2013 Zandvoort Race

2013 Zandvoort Race
The Circuit Park Zandvoort was unchanged
Race Information
Date	29 September 2013
No.	148
Event	DTM Zandvoort 2013
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands
Format	Championship Race
Lap length	4.307 km (2.676 mi)
Distance	44 laps / 189.508 km (117.755 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Marco Wittmann
Team	BMW Team MTEK
Time	1:30.894
Fastest Lap
Driver	Marco Wittmann
Team	BMW Team MTEK
Time	1:32.296 on lap 6
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Augusto Farfus	Mike Rockenfeller	Timo Scheider
Winner Team	BMW Team RBM
Time	1:13:26.294
Race Guide
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The 2013 Zandvoort Race, otherwise known as the DTM Zandvoort 2013 Race, was the ninth race of the 2013 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands on 29 September 2013. The race would see Augusto Farfus secure victory, as Mike Rockenfeller finished second to secure the Championship with a race to spare.

Qualifying had seen Marco Wittmann secure his maiden DTM pole position, edging out title pretender Farfus by 0.085s as BMW locked out the front row. Rockenfeller, meanwhile, would start from third alongside Audi stablemate Timo Scheider, while Gary Paffett was the best Mercedes pilot in twelfth.

The start of the race saw Farfus get a perfect launch, surging inside of stablemate Wittmann to secure the lead into Tarzan. Rockenfeller went with him, with officials deciding to investigate his start, although the German's efforts were thwarted by an ambitious Wittmann, who kept his BMW alongside the #19 Audi around the outside of Tarzan to hold second.

The rest of the field made it through cleanly, although Roberto Merhi would retire at the end of the opening tour after unseen contact. Out front, meanwhile, Farfus would make good his escape in the lead as Wittmann moved to block Rockenfeller, while the German racer himself had protection behind in the form of Filipe Albuquerque.

The race soon settled down, with the first stops coming on lap three by several drivers who had opted to start the race on prime tyres. Out front, meanwhile, Farfus would establish a five second lead before Rockenfeller finally broke Wittmann's resistance, before going on to chip away at the Brazilian's lead.

Indeed, both Rockenfeller and Farfus were on a soft-prime-prime strategy, and as the first stint wore on the #19 Audi would close onto the tail of the #7 BMW. However, the moment that Rockenfeller moved within striking distance of Farfus the Brazilian would peel off to serve his stop, and duly used the undercut to remain ahead of Rockenfeller when the German stopped a few moments later.

Those two were on their own from that moment on, as Audi and BMW used their other drivers in a 150 mph game of chess around the Zandvoort circuit. Indeed, Timo Scheider would use a well picked strategy to climb to third ahead of Wittmann, while Adrien Tambay, Joey Hand and Filipe Albuquerque scrapped for fifth.

Into the closing stages and the race seemed to be settled, with everyone having completed their second stop shortly after half-distance. Then, with seven laps to go Dirk Werner was sent into the barriers by Jamie Green, triggering a late Safety Car that bunched the field back up.

However, Farfus would ace the restart to establish a small but significant lead, with Rockenfeller able to stalk the Brazilian with Scheider remaining as a rear-gunner. Instead, all of the attention was on Mattias Ekström, who would scythe up the field in the final laps with soft Hankook tyres, climbing from tenth to fourth before the chequered flag fell.

Indeed, moments after the #11 Audi danced past Wittmann's #21 BMW the race and Championship was over, with Farfus securing victory a second clear of new Champion Rockenfeller. Scheider was next up to complete the podium, his first since 2011, while Ekström and Wittmann completed the top five. Tambay, Hand and Albuquerque were next up ahead of Paffett in the best of the Mercedes, while Miguel Molina completed the scorers in tenth.

Background

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.

Entry List

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

2013 Zandvoort 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
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Qualifying

Results

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

2013 Zandvoort Race Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1st	21	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team MTEK		7th	1:31.741		2nd	1:30.925		3rd	1:31.332		1st	1:30.894	1
2nd	7	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM		1st	1:31.467		3rd	1:30.951		1st	1:31.123		2nd	1:30.979	2
3rd	19	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix		4th	1:31.585		8th	1:31.243		4th	1:31.345		3rd	1:31.325	3
4th	23	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Abt		5th	1:31.622		5th	1:31.112		2nd	1:31.142		4th	1:32.524	4
5th	8	Joey Hand	BMW Team RBM		3rd	1:31.561		6th	1:31.145		5th	1:31.439				5
6th	6	Filipe Albuquerque	Audi Team Rosberg		8th	1:31.765		7th	1:31.225		6th	1:31.443				6
7th	5	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Rosberg		13th	1:31.914		1st	1:30.919		7th	1:31.460				7
8th	22	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK		11th	1:31.800		9th	1:31.353		9th	1:31.614				8
9th	24	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Abt		2nd	1:31.558		4th	1:31.031		9th	1:31.621				9
10th	20	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Phoenix		16th	1:32.019		10th	1:31.380		10th	1:32.106				10
11th	11	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline		15th	1:31.943		11th	1:31.382							11
12th	3	Gary Paffett	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG		6th	1:31.656		12th	1:31.414							12
13th	2	Dirk Werner	BMW Team Schnitzer		19th	1:31.783		13th	1:31.442							13
14th	18	Pascal Wehrlein	Stern/AMG Mercedes		12th	1:31.843		14th	1:31.445							14
15th	16	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RMG		9th	1:31.772		15th	1:31.539							15
16th	1	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team Schnitzer		14th	1:31.921		16th	1:31.546							16
17th	9	Christian Vietoris	STIHL/AMG Mercedes		17th	1:32.055										17
18th	12	Jamie Green	Audi Team Abt Sportsline		18th	1:32.067										18
19th	15	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team RMG		19th	1:32.088										19
20th	17	Daniel Juncadella	Stern/AMG Mercedes		20th	1:32.145										20
21st	10	Robert Wickens	STIHL/AMG Mercedes		21st	1:32.241										21
22nd	4	Roberto Merhi	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG		22nd	1:32.357										22
107% Time:
Source:

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

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2013 Zandvoort Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Time	Strat.	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	7	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	44	1:13:26.294	--	1:32.401	25
2nd	19	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	44	+1.603s	--	1:32.529	18
3rd	23	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Abt	44	+2.149s	--	1:32.572	15
4th	11	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	44	+3.383s	--	1:33.841	12
5th	21	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team MTEK	44	+3.652s	--	1:32.296	10
6th	24	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Abt	44	+3.834s	--	1:33.555	8
7th	8	Joey Hand	BMW Team RBM	44	+4.444s	--	1:33.266	6
8th	6	Filipe Albuquerque	Audi Team Rosberg	44	+5.060s	--	1:33.472	4
9th	3	Gary Paffett	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG	44	+6.795s	--	1:33.388	2
10th	20	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Phoenix	44	+7.023s	--	1:33.879	1
11th	15	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team RMG	44	+7.397s	--	1:33.419
12th	18	Pascal Wehrlein	Stern/AMG Mercedes	44	+7.415s	--	1:33.137
13th	12	Jamie Green	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	44	+8.068s	--	1:33.287
14th	5	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Rosberg	44	+9.992s	--	1:33.853
15th	9	Christian Vietoris	STIHL/AMG Mercedes	44	+10.596s	--	1:34.097
16th	10	Robert Wickens	STIHL/AMG Mercedes	44	+11.117s	--	1:33.711
17th	17	Daniel Juncadella	Stern/AMG Mercedes	44	+11.558s	--	1:33.289
18th	22	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK	44	+12.043s	--	1:33.866
19th	16	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team RMG	44	+12.890s	--	1:34.122
20th	1	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team Schnitzer	44	+21.301s	--	1:33.639
21st*	2	Dirk Werner	BMW Team Schnitzer	37	Collision	--	1:33.157
Ret	4	Roberto Merhi	Eur/TS Mercedes AMG	1	Damage		—
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
• * Werner was still classified despite retiring as he had completed 75% of the race distance.

Milestones

• Mike Rockenfeller declared as the 2013 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship Champion.
  • This was Rockenfeller's maiden DTM title.
• Maiden pole position for Marco Wittmann.
• Augusto Farfus claimed his fourth and final victory.

Standings

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.

2013 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mike Rockenfeller 142 ◄0 2nd Augusto Farfus 116 ◄0 3rd Christian Vietoris 71 ◄0 4th Robert Wickens 70 ◄0 5th Bruno Spengler 67 ◄0 6th Gary Paffett 67 ◄0 7th Mattias Ekström 56 ◄0 8th Marco Wittmann 49 ◄0 9th Timo Scheider 37 ▲4 10th Jamie Green 35 ▼1 11th Joey Hand 32 ◄0 12th Adrien Tambay 30 ◄0 13th Dirk Werner 26 ▼3 14th Daniel Juncadella 20 ◄0 15th Filipe Albuquerque 16 ▲1 16th Timo Glock 15 ▼1 17th Martin Tomczyk 10 ◄0 18th Miguel Molina 9 ▲1 19th Roberto Merhi 8 ▼1 20th Edoardo Mortara 3 ◄0 21st Pascal Wehrlein 3 ◄0 22nd Andy Priaulx 2 ◄0

2013 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Phoenix 151 ▲1 2nd BMW Team RBM 148 ▲1 3rd STIHL/AMG Mercedes 141 ▼2 4th BMW Team Schnitzer 93 ◄0 5th Audi Team Abt Sportsline 91 ◄0 6th Eur/TS Mercedes AMG 75 ◄0 7th Audi Team Abt 67 ▲1 8th BMW Team MTEK 64 ▼1 9th Stern/AMG Mercedes 23 ◄0 10th Audi Team Rosberg 19 ◄0 11th BMW Team RMG 12 ◄0 2013 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 325 ▲1 2nd BMW 317 ▼1 3rd Mercedes 239 ◄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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