2015 Oschersleben Race 1

2015 Oschersleben Race 1
File:Oschersleben 2007.png The Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
Race Information
Date	12 September 2015
No.	192
Event	DTM Oschersleben 2015
Location	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Format	40 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	3.696 km (2.297 mi)
Distance	28 laps / 103.488 km (64.304 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Timo Glock
Team	BMW Team MTEK
Time	1:19.821
Fastest Lap
Driver	Timo Glock
Team	BMW Team MTEK
Time	1:22.245 on lap 15
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Timo Glock	Bruno Spengler	António Félix da Costa
Winner Team	BMW Team MTEK
Time	42:25.324
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The 2015 Oschersleben Race 1, formally known as the DTM Oschersleben 2015 Race 1, was the thirteenth race of the 2015 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany on 12 September 2015. The race, which was the second trip of the season to Oschersleben after a pre-season test, would see Timo Glock claim an impressive victory for BMW.

Qualifying had seen Glock sweep to his maiden DTM pole position, as fog condensed the schedule and restricted pre-qualifying preparation. Furthermore, BMW would dominate the top end of the field, with the Bavarian manufacturer claiming seven of the top eight grid slots, with Pascal Wehrlein the lone interloper in sixth for Mercedes.

The start of the race would see Glock ease into an early lead, while Augusto Farfus, in a bid to challenge the German racer, braked too late and slid wide. António Félix da Costa and Bruno Spengler scrambled through as the Brazilian rejoined, as behind Robert Wickens smacked into Mike Rockenfeller.

That initial collision would cause chaos for the rest of the field, with Wickens also hitting Jamie Green to top the Brit into a spin. Green then smashed into teammate Nico Müller, hobbling both cars, with debris scattering across the circuit as the field danced around the incident.

The debris field would not only trigger a Safety Car, but also require that the field have to drive down the pitlane to avoid the scene. After ten minutes the race would resume with Glock sprinting away from da Costa, only for the SC to be called out for a second time as Wickens lost his bonnet on the back straight.

A lap later and the race restarted for a second time, with Glock again streaking clear while da Costa came under attack from Spengler. The Canadian racer duly slipped past the Portuguese racer for second, early on, while Farfus fended off the attentions of Wehrlein for fourth.

Wehrlein's bid for fourth would falter with a worsening overheating issue as the race wore on, with a similar issue ending Gary Paffett's day. Christian Vietoris would also have to slow after an issue caused his bonnet to begin lifting off his car, while a returning Timo Scheider fought to break into the top ten late on.

Out front, meanwhile, Glock ran unopposed ahead of teammate Bruno Spengler to claim victory having led every lap, with pole and fastest lap ensuring he claimed his maiden Grand Slam. da Costa was next up in a lonely third ahead of Farfus and Wehrlein, while Marco Wittmann and Tom Blomqvist had a late fight for sixth. Martin Tomczyk was next up ahead of Miguel Molina, while Daniel Juncadella held off Maxime Martin and Scheider to claim tenth.

Background

Timo Scheider returned to Audi Team Phoenix after his ban in Moscow, with the team rejuvenated by Mike Rockenfeller's victory in Russia. Antonio Giovinazzi, meanwhile, went back to his FIA Formula 3 European Championship duties in the mean time, as Audi maintained their lead in the Brands Championship, ahead of Mercedes and BMW.

It was an Audi driver at the head of the Drivers' Championship, with Mattias Ekström heading the charge by six points. That margin was over Pascal Wehrlein, the best Mercedes driver, with four drivers with a realistic chance of the title as the season came into its final throes. Jamie Green and Edoardo Mortara completed that quartet, although there was still a chance for Bruno Spengler and Marco Wittmann, the best of the BMW drivers.

Only the Teams' Championship was not in Audi's hands coming into Saxony, as HWA (Wehrlein's team) led the field, ahead of Ekström's Audi Team Abt Sportsline outfit. Audi Team Rosberg looked to be set for third, although they could come under pressure from the second Sportsline and HWA teams over the final races. Mixing it with that group were two BMW entrants, Team RMG and Team MTEK, as the Bavaria boys continued their upward trend in form.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2015 Oschersleben Race 1 is displayed below:

2015 Oschersleben Race 1 Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Weight
1	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66 4.0l V8	1,107.5 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	1,137.5 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	1,105 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	1,125 kg
12	Daniel Juncadella	Petronas Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG	C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW	M4 DTM	P66 4.0l V8	1,107.5 kg
16	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK	BMW	M4 DTM	P66 4.0l V8	1,105 kg
17	Miguel Molina	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 DTM 15	Audi 4.0l V8	1,122.5 kg
18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 DTM	P66 4.0l V8	1,107.5 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	1,122.5 kg
31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 DTM	P66 4.0l V8	1,105 kg
36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66 4.0l V8	1,105 kg
48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	RS5 DTM 15	Audi 4.0l V8	1,137.5 kg
51	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM 15	Audi 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
53	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM 15	Audi 4.0l V8	1,132.5 kg
77	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW	M4 DTM	P66 4.0l V8	1,105 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	1,137.5 kg
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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. Each driver would then be allowed to complete as many laps as they liked, with the final order based on each driver's time. Weather-wise morning fog had heavily disrupted the schedule for the day, with a short practice session only allowing a limited amount of running before qualifying began.

Report

The conditions may have been to the benefit of BMW and Timo Glock in particular, as the ex-F1 racer claimed a stunning pole position amid dank skies. He was also the first of five cars from Bavaria, as Augusto Farfus and Tom Blomqvist completed the top three. It was an impressive display by the rookie Brit too, with Blomqvist achieving his best ever quali result at a track he had never seen before.

Behind António Félix da Costa and Bruno Spengler was Pascal Wehrlein, who was the highest placed of the title contenders and the best non-BMW. He was in a lonely sixth for the Stuttgart squad, as he had two more BMWs in Marco Wittmann and Martin Tomczyk immediately behind him. Completing the top ten was an all Audi fifth row, as Miguel Molina and Edoardo Mortara finished the session just two an a half tenths of the pace of Glock.

Maxime Martin was the only BMW not to make it into the top ten, although his twelfth place meant that it was a story of struggles for the other two manufacturers. They would share the bottom half of the grid equally between them, with Mattias Ekström, Championship leader, surprisingly slowest of all. He was to be promoted to 23rd when Lucas Auer had a penalty applied to him post-qualifying. The other title contender was Jamie Green, who claimed thirteenth.

Post Qualifying

The final qualifying result for the 2015 Oschersleben Race 1 are outlined below:

2015 Oschersleben Race 1 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK	1:19.821	—	166.692 km/h	1
2nd	18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	1:19.877	+0.056s	166.576 km/h	2
3rd	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	1:19.893	+0.072s	166.542 km/h	3
4th	13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	1:19.907	+0.086s	166.513 km/h	4
5th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	1:19.927	+0.106s	166.471 km/h	5
6th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG	1:19.935	+0.114s	166.455 km/h	6
7th	1	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:19.992	+0.171s	166.336 km/h	7
8th	77	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	1:20.019	+0.198s	166.280 km/h	8
9th	17	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:20.019	+0.198s	166.280 km/h	9
10th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Abt	1:20.076	+0.255s	166.162 km/h	10
11th	2	Gary Paffett	ART Grand Prix Mercedes	1:20.136	+0.315s	166.037 km/h	11
12th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RMG	1:20.175	+0.354s	165.956 km/h	12
13th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:20.206	+0.385s	165.892 km/h	13
14th	12	Daniel Juncadella	Petronas Mercedes-AMG	1:20.223	+0.402s	165.857 km/h	14
15th	3	Paul di Resta	Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG	1:20.232	+0.411s	165.839 km/h	15
16th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Rosberg	1:20.380	+0.559s	165.533 km/h	16
17th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:20.444	+0.623s	165.402 km/h	17
18th	8	Christian Vietoris	gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG	1:20.452	+0.631s	165.385 km/h	18
19th	10	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Phoenix	1:20.464	+0.643s	165.360 km/h	19
20th	6	Robert Wickens	Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG	1:20.479	+0.658s	165.330 km/h	20
21st	84	Maximilian Götz	Petronas Mercedes-AMG	1:20.505	+0.684s	165.276 km/h	21
22nd	27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Abt	1:20.659	+0.838s	164.961 km/h	22
23rd	22	Lucas Auer	ART Grand Prix Mercedes	1:20.702	+0.881s	164.873 km/h	24
24th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:20.810	+0.989s	164.652 km/h	23
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
• * Auer served a five place gird penalty for .

