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Oschersleben 2000
The Oschersleben circuit hosted round 5 of 2005.
Race Information
Date 26 June 2005
No. 81 (5 of 2005)
Event Flag of Germany DTM Oschersleben 2005
Location Flag of Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
Template:ANH Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Format 160 km / 70 min (Championship Race)
Lap length 3.668 km (2.279 mi)
Distance 44 laps / 161.392 km (100.284 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter Flag of Denmark Tom Kristensen
Team Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt
Time 1:20.218
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström
Team Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time 1:20.791 on lap 21
Race Result
First Second Third
Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green
Winner Team Flag of Germany DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes
Time 1:01:15.183
Race Guide
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DTM Oschersleben 2005, otherwise known as the 2005 Oschersleben Race, was the fifth round of the 2005 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, on 26 June 2005.[1] The race would see Gary Paffett sweep to victory, benefitting from swift work from his pitcrew in both of his compulsory stops.[2]

Qualifying had seen Tom Kristensen, fresh from his record seventh 24 Hours of Le Mans victory, secure his maiden DTM pole position as Super Pole was cancelled amid an early summer storm.[3] Martin Tomczyk would share the front row with the Dane, albeit over three quarters of a second back, while Gary Paffett and Jamie Green would share the second row for AMG-Mercedes.[3]

The start of the race saw Kristensen make a miserable start, narrowly avoiding stalling and just managing to avoid a huge rear accident.[4] Tomczyk was hence expecting to secure the lead, only for a barnstorming start from Green seeing the #21 Mercedes charge into the lead into the first corner.[4]

Green duly set about building a lead on the opening tour, with Tomczyk instead having to put up a furious defence from Paffett.[4] Indeed, Paffett's pressure would continue on to the second lap, with the #3 Mercedes duly squeezing down the inside of the #2 Audi early on the second lap to claim second.[4]

The early laps saw Green, Paffett and Tomczyk break clear, with fourth placed Laurent Aïello not only fighting with Mattias Ekström, but also having to put up with a loose right-hand door.[4] Kristensen, meanwhile, had settled into tenth in the field, while Mika Häkkinen remained rooted at the back of the field, and would lose a lot of time when his pitcrew made a mess of his pitstop.[4]

Häkkinen's race was over a couple of laps later, with the Finn making a mistake and running off circuit, before hitting a bank of mud off-track that pushed the car briefly into the air, and ripped the floor apart.[4] Kristensen, meanwhile, would make impressive progress after an early stop of his own, breaking back into the top ten as Häkkinen stopped on track.[4]

Out front, meanwhile, Green and Paffett would remain just a second apart through to their first round of stops, before both stopped on lap eleven.[4] The pit battle between HWA and Persson Motorsport would end up in Paffett getting out faster, although the pair would run side-by-side down the pitlane.[4] At pit-out, with the exit narrower than the pitlane itself, Green ceded position to his title challenging stablemate.[4]

With that Paffett was away, while Green would slowly slip back into the sights of Tomczyk, just as the German racer let teammate Ekström past without a fight.[4] The Green-Ekström fight would last until shortly before their second stops, with Ekström finally forcing his way through with thirteen laps to go.[4]

Out front, meanwhile, Paffett would cruise through the closing stages to secure his second victory of the campaign, with Ekström finishing second to maintain his Championship lead.[4] Green secured his maiden podium finish in third ahead of Bernd Schneider, who had quietly risen up the field, while Kristensen recovered to fifth ahead of teammate Allan McNish.[4] Aïello was next up after his door was slammed shut during his first stop, while Marcel Fässler rounded out the scorers.[4]

Background[]

Three weeks since the previous round in Brno the 2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters arrived at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben for its fifth round.[1] The Saxon circuit was unchanged from the DTM's previous visit in 2004, with the entry list likewise unaltered.[1] There had, however, been some more silverware added to the DTM paddock, after Tom Kristensen claimed his record seventh win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside JJ Lehto and Marco Werner.[1]

Mercedes' Motivation[]

Ahead of the trip to Oschersleben the success ballast had been reallocated based on the results of the previous round in Brno, with Audi having finally gained weight.[5] Indeed, after their first win of the season the Audi octet had all had 10 kg added to their cars for the fifth weekend of the season, while AMG-Mercedes had lost 10 kg, meaning their cars would be equal in weight with Audi's.[5] Opel, meanwhile, would remain at the minimum weight, having finished second to Audi in the Czech Republic.[5]

Outlined below are the success ballast allocations for the 2005 Oschersleben Race:

2005 Oschersleben Race Success Ballast
Manufacturer Year Weight
AMG-Mercedes 2004 1,045 kg (▼ 10 kg)
2005 1,060 kg (▼ 10 kg)
Audi 2004 1,045 kg (▲ 10 kg)
2005 1,060 kg (▲ 10 kg)
Opel 2004 1,015 kg (—)
2005 1,030 kg (—)

Ekström's Endeavour[]

A first victory of the campaign for Mattias Ekström was enough to propel the reigning Champion back to the top of the Championship, the Swede having opened out a three point lead. Gary Paffett, former leader, had slipped to second after two mistakes in Brno, while Tom Kristensen was up to third after a third straight podium finish. Mika Häkkinen upped the Scandinavian contingent in the top five with fourth, remaining ahead of Jean Alesi, while Christian Abt was the lead German pilot in the early standings in sixth.

The Teams' Championship continued to be headed by DC Bank AMG-Mercedes after the fourth round, although their early lead had been reduced by a non-AMG-Mercedes squad for the first time. Indeed, the two Audi Team Abt entries had moved up to challenge HWA's lead effort, although the Sportsline squad were still eleven points off the leaders in second. In the Manufacturers' Championship Audi had heavily outscored AMG-Mercedes for the first time in 2005, and hence had moved to within four points of the Stuttgart marque.

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 2005 Oschersleben Race is displayed below:

2005 Oschersleben Race Entry List
No. Name Entrant Constructor Chassis Livery
1 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM File:EKS 05 Livery.png
2 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM File:TOM 05 Livery.png
3 Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett Flag of Germany DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse DTM File:PAF 05 Livery.png
4 Flag of France Jean Alesi Flag of Germany DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse DTM File:ALE 05 Livery.png
5 Flag of Denmark Tom Kristensen Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Audi A4 DTM File:KRI 05 Livery.png
6 Flag of Scotland Allan McNish Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Audi A4 DTM File:MCN 05 Livery.png
7 Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider Flag of Germany Vodafone/Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse DTM File:BSC 05 Livery.png
8 Flag of Finland Mika Häkkinen Flag of Germany AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse DTM File:HAK 05 Livery.png
9 Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler Flag of Germany GMAC/Stern Team OPC Opel Vectra GTS V8 File:FAE 05 Livery.png
10 Flag of Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Flag of Germany GMAC/Stern Team OPC Opel Vectra GTS V8 File:FRE 05 Livery.png
11 Flag of France Laurent Aïello Flag of Germany Team OPC Opel Vectra GTS V8 File:AIE 05 Livery.png
12 Flag of Germany Manuel Reuter Flag of Germany Team OPC Opel Vectra GTS V8 File:AIE 05 Livery.png
14 Flag of Germany Christian Abt Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Racing Audi A4 DTM File:ABT 05 Livery.png
15 Flag of Germany Pierre Kaffer Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Racing Audi A4 DTM File:KAF 05 Livery.png
16 Flag of Germany Stefan Mücke Flag of Germany Mücke Motorsport AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse DTM File:MUC 05 Livery.png
17 Flag of Greece Alexandros Margaritis Flag of Germany Mücke Motorsport AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse DTM File:MAR 05 Livery.png
18 Flag of Italy Rinaldo Capello Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Audi A4 DTM File:CAP 05 Livery.png
19 Flag of Germany Frank Stippler Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Audi A4 DTM File:STI 05 Livery.png
20 Canadian Flag Bruno Spengler Flag of Germany Junge Gebrauchte/Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse DTM File:SPE 05 Livery.png
21 Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green Flag of Germany Junge Gebrauchte/Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse DTM File:GRE 05 Livery.png
Source:[6]

Practice[]

Qualifying[]

Report[]

Results[]

The final qualifying result for the 2005 Oschersleben Race are outlined below:

2005 Oschersleben Race Qualifying Result
Pos. No. Name Team Time Gap Ave. Speed Grid
1st 5 Flag of Denmark Tom Kristensen Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 1:20.218 164.566 km/h 1
2nd 2 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 1:20.989 +0.771s 162.999 km/h 2
3rd 3 Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett Flag of Germany DC Bank AMG-Mercedes 1:21.004 +0.786s 162.969 km/h 3
4th 21 Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green Flag of Germany JG/Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes 1:21.053 +0.835s 162.871 km/h 4
5th 1 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 1:21.058 +0.840s 162.861 km/h 5
6th 11 Flag of France Laurent Aïello Flag of Germany Team OPC 1:21.229 +1.011s 162.518 km/h 6
7th 20 Canadian Flag Bruno Spengler Flag of Germany JG/Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes 1:21.373 +1.155s 162.230 km/h 7
8th 6 Flag of Scotland Allan McNish Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 1:21.374 +1.156s 162.228 km/h 8
9th 19 Flag of Germany Frank Stippler Flag of Germany Audi Team Joest 1:21.397 +1.179s 162.182 km/h 9
10th 7 Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider Flag of Germany Vodafone/SE AMG-Mercedes 1:21.453 +1.235s 162.071 km/h 10
11th 18 Flag of Italy Rinaldo Capello Flag of Germany Audi Team Joest 1:21.458 +1.240s 162.061 km/h 11
12th 9 Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler Flag of Germany GMAC/Stern Team OPC 1:21.961 +1.743s 161.066 km/h 12
13th 16 Flag of Germany Stefan Mücke Flag of Germany Mücke Motorsport 1:21.963 +1.745s 161.062 km/h 13
14th 10 Flag of Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Flag of Germany GMAC/Stern Team OPC 1:22.170 +1.952s 160.657 km/h 14
15th 15 Flag of Germany Pierre Kaffer Flag of Germany Audi Team Joest Racing 1:22.307 +2.089s 160.389 km/h 15
16th 17 Flag of Greece Alexandros Margaritis Flag of Germany Mücke Motorsport 1:22.387 +2.169s 160.234 km/h 16
17th 14 Flag of Germany Christian Abt Flag of Germany Audi Team Joest Racing 1:22.482 +2.264s 160.049 km/h 17
18th 12 Flag of Germany Manuel Reuter Flag of Germany Team OPC 1:22.551 +2.333s 159.915 km/h 18
19th 4 Flag of France Jean Alesi Flag of Germany DC Bank AMG-Mercedes 1:22.575 +2.357s 159.869 km/h 19
20th 8 Flag of Finland Mika Häkkinen Flag of Germany Vodafone/SE AMG-Mercedes 1:24.938 +4.720s 155.421 km/h 20
Source:[6]
  • Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.

Grid[]

The starting grid for the 2005 Oschersleben Race in shown below:

Pos. Pos.
Driver Driver
______________
Row 1 1 ______________
Tom Kristensen 2
______________ Martin Tomczyk
Row 2 3 ______________
Gary Paffett 4
______________ Jamie Green
Row 3 5 ______________
Mattias Ekström 6
______________ Laurent Aïello
Row 4 7 ______________
Bruno Spengler 8
______________ Allan McNish
Row 5 9 ______________
Frank Stippler 10
______________ Bernd Schneider
Row 6 11 ______________
Rinaldo Capello 12
______________ Marcel Fässler
Row 7 13 ______________
Stefan Mücke 14
______________ Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Row 8 15 ______________
Pierre Kaffer 16
______________ Alexandros Margaritis
Row 9 17 ______________
Christian Abt 18
______________ Manuel Reuter
Row 10 19 ______________
Jean Alesi 20
______________ Mika Häkkinen

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

The final classification of the 2005 Oschersleben Race is displayed below:

2005 Oschersleben Race Result
Pos. No. Name Team Laps Race Time Fastest lap Pts.
1st 3 Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett Flag of Germany DC Bank AMG-Mercedes 44 1:01:15.183 1:21.480 10
2nd 1 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 44 +3.169s 1:20.791 8
3rd 21 Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green Flag of Germany JG/Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes 44 +10.460s 1:21.433 6
4th 7 Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider Flag of Germany Vodafone/SE AMG-Mercedes 44 +24.658s 1:21.644 5
5th 5 Flag of Denmark Tom Kristensen Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 44 +25.219s 1:21.125 4
6th 6 Flag of Scotland Allan McNish Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 44 +26.131s 1:21.599 3
7th 11 Flag of France Laurent Aïello Flag of Germany Team OPC 44 +26.771s 1:21.669 2
8th 9 Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler Flag of Germany GMAC/Stern Team OPC 44 +39.750s 1:21.711 1
9th 19 Flag of Germany Frank Stippler Flag of Germany Audi Team Joest 44 +40.322s 1:21.866
10th 18 Flag of Italy Rinaldo Capello Flag of Germany Audi Team Joest 44 +42.430s 1:21.774
11th 16 Flag of Germany Stefan Mücke Flag of Germany Mücke Motorsport 44 +44.065s 1:21.722
12th 14 Flag of Germany Christian Abt Flag of Germany Audi Team Joest Racing 44 +45.175s 1:21.959
13th 4 Flag of France Jean Alesi Flag of Germany DC Bank AMG-Mercedes 44 +45.578s 1:21.642
14th 10 Flag of Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen Flag of Germany GMAC/Stern Team OPC 44 +49.130s 1:22.571
15th 12 Flag of Germany Manuel Reuter Flag of Germany Team OPC 44 +49.943s 1:22.106
16th 20 Canadian Flag Bruno Spengler Flag of Germany JG/Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes 44 +50.217s 1:22.121
17th 15 Flag of Germany Pierre Kaffer Flag of Germany Audi Team Joest 44 +51.541s 1:22.093
18th 17 Flag of Greece Alexandros Margaritis Flag of Germany Mücke Motorsport 44 +1:04.353 1:22.010
Ret 2 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 32 Suspension 1:21.422
Ret 8 Flag of Finland Mika Häkkinen Flag of Germany Vodafone/SE AMG-Mercedes 8 Accident 1:22.897
Source:[6]
  • Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
  • Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.

