2013 Hockenheim Finale Race

2013 Hockenheim Finale Race
The Hockenheimring was unchanged for the 2013 Finale.
Race Information
Date	20 October 2013
No.	149
Event	DTM Hockenheim Finale 2013
Location	Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Format	Championship Race
Lap length	4.574 km (2.842 mi)
Distance	41 laps / 187.534 km (116.528 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Bruno Spengler
Team	BMW Team Schnitzer
Time	1:33.443
Fastest Lap
Driver	Christian Vietoris
Team	STIHL/AMG Mercedes
Time	1:46.908 on lap 39
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Timo Glock	Roberto Merhi	Bruno Spengler
Winner Team	BMW Team MTEK
Time	1:16:44.053
Race Guide
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The 2013 Hockenheim Finale Race, otherwise known as the DTM Hockenheim Finale 2013 Race, was the tenth and final round of the 2013 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on 20 October 2013. The race would see Timo Glock collect his maiden DTM victory, as BMW and Audi fought for the honours in the Teams and Manufacturers' Championships.

Indeed, there was no more fighting to be had in the Drivers' Championship, for Mike Rockenfeller had claimed the crown a race early in Zandvoort. Instead, his team, Audi Sport Team Phoenix would fight with BMW Team RBM and STIHL/AMG Mercedes, for the honours in the Teams' Championship, while BMW and Audi would complete a final duel for the Manufacturers' honours.

BMW gained the initiative by dominating qualifying, as out-going Champion Bruno Spengler swept to pole position ahead of teammate Dirk Werner. Indeed, the Bavarian marque would lock-out the shootout as Andy Priaulx and Glock shared the second row, leaving Miguel Molina as the best Audi pilot in fifth, while Robert Wickens claimed a lowly thirteenth to lead the Mercedes challenge.

Rain would sweep across Hockenheim on Sunday morning, resulting in a soaking track for the final race of the season, and hence mean everyone would start on wet tyres. The start of the race itself proved fairly tame, with Spengler easing into the lead ahead of a fast starting Priaulx, while Glock slipped to ninth.

There was, however, more drama further around the opening tour, with Augusto Farfus getting spun around in the middle of the pack at turn two by Glock, before Filipe Albuquerque was punted out at Mercedes. Out front, meanwhile, Spengler would dance away from Priaulx to establish a lead, while Roberto Merhi was penalised for jumping the start.

The early stages would see Spengler open out a five second lead, while Glock began to slowly climb up the field. Behind there would be very few early pit callers for fresh tyres due to the conditions, with the majority waiting to see how the track evolved before making either of the compulsory stops.

Glock would eventually move into second as the rain drifted away, before inheriting the lead when Spengler made his stop after lap fourteen. However, Glock was to show stunning pace on his worn tyres, with himself, Mattias Ekström, Daniel Juncadella and Merhi all going beyond half-distance on their starting set of tyres.

Juncadella and Ekström would collide shortly after half-distance when the Spaniard locked up while lunging at the Swede at the hairpin, earning him a drive-through penalty. Merhi sneaked past the pair of them before hunting down Glock, and would subsequently emerge ahead of the German racer by pitting two laps earlier than the #22 BMW.

By that stage several drivers, led by Martin Tomczyk, had gambled on slicks, although it soon became clear that they could only match the pace of those on wets when they took big riskts. As a result the majority of the field would take on a third set of wets when they made their seconds stops, with Tomczyk himself stopping for a third time to return to wets.

Out front, meanwhile, Merhi was unable to escape from Glock, and duly lost out to the German racer once the #22 BMW's tyres were up to temperature. With that the race was over, with Glock easing away from Merhi either side of their second stops, while Spengler and Ekström scrapped for third.

With conditions poor at best the race would become a timed event, with the chequered flag emerging a lap earlier than planned due to reaching the 1:15:00.000 time limit. Glock duly swept across the line to secure his maiden victory ahead of Merhi, while Spengler's third place ahead of Ekström ensured that BMW claimed the Manufacturers' honours ahead of Audi. Fifth for Molina likewise ensured that Audi Sport Team Phoenix secured the Teams' Championship, with the remaining points awarded to Priaulx, Christian Vietoris, Werner, Gary Paffett and Juncadella.

