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Race Information | ||
Date | 3 August 2014 | |
No. | 175 | |
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Location | ![]() Spielberg, Styria, Austria | |
Format | Championship Race | |
Lap length | 4.326 km (2.688 mi) | |
Distance | 47 laps / 203.322km (126.338mi) | |
Qualifying Result | ||
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Team | ![]() | |
Time | 1:25.175 | |
Fastest Lap | ||
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Team | ![]() | |
Time | 1:25.266 on lap 45 | |
Race Result | ||
First | Second | Third |
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Winner Team | ![]() | |
Time | 1:08:23.185 | |
Race Guide | ||
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DTM Spielberg 2014, otherwise known as the 2014 Spielberg Race, was the sixth round of the 2014 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria on 3 August 2014.[1] The race would see Marco Wittmann sweep to victory, after Robert Wickens was disqualified for failing to serve a drive-through penalty.[2]
Qualifying had seen Wickens claim pole position, beating a trio of BMWs piloted by Timo Glock, Marco Wittmann and Augusto Farfus.[3] Pascal Wehrlein was next up ahead of the first of the Audi pilots in the form of Jamie Green, while Christian Vietoris and Maxime Martin completed the shootout.[3]
The start of the race saw Wickens charge into the lead, while Glock secured second and Wittmann tumbled to fifth.[2] Elsewhere, Christian Vietoris was put under investigation for jumping the lights, although the start was otherwise clean.[2]
The early laps saw Wickens break clear and escape from DRS range of Glock, as behind Wittmann fell to Green and Martin Tomczyk.[2] Glock, meanwhile, would surrender second to fellow BMW driver Farfus, with Wehrlein almost following the Brazilian through.[2]
Once clear of Glock Farfus would eat away at Wickens' lead, and duly moved into striking position at the start of lap eleven.[2] The Brazilian racer threw everything he had at the Canadian pilot to try and claim the lead, even managing to run side-by-side through almost half a lap before Wickens stamped his authority.[2]
Their fight would be broken up by the pit phase, with Farfus diving in two laps after the pits were opened to complete his stop.[2] Wickens stopped two laps later and was slightly delayed, before being put under immediate investigation for an unsafe release after his mechanics let him go right in front of Glock.[2]
All of that led to the Canadian racer slipping behind Farfus, as well as Green who would jump both of them after making a late swap from his soft tyres.[2] Wickens' day was made all the worse when he was awarded a drive-through penalty for an unsafe release, while Green was similarly penalised for missing the 23 lap limit to remove his soft tyres.[2]
Green quickly served his penalty, while Wickens carried on in protest, passing Farfus as he did so before being disqualified.[2] The Canadian pulled off a few laps later to leave Farfus on his own at the head of the field, although the Brazilian was quickly caught and passed by a resurgent Wittmann.[2]
Indeed, once Wittmann had passed the Brazilian for the lead the race was effectively over, with the German racer establishing a three second advantage before claiming the chequered flag.[2] Farfus was next up ahead of Glock, while Tomczyk kept Timo Scheider at bay to claim fourth.[2] Adrien Tambay, Mattias Ekström, Green, Vietoris and Bruno Spengler would complete the scorers.[2]
Background[]
Ahead of the annual visit to Austria, Marco Wittmann led the Championship by 20 points from super Swede Mattias Ekström. Bruno Spengler now sat in third ahead of the Red Bull Ring round, with Edoardo Mortara level on points, but behind on previous results. Mike Rockenfeller completed the top five, two points ahead of Maxime Martin who won in Moscow, as Christian Vietoris climbed to seventh to lead the Mercedes charge.
