2015 Hockenheim Finale Race 2 | ||
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The Hockenheimring was unchanged for the 2015 Finale. | ||
Race Information | ||
Date | 18 October 2015 | |
No. | 197 | |
Event | DTM Season Finale 2015 | |
Location | 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 | Gary Paffett | |
Team | Euronics/BWT Mercedes-AMG | |
Time | 1:32.645 | |
Fastest Lap | ||
Driver | Edoardo Mortara | |
Team | Audi Sport Team Abt | |
Time | 1:34.086 on lap 25 | |
Race Result | ||
First | Second | Third |
Jamie Green | Mattias Ekström | Edoardo Mortara |
Winner Team | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | |
Time | 1:02:02.198 | |
Race Guide | ||
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2015 Hockenheim Finale Race 1 | 2016 Hockenheim Opening Race 1 |
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 | ||||||
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No. | Name | Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Weight |
1 | Marco Wittmann | BMW Team RMG | BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 | 1,117.5 kg |
2 | Gary Paffett | Euronics/BWT Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG | C63 DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 | 1,127.5 kg |
3 | Paul di Resta | Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG | C63 DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 | 1,120 kg |
5 | Mattias Ekström | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi | RS5 DTM 15 | Audi 4.0l V8 | 1,127.5 kg |
6 | Robert Wickens | Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG | C63 DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 | 1,122.5 kg |
7 | Bruno Spengler | BMW Team MTEK | BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 | 1,115 kg |
8 | Christian Vietoris | gooix/Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG | C63 DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 | 1,122.5 kg |
10 | Timo Scheider | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi | RS5 DTM 15 | Audi 4.0l V8 | 1,115 kg |
12 | Daniel Juncadella | Petronas Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG | C63 DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 | 1,130 kg |
13 | António Félix da Costa | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 | 1,117.5 kg |
16 | Timo Glock | BMW Team MTEK | BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 | 1,115 kg |
17 | Miguel Molina | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi | RS5 DTM 15 | Audi 4.0l V8 | 1,115 kg |
18 | Augusto Farfus | BMW Team RBM | BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 | 1,117.5 kg |
22 | Lucas Auer | Euronics/BWT Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG | C63 DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 | 1,120 kg |
27 | Adrien Tambay | Audi Sport Team Abt | Audi | RS5 DTM 15 | Audi 4.0l V8 | 1,112.5 kg |
31 | Tom Blomqvist | BMW Team RBM | BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 | 1,115 kg |
34 | Esteban Ocon | Petronas Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG | C63 DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 | 1,125 kg |
36 | Maxime Martin | BMW Team RMG | BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 | 1,112.5 kg |
48 | Edoardo Mortara | Audi Sport Team Abt | Audi | RS5 DTM 15 | Audi 4.0l V8 | 1,127.5 kg |
51 | Nico Müller | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi | RS5 DTM 15 | Audi 4.0l V8 | 1,120 kg |
53 | Jamie Green | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi | RS5 DTM 15 | Audi 4.0l V8 | 1,125 kg |
