2013 Oschersleben Race

2013 Oschersleben Race
File:Oschersleben 2007.png The Oschersleben circuit was unchanged in 2013
Race Information
Date	15 September 2013
No.	147
Event	DTM Oschersleben 2013
Location	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Format	Championship Race
Lap length	3.696 km (2.297 mi)
Distance	51 laps / 188.496 km (117.126 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Bruno Spengler
Team	BMW Team Schnitzer
Time	1:20.140
Fastest Lap
Driver	Joey Hand
Team	BMW Team RBM
Time	1:21.255 on lap 14
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Augusto Farfus	Mike Rockenfeller	Jamie Green
Winner Team	BMW Team RBM
Time	1:11:40.894
Race Guide
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The 2013 Oschersleben Race, otherwise known as the DTM Oschersleben 2013 Race, was the eighth round of the 2013 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany on 15 September 2013. The race would see Augusto Farfus claim victory in dominant fashion, as Mike Rockenfeller inched closer to the title.

Qualifying had seen Bruno Spengler claim pole position, although the Canadian racer was subsequently hit with a five place grid penalty for using an incorrect tyre allocation. Jamie Green would hence start the race from pole ahead of Farfus, Rockenfeller would start from third, while Gary Paffett was the best Mercedes pilot in seventh.

The start of the race saw Farfus make an excellent start, charging ahead of Green to secure the lead as Spengler streaked from sixth to third. Behind it was a clean start for the rest of the field, with Green just able to keep the Canadian at bay into the first corner.

The race quickly settled down, with Spengler easing away from Green, while Spengler harassed the Brit for second. Behind it was largely grid order with Mike Rockenfeller leading the charge, while Martin Tomczyk was penalised for jumping the lights.

Rockenfeller was the first driver to stop on lap three, and duly began lapping faster than Farfus, albeit by a small margin. A significant number of drivers would follow the German in to ditch the unfavoured prime tyres at the earliest moment, with the big loser being Robert Wickens as he slipped down the order.

Rockenfeller's quick pace would carry him past Green and Spengler when they made their stops, before Farfus stopped from the lead and emerged just ahead of the German racer. The pair lapped fairly closely for a few laps after that, before Farfus began to ease clear once again on fresher tyres.

Indeed, the gap between the duo would remain stable through the second round of stops, with Farfus maintaining a small margin. Behind, Wickens would make a strong climb up the order to challenge Spengler, only for the two Canadian's come together mid-race when the #10 Mercedes scraped inside the #1 BMW at turn one. Spengler retaliated and spun Wickens around in turn two, with both later retiring with damage from the contact.

With that the race was run, with Farfus cruising to the finish safely ahead of Rockenfeller to secure victory, and keep his slim title hopes alive.

Background

Mike Rockenfeller continued to extend his lead in the DTM Championship, as Bruno Spengler fell to fourth from second. Christian Vietoris and Robert Wickens leapt ahead of the Canadian as the two Mercedes Junior Drivers led the Mercedes challenge. Augusto Farfus moved to within a point of his stable mate Spengler, as Gary Paffett fell to sixth from third. Martin Tomczyk and Miguel Molina had become the latest men to add their name to the scorers list, leaving Filipe Albuquerque as the only non-scorer in the field.

HWA Team II extended their lead in the Teams' Championship, pulling over 30 points clear of Audi Team Phoenix in second. The first BMW backed team remained BMW Team Schnitzer, but BMW Team RBM had closed to within a point of them, as the top four broke away from the pack. BMW themselves remained at the top of the Brands' Championship, just staying ahead of Mercedes, as Audi lost ground again.

Entry List

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

2013 Oschersleben 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 Oschersleben Race are outlined below:

2013 Oschersleben 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		4th	1:20.513		6th	1:20.783		2nd	1:20.150		1st	1:20.140	6*
2nd	12	Jamie Green	Audi Team Abt Sportsline		9th	1:20.791		1st	1:20.525		4th	1:20.198		2nd	1:20.263	1
3rd	7	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM		3rd	1:20.510		4th	1:20.756		3rd	1:20.186		3rd	1:20.442	2
4th	19	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix		2nd	1:20.366		3rd	1:20.684		1st	1:20.129		4th	1:20.444	3
5th	2	Dirk Werner	BMW Team Schnitzer		7th	1:20.631		7th	1:20.874		5th	1:20.229				4
6th	6	Filipe Albuquerque	Audi Team Rosberg		8th	1:20.723		2nd	1:20.667		6th	1:20.306				5
7th	3	Gary Paffett	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG		6th	1:20.600		5th	1:20.780		7th	1:20.333				7
8th	20	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Phoenix		11th	1:20.863		9th	1:21.084		8th	1:20.371				8
9th	15	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team RMG		13th	1:20.913		10th	1:21.126		9th	1:20.467				9
10th	23	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Abt		10th	1:20.801		8th	1:20.980		10th	1:20.761				10
11th	24	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Abt		5th	1:20.567		11th	1:21.161							11
12th	10	Robert Wickens	STIHL/AMG Mercedes		14th	1:20.994		12th	1:21.185							12
13th	11	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline		15th	1:21.025		13th	1:21.277							13
14th	18	Pascal Wehrlein	Stern/AMG Mercedes		12th	1:20.893		14th	1:21.351							14
15th	21	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team MTEK		1st	1:20.254		15th	1:21.489							15
16th	22	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK		16th	1:21.038		16th	1:21.540							16
17th	5	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Rosberg		17th	1:21.077										17
18th	8	Joey Hand	BMW Team RBM		18th	1:21.173										18
19th	16	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RMG		19th	1:21.181										19
20th	17	Daniel Juncadella	Stern/AMG Mercedes		20th	1:21.258										20
21st	9	Christian Vietoris	STIHL/AMG Mercedes		21st	1:21.400										21
22nd	4	Roberto Merhi	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG		22nd	1:21.517										22
107% Time: 1:25.871
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
• * Spengler was awarded a five place grid penalty for using an incorrect tyre allocation during Q3.