Background

Ahead of the 2013 season finale the DMSB announced the calendar for the 2014 season, which featured ten rounds akin to the 2013 calendar. However, there would be major changes, with the additions of the Hungaroring on 1 June 2014, as well as a planned return to China as the penultimate round. Those rounds replaced trips to Brands Hatch in the UK and the Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands, with the races at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Norisring, Red Bull Ring, Nürburgring and Lausitzring retained. Likewise, Hockenheim would bookend the season as usual, with the opening round scheduled for 4 May while the finale was to be held on 19 October.

Marque Muscles

The 2013 DTM Championship was over with a race to go, as Mike Rockenfeller had reached an unassailable tally of 142 points after nine rounds of the season. Augusto Farfus would hence have to settle for second, heading to Hockenheim 26 points behind but with a 45 point advantage over Christian Vietoris. Robert Wickens was next up in fourth ahead of Bruno Spengler and Gary Paffett, with all 22 drivers having scored.

In the Teams' Championship there would be three teams still in the fight ahead of the finale, as Audi Team Phoenix hit the head of the field. The Nürburgring based squad would arrive in Hockenheim with a three point lead over BMW Team RBM, while former leaders STIHL/AMG Mercedes had slipped ten off the lead in third. Elsewhere, Audi had moved to the top of the Manufacturers' Championship with one race to go, and would head to Hockenheim with an eight point advantage over BMW.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2013 Hockenheim Finale Race is displayed below:

2013 Hockenheim Finale Race Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Livery
1	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW	M3 DTM 12	File:SPE 13 Livery.png
2	Dirk Werner	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW	M3 DTM 12	File:WER 13 Livery.png
3	Gary Paffett	Euronics/Thomas Sabo Mercedes AMG	AMG Mercedes	C-Coupé 12	File:PAF 13 Livery.png
4	Roberto Merhi	Euronics/Thomas Sabo Mercedes AMG	AMG Mercedes	C-Coupé 12	File:MEH 13 Livery.png
5	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM 12	File:MOR 13 Livery.png
6	Filipe Albuquerque	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM 12	File:ALB 13 Livery.png
7	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M3 DTM 12	File:FAR 13 Livery.png
8	Joey Hand	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M3 DTM 12	File:WER 13 Livery.png
9	Christian Vietoris	STIHL/AMG Mercedes	AMG Mercedes	C-Coupé 12	File:VIE 13 Livery.png
10	Robert Wickens	STIHL/AMG Mercedes	AMG Mercedes	C-Coupé 12	File:WIC 13 Livery.png
11	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 DTM 12	File:EKS 13 Livery.png
12	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 DTM 12	File:GRE 13 Livery.png
15	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M3 DTM 12	File:TOM 13 Livery.png
16	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M3 DTM 12	File:PRI 13 Livery.png
17	Daniel Juncadella	Stern/AMG Mercedes	AMG Mercedes	C-Coupé 12	File:JUN 13 Livery.png
18	Vitaly Petrov	Stern/AMG Mercedes	AMG Mercedes	C-Coupé 12	File:PET 13 Livery.png
19	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 DTM 12	File:ROC 13 Livery.png
20	Miguel Molina	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 DTM 12	File:MOL 13 Livery.png
21	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team MTEK	BMW	M3 DTM 12	File:WIT 13 Livery.png
22	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK	BMW	M3 DTM 12	File:GLO 13 Livery.png
23	Timo Scheider	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	RS5 DTM 12	File:TSC 13 Livery.png
24	Adrien Tambay	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	RS5 DTM 12	File:TAM 13 Livery.png
Source:

Qualifying

Results

The final qualifying result for the 2013 Hockenheim Finale Race are outlined below:

2013 Hockenheim Finale Race Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1st	1	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team Schnitzer		2nd	1:33.518		2nd	1:33.305		2nd	1:33.468		1st	1:33.443	1
2nd	2	Dirk Werner	BMW Team Schnitzer		3rd	1:33.593		8th	1:33.450		3rd	1:33.481		2nd	1:33.746	2
3rd	16	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RMG		11th	1:33.851		6th	1:33.408		4th	1:33.561		3rd	1:34.081	3
4th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK		16th	1:33.950		4th	1:33.325		1st	1:33.453		NC	—	4
5th	20	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Phoenix		15th	1:33.917		9th	1:33.504		5th	1:33.572				5
6th	21	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team MTEK		4th	1:33.611		5th	1:33.388		6th	1:33.575				6
7th	11	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline		10th	1:33.841		1st	1:33.294		7th	1:33.706				7
8th	24	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Abt		1st	1:33.509		3rd	1:33.306		8th	1:33.717				8
9th	19	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix		12th	1:33.878		10th	1:33.542		9th	1:33.748				9
10th	7	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM		13th	1:33.891		7th	1:33.437		10th	1:34.247				10
11th	15	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team RMG		9th	1:33.823		11th	1:33.594							11
12th	23	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Abt		5th	1:33.702		12th	1:33.600							12
13th	10	Robert Wickens	STIHL/AMG Mercedes		8th	1:33.775		13th	1:33.719							13
14th	6	Filipe Albuquerque	Audi Team Rosberg		14th	1:33.915		14th	1:33.784							14
15th	18	Pascal Wehrlein	Stern/AMG Mercedes		6th	1:33.748		15th	1:33.839							15
16th	3	Gary Paffett	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG		7th	1:33.772		16th	1:33.899							16
17th	17	Daniel Juncadella	Stern/AMG Mercedes		17th	1:33.963										17
18th	5	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Rosberg		18th	1:34.097										18
19th	12	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Abt		19th	1:34.162										19
20th	9	Christian Vietoris	STIHL/AMG Mercedes		20th	1:34.170										20
21st	4	Roberto Merhi	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG		21st	1:34.308										21
22nd	8	Joey Hand	BMW Team RBM		22nd	1:34.389										22
107% Time: 1:40.054
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Bruno Spengler	2
	______________	Dirk Werner
Row 2	3	______________
	Andy Priaulx	4
	______________	Timo Glock
Row 3	5	______________
	Miguel Molina	6
	______________	Marco Wittmann
Row 4	7	______________
	Mattias Ekström	8
	______________	Adrien Tambay
Row 5	9	______________
	Mike Rockenfeller	10
	______________	Augusto Farfus
Row 6	11	______________
	Martin Tomczyk	12
	______________	Timo Scheider
Row 7	13	______________
	Robert Wickens	14
	______________	Filipe Albuquerque
Row 8	15	______________
	Pascal Wehrlein	16
	______________	Gary Paffett
Row 9	17	______________
	Daniel Juncadella	18
	______________	Edoardo Mortara
Row 10	19	______________
	Jamie Green	20
	______________	Christian Vietoris
Row 11	21	______________
	Roberto Merhi	22
	______________	Joey Hand

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2013 Hockenheim Finale Race is displayed below:

2013 Hockenheim Finale Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps*	Time	Strat.	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	22	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK	41	1:16:44.053	--	1:48.171	25
2nd	4	Roberto Merhi	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG	41	+2.787s	--	1:47.376	18
3rd	1	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team Schnitzer	41	+10.120s	--	1:48.207	15
4th	11	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	41	+11.365s	--	1:47.995	12
5th	20	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Phoenix	41	+15.619s	--	1:47.918	10
6th	16	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RMG	41	+20.922s	--	1:47.646	8
7th	9	Christian Vietoris	STIHL/AMG Mercedes	41	+30.466s	--	1:46.908	6
8th	2	Dirk Werner	BMW Team Schnitzer	41	+31.276s	--	1:47.342	4
9th	3	Gary Paffett	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG	41	+37.027s	--	1:47.521	2
10th	17	Daniel Juncadella	Stern/AMG Mercedes	41	+37.246s	--	1:49.479	1
11th	7	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	41	+44.516s	--	1:48.781
12th	12	Jamie Green	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	41	+44.811s	--	1:48.573
13th	23	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Abt	41	+45.503s	--	1:49.377
14th	24	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Abt	41	+48.966s	--	1:48.136
15th	5	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Rosberg	41	+1:06.528	--	1:49.807
16th	19	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	41	+1:14.060	--	1:51.029
17th	18	Pascal Wehrlein	Stern/AMG Mercedes	41	+1:19.961	--	1:50.157
18th	10	Robert Wickens	STIHL/AMG Mercedes	41	+1:34.478	--	1:49.272
19th	15	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team RMG	41	+1:59.697	---	1:48.630
20th	8	Joey Hand	BMW Team RBM	40	+1 Lap	--	1:49.897
DSQ*	21	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team MTEK	37	Disqualified	--	1:50.471
Ret	6	Filipe Albuquerque	Audi Team Rosberg	1	Collision		—
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
• * The race was originally set to last for 42 laps but was reduced due reaching the 1:15:00.000 time limit.
• ^† Wittmann was disqualified for .

