2013 Hockenheim Opening Race

2013 Hockenheim Opening Race
The Grand Prix layout of the Hockenheimring
Race Information
Date	5 May 2013
No.	140
Event	DTM Hockenheim 2013
Location	Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Format	Championship Race
Lap length	4.574 km (2.842 mi)
Distance	42 laps / 192.108 km (119.370 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Timo Scheider
Team	Audi Sport Team Abt
Time	1:35.918
Fastest Lap
Driver	Augusto Farfus
Team	BMW Team RBM
Time	1:34.504 on lap 24
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Augusto Farfus	Dirk Werner	Christian Vietoris
Winner Team	BMW Team RBM
Time	Unknown
Race Guide
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The 2013 Hockenheim Opening Race, formally known as the DTM Hockenheim Opening 2013, was the opening round of the 2013 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on 5 May 2013. The race was the first since 1990 to start with a BMW driver starting as the reigning Champion, with Bruno Spengler wielding #1 on his car.

A busy winter ahead of the new season had seen several changes to the driver lineups, with Mercedes in particular losing a handful of drivers. Indeed, David Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher had retired from active racing, Susie Stoddart left to claim a test-seat at Williams, while Jamie Green had departed to join Audi. In their place the Mercedes effort was scaled down with Persson Motorsport ending their entry, while they also promoted Junior Team drivers Daniel Juncadella and Pascal Wehrlein into the Championship.

Elsewhere, BMW had added a new team to their entry, with Team MTEK joining the series to field Formula One refugee Timo Glock as well as their former reserve Marco Wittmann. Audi, in contrast, had a fairly quiet winter, with Green joining in place of Rahel Frey, whom had left to enter their various GT programmes.

Elsewhere, there had been numerous rulebook changes over the winter, with the introduction of DRS as well as the compulsory use of soft Hankook tyres, both adapted from Formula One. There would also be a 10 kg increase in the minimum weight to 1,110 kg, while there were also slightly increased restrictions on aerodynamic devices.

Qualifying would see Timo Scheider sweep to pole position in the four-part session, beating Augusto Farfus in the four-car pole shootout. Christian Vietoris would secure third for Mercedes meaning all three manufacturers were in the top three, while Robert Wickens had his time redacted after being deemed to have left the track and gained an advantage.

The start of the race would see Scheider sweep into the lead ahead of Farfus, with the field settling in behind them without too much drama. Behind, Spengler was a star of the start as he streaked from seventh to fifth, while Vietoris tumbled back to eleventh.

The order quickly settled, with Scheider and Farfus breaking clear, while Spengler eventually managed to elbow his way up to third with an aggressive lunge on compatriot Wickens. However, just as the order stabilised the order would be thrown into the air, as Adrien Tambay came to a stop in a dangerous position on lap four.

As a result the Safety Car was called upon on lap five, prompting all of the leaders bar Scheider to sweep into the pits, for there was no pit-window. As a result Scheider would drop out of contention when he served his stop a lap later, rejoining at the back of the top ten as debutante Wehrlein assumed the lead.

Wehrlein aced the restart to secure a lead, with stablemates Juncadella and Gary Paffett chasing him away as they attempted to build enough of a margin over their pursuers to remain in contention. However, that plan would falter as they failed to escape on the "option" tyres, and hence all three would shuffle back into the midfield after serving their stops mid-race.

That left Farfus at the head of the field, while Dirk Werner was a surprise second ahead of a recovering Vietoris. Spengler, meanwhile, was fighting with Scheider over fourth with Paffett hunting them down, while Mattias Ekström and Edoardo Mortara hit each-other in the stadium section and were forced to retire.

With that the race was run, with Farfus cruising to the chequered flag to secure his second victory, three seconds clear of Werner. Vietoris was next up to secure his maiden podium, while Paffett managed to charge past Spengler and Scheider late on to grab fourth. Joey Hand, Mike Rockenfeller, debutante Wittmann and Roberto Merhi would complete the scorers.

