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Hockenheimring 2002
The Hockenheimring was unchanged for the 2015 Finale.
Race Information
Date 18 October 2015
No. 197
Event Flag of Germany DTM Season Finale 2015
Location Flag of Germany Hockenheimring
Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Format 40 min + 1 Lap
Lap length 4.574 km (2.842 mi)
Distance 39 laps / 178.386 km (110.848 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett
Team Flag of France Euronics/BWT Mercedes-AMG
Time 1:32.645
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of Italy Edoardo Mortara
Team Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt
Time 1:34.086 on lap 25
Race Result
First Second Third
Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Italy Edoardo Mortara
Winner Team Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time 1:02:02.198
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The DTM Season Finale 2015 Race 2, otherwise known as the 2015 Hockenheim Finale Race 2, was the eighteenth and final race of the 2015 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on 18 October 2015.[1] The race would see Jamie Green secure his fourth win of the season to secure second in the Championship, as the Teams' and Manufacturers' Championships were decided on the final day.[2]

Pascal Wehrlein had already secured the Drivers' Championship in the Saturday Race, leaving just the Teams' and Manufacturers' titles up for grabs.[3] Of those it was gooix/Original-Telie Mercedes-AMG who led the charge on the former, and BMW who led the latter, with both holding healthy margins.[3]

Qualifying for the finale would see Gary Paffett of Mercedes secure pole position, beating Green by 0.038s as Audi otherwise dominated the session.[4] Behind Mattias Ekström and Miguel Molina shared the second row ahead of Maxime Martin, the best of the BMW pilots, while new Champion Wehrlein would start in a lowly seventeenth.[4]

The start of the race would see Paffett leap into an early lead, while Green made a poor start to come under attack from Martin.[2] The Belgian racer would scramble ahead of the #53 Audi but was immediately told to hand the position back, having run off circuit to do so, as the rest of the field made it through turn one without issue.[2]

The opening lap proved very clean, with the only incident of note being Marco Wittmann damaging his car with a lunge at Lucas Auer.[2] Out front, meanwhile, Paffett would establish a small lead over Green, although the #53 Audi would remain within DRS range of the #2 Mercedes when the system came on-line on lap four.[2]

DRS would work beautifully for Green, who swept past Paffett to secure the lead, before powering away as the #2 Mercedes faltered.[2] Indeed, Paffett would begin a steady slide down the field, being passed by Ekström, Martin, Adrien Tambay and Paul di Resta in short order, while Wittmann retired when his bonnet failed.[2]

With that the race began to settle, with Timo Glock the first driver to stop after the DMSB removed the pit window due to a significant chance of rain.[2] The rest of the field, including Paffett who was complaining about his rear tyres, would make their stops over the following few laps, as Tom Blomqvist smashed into Robert Wickens at the hairpin.[2]

In the midst of the stops Molina and Tambay would find themselves tangling with Christian Vietoris, although the race ending collision for the latter two would not trigger a Safety Car.[2] Wehrlein, meanwhile, had inched his way into the top ten, although a mistake while fighting Nico Müller saw the German racer damage his car on a kerb which launched his car a foot into the air.[2]

Out front, meanwhile, an imperious display left Green on his own at the head of the field, claiming victory by a second over Ekström.[2] Edoardo Mortara was next up to complete the podium ahead of di Resta and Timo Scheider, while sixth for Martin ensured BMW claimed the Manufacturers' crown.[2] The remaining points would be claimed by António Félix da Costa, Bruno Spengler, Paffett and Martin Tomczyk.[2]

Significantly, the race would serve as the last for Wehrlein until 2018, as the German racer took a seat in Formula One for 2016.[2] It would also see HWA Team secure their tenth Teams' Championship, and their first since 2010, while BMW claimed their third Manufacturers' Championship in four seasons.[2]

Background[]

Pascal Wehrlein was declared as the Champion with a race to spare, having secured an unassailable tally of 169 points after seventeen races. That meant that the fight for second would take precedence on the final day, as Mattias Ekström led Edoardo Mortara by a single point. Furthermore, Jamie Green and Bruno Spengler were also in contention in fourth and fifth, with ten points covering the quartet.