Milestones

• Audi Sport Team Phoenix declared as the 2013 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship for Teams Champions.
  • This was Phoenix Racing's maiden DTM title.
• BMW declared as the 2013 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship for Manufacturers Champions.
  • This was the Bavarian marque's second Manufacturers' title in succession.
• Filipe Albuquerque made his 30th and final championship race start.
• Twentieth and final championship race for Roberto Merhi, Andy Priaulx and Dirk Werner.
• Maiden victory for Timo Glock.
• Merhi secured his first and only podium finish.

Standings

Mike Rockenfeller ended the 2013 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship as the Champion, having claimed 142 points in ten rounds. Augusto Farfus finished as runner-up on 116, while Bruno Spengler sat in third on 82 points. Christian Vietoris and Robert Wickens then completed the top five, with all 22 drivers having scored across the 2013 season.

Audi Team Phoenix were declared as the Teams' Champions on the final day of the season, ending the campaign with 161 points to their credit. BMW Team RBM would finish as runners up in second, just a single point ahead of STIHL/AMG Mercedes in third. BMW, meanwhile, were declared as the Manufacturers' Champions at the finale, having overhauled Audi on the final day to beat the Ingolstadt squad by 22 points.

2013 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mike Rockenfeller 142 ◄0 2nd Augusto Farfus 116 ◄0 3rd Bruno Spengler 82 ▲2 4th Christian Vietoris 77 ▼1 5th Robert Wickens 70 ▼1 6th Gary Paffett 69 ◄0 7th Mattias Ekström 68 ◄0 8th Marco Wittmann 49 ◄0 9th Timo Glock 40 ▲7 10th Timo Scheider 37 ▼1 11th Jamie Green 35 ▼1 12th Joey Hand 32 ▼1 13th Dirk Werner 30 ◄0 14th Adrien Tambay 30 ▼2 15th Roberto Merhi 26 ▲4 16th Daniel Juncadella 21 ▼2 17th Miguel Molina 19 ▲1 18th Filipe Albuquerque 16 ▼3 19th Martin Tomczyk 10 ▼2 20th Andy Priaulx 10 ▲2 21st Edoardo Mortara 3 ▼1 22nd Pascal Wehrlein 3 ▼1

2013 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Phoenix 161 ◄0 2nd BMW Team RBM 148 ◄0 3rd STIHL/AMG Mercedes 147 ◄0 4th BMW Team Schnitzer 112 ◄0 5th Audi Team Abt Sportsline 103 ◄0 6th Eur/TS Mercedes AMG 95 ◄0 7th BMW Team MTEK 89 ▲1 8th Audi Team Abt 67 ▼1 9th Stern/AMG Mercedes 24 ◄0 10th BMW Team RMG 20 ▲1 11th Audi Team Rosberg 19 ▼1 2013 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st BMW 369 ▲1 2nd Audi 347 ▼1 3rd Mercedes 266 ◄0

References

Images and Videos:

• Liveries: byggxx, 'Rennwagen (2013)', dtm.fandom.com/de, (DTM Wiki/de, 2015), https://dtm.fandom.com/de/wiki/Kategorie:Rennwagen_(2013), (Accessed 29/05/2020)

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