuji round later this season, standing in for Paul di Resta at the United Autosports LMP2 team when the Scot has a DTM clash. Jarvis, who now races for Mazda in the IMSA Sportscar Championship, contested the 2003 Formula Ford Festival with United managing director Richard Dean’s JLR team… Ferrari Formula 1 simulator driver and Toyota World Endurance Championship racer Brendon Hartley will compete for the Dragon Racing Formula E team in the 2019-20 championship. Ex-toro Rosso F1 driver Hartley, who is set to contest the 2019-20 World Endurance Championship in Toyota’s LMP1 car, is the American FE squad’s first confirmed signing for the next campaign. The factory Porsche driver was a candidate for the manufacturer’s own 2019-20 line-up – and Hartley drove for Porsche in the initial stages of its FE manufacturer allocated private testing programme – before Andre Lotterer was signed up to partner Neel Jani.