The Teams' Championship would also be up for grabs on the final day, although gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG had a healthy advantage at the head of the hunt. They held a 27 point lead over BMW Team RMG in second and 42 over Audi Team Abt Sportsline, with 43 up for grabs. Likewise, the Manufacturers' Championship still had to be decided, with BMW holding the initiative with 56 points in hand over Audi in second, and 63 over Mercedes-AMG in third.

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 2015 Hockenheim Finale Race 2 is displayed below:

2015 Hockenheim Finale Race 2 Entry List
No. Name Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Weight
1 Flag of Germany Marco Wittmann Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM P66 4.0l V8 1,117.5 kg
2 Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett Flag of France Euronics/BWT Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,127.5 kg
3 Flag of Scotland Paul di Resta Flag of Germany Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,120 kg
5 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM 15 Audi 4.0l V8 1,127.5 kg
6 Canadian Flag Robert Wickens Flag of Germany Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,122.5 kg
7 Canadian Flag Bruno Spengler Dutch Flag BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM P66 4.0l V8 1,115 kg
8 Flag of Germany Christian Vietoris Flag of Germany gooix/Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,122.5 kg
10 Flag of Germany Timo Scheider Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM 15 Audi 4.0l V8 1,115 kg
12 Flag of Spain Daniel Juncadella Flag of Germany Petronas Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,130 kg
13 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM P66 4.0l V8 1,117.5 kg
16 Flag of Germany Timo Glock Dutch Flag BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM P66 4.0l V8 1,115 kg
17 Flag of Spain Miguel Molina Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM 15 Audi 4.0l V8 1,115 kg
18 Flag of Brazil Augusto Farfus Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM P66 4.0l V8 1,117.5 kg
22 Flag of Austria Lucas Auer Flag of France Euronics/BWT Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,120 kg
27 Flag of France Adrien Tambay Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Audi RS5 DTM 15 Audi 4.0l V8 1,112.5 kg
31 Flag of the United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM P66 4.0l V8 1,115 kg
34 Flag of France Esteban Ocon Flag of Germany Petronas Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,125 kg
36 Flag of Belgium Maxime Martin Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM P66 4.0l V8 1,112.5 kg
48 Flag of Italy Edoardo Mortara Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Audi RS5 DTM 15 Audi 4.0l V8 1,127.5 kg
51 Flag of Switzerland Nico Müller Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM 15 Audi 4.0l V8 1,120 kg
53 Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM 15 Audi 4.0l V8 1,125 kg
77 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM P66 4.0l V8 1,112.5 kg
84 Flag of Germany Maximilian Götz Flag of Germany Petronas Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,117.5 kg
94 Flag of Germany Pascal Wehrlein Flag of Germany gooix/Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,130 kg
99 Flag of Germany Mike Rockenfeller Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM 15 Audi 4.0l V8 1,127.5 kg
Source:[5][6]

Practice[]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying would be staged late in the morning ahead of the race, with all twenty-four drivers taking to the circuit for a twenty minute session.[4] Each driver would then be allowed to complete as many laps as they liked, with the final order based on each driver's time.[4]

Report[]

Unlike Saturday, rain had come to Hockenheim on Sunday morning, although the circuit was drying quickly when the cars left the pits to start the 20 minute session.[4] With the title battle over, attention was placed on the battle for second, with four drivers still with a chance for the runner-up spot.[4] While Pascal Wehrlein, celebrating his 21st birthday, could relax despite only qualifying in seventeenth, for Mattias Ekström, Edoardo Mortara, Jamie Green and Bruno Spengler the fight was still on.[4]

Three of those four sat at the top of the times for part of the session, although all would ultimately be denied by former Champion Gary Paffett, who crossed the line in the dying moments of the session to snatch pole.[4] It was advantage Green among the quartet after the Brit claimed second, ahead of Ekström who just fell short on his final lap.[4] But, for Mortara and Spengler, the session ended differently, as the Italian only managed thirteenth, and the Canadian fifteenth.[4]

Although the conditions meant the gap between first and last was larger than it had been on Saturday, the margin for error was still minimal.[4] Christian Vietoris was once again the slowest of the session, again unable to produce a clean lap, joined on the backrow by Martin Tomczyk.[4] It was another difficult day for BMW, who seemed to be struggling with the little extra weight they had to carry, with only Maxime Martin and Augusto Farfus getting into the top ten for the Bavarians.[4]

Post-Qualifying[]

The final qualifying result for the 2015 Hockenheim Finale Race 2 are outlined below:

2015 Hockenheim Finale Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos. No. Name Team Time Gap Ave. Speed Grid
1st 2 Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett Flag of France ART Grand Prix Mercedes 1:32.645 177.736 km/h 1
2nd 53 Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green Flag of Germany Audi Team Rosberg 1:32.683 +0.038s 177.663 km/h 2
3rd 5 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 1:32.729 +0.084s 177.575 km/h 3
4th 17 Flag of Spain Miguel Molina Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 1:32.746 +0.101s 177.542 km/h 4
5th 36 Flag of Belgium Maxime Martin Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG 1:32.826 +0.181s 177.389 km/h 5
6th 27 Flag of France Adrien Tambay Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 1:32.845 +0.200s 177.353 km/h 6
7th 51 Flag of Switzerland Nico Müller Flag of Germany Audi Team Rosberg 1:32.861 +0.216s 177.323 km/h 7
8th 10 Flag of Germany Timo Scheider Flag of Germany Audi Team Phoenix 1:32.936 +0.291s 177.179 km/h 8
9th 84 Flag of Germany Maximilian Götz Flag of Germany Petronas Mercedes-AMG 1:32.958 +0.313s 177.138 km/h 9
10th 18 Flag of Brazil Augusto Farfus Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM 1:32.976 +0.331s 177.103 km/h 10
11th 3 Flag of Scotland Paul di Resta Flag of Germany Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG 1:32.991 +0.346s 177.075 km/h 11
12th 31 Flag of the United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM 1:33.056 +0.411s 176.951 km/h 12
13th 48 Flag of Italy Edoardo Mortara Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 1:33.064 +0.419s 176.936 km/h 13
14th 99 Flag of Germany Mike Rockenfeller Flag of Germany Audi Team Phoenix 1:33.093 +0.448s 176.881 km/h 14
15th 7 Canadian Flag Bruno Spengler Dutch Flag BMW Team MTEK 1:33.096 +0.451s 176.875 km/h 15
16th 1 Flag of Germany Marco Wittmann Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG 1:33.098 +0.453s 176.871 km/h 16
17th 94 Flag of Germany Pascal Wehrlein Flag of Germany gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG 1:33.120 +0.475s 176.829 km/h 17
18th 12 Flag of Spain Daniel Juncadella Flag of Germany Petronas Mercedes-AMG 1:33.163 +0.518s 176.748 km/h 18
19th 13 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer 1:33.223 +0.578s 176.634 km/h 19
20th 6 Canadian Flag Robert Wickens Flag of Germany Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG 1:33.255 +0.610s 176.573 km/h 20
21st 16 Flag of Germany Timo Glock Dutch Flag BMW Team MTEK 1:33.481 +0.836s 176.147 km/h 21
22nd 22 Flag of Austria Lucas Auer Flag of France ART Grand Prix Mercedes 1:33.549 +0.904s 176.018 km/h 22
23rd 77 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer 1:33.639 +0.994s 175.849 km/h 23
24th 8 Flag of Germany Christian Vietoris Flag of Germany gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG 1:33.801 +1.156s 175.546 km/h 24
Source:[5]
  • Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.

Grid[]

The starting grid for the final race of the 2015 DTM Championship is shown below:

TOM 15 Livery GLO 15 Livery DAC 15 Livery WEH 15 Livery SPE 15 Livery MOR 15 Livery DIR 15 Livery GOE 15 Livery MUE 15 Livery MAR 15 Livery EKS 15 Livery PAF 15 Livery
Row12 77 Martin Tomczyk 1:33.639 Row11 16 Timo Glock 1:33.481 Row10 13 António Félix da Costa 1:33.223 Row09 94 Pascal Wehrlein 1:33.120 Row08 7 Bruno Spengler 1:33.096 Row07 48 Edoardo Mortara 1:33.064 Row06 3 Paul di Resta 1:32.991 Row05 84 Maximilian Götz 1:32.958 Row04 51 Nico Müller 1:32.861 Row03 36 Maxime Martin 1:32.826 Row02 5 Mattias Ekström 1:32.729 Row01 2 Gary Paffett 1:32.645
8 Christian Vietoris 1:33.801 22 Lucas Auer 1:33.549 6 Robert Wickens 1:33.255 12 Daniel Juncadella 1:33.163 1 Marco Wittmann 1:33.098 99 Mike Rockenfeller 1:33.093 31 Tom Blomqvist 1:33.056 18 Augusto Farfus 1:32.976 10 Timo Scheider 1:32.936 27 Adrien Tambay 1:32.845 17 Miguel Molina 1:32.746 53 Jamie Green 1:32.683
VIE 15 Livery                AUE 15 Livery                WIC 15 Livery                JUN 15 Livery                WIT 15 Livery                ROC 15 Livery                BLO 15 Livery                FAR 15 Livery                TSC 15 Livery                TAM 15 Livery                MOL 15 Livery                GRE 15 Livery               