In the Teams' battle there were none who could challenge BMW Team RMG, who had won three races between their two drivers Wittmann and Martin. Their 27 point advantage was over the first Abt run team of Audi Team Abt Sportsline, with a second BMW team in BMW Team Schnitzer in fourth. HWA Team could only manage to get one of their teams in the top six, with Mücke Motorsport failing to score a single point for the Stuttgarters.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2014 Spielberg Race is displayed below:
2014 Spielberg Race Entry List | |||||
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No. | Name | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine |
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Audi | RS5 DTM 14 | Audi 4.0l V8 |
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Audi | RS5 DTM 14 | Audi 4.0l V8 |
3 | ![]() |
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BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 |
4 | ![]() |
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BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 |
5 | ![]() |
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Mercedes | AMG C-Coupé DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 |
6 | ![]() |
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Mercedes | AMG C-Coupé DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 |
7 | ![]() |
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Audi | RS5 DTM 14 | Audi 4.0l V8 |
8 | ![]() |
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Audi | RS5 DTM 14 | Audi 4.0l V8 |
9 | ![]() |
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BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 |
10 | ![]() |
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BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 |
11 | ![]() |
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Mercedes | AMG C-Coupé DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 |
12 | ![]() |
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Mercedes | AMG C-Coupé DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 |
15 | ![]() |
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Audi | RS5 DTM 14 | Audi 4.0l V8 |
16 | ![]() |
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Audi | RS5 DTM 14 | Audi 4.0l V8 |
17 | ![]() |
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BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 |
18 | ![]() |
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BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 |
19 | ![]() |
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Mercedes | Mercedes C63 DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 |
20 | ![]() |
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Mercedes | Mercedes C63 DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 |
21 | ![]() |
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Audi | RS5 DTM 14 | Audi 4.0l V8 |
22 | ![]() |
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Audi | RS5 DTM 14 | Audi 4.0l V8 |
23 | ![]() |
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BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 |
24 | ![]() |
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BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 |
25 | ![]() |
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Mercedes | AMG C-Coupé DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 |
Source:[4] |
Qualifying[]
Qualifying saw Mercedes seem to rediscover their form from the Norisring, as three of their cars managed to get through to the final session.[3] What's more, Robert Wickens claimed his second pole of the season, despite setting a time slower than he managed in Q2, with his fellow Merc combatants in Pascal Wehrlein and Christian Vietoris down in fifth and seventh respectively.[3] Championship leader Marco Wittmann was pushed down in the latter stages of the session, ending up third behind the Canadian and Timo Glock.[3]
Four BMW machines were in the top eight shoot-out, with Glock and Wittmann joined by Augusto Farfus (who set the fastest time of the weekend in Q1) and Maxime Martin, as Audi struggled.[3] Only Jamie Green could snatch a Q3 slot, and the Brit could only secure sixth against the Stuttgart and Bavarian crusaders.[3] Their next highest placed car was Mike Rockenfeller, who was down in fourteenth and behind the last of the eight BMWs.[3]
A few familiar faces populated the bottom five in Q1, as Vitaly Petrov failed to get through once again, joined by Brits Paul di Resta and Gary Paffett.[3] Both seemed to be out of form, although more concerning (championship wise) was the presence of both Audi Team Abt Sportsline entries in Edoardo Mortara and Adrien Tambay.[3] In truth, the gap between di Resta in 23rd and Wickens in first was less than eight tenths of a second, but such margins around the Red Bull Ring were enough to see the Canadian on pole, and the Scot at the very back of the pack.[3]
Post-Qualifying[]
The final qualifying result for the 2014 Spielberg Race are outlined below:
2014 Spielberg Race Qualifying Result | |||||||||||||
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Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | ||||||||
1st | 12 | ![]() |
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3rd | 1:25.089 | 2nd | 1:25.050 | 1st | 1:25.175 | 1 | |||
2nd | 17 | ![]() |
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9th | 1:25.316 | 5th | 1:25.196 | 2nd | 1:25.181 | 2 | |||
3rd | 23 | ![]() |
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2nd | 1:25.059 | 1st | 1:25.046 | 3rd | 1:25.228 | 3 | |||
4th | 3 | ![]() |
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1st | 1:24.967 | 4th | 1:25.179 | 4th | 1:25.237 | 4 | |||
5th | 25 | ![]() |
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6th | 1:25.278 | 3rd | 1:25.170 | 5th | 1:25.246 | 5 | |||
6th | 21 | ![]() |
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11th | 1:25.359 | 8th | 1:25.242 | 6th | 1:25.266 | 6 | |||
7th | 5 | ![]() |