77 | Martin Tomczyk | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW | M4 DTM | P66 4.0l V8 | 1,112.5 kg |
84 | Maximilian Götz | Petronas Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG | C63 DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 | 1,117.5 kg |
94 | Pascal Wehrlein | gooix/Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG | C63 DTM | AMG 4.0l V8 | 1,130 kg |
99 | Mike Rockenfeller | 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 | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Ave. Speed | Grid |
1st | 2 | Gary Paffett | ART Grand Prix Mercedes | 1:32.645 | — | 177.736 km/h | 1 |
2nd | 53 | Jamie Green | Audi Team Rosberg | 1:32.683 | +0.038s | 177.663 km/h | 2 |
3rd | 5 | Mattias Ekström | Audi Team Abt Sportsline | 1:32.729 | +0.084s | 177.575 km/h | 3 |
4th | 17 | Miguel Molina | Audi Team Abt Sportsline | 1:32.746 | +0.101s | 177.542 km/h | 4 |
5th | 36 | Maxime Martin | BMW Team RMG | 1:32.826 | +0.181s | 177.389 km/h | 5 |
6th | 27 | Adrien Tambay | Audi Team Abt | 1:32.845 | +0.200s | 177.353 km/h | 6 |
7th | 51 | Nico Müller | Audi Team Rosberg | 1:32.861 | +0.216s | 177.323 km/h | 7 |
8th | 10 | Timo Scheider | Audi Team Phoenix | 1:32.936 | +0.291s | 177.179 km/h | 8 |
9th | 84 | Maximilian Götz | Petronas Mercedes-AMG | 1:32.958 | +0.313s | 177.138 km/h | 9 |
10th | 18 | Augusto Farfus | BMW Team RBM | 1:32.976 | +0.331s | 177.103 km/h | 10 |
11th | 3 | Paul di Resta | Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG | 1:32.991 | +0.346s | 177.075 km/h | 11 |
12th | 31 | Tom Blomqvist | BMW Team RBM | 1:33.056 | +0.411s | 176.951 km/h | 12 |
13th | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Audi Team Abt | 1:33.064 | +0.419s | 176.936 km/h | 13 |
14th | 99 | Mike Rockenfeller | Audi Team Phoenix | 1:33.093 | +0.448s | 176.881 km/h | 14 |
15th | 7 | Bruno Spengler | BMW Team MTEK | 1:33.096 | +0.451s | 176.875 km/h | 15 |
16th | 1 | Marco Wittmann | BMW Team RMG | 1:33.098 | +0.453s | 176.871 km/h | 16 |
17th | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG | 1:33.120 | +0.475s | 176.829 km/h | 17 |
18th | 12 | Daniel Juncadella | Petronas Mercedes-AMG | 1:33.163 | +0.518s | 176.748 km/h | 18 |
19th | 13 | António Félix da Costa | BMW Team Schnitzer | 1:33.223 | +0.578s | 176.634 km/h | 19 |
20th | 6 | Robert Wickens | Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG | 1:33.255 | +0.610s | 176.573 km/h | 20 |
21st | 16 | Timo Glock | BMW Team MTEK | 1:33.481 | +0.836s | 176.147 km/h | 21 |
22nd | 22 | Lucas Auer | ART Grand Prix Mercedes | 1:33.549 | +0.904s | 176.018 km/h | 22 |
23rd | 77 | Martin Tomczyk | BMW Team Schnitzer | 1:33.639 | +0.994s | 175.849 km/h | 23 |
24th | 8 | Christian Vietoris | 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:
77 | Martin Tomczyk | 1:33.639 | 16 | Timo Glock | 1:33.481 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | 1:33.223 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | 1:33.120 | 7 | Bruno Spengler | 1:33.096 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | 1:33.064 | 3 | Paul di Resta | 1:32.991 | 84 | Maximilian Götz | 1:32.958 | 51 | Nico Müller | 1:32.861 | 36 | Maxime Martin | 1:32.826 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | 1:32.729 | 2 | Gary Paffett | 1:32.645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
1st | 53 | Jamie Green | Audi Team Rosberg | 39 | 1:02:02.198 | 1:34.380 | 25 |
2nd | 5 | Mattias Ekström | Audi Team Abt Sportsline | 39 | +1.351s | 1:34.329 | 18 |
3rd | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Audi Team Abt | 39 | +18.914s | 1:34.086 | 15 |