Grid

The starting grid for the 2015 Oschersleben Race 1 is outlined below:

		5	Mattias Ekström	1:20.810			84	Maximilian Götz	1:20.505			10	Timo Scheider	1:20.464			99	Mike Rockenfeller	1:20.444			3	Paul di Resta	1:20.232			53	Jamie Green	1:20.206			2	Gary Paffett	1:20.136			17	Miguel Molina	1:20.019			1	Marco Wittmann	1:19.992			7	Bruno Spengler	1:19.927			31	Tom Blomqvist	1:19.893			16	Timo Glock	1:19.821
	22	Lucas Auer		Penalty		27	Adrien Tambay		1:20.659		6	Robert Wickens		1:20.479		8	Christian Vietoris		1:20.452		51	Nico Müller		1:20.380		12	Daniel Juncadella		1:20.223		36	Maxime Martin		1:20.175		48	Edoardo Mortara		1:20.076		77	Martin Tomczyk		1:20.019		94	Pascal Wehrlein		1:19.935		13	António Félix da Costa		1:19.907		18	Augusto Farfus		1:19.877

Race

A dry Saturday afternoon, with temperatures on the rise after the morning's fog, was a surprise, but a welcome one, for the field for the first race of the weekend. Timo Glock was another surprise, with the German securing a first pole position earlier in the day, and was now hoping to secure a second career win. Pascal Wehrlein was expected to end the race at the top of the Championship, the best placed of the title contenders, with Mattias Ekström starting on the back-row, and expected to struggle.

Report

The tight first chicane of Oschersleben was slated as being the most likely cause of an accident at the start of the race, and so it proved to be. As Glock pulled cleanly ahead of the field, Augusto Farfus braked slightly too late and locked up his front wheels, sending him wide. António Félix da Costa and Bruno Spengler took full advantage as Farfus and Tom Blomqvist (who was just on the wrong side of the Brazilian) recovered to remain in the top ten. But, the first corner drama was to come further down the field.

Robert Wickens had to dart around Mike Rockenfeller into the braking zone for the chicane, putting him onto the white line on the edge of the inside of the track. Momentum and late braking meant that contact was inevitable, but it was the angle of impact that caused all of the drama, with Wickens sliding into the rear left of Jamie Green. Green's spin carried him into another car, with luck almost inevitably carrying him into the back of team mate Nico Müller, with heavy damage to both cars. Debris littered the track, bringing out the Safety Car, as all of those involved continued for the time being.

With so much carbon fibre scattered across the first corner the DMSB opted to have the field drive through the pitlane behind the safety car, although the interruption was only brief. With almost ten minutes gone, the race was back underway as Glock pulled away from the field, with the symptoms of the first corner crash beginning to tell. Later in that lap, Wickens lost his bonnet down the back straight, shattering across the circuit when it landed back on the circuit with the Canadian out of the race and the safety car back on circuit.

But, just one lap later and he field was racing again, with Glock streaking ahead for a third time. Over the next few laps, Green and Muller dragged their cars into the pits with damage related issues, both ultimately caused by the contact at the first corner. Rockenfeller, meanwhile, was placed under investigation for causing the first corner accident, while Gary Paffett limped down the pits with an overheating issue.

No punishment would come for Rocky as he pitted with damage to his car, while Glock led from Spengler, da Costa and Farfus, the Canadian having slipped past the Portuguese driver at the restart. Wehrlein, meanwhile, was running a healthy fifth as the best of the Mercedes cars, but was beginning to struggle with the same overheating issue that had ended Paffett's day. Christian Vietoris, meanwhile, dropped down the field after he saw his bonnet begin to peel of the front of his car, while Edoardo Mortara limped into the pits with an unspecified issue.

Ultimately, however, there was no one who could challenge Glock at the front of the field as he completed his second career victory without any threat from behind. As Timo Scheider tried to dart past Maxime Martin for eleventh, Glock completed his drive to win by almost two second from Spengler, with da Costa the only other driver within ten seconds of the leader. Farfus was a comfortable fourth ahead of new championship leader Wehrlein, who had to fend off a late challenge from Marco Wittmann. Blomqvist and Martin Tomczyk ensured there were seven BMWs in the top ten, with Miguel Molina and Daniel Juncadella rounding out the scorers.