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7th | 1:25.309 | 6th | 1:25.202 | 7th | 1:25.362 | 7 | |||
8th | 24 | ![]() |
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5th | 1:25.195 | 7th | 1:25.218 | 8th | 1:25.424 | 8 | |||
9th | 4 | ![]() |
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13th | 1:25.417 | 9th | 1:25.259 | 9 | |||||
10th | 9 | ![]() |
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15th | 1:25.477 | 10th | 1:25.309 | 10 | |||||
11th | 10 | ![]() |
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10th | 1:25.339 | 11th | 1:25.323 | 11 | |||||
12th | 19 | ![]() |
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8th | 1:25.310 | 12th | 1:25.335 | 12 | |||||
13th | 18 | ![]() |
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4th | 1:25.160 | 13th | 1:25.343 | 13 | |||||
14th | 1 | ![]() |
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16th | 1:25.495 | 14th | 1:25.385 | 14 | |||||
15th | 2 | ![]() |
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18th | 1:25.577 | 15th | 1:25.400 | 15 | |||||
16th | 7 | ![]() |
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12th | 1:25.379 | 16th | 1:25.423 | 16 | |||||
17th | 8 | ![]() |
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14th | 1:25.468 | 17th | 1:25.708 | 17 | |||||
18th | 22 | ![]() |
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17th | 1:25.526 | NC | — | 18 | |||||
19th | 11 | ![]() |
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19th | 1:25.577 | 19 | |||||||
20th | 16 | ![]() |
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20th | 1:25.599 | 20 | |||||||
21st | 15 | ![]() |
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21st | 1:25.666 | 21 | |||||||
22nd | 20 | ![]() |
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22nd | 1:25.856 | 22 | |||||||
23rd | 6 | ![]() |
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23rd | 1:25.932 | 23 | |||||||
Source:[4] |
- Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
Grid[]
Pos. | Pos. | |
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Driver | Driver | |
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Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
2 | Robert Wickens | |
Timo Glock | ______________ | |
Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
4 | Marco Wittmann | |
Augusto Farfus | ______________ | |
Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
6 | Pascal Wehrlein | |
Jamie Green | ______________ | |
Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
8 | Christian Vietoris | |
Maxime Martin | ______________ | |
Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
10 | Joey Hand | |
Bruno Spengler | ______________ | |
Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
12 | Martin Tomczyk | |
Daniel Juncadella | ______________ | |
Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
14 | António Félix da Costa | |
Mike Rockenfeller | ______________ | |
Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
16 | Timo Scheider | |
Mattias Ekström | ______________ | |
Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
18 | Miguel Molina | |
Nico Müller | ______________ | |
Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
20 | Gary Paffett | |
Adrien Tambay | ______________ | |
Row 11 | ______________ | 21 |
22 | Edoardo Mortara | |
Vitaly Petrov | ______________ | |
Row 12 | ______________ | 23 |
24 | Paul di Resta | |
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Race[]
A dry and warm Sunday afternoon in the Austrian mountains emerged for the race, with the race distance set at 47 laps.[2] The DMSB announced that the pit window would open on lap 16 and remain open until lap 31, with all 23 cars needing to swap to the opposite compound to the one they started on.[2] The starting tyres for each driver were also announced shortly before the start, with a maximum use for the soft tyre of 22 laps.[5]
Report[]
Pole sitter Robert Wickens leapt ahead of the field at the start to hold his lead from Timo Glock into the first corner, as Marco Wittmann fell to fifth behind Augusto Farfus and Pascal Wehrlein.[2] Glock was quickly put under investigation for being out of position at the start, while, further back, Christian Vietoris was being observed for a jump start.[2] At the end of a contact free first lap, Wickens led from Glock and Farfus, with the following laps seeing Glock and Vietoris go unpunished.[2]
The opening stages of the race saw Wickens break away from Glock, the Canadian settling for a two second lead outside of the DRS window.[2] Wittmann, meanwhile, seemed to be struggling to get his tyres up to temperature, as he fell to Jamie Green and Martin Tomczyk in short order.[2] A lap later, Glock and Farfus swapped places after the Brazilian gained the upper hand using DRS down the main straight.[2] Wehrlein almost managed to slip into third, but was firmly pushed back by Glock on the exit of the corner.[2]
Now released from the back of his stable mate, Farfus began eating away at Wickens' lead, and by lap eleven had the Canadian firmly in his sights.[2] His first attack came at the hairpin that formed turn two, although the Brazilian could not get enough of his car alongside the Mercedes to take the line for the corner.[2] As their duel ramped up, António Félix da Costa was handed a warning for exceeding track limits, although to point seemed moot as the Portuguese driver pulled off the circuit to retire with a failure that same lap.[2]
Back at the front and the dogfight that consumed Farfus and Wickens remained in the Canadian's favour, with the Brazilian throwing his car at the Merc at every opportunity.[2] Running side-by-side through the entire second sector got the crowd on its feet, although the silver and orange Mercedes remained stubbornly ahead of the green and blue BMW for the time being.[2] At the back of the field, meanwhile, five drivers in Nico Müller, Edoardo Mortara, Joey Hand, Daniel Juncadella and Maxime Martin were penalised for ignoring yellow flags.[2]