Milestones[]

  • Maiden pole position for Tom Kristensen.
  • Fifth win for Gary Paffett.
  • HWA Team claimed their 46th win as an entrant.
    • AMG-Mercedes secured their 48th win as a manufacturer.
  • Maiden podium finish for Jamie Green.

Standings[]

Mattias Ekström had retained the lead in the Championship after his second, second place finish of the campaign, with those eight points just enough for him to retain the initiative. Indeed, race winner Gary Paffett, the first repeat winner of 2005, had closed to within a point of the defending Champion, while Tom Kristensen eight off in third. Mika Häkkinen, meanwhile, had lost a fair amount of ground in fourth ahead of Jean Alesi, while Bernd Schneider had moved up to be the best placed German driver, albeit down in seventh.

In the Teams' Championship DC Bank AMG-Mercedes had inched away atop the table, the German squad having moved onto 51 points for the season. Audi Team Abt Sportsline had remained as their closest challengers, but slipped thirteen behind, while their sister squad Audi Team Abt were in third, twenty off the lead. In the Manufacturers' Championship AMG-Mercedes retained the lead, and had increased their advantage to ten points.

 
2005 Drivers' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström 35 ◄0
2nd Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett 34 ◄0
3rd Flag of Denmark Tom Kristensen 26 ◄0
4th Flag of Finland Mika Häkkinen 17 ◄0
5th Flag of France Jean Alesi 17 ◄0
6th Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green 13 ▲1
7th Flag of Germany Bernd Schneider 11 ▲2
8th Flag of Germany Christian Abt 8 ▼2
9th Flag of Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen 6 ▼1
10th Flag of Switzerland Marcel Fässler 5 ◄0
11th Flag of Scotland Allan McNish 5 ▲5
12th Flag of Germany Pierre Kaffer 4 ▼1
13th Flag of Germany Frank Stippler 4 ▼1
14th Flag of France Laurent Aïello 4 ▲1
15th Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk 3 ▼2
16th Flag of Germany Stefan Mücke 3 ▼2
2005 Teams' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany DC Bank AMG-Mercedes 51 ◄0
2nd Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 38 ◄0
3rd Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 31 ◄0
4th Flag of Germany Vodafone/SE AMG-Mercedes 28 ◄0
5th Flag of Germany JG/Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes 13 ▲2
6th Flag of Germany Audi Team Joest Racing 12 ▼1
7th Flag of Germany GMAC/Stern Team OPC 11 ▼1
8th Flag of Germany Audi Team Joest 4 ◄0
9th Flag of Germany Team OPC 4 ▲1
10th Flag of Germany Mücke Motorsport 3 ▼1
2005 Manufacturers' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany AMG-Mercedes 95 ◄0
2nd Flag of Germany Audi 85 ◄0
3rd Flag of Germany Opel 15 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers are shown.

References[]

Images and Videos:

References:

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2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship
Manufacturers
AudiAMG-MercedesOpel
Car/engine
Audi A4 DTM 2005Audi 4.0l V8AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005AMG 4.0l V8Vectra GTS V8 2005Opel 4.0l V8
Teams
Audi Sport Team Abt SportslineAudi Sport Team AbtAudi Sport Team JoestAudi Sport Team Joest RacingDaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-MercedesGMAC/Stern Team OPCMücke MotorsportTeam OPCSalzgitter AMG-MercedesVodafone/Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes
Drivers
1 Mattias Ekström2 Martin Tomczyk3 Gary Paffett4 Jean Alesi5 Tom Kristensen6 Allan McNish7 Bernd Schneider8 Mika Häkkinen9 Marcel Fässler10 Heinz-Harald Frentzen11 Laurent Aïello12 Manuel Reuter14 Christian Abt15 Pierre Kaffer16 Stefan Mücke17 Alexandros Margaritis18 Rinaldo Capello19 Frank Stippler20 Bruno Spengler21 Jamie Green
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