Race Two[]

Despite the damp and foggy morning, the track was completely dry in Hockenheim for the final race of the season, with the matter of two Championships to settle.[2] gooix/Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG held the lead in the Teams' Championship, with a perfect score from Audi Team Abt Sportsline enough to unseat them should they fail to score. The Manufacturers' title, meanwhile, could see any of the three manufacturers take the title, with 63 points between BMW and Mercedes, with Audi just ahead of the Stuttgarters for second.

Report[]

Off the line, Gary Paffett got a perfect start to launch himself into a comfortable lead in the race, ahead of Jamie Green, whose poor start was mitigated by Maxime Martin, who had to surrender the place back to him after running wide.[2] All 24 cars survived the first corner, and all made it through to the end of the lap, as Paffett sprinted away, with Green trying to keep with him.[2]

Marco Wittmann, outgoing Champion, was having to battle his way from the back of the field, bruising his BMW after a move on Lucas Auer through the hairpin.[2] His successor Pascal Wehrlein ran just ahead, having been involved heavily in the action on lap one, but avoided losing any of the valuable parts on his Mercedes.[2] Back at the front and the tide was turning in Green's favour, as he began to draw in Paffett, as Martin fended off Mattias Ekström and Adrien Tambay.[2]

DRS became active on lap four, the perfect time for Green who threw his Audi down the inside of Paffett for the lead at the hairpin.[2] As the orange Audi quickly built a small gap, Martin was driving an incredibly wide BMW, which was now holding off two Audis.[2] A lunge by Ekström came to nothing through the Mercedes Stand, with Tambay looming ever closer the the rear of his team mate.[2] Martin's defence also allowed Miguel Molina and Paul di Resta to catch the trio, with the rest of the field not to far away.[2]

Ekström was through a lap later, having placed his Audi on the outside of Martin in the braking zone for the hairpin, before cutting inside to hit the apex and powering away.[2] Martin tried to retake the position into the Mercedes section, but faltered, with Tambay preparing to attack next.[2] Before that could happen though, Paffet's pace was tumbling, and he soon fell into Ekström's sights, with the Swede dragging Martin an co. with him.[2] It proved to be a short and sharp battle between them, with Ekström stamping on the brakes up the inside of the Brit into Mercedes and was through.[2]

Moments later, Wittmann was out of the race after his bonnet left his car at full speed, having been damaged by earlier contact.[2] Fortunately, the debris landed next to the barrier and could be removed without a safety car, while Wittmann drove around to his pit box to retire.[2] Back on circuit and Tambay produced a late lunge on Martin for fourth, bouncing his way along the side of the BMW through the hairpin to get past, with Molina also lining up a move on the exit.[2] 

Tambay was attacking Paffett the next time the field came through the hairpin, although his lunge up the inside was too late, meaning he ran wide and Paffett and Martin forced their way back past.[2] Or so it seemed, as the Frenchman fought back against the Belgian through turn seven and snatched the inside line for Mercedes, regaining fourth place.[2] His move also forced Martin to run wide on the exit of the corner, allowing Molina to get fifth from the BMW, which further hampered the Belgian.[2] Di Resta forced his way past through turn eleven, and in doing so allowed Timo Scheider to dart past in the run up to the Sachs Kurve, with Martin falling from fifth to eight in the space of four corners.[2]

The conditions earlier in the day had prompted the DMSB to remove the pit window for the race, meaning that Timo Glock could stop with just seventeen minutes gone.[2] Paffett, meanwhile, had slipped behind Tambay off camera, the Frenchman now running in third with the Brit now under attack from Molina, while the first accident of the day occurred at the back of the field.[2] Tom Blomqvist came steaming into the hairpin and braked to late, locking up as he hit the back of Robert Wickens, who was spun around and lost time.[2] Blomqvist was put under investigation for the incident, which was a mirror of Wickens' accident with Ekström on Saturday.[2]