Farfus called time on his battle with Wickens for the lead by pitting two laps after the opening of the pit window, becoming the first driver to do so.[2] The next few laps saw the leaders, all on the softs, sweep into the pits to remove their tyres before the maximum limit of 23 laps.[2] There was drama when race leader Wickens was put under investigation for an unsafe release, after his pit crew released him straight into the path of Glock.[2] The Canadian lost out to Green and Farfus in the process, with the Brazilian pouncing as he left the pit lane.[2]
News also emerged that Green was under investigation for failing to change to the hard tyres before the limit on the softs, while Wickens fought back against Farfus for second.[2] Joey Hand and Paul di Resta came to blows in the meantime, the Scot taking a trip through the gravel as a result, while Wickens was slapped with a drive through for his infringement.[2] Green was likewise handed a trip through the pits, although as the Brit served his penalty, Wickens continued on in the wake of Farfus.[2]
Wickens was disqualified from the race with fifteen laps to go, having forced his way past Farfus at turn two earlier in the lap.[2] The Canadian pitted at the end of the lap, as Wittmann began a rise through the field after dispatching Glock at turn two for third.[2] Wickens' disqualification promoted him to second, before a charge on Farfus ended with the now Champion elect in the lead of the race and pulling away from the Brazilian.[2]
The final laps saw battles come to their conclusion at the back of the field, Martin pulling a dive down the inside of Gary Paffett for fourteenth.[2] Christian Vietoris, meanwhile, cracked underpressure from Mattias Ekström, surrendering ninth to the Swede after running wide.[2] But, out front, Wittmann completed an impressive third victory of the campaign, with Farfus falling further back on every lap, while Glock ended the day in third, as Martin Tomczyk completed an all BMW top four.[2]
Results[]
The final classification of the 2014 Spielberg Race is displayed below:
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Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Time | Strat. | Fastest lap | Pts. |
1st | 23 | ![]() |
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47 | 1:08:23.15 | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.725 | 25 |
2nd | 3 | ![]() |
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47 | +3.298s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.546 | 18 |
3rd | 17 | ![]() |
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47 | +5.391s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.552 | 15 |
4th | 10 | ![]() |
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47 | +6.237s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.895 | 12 |
5th | 2 | ![]() |
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47 | +6.666s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.808 | 10 |
6th | 16 | ![]() |
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47 | +12.213s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.933 | 8 |
7th | 7 | ![]() |
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47 | +14.046s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.852 | 6 |
8th | 21 | ![]() |
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47 | +14.456s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.955 | 4 |
9th | 5 | ![]() |
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47 | +15.224s | ![]() ![]() |
1:26.054 | 2 |
10th | 9 | ![]() |
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47 | +15.782s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.727 | 1 |
11th | 8 | ![]() |
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47 | +16.192s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.771 | |
12th | 4 | ![]() |
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47 | +16.214s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.580 | |
13th | 1 | ![]() |
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47 | +17.717s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.266 | |
14th | 24 | ![]() |
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47 | +30.235s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.421 | |
15th | 19 | ![]() |
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47 | +34.836s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.900 | |
16th | 15 | ![]() |
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47 | +35.420s | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.674 | |
17th | 11 | ![]() |
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47 | +40.852s | ![]() ![]() |
1:26.658 | |
18th | 6 | ![]() |
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47 | +44.107s | ![]() ![]() |
1:26.331 | |
19th | 22 | ![]() |
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47 | +45.827s | ![]() ![]() |
1:26.213 | |
20th | 20 | ![]() |
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47 | +45.971s | ![]() ![]() |
1:26.299 | |
DSQ* | 12 | ![]() |
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34 | Disqualified | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.938 | |
Ret | 25 | ![]() |
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26 | Retired | ![]() ![]() |
1:25.828 | |
Ret | 18 | ![]() |
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10 | Retired | ![]() ![]() |
1:27.798 | |
Source:[4] |
- Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
- Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
- * Wickens disqualified for failing to serve a drive through penalty within the permitted time (originally issued for an unsafe release).[2]
Milestones[]
Standings[]
Marco Wittmann's third win of the season saw him pull an impressive 39 points clear of the rest of the field, meaning he could all but wrap up the title at the Nürburgring. Mattias Ekström led the anti-Wittmann charge, but looked more likely to have to fight for second with Bruno Spengler than challenge the all conquering German. Mercedes' difficult season continued with only one point scorer in Austria, with those two points heading to their best placed driver in Christian Vietoris.