Result

The final classification of the 2015 Oschersleben Race 1 is displayed below:

2015 Oschersleben Race 1 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team MTEK	28	42:25.324	1:22.245	25
2nd	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	28	+1.876s	1:22.360	18
3rd	13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	28	+7.881s	1:22.525	15
4th	18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RBM	28	+10.051s	1:22.626	12
5th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG	28	+12.734s	1:22.572	10
6th	1	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	28	+13.399s	1:22.503	8
7th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	28	+14.040s	1:22.627	6
8th	77	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	28	+18.542s	1:22.990	4
9th	17	Miguel Molina	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	28	+28.264s	1:23.128	2
10th	12	Daniel Juncadella	Petronas Mercedes-AMG	28	+30.648s	1:23.303	1
11th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RMG	28	+33.639s	1:23.458
12th	10	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Phoenix	28	+33.928s	1:23.008
13th	3	Paul di Resta	Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG	28	+34.438s	1:23.458
14th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	28	+39.684s	1:23.372
15th	22	Lucas Auer	ART Grand Prix Mercedes	28	+40.100s	1:23.442
16th	84	Maximilian Götz	Petronas Mercedes-AMG	28	+40.654s	1:23.423
17th	27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	28	+41.131s	1:23.521
18th	8	Christian Vietoris	gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG	28	+41.898s	1:23.488
19th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	22	+6 Laps	1:23.739
Ret*	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	16	Damage	1:24.416
Ret	2	Gary Paffett	ART Grand Prix Mercedes	14	Overheating	1:24.257
Ret	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Rosberg	13	Damage	1:24.289
Ret	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	8	Damage	1:24.282
Ret†	6	Robert Wickens	Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG	4	Damage	1:52.035
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
• * Rockenfeller awarded a three place grid penalty for the 2015 Oschersleben Race 2 for causing a collision.
• ^† Wickens was awarded multiple grid penalties for the 2015 Oschersleben Race 2 for causing a collision and earning his third reprimand of the season.

Milestones

• Timo Glock claimed his maiden DTM pole position.
• Second career victory for Glock.
  • This was also Glock's first Grand Slam.

Standings

Pascal Wehrlein moved back to the head of the Championship after the first race in Oschersleben, having claimed his 130th point of the campaign. Mattias Ekström had therefore slipped to second, four off the lead, while Edoardo Mortara had slipped twenty behind in third. Jamie Green and Bruno Spengler were next up, tied on 103 points, with all twenty-four regular season drivers on the scoresheet.

In the Teams' Championship it was gooix/Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG who continued to head the charge, having eked out their lead to 31 points. Indeed, Audi Team Abt Sportsline had not only lost ground to the leaders, but were only two ahead of BMW Team MTEK after they had shot from sixth to third after their one-two. In the Manufacturers' Championship, meanwhile, Audi had retained the lead, while BMW had moved to within nine of the leaders and overhauled Mercedes-AMG in the process.

2015 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Pascal Wehrlein 130 ▲1 2nd Mattias Ekström 126 ▼1 3rd Edoardo Mortara 110 ◄0 4th Jamie Green 103 ◄0 5th Bruno Spengler 103 ◄0 6th Marco Wittmann 83 ◄0 7th Gary Paffett 75 ◄0 8th Mike Rockenfeller 67 ◄0 9th António Félix da Costa 59 ◄0 10th Robert Wickens 57 ▼1 11th Christian Vietoris 56 ▼1 12th Augusto Farfus 55 ▲1 13th Timo Glock 50 ▲4 14th Maxime Martin 44 ▼2 15th Paul di Resta 40 ▼1 16th Miguel Molina 29 ▼1 17th Nico Müller 26 ▼1 18th Daniel Juncadella 25 ◄0 19th Martin Tomczyk 24 ◄0 20th Timo Scheider 16 ◄0 21st Tom Blomqvist 16 ▲1 22nd Lucas Auer 10 ▼1 23rd Maximilian Götz 6 ◄0 24th Adrien Tambay 3 ◄0 25th Antonio Giovinazzi 0 ◄0

2015 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st gooix/OT Mercedes-AMG 186 ◄0 2nd Audi Team Abt Sportsline 155 ◄0 3rd BMW Team MTEK 153 ▲3 4th Audi Team Rosberg 129 ▼1 5th BMW Team RMG 127 ▼1 6th Audi Team Abt 113 ▼1 7th Silberpfeil Mercedes-AMG 97 ◄0 8th ART Grand Prix Mercedes 85 ◄0 9th Audi Team Phoenix 83 ◄0 10th BMW Team Schnitzer 83 ◄0 11th BMW Team RBM 71 ◄0 12th Petronas Mercedes-AMG 31 ◄0 2015 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 418 ◄0 2nd BMW 409 ▲1 3rd Mercedes-AMG 399 ▼1

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

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