Background

Excitement was building ahead of the fourteenth DTM Championship since its reincarnation, with many tipping BMW to retain their 2012 crowns. Their success had seen them build two more BMW M3 DTMs for the new season, while retaining all six of their original drivers. Joining their roster were their main test driver Marco Wittmann, whose testing record meant he had earned a drive in the series, and ex-Formula One racer Timo Glock, with both joining the new BMW Team MTEK outfit.

Mercedes, meanwhile, opted to down scale their involvement in the Championship, having lost customer team Persson Motorsport over the winter. They were left to fight 2013 with six cars, and only one old hand in Gary Paffett, having seen four experienced drivers leave the Stuttgart outfit. They lost Ralf Schumacher, Susie Wolff and David Coulthard, all of whom left the series, while Jamie Green joined bitter rivals Audi after eight seasons with the three pointed star.

Green, for his part, filled the only vacant seat at Audi, who fielded seven of their 2012 drivers, having seen Rahel Frey move to their Endurance Programme. That left two unfilled seats with Mücke Motorsport and Mercedes, with the Schumacher advised outfit signing two promising youngsters. Formula 3 Euro Series Champion Daniel Juncadella joined the team in February, before being joined by title rival Pascal Wehrlein, who at the age of 18 years and 118 days would start the first race of 2013 as the youngest ever DTM driver.

Away from the driver changes, there were also big changes for the series, announced and tested by the DMSB over the winter. Adopted from F1, the Drag Reduction System was implemented in the DTM for the first time at Hockenheim, with drivers allowed to use it in a designated zone when they were within two seconds of the car ahead. The DRS system allowed an increased top speed of around 5 km/h by tipping the rear wing by 15°.

Another change was the introduction of Hankook as the official tyre supplier for the Championship, which was thought to have improved lap times by a second. Their adoption also included another F1 innovation, with the use of softer, "option" tyres compulsory during each race. The soft tyres were up to three seconds a lap faster, but at the cost higher degradation in race conditions, while also having their running time limited to half the race distance.

Several minor changes also saw a slight minimum weight increase to 1,100 kg, designed to counter the ever improving aerodynamic innovations. The pit window was also effectively scrapped in 2013, with cars now able to stop at any time bar the first and final three laps. Only one compulsory stop was required from each driver, allowing more focus on the racing.

Entry List

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

2013 Hockenheim Opening 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

A wet Saturday afternoon at the Hockenheimring played host to the first DTM qualifying session of the season, although the track temperature started at 30°C. The rain, however, faded as qualifying approached and allowed the times to fall consistently throughout the session.

Q1

Augusto Farfus graced the circuit first as the first session went green, with all 22 drivers setting times early on. Farfus emerged as the fastest after the opening bout, while Roberto Merhi slid wide in the Motodrom section, damaging the rear right bodywork of his Mercedes. At the half-way point of the 15 minute session, Mattias Ekström led the field, just edging out Farfus as the rain stopped completely.

The second half of the session saw top spot switch almost every time a driver completed a lap, meaning that the last man across the line would ultimately get the best lap from the session. That man proved to be Farfus, as he swept across the line to set the fastest time of the session with the last lap of Q1, as six drivers dropped out. Out were Andy Priaulx, Marco Wittmann and Dirk Werner (BMW), Miguel Molina and Edoardo Mortara (Audi), and the damaged car of Merhi.

Q2

The 11 minute second session opened with Farfus once again leaving the pits first, immediately setting the fastest lap of the entire qualifying session to that point. Much like the first session, almost every lap saw a new face at the top of the standings, leaving Pascal Wehrlein to complete his last lap to set the fastest time so far.

Eight drivers were put out of qualifying at this stage, from Daniel Juncadella in ninth through to Filipe Albuquerque in sixteenth. Joining them were Joey Hand, Martin Tomczyk and Timo Glock (all BMW) and a trio of Audis in Jamie Green, Adrien Tambay and Mike Rockenfeller.

Q3

Like Q2, Q3 would last for 11 minutes, with the best four cars heading through to the Shootout for Pole Position. Gary Paffett beat Farfus out of the pitlane to set the first time of the session, as times tumbled from Q2, with all of the drivers finding seven seconds or more on their previous attempts. Out went Mattias Ekström, Paffett, defending Champion Bruno Spengler and Q2 pace setter Wehrlein, as four went through to fight for pole.