BMW Team RMG continued to stretch their lead in the Teams' Championship as BMW dragged themselves into the lead of the Brands' battle. The two Abt backed Audi teams were next up in the Teams' Championship, helping Audi to stay within six points of the Bavarians, as Mercedes slipped ever further behind on all fronts. OT Mercedes AMG led their charge from sixth in the Teams' Championship, while Mercedes' Manufacturers' Championship tally not even a third of BMW's.
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References[]
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References:
- ↑ 'The 2014 DTM Races at a Glance', dtm.com, (DTM, 2014), http://www.ww.dtm.com/en/Races/DTM-Dates-2014/calendar.html, (Accessed 22/05/2015)
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 'MARCO WITTMANN EXTENDS POINTS’ LEAD WITH THIRD SEASON WIN', dtm.com, (ITR e.V., 03/08/2014), http://www.dtm.com/en/news/marco-wittmann-extends-points-lead-third-season-win-2014-08-03.html, (Accessed 10/10/2015)
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 'A LAST-GASP POLE POSITION FOR ROBERT WICKENS', dtm.com, (ITR e.V., 03/08/2014), http://www.dtm.com/en/news/last-gasp-pole-position-robert-wickens-2014-08-03.html, (Accessed 10/10/2015)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 '2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Spielberg', motorsportstats.com, (Motorsport Network, 2019), https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2014-spielberg, (Accessed 17/05/2020)
- ↑ 'THESE ARE THE TYRES FOR THE START OF THE RACE', dtm.com, (ITR e.V., 02/08/2014), http://www.dtm.com/en/news/these-are-tyres-start-race-2014-08-02.html, (Accessed 10/10/2015)
2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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Manufacturers |
Audi • AMG-Mercedes • BMW |
Car/engine |
Audi RS5 DTM 2014 • Audi 4.0l V8 • Mercedes-AMG C-Coupé DTM 2014 • AMG 4.0l V8 • BMW M4 DTM 2014 • P66 4.0l V8 |
Teams |
Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Phoenix • Audi Sport Team Rosberg • BMW Team MTEK • BMW Team RBM • BMW Team RMG • BMW Team Schnitzer • Euronics/Free Man's World AMG Mercedes • gooix AMG Mercedes • Original-Teile AMG Mercedes • Petronas AMG Mercedes |
Drivers |
1 Mike Rockenfeller • 2 Timo Scheider • 3 Augusto Farfus • 4 Joey Hand • 5 Christian Vietoris • 6 Paul di Resta • 7 Mattias Ekström • 8 Miguel Molina • 9 Bruno Spengler • 10 Martin Tomczyk • 11 Gary Paffett • 12 Robert Wickens • 15 Edoardo Mortara • 16 Adrien Tambay • 17 Timo Glock • 18 António Félix da Costa • 19 Daniel Juncadella • 20 Vitaly Petrov • 21 Jamie Green • 22 Nico Müller • 23 Marco Wittmann • 24 Maxime Martin • 25 Pascal Wehrlein |
Races |
Hockenheim Opening • Oschersleben • Hungaroring • Norisring • Moscow Raceway • Speilberg • Nürburgring • Lausitzring • Zandvoort • Hockenheim Finale |
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