Paffett ended his complaining about his rear tyres on the next lap, although a slow stop threw him down to the back of the top ten, an issue with the front left wheel the culprit.[2] Nico Müller was released into his path as they left the pits, which earned the Swiss driver a penalty, as he ran Martin wide through Mercedes, opening the door for Paffett to pounce on the Belgian and recover one of his lost positions.[2] The next few laps saw the field trickle into the pits, before there was more drama on circuit.[2]

Those two traded places at almost every turn of the next lap, with the Brit ultimately ending up ahead as António Félix da Costa drew closer.[2] They remained glued together as Tambay and Molina caught a group of cars yet to stop.[2] Tambay breezed past Christian Vietoris at the start of the Parabolika turn, with Molina not to far way.[2] Unfortunately, the Spaniard got out of shape on the brakes, slid into Vietoris and caused the German to spin, a spin that carried his car right into the side of Tambay.[2] The Frenchman, enjoying his best race of the season, was an innocent party in all of that, but was out of the race, with Vietoris limping on for a few metres before coming to a stop.[2]

With both drivers managing to move their cars out of the way, the race continued unabated, with di Resta taking Molina a lap later.[2] Paffett, meanwhile, was throwing a furious defence against Martin for seventh, as da Costa and Bruno Spengler loomed ever closer to support their team mate.[2] But ultimately, the pace of three BMWs behind him proved to much, and once Martin bested him on the exit of the hairpin, both da Costa and Spengler nudged their way past through Mercedes, knocking Paffett further down the order as Molina received a penalty for causing a collision.[2]

Müller was back in the wars after his penalty, this time trying to sweep across Wehrlein into the hairpin for fifteenth, only to get push over the kerbs on the exit by the new Champion.[2] The pair continued to trade blows until the DMSB stepped in, telling Wehrlein to hand Müller the place after it was deemed he had gained an unfair advantage.[2] As that message was being relayed to them, however, Wehrlein had slipped behind Müller and was trying a lunge on the brakes to get back past.[2] It was misjudged, however, and the German clattered into the Swiss driver, with both running wide.[2] The drama was still not over for them, as Wehrlein then drove straight over one of the huge kerbs on the outside of the turn, launching his Mercedes a foot into the air.[2]

Wehrlein soon tumbled to the very back of the field while carrying the damage to his car caused through his incidents with Müller, as Edoardo Mortara completed the stops and emerged in fifth.[2] His progress through the field over the closing stages proved to be the last entertainment of the season, as stops and incidents spread the field.[2] He had already made up eight places through his late stop, and was now hunting down a podium finish.[2]

First in the Italian's sights was Timo Scheider, who had been out of the action all day and proved a willing victim for Mortara's charge.[2] As Mortara began his charge on di Resta for third, da Costa completed a move down the inside of Martin for sixth to become the highest running BMW driver, before they tussled for the position over the final minutes.[2] Back with Mortara and the Italian was catching the Scot at every turn, before a swift move through the hairpin earned him the place.[2]

Martin and da Costa swapped places once again just before the final lap, with Green leading from Ekström and the charging Mortara.[2] But, the Brit was not to be denied his fourth win of the season, and as he ran to the line on the last lap, the fireworks along the side of the home straight lit up, as Green crossed the line to bring the sixteenth DTM season to a close.[2] That result earned him the runner-up spot in the Championship, ahead of his fellow podium partners Ekström and Mortara.[2] 

Results[]

The final classification of the 2015 Hockenheim Finale Race 2 is displayed below:

2015 Hockenheim Finale Race 2 Result
Pos. No. Name Team Laps Race Time Fastest lap Pts.
1st 53 Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green Flag of Germany Audi Team Rosberg 39 1:02:02.198 1:34.380 25
2nd 5 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 39 +1.351s 1:34.329 18
3rd 48 Flag of Italy Edoardo Mortara Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 39 +18.914s 1:34.086 15
4th 3 Flag of Scotland Paul di Resta Flag of Germany Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG 39 +28.694s 1:34.774 12
5th 10 Flag of Germany Timo Scheider Flag of Germany Audi Team Phoenix 39 +30.581s 1:34.914 10
6th 36 Flag of Belgium Maxime Martin Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG 39 +38.003s 1:34.571 8
7th 13 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer 39 +39.190s 1:34.832 6
8th 7 Canadian Flag Bruno Spengler Dutch Flag BMW Team MTEK 39 +39.761s 1:34.818 4
9th 2 Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett Flag of France ART Grand Prix Mercedes 39 +40.197s 1:34.986 2
10th 77 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer 39 +47.682s 1:34.756 1
11th 17 Flag of Spain Miguel Molina Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 39 +49.554s 1:34.976
12th 16 Flag of Germany Timo Glock Dutch Flag BMW Team MTEK 39 +54.040s 1:35.194
13th 12th Flag of Spain Daniel Juncadella Flag of Germany Petronas Mercedes-AMG 39 +55.955s 1:35.084
14th 84 Flag of Germany Maximilian Götz Flag of Germany Petronas Mercedes-AMG 39 +1:00.941 1:35.301
15th 18 Flag of Brazil Augusto Farfus Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM 39 +1:04.344 1:35.459
16th 99 Flag of Germany Mike Rockenfeller Flag of Germany Audi Team Phoenix 39 +1:07.538 1:35.242
17th 51 Flag of Switzerland Nico Müller Flag of Germany Audi Team Rosberg 39 +1:15.417 1:35.128
18th 31 Flag of the United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM 39 +1:19.406 1:35.182
19th 6 Canadian Flag Robert Wickens Flag of Germany Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG 39 +1:21.170 1:35.311
20th 22 Flag of Austria Lucas Auer Flag of France ART Grand Prix Mercedes 39 +1:23.359 1:35.278
21st 94 Flag of Germany Pascal Wehrlein Flag of Germany gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG 39 +1:31.948 1:35.484
Ret 8 Flag of Germany Christian Vietoris Flag of Germany gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG 15 Accident 1:35.942
Ret 27 Flag of France Adrien Tambay Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 15 Accident 1:34.888
Ret 1 Flag of Germany Marco Wittmann Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG 7 Damage 1:35.626
Source:[5]
  • Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
  • Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.

Milestones[]

  • HWA Team claimed the 2015 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship for Teams' Champions.
    • This was HWA's tenth Teams' Championship title as an entrant and first since 2010.
  • BMW declared as the 2015 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship for Manufacturers Champions.
    • This was the third Manufacturers' Championship for BMW since their return in 2012.
  • Jamie Green claimed his twelfth victory.

Standings[]

Pascal Wehrlein became the youngest ever DTM Champion, having defeated Mattias Ekström, Edoardo Mortara and Bruno Spengler in the first race. A late charge by Jamie Green, out of the title fight before the weekend, saw the Brit use his fourth win of the season to leap into second place on the final day, ahead of the trio who tried to deny Wehrlein. Ekström, meanwhile, had stayed in third at the end of it all, with Mortara slipping to fourth and Spengler ending the season in fifth, the only one of the top five to fail to win all season. 

Elsewhere, HWA Team claimed their first Teams' Championship for five seasons, ending a drought of Championships for Mercedes, although the Stuttgart based manufacturer would finish bottom of the Manufacturers' Championship for the fourth consecutive season. Instead, BMW won the Manufacturers' crown with BMW Team RMG in second place in the Teams' Championship, ahead of Audi Team Abt Sportsline. Audi, meanwhile, would ultimately rue Timo Scheider's actions at the Red Bull Ring, with the loss of points from that incident having been more than the gap between the Bavarian and Ingolstadt based squads.