Grid

The starting grid for the 2013 Oschersleben Race in shown below:

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

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2013 Oschersleben Race is displayed below:

2013 Oschersleben Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps*	Time	Strat.	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	7	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	51	1:11:40.894	--	1:21.375	25
2nd	19	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	51	+6.298s	--	1:21.560	18
3rd	12	Jamie Green	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	51	+6.912s	--	1:21.520	15
4th	6	Filipe Albuquerque	Audi Team Rosberg	51	+10.837s	--	1:21.842	12
5th	23	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Abt	51	+13.325s	--	1:21.500	10
6th	3	Gary Paffett	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG	51	+14.707s	--	1:21.666	8
7th	11	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	51	+21.980s	--	1:21.089	6
8th	20	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Phoenix	51	+22.692	--	1:21.635	4
9th	24	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Abt	51	+23.109s	--	1:21.678	2
10th	5	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Rosberg	51	+23.977s	--	1:22.260	1
11th	18	Pascal Wehrlein	Stern/AMG Mercedes	51	+24.136	--	1:21.375
12th	21	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team MTEK	51	+29.004s	--	1:21.980
13th	2	Dirk Werner	BMW Team Schnitzer	51	+36.997s	--	1:21.451
14th	4	Roberto Merhi	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG	51	+38.620s	--	1:22.036
15th	22	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK	51	+48.244s	--	1:21.544
16th	8	Joey Hand	BMW Team RBM	51	+48.756s	--	1:21.255
17th	17	Daniel Juncadella	Stern/AMG Mercedes	51	+49.751s	--	1:22.788
18th	9	Christian Vietoris	STIHL/AMG Mercedes	51	+58.626s	--	1:23.080
19th	16	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RMG	51	+1:10.973	--	1:22.917
20th	15	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team RMG	49	+2 Laps	--	1:21.818
Ret	1	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team Schnitzer	40	Damage	--	1:21.637
Ret	10	Robert Wickens	STIHL/AMG Mercedes	38	Collision	--	1:21.799
Source:

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

Milestones

• 150th DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters race to be staged since the series was reformed in 2000.
  • It was also the 147th Championship race to be staged.
• 100th entry for Gary Paffett.
• Third victory for Augusto Farfus.
• Maiden fastest lap recorded by Joey Hand.

Standings

Mike Rockenfeller had continued his ominous march towards the Championship, having moved 33 points clear with two rounds to go. Indeed, only Augusto Farfus could deny the German racer the title, although Rockenfeller would win the crown regardless in Zandvoort if he finished either first or second. Farfus, in contrast, would have to outscore Rockenfeller by seven points in the Netherlands just to keep his title hopes alive, while the rest of the field would have to fight for third.

In the Teams' Championship it was STIHL/AMG Mercedes who still led the charge, despite having failed to score in Oschersleben. Audi Team Phoenix were next up in second ahead of BMW Team RBM, while BMW Team Schnitzer completed the top four. Elsewhere, BMW had retained the initiative in the Manufacturers' Championship, although Audi had closed to within nine points after jumping Mercedes in Oschersleben.

2013 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mike Rockenfeller 124 ◄0 2nd Augusto Farfus 91 ▲3 3rd Christian Vietoris 71 ▼1 4th Robert Wickens 70 ▼1 5th Bruno Spengler 67 ▼1 6th Gary Paffett 65 ◄0 7th Mattias Ekström 44 ▲1 8th Marco Wittmann 39 ▼1 9th Jamie Green 35 ▲4 10th Dirk Werner 26 ◄0 11th Joey Hand 26 ▼2 12th Adrien Tambay 22 ◄0 13th Timo Scheider 22 ▲2 14th Daniel Juncadella 20 ▼3 15th Timo Glock 15 ▼1 16th Filipe Albuquerque 12 ▲4 17th Martin Tomczyk 10 ▼1 18th Roberto Merhi 8 ▼1 19th Miguel Molina 8 ▼1 20th Edoardo Mortara 3 ◄0 21st Pascal Wehrlein 3 ▼2 22nd Andy Priaulx 2 ▼1

2013 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st STIHL/AMG Mercedes 141 ◄0 2nd Audi Team Phoenix 132 ◄0 3rd BMW Team RBM 117 ▲1 4th BMW Team Schnitzer 93 ▼1 5th Audi Team Abt Sportsline 79 ▲1 6th Eur/TS Mercedes AMG 73 ▼1 7th BMW Team MTEK 54 ◄0 8th Audi Team Abt 44 ◄0 9th Stern/AMG Mercedes 23 ◄0 10th Audi Team Rosberg 15 ▲1 11th BMW Team RMG 12 ▼1 2013 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st BMW 276 ◄0 2nd Audi 267 ▲1 3rd Mercedes 237 ▼1

References

Images and Videos:

• Liveries: byggxx, 'Rennwagen (2002)', dtm.fandom.com/de, (DTM Wiki/de, 2015), https://dtm.fandom.com/de/wiki/Kategorie:Rennwagen_(2002), (Accessed 29/05/2020)

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