4th | 3 | Paul di Resta | Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG | 39 | +28.694s | 1:34.774 | 12 |
5th | 10 | Timo Scheider | Audi Team Phoenix | 39 | +30.581s | 1:34.914 | 10 |
6th | 36 | Maxime Martin | BMW Team RMG | 39 | +38.003s | 1:34.571 | 8 |
7th | 13 | António Félix da Costa | BMW Team Schnitzer | 39 | +39.190s | 1:34.832 | 6 |
8th | 7 | Bruno Spengler | BMW Team MTEK | 39 | +39.761s | 1:34.818 | 4 |
9th | 2 | Gary Paffett | ART Grand Prix Mercedes | 39 | +40.197s | 1:34.986 | 2 |
10th | 77 | Martin Tomczyk | BMW Team Schnitzer | 39 | +47.682s | 1:34.756 | 1 |
11th | 17 | Miguel Molina | Audi Team Abt Sportsline | 39 | +49.554s | 1:34.976 | |
12th | 16 | Timo Glock | BMW Team MTEK | 39 | +54.040s | 1:35.194 | |
13th | 12th | Daniel Juncadella | Petronas Mercedes-AMG | 39 | +55.955s | 1:35.084 | |
14th | 84 | Maximilian Götz | Petronas Mercedes-AMG | 39 | +1:00.941 | 1:35.301 | |
15th | 18 | Augusto Farfus | BMW Team RBM | 39 | +1:04.344 | 1:35.459 | |
16th | 99 | Mike Rockenfeller | Audi Team Phoenix | 39 | +1:07.538 | 1:35.242 | |
17th | 51 | Nico Müller | Audi Team Rosberg | 39 | +1:15.417 | 1:35.128 | |
18th | 31 | Tom Blomqvist | BMW Team RBM | 39 | +1:19.406 | 1:35.182 | |
19th | 6 | Robert Wickens | Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG | 39 | +1:21.170 | 1:35.311 | |
20th | 22 | Lucas Auer | ART Grand Prix Mercedes | 39 | +1:23.359 | 1:35.278 | |
21st | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG | 39 | +1:31.948 | 1:35.484 | |
Ret | 8 | Christian Vietoris | gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG | 15 | Accident | 1:35.942 | |
Ret | 27 | Adrien Tambay | Audi Team Abt | 15 | Accident | 1:34.888 | |
Ret | 1 | Marco Wittmann | 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.
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References[]
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- ↑ '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)
- ↑ 2.00 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)
- ↑ 3.0 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)
- ↑ 4.00 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)
- ↑ 5.0 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 |
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Manufacturers |
Audi • BMW • Mercedes-Benz |
Car/engine |
Audi RS5 DTM • Audi 4.0l V8 • BMW M4 DTM • P66/1 4.0l V8 • Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM • AMG 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 • Euronics/BWT Mercedes-AMG • gooix/Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG • Petronas Mercedes-AMG • SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG |
Drivers |
1 Marco Wittmann • 2 Gary Paffett • 3 Paul di Resta • 5 Mattias Ekström • 6 Robert Wickens • 7 Bruno Spengler • 8 Christian Vietoris • 10 Timo Scheider • 12 Daniel Juncadella • 13 António Félix da Costa • 16 Timo Glock • 17 Miguel Molina • 18 Augusto Farfus • 22 Lucas Auer • 27 Adrien Tambay • 31 Tom Blomqvist • 36 Maxime Martin • 48 Edoardo Mortara • 51 Nico Müller • 53 Jamie Green • 77 Martin Tomczyk • 84 Maximilian Götz • 94 Pascal Wehrlein • 99 Mike Rockenfeller |
Races |
Hockenheim Opening 1 • Hockenheim Opening 2 • Lausitzring 1 • Lausitzring 2 • Norisring 1 • Norisring 2 • Zandvoort 1 • Zandvoort 2 • Spielberg 1 • Spielberg 2 • Moscow Raceway 1 • Moscow Raceway 2 • Oschersleben 1 • Oschersleben 2 • Nürburgring 1 • Nürburgring 2 • Hockenheim Finale 1 • Hockenheim Finale 2 |
Tests |
2015 Pre-season Test • 2015 Rookie Test |
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