Pole Shootout

The Pole Shootout followed a different format, with each driver getting one shot at an empty track to set the fastest possible time they could. Robert Wickens went first, only to have his time ruled out for leaving the track, although his time was immediately beaten by Farfus. Out next was Timo Scheider, who found a tenth on Farfus to top the session, leaving Christian Vietoris as the only man who could beat him. Unfortunately for the Mercedes Junior Driver, a small mistake early in his lap cost him time to leave him as the best Mercedes driver in third, with former double Champion Scheider on pole.

Post-Qualifying

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

2013 Hockenheim Opening Race Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1st	23	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Abt		5th	1:49.601		8th	1:48.666		2nd	1:39.411		1st	1:35.918	1
2nd	7	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM		1st	1:49.136		2nd	1:48.313		3rd	1:39.570		2nd	1:36.034	2
3rd	9	Christian Vietoris	STIHL/AMG Mercedes		3rd	1:49.368		4th	1:48.383		1st	1:39.376		3rd	1:36.194	3
4th*	10	Robert Wickens	STIHL/AMG Mercedes		11th	1:49.836		3rd	1:48.317		4th	1:39.694		NC	—	5*
5th	11	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline		7th	1:49.672		5th	1:48.533		5th	1:40.005				4
6th	3	Gary Paffett	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG		6th	1:49.602		7th	1:48.610		6th	1:40.496				6
7th	1	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team Schnitzer		14th	1:49.971		6th	1:48.575		7th	1:41.184				7
8th	18	Pascal Wehrlein	Stern/AMG Mercedes		2nd	1:49.300		1st	1:47.890		8th	1:41.337				8
9th	17	Daniel Juncadella	Stern/AMG Mercedes		16th	1:50.036		9th	1:48.682		9th	1:41.637				9
10th	8	Joey Hand	BMW Team RBM		4th	1:49.550		10th	1:48.846		10th	1:43.775				10
11th	15	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team RMG		9th	1:49.695		11th	1:48.947							11
12th	12	Jamie Green	Audi Team Abt Sportsline		12th	1:49.842		12th	1:49.129							12
13th	24	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Abt		8th	1:49.694		13th	1:49.136							13
14th	19	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix		13th	1:49.892		14th	1:49.366							14
15th	22	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK		15th	1:49.992		15th	1:49.842							15
16th	6	Filipe Albuquerque	Audi Team Rosberg		10th	1:49.798		16th	1:50.296							16
17th	16	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RMG		17th	1:50.190										17
18th	20	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Phoenix		18th	1:50.399										18
19th	5	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Rosberg		19th	1:50.416										19
20th†	4	Roberto Merhi	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG		20th	1:50.810										21†
21st†	21	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team MTEK		21st	1:50.871										22†
22nd	2	Dirk Werner	BMW Team Schnitzer		22nd	1:50.926										20
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• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
• * Wickens had his time from the shoot out session excluded, meaning he would start below Ekstrom.
• † Merhi and Wittmann were penalised ten places each after qualifying for a breach of parc-fermé regulations.

Grid

The starting grid for the 2013 Hockenheim Opening Race in shown below:

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

Race

Dry and relatively warm, Sunday afternoon promised much excitement as the DTM grid formed for the first race of the new season. 87,000 people were sat around the Hockenheimring awaiting the new season, along with the new innovations of DRS and the "option" tyre rule, both of which were debuting in Hockenheim. Drivers had to nominate a start tyre compound after qualifying, and had to swap to the opposite compound during one of their mandatory pitstops.

Report

A clean start for Timo Scheider saw him pull clear of Augusto Farfus into the first corner, as Gary Paffett made it three abrest with Mattias Ekström and Christian Vietoris. Joey Hand sent cars scattering across the track in the midfield after having an issue at the start, leaving him to fall to the very back of the field, although it was lucky his non-moving car was not collected by those behind. Miguel Molina picked up minor damage further round the opening lap, as Scheider settled into the lead of the race, ahead of Farfus and Robert Wickens.