2015 Drivers' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany Pascal Wehrlein 169 ◄0
2nd Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green 150 ▲2
3rd Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström 147 ▼1
4th Flag of Italy Edoardo Mortara 143 ▼1
5th Canadian Flag Bruno Spengler 123 ◄0
6th Flag of Germany Marco Wittmann 112 ◄0
7th Flag of Belgium Maxime Martin 94 ▲1
8th Flag of Scotland Paul di Resta 90 ▲2
9th Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett 89 ▼2
10th Flag of Germany Mike Rockenfeller 83 ▼1
11th Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa 79 ▲1
12th Flag of Brazil Augusto Farfus 77 ▼1
13th Canadian Flag Robert Wickens 61 ◄0
14th Flag of the United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist 59 ◄0
15th Flag of Germany Timo Glock 56 ◄0
16th Flag of Germany Christian Vietoris 56 ◄0
17th Flag of Spain Miguel Molina 54 ◄0
18th Flag of Germany Timo Scheider 51 ◄0
19th Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk 27 ◄0
20th Flag of Spain Daniel Juncadella 26 ▼1
21st Flag of Switzerland Nico Müller 26 ◄0
22nd Flag of Germany Maximilian Götz 25 ◄0
23rd Flag of Austria Lucas Auer 18 ◄0
24th Flag of France Adrien Tambay 3 ◄0
25th Flag of Italy Antonio Giovinazzi 0 ◄0
2001 Teams' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG 225 ◄0
2nd Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG 206 ◄0
3rd Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 201 ◄0
4th Dutch Flag BMW Team MTEK 179 ◄0
5th Flag of Germany Audi Team Rosberg 176 ◄0
6th Flag of Germany Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG 151 ▲2
7th Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 146 ▲1
8th Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM 136 ▼1
9th Flag of Germany Audi Team Phoenix 134 ◄0
10th Flag of France ART Grand Prix Mercedes 107 ◄0
11th Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer 106 ◄0
12th Flag of Germany Petronas Mercedes-AMG 51 ◄0
2015 Manufacturers' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany BMW 602 ◄0
2nd Flag of Germany Audi 595 ◄0
3rd Flag of Germany Mercedes-AMG 534 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

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  1. 'Season guide: Finale Hockenheim', dtm.com, (ITR e.V., 2015), http://www.dtm.com/en/event/2015-finale-hockenheim?language=en-gb, (Accessed 02/05/2015)
  2. 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 2.45 2.46 2.47 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.51 2.52 2.53 2.54 2.55 2.56 2.57 2.58 2.59 2.60 2.61 2.62 2.63 2.64 2.65 'JAMIE GREEN LEADS AUDI TO 1-2-3 IN DTM FINALE', dtm.com, (ITR e.V., 18/10/2015), http://www.dtm.com/en/news/jamie-green-leads-audi-1-2-3-dtm-finale-2015-10-18.html, (Accessed 19/10/2015)
  3. 3.0 3.1 'DTM FINALE HOCKENHEIM: RACE 1 AT A GLANCE', dtm.com, (ITR e.V., 17/10/2015), http://www.dtm.com/en/news/dtm-finale-hockenheim-race-1-glance-2015-10-17.html, (Accessed 20/10/2015)
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 'PAFFETT TO START FROM POLE POSITION FOR THE FINALE', dtm.com, (ITR e.V., 18/10/2015), http://www.dtm.com/en/news/paffett-start-pole-position-finale-2015-10-18.html, (Accessed 18/10/2015)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 '2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Hockenheim', motorsportstats.com, (Motorsport Network, 2019), https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2015-hockenheim, (Accessed 26/05/2020)
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2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship
Manufacturers
AudiBMWMercedes-Benz
Car/engine
Audi RS5 DTMAudi 4.0l V8BMW M4 DTMP66/1 4.0l V8Mercedes-AMG C63 DTMAMG 4.0l V8
Teams
Audi Sport Team AbtAudi Sport Team Abt SportslineAudi Sport Team PhoenixAudi Sport Team RosbergBMW Team MTEKBMW Team RBMBMW Team RMGEuronics/BWT Mercedes-AMGgooix/Original-Teile Mercedes-AMGPetronas Mercedes-AMGSILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG
Drivers
1 Marco Wittmann2 Gary Paffett3 Paul di Resta5 Mattias Ekström6 Robert Wickens7 Bruno Spengler8 Christian Vietoris10 Timo Scheider12 Daniel Juncadella13 António Félix da Costa16 Timo Glock17 Miguel Molina18 Augusto Farfus22 Lucas Auer27 Adrien Tambay31 Tom Blomqvist36 Maxime Martin48 Edoardo Mortara51 Nico Müller53 Jamie Green77 Martin Tomczyk84 Maximilian Götz94 Pascal Wehrlein99 Mike Rockenfeller
Races
Hockenheim Opening 1Hockenheim Opening 2Lausitzring 1Lausitzring 2Norisring 1Norisring 2Zandvoort 1Zandvoort 2Spielberg 1Spielberg 2Moscow Raceway 1Moscow Raceway 2Oschersleben 1Oschersleben 2Nürburgring 1Nürburgring 2Hockenheim Finale 1Hockenheim Finale 2
Tests
2015 Pre-season Test2015 Rookie Test
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