Lap two saw the "prime" shod cars begin to slip down the order, Paffett the best placed of those drivers in sixth for the time being. Martin Tomczyk was one of those on the move, pouncing on Ekstrom into the hairpin with his superior grip, only to be pulled back by the DMSB a lap later. Tomczyk and Adrien Tambay were both deemed to have jumped the start, meaning they would have to serve drive-through penalties, meaning both fell to the back of the field, as Scheider and Farfus pulled a small gap in their fight for the lead.

DRS became active on lap four as Marco Wittmann and Filipe Albuquerque completed their first stops. On track, meanwhile, there was movement at the front as Bruno Spengler passed Wickens through the Parabolika to take third, becoming the first man in DTM history to complete a DRS assisted pass. Pascal Wehrlein was also shifting, using his soft tyres and the new DRS system to climb into the top five on his debut, with Paffett still sat in sixth despite using harder tyres.

Farfus and Scheider, meanwhile, were getting ever closer and by lap five the Brazilian forced his way into the lead, darting on the brakes a fraction later than the German into the hairpin. Moments later the car of Adrien Tambay burst into flames coming into the stadium section, the Frenchman quickly finding a marshal's post and pulling his car off the circuit. Wickens, then, suffered a failure coming down to the hairpin, his engine cutting out and putting him out of the race. That left the Canadian stranded on the outside of the hairpin, and with Tambay's car still smouldering at the edge of the circuit, the safety car was called five laps into the new season.

Organised chaos hit the pit lane as all bar two of the top ten entered the pits for the first time, Scheider and Wehrlein opting to stay out. Scheider swept in a lap later leaving Wehrlein in the lead of his first DTM race, albeit under the safety car. After the stops, Wehrlein led from Farfus, Timo Glock and Daniel Juncadella, although the latter two, like Wehrlein, had not stopped during the safety car period.

Racing resumed on lap ten, with Albuquerque slapped with a penalty for speeding in the pits. Contact further back, meanwhile, dislodged the bonnet of Ekstrom's car, leaving it to fly off the car through Parabolika. Shortly afterwards, the Swede made a mistake into the Mercedes section, lacking the front downforce provided by the aero trim on the front of the car, meaning he slid into the back of Edoardo Mortara, pushing his stablemate into a spin. That put Ekstrom under investigation, as he brought his car into the pits for a new set of front bodywork.

Constant chopping and changing of the order followed the restart, with Glock running wide through the Sachskurve to drop from third to seventh, the German stopping a lap later. That would also prove costly for him, as the rear right wheel freshly fitted to his car came off at turn two, putting him out of his debut race. Wittmann and Roberto Merhi were working through the back of the field together as Glock's dramas went on, claiming four places between them in the space of two laps, as Wehrlein led from Juncadella, whom had forced his way past Farfus just after Glock's excursion.

Paffett and Vietoris were the next drivers to move up the order, both making their way past Farfus to make it a Mercedes 1-2-3-4 at the halfway mark. Mortara dragged his car into the pits to retire at that point, numerous clashes causing an ever increasing amount of damage to his car. This point signalled the start of a new wave of stops, the majority of the field trickling in for their second stops to attack the final half of the race. Wehrlein and Juncadella also stopped during this time, as the order shifted once again.

Dirk Werner had started at the back of the field, but as chaos emerged ahead of him the German had quietly risen to sixteenth in the opening stages. A well timed stop as the rest of the field completed their second stops left him running in a clear second place, running just behind Vietoris for the lead. Just before Werner launched his bid for the lead, Ekstrom's race ended with the Swede hitting the barrier all on his own.

Werner made a clean move past Vietoris for the lead into the hairpin with the youngster stopping that lap. Werner now led with nine laps to go, but had to make a second stop and was the only man in the top ten who needed to do so. Farfus sat in second and seemed favourite to win the race, the main question being where Werner would emerge after his stop, be it in second or further back in the gaggle of cars separated by five seconds.

All was told with four laps to go, Werner swinging into the pits as Farfus darted into the lead. A good stop saw the German spat back into the race ahead of Paffett and Vietoris, with the latter quickly making a move on the Brit for third. Werner set off after Farfus for the lead, but the Brazilian had time on his side, while, further back, Jamie Green was forced to complete a drive through penalty.

Time would ultimately run out for Werner, however, leaving Farfus to sweep home to his second DTM victory, ahead of a visibly delighted Werner. Vietoris fended off a late challenge from Paffett to secure third, leaving Scheider in sixth as the best of the Audis and behind defending Champion Spengler.

Results

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

2013 Hockenheim Opening Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Time	Strat.	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	7	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	42	1:10:11.583	-	1:34.504	25
2nd	2	Dirk Werner	BMW Team Schnitzer	42	+3.692s	-	1:35.597	18
3rd	9	Christian Vietoris	STIHL/AMG Mercedes	42	+9.675s	-	1:35.925	15
4th	3	Gary Paffett	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG	42	+12.613s	-	1:35.420	12
5th	1	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team Schnitzer	42	+13.212s	-	1:35.144	10
6th	23	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Abt	42	+13.753s	-	1:35.137	8
7th	8	Joey Hand	BMW Team RBM	42	+14.100s	-	1:34.541	6
8th	19	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	42	+14.477s	-	1:35.696	4
9th	21	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team MTEK	42	+17.894s	-	1:35.647	2
10th	4	Roberto Merhi	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG	42	+19.537s	-	1:35.315	1
11th	18	Pascal Wehrlein	Stern/AMG Mercedes	42	+20.902s	-	1:35.440
12th	17	Daniel Juncadella	Stern/AMG Mercedes	42	+26.169s	-	1:35.947
13th	15	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team RMG	42	+30.904s	-	1:35.903
14th	12	Jamie Green	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	42	+41.166s	-	1:35.881
15th	20	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Phoenix	42	+43.535s	-	1:36.450
16th	6	Filipe Albuquerque	Audi Team Rosberg	42	+54.077s	-	1:35.701
17th	16	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RMG	40	+2 Laps	-	1:36.958
Ret	11	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	28	Retired	-	1:37.254
Ret	5	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Rosberg	21	Damage	-	1:36.818
Ret	22	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK	17	Wheel	-	1:35.510
Ret	10	Robert Wickens	STIHL/AMG Mercedes	5	Engine	-	1:35.183
Ret	24	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Abt	4	Engine	-	1:37.421
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.

Milestones

• Début race for Timo Glock, Daniel Juncadella, Pascal Wehrlein, and Marco Wittmann.
• Second career victory for Augusto Farfus.
• First and only podium for Dirk Werner.
• Maiden podium finish for Wittmann

Standings

Brazilian Augusto Farfus' second career win meant he left the opening round of the 2013 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship as the leader, ahead of a surprise Dirk Werner. Christian Vietoris' best ever finish also meant he was in a shock top three slot, while Timo Scheider led the Audi charge from sixth. Despite the fact the Championship was but one race old, many were tipping BMW to go on to complete another clean sweep.

The Teams' Championship left Hockenheim with BMW Team RBM in the lead, Farfus' win and Joey Hand's points finish meaning they were ahead of BMW Team Schnitzer. Next up were the two HWA Team outfits, before the first of the Audi equipped teams in Audi Team Abt. It was a similar story in the Brands' Championship, as BMW built an early lead over Mercedes, leaving Audi in third.

 

2013 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Augusto Farfus 25 ◄0 2nd Dirk Werner 18 ◄0 3rd Christian Vietoris 15 ◄0 4th Gary Paffett 12 ◄0 5th Bruno Spengler 10 ◄0 6th Timo Scheider 8 ◄0 7th Joey Hand 6 ◄0 8th Mike Rockenfeller 4 ◄0 9th Marco Wittmann 2 ◄0 10th Roberto Merhi 1 ◄0

2013 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st BMW Team RBM 31 ◄0 2nd BMW Team Schnitzer 28 ◄0 3rd STIHL/AMG Mercedes 15 ◄0 4th Eur/TS Mercedes AMG 13 ◄0 5th Audi Team Abt 8 ◄0 6th Audi Team Phoenix 4 ◄0 7th BMW Team MTEK 2 ◄0 2013 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st BMW 52 ◄0 2nd Mercedes 27 ◄0 3rd Audi 22 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

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