2016 Hungaroring Race 1

2016 Hungaroring Race 1
The Hungaroring returned to host the DTM in 2016.
Race Information
Date	24 September 2016
No.	192
Event	DTM Budapest 2016
Location	Hungaroring Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary
Format	40 min + 1 lap
Lap length	4.381 km (2.722 mi)
Distance	26 laps / 113.906 km (70.777 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Edoardo Mortara
Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	1:35.282
Fastest Lap
Driver	Edoardo Mortara
Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	1:36.959 on lap 4
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Edoardo Mortara	Jamie Green	Miguel Molina
Winner Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	42:20.736
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The 2016 Hungaroring Race 1, alternately known as the DTM Budapest 2016 Race 1, was the fifteenth round of the 2016 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary, on 24 September 2016. The race would see Edoardo Mortara secure a Grand Slam victory as he enhanced his title credentials, leading every lap to the close the gap to Marco Wittmann at the head of the title hunt.

Qualifying had seen Mortara storm to pole position, beating stablemate and fellow title pretender Jamie Green by 0.082s. Indeed, Audi had dominated the session, claiming positions first-through-eighth, while Felix Rosenqvist secured ninth for Mercedes ahead of Wittmann, the best of the BMWs.

Mortara duly converted pole position to a lead at the start of the race, sprinting clear of Green and Miguel Molina. Behind, Rosenqvist and Wittmann got themselves amongst the Audis, while Maxime Martin smacked into Mattias Ekström and sent both himself and the Swede to the back of the field.

Yet, with that the race would settle down, with Mortara and Green escaping at the head of the field, with the Brit not making an attack. Elsewhere, Wittmann would run in seventh ahead of a ferocious scrap between Rosenqvist and Timo Scheider, while Robert Wickens was up to tenth.

All of the action was instead outside of the top ten, with António Félix da Costa and Paul di Resta smashing together at turn one, resulting in the Scot suffering a suspension failure. Lucas Auer, meanwhile, would fight his way up the field with a strong series of overtakes, including a dance around Augusto Farfus, with Ekström likewise stalking up the field. However, the Swede would find Farfus particularly troublesome, with the Brazilian racer duly forcing the #5 Audi off circuit, opening the door for Christian Vietoris to pass both.

Out front, meanwhile, the status-quo would be maintained to the chequered flag, with Mortara sweeping through ahead of Green to secure an impressive victory. Molina was next up in third ahead of Mike Rockenfeller and Nico Müller, while Adrien Tambay held sixth to the line to complete an all-Audi top six. Wittmann was next up ahead of Rosenqvist and Scheider, while Wickens stalked them to the line for tenth.

Background

Marco Wittmann would head to the Hungaroring with a healthy lead in the Championship as the seventh weekend of the season came to a conclusion, moving onto 170 points. That meant that second placed Edoardo Mortara was 33 points behind after his victory in the second Nürburgring race, while Robert Wickens had slipped to third. Jamie Green was still in the title hunt as well as Paul di Resta, although they and Wickens would have to have a strong weekend in Hungary to maintain their title ambitions.

In the Teams' Championship BMW Team RMG would maintain their lead in the Championship, although their advantage had been reduced to nine points. Audi Team Abt Sportsline were their biggest threat in second, while BMW Team RBM were in third, 50 points behind second placed Abt Sportsline. BMW, meanwhile, would hold onto the initiative in the Constructors' Championship, moving onto 521 points and hence held a 57 point lead over Audi in second.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2016 Hungaroring Race 1 is displayed below:

2016 Hungaroring Race 1 Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Weight
2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes DTM Team ART	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes DTM Team HWA II	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes DTM Team HWA I	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,112.5 kg
8	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
10	Timo Scheider	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,112.5 kg
12	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes DTM Team HWA I	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,112.5 kg
16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	BMW 4.0l V8	1,112.5 kg
17	Miguel Molina	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team MTEK	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,112.5 kg
22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,112.5 kg
36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,112.5 kg
48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
51	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
53	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes DTM Team HWA II	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
88	Felix Rosenqvist	Mercedes DTM Team ART	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
100	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,112.5 kg
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Qualifying

Results

The final qualifying result for the 2016 Hungaroring Race 1 are outlined below:

2016 Hungaroring Race 1 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:35.282	—	165.525 km/h	1
2nd	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:35.364	+0.082s	165.383 km/h	2
3rd	17	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Abt	1:35.449	+0.167s	165.235 km/h	3
4th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:35.498	+0.216s	165.151 km/h	4
5th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:35.525	+0.243s	165.104 km/h	5
6th	27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Rosberg	1:35.589	+0.307s	164.993 km/h	6
7th	10	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Phoenix	1:35.753	+0.471s	164.711 km/h	7
8th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:35.810	+0.528s	164.613 km/h	8
9th	88	Felix Rosenqvist	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	1:35.870	+0.588s	164.510 km/h	9
10th*	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:35.893	+0.611s	164.470 km/h	10
11th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	1:35.923	+0.641s	164.419 km/h	11
12th	100	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	1:35.926	+0.644s	164.414 km/h	12
13th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	1:35.951	+0.669s	164.371 km/h	13
14th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	1:35.986	+0.704s	164.311 km/h	14
15th†	13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	1:35.992	+0.710s	164.301 km/h	20†
16th	12	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes Team HWA I	1:36.023	+0.741s	164.248 km/h	15
17th	8	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes BWT Mücke	1:36.045	+0.763s	164.210 km/h	16
18th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes Team HWA I	1:36.081	+0.799s	164.148 km/h	17
19th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	1:36.218	+0.936s	163.915 km/h	18
20th	18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team MTEK	1:36.234	+0.952s	163.888 km/h	19
21st	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	1:36.389	+1.107s	163.624 km/h	21
22nd	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes Team HWA II	1:36.408	+1.126s	163.592 km/h	22
EXC‡	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes BWT Mücke	1:36.528		163.388 km/h	23
EXC§	84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes Team HWA II	1:36.637		163.204 km/h	24
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
• * Wittmann was fined €10,000 for having unauthorised team members in the weighing area.
• ^† da Costa awarded a five place grid penalty for causing a collision in the 2016 Nürburgring Race 2.
• ^‡ Auer was excluded from the results of the session for breaching Parc Fermé conditions.
• ^§ Götz awarded a five place grid penalty for impeding Ekström, before being excluded from the results of the session for breaching Parc Fermé conditions.

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Edoardo Mortara	2
	______________	Jamie Green
Row 2	3	______________
	Miguel Molina	4
	______________	Mike Rockenfeller
Row 3	5	______________
	Nico Müller	6
	______________	Adrien Tambay
Row 4	7	______________
	Timo Scheider	8
	______________	Mattias Ekström
Row 5	9	______________
	Felix Rosenqvist	10
	______________	Marco Wittmann
Row 6	11	______________
	Tom Blomqvist	12
	______________	Martin Tomczyk
Row 7	13	______________
	Timo Glock	14
	______________	Maxime Martin
Row 8	15	______________
	Daniel Juncadella	16
	______________	Christian Vietoris
Row 9	17	______________
	Robert Wickens	18
	______________	Gary Paffett
Row 10	19	______________
	Augusto Farfus	20
	______________	António Félix da Costa
Row 11	21	______________
	Bruno Spengler	22
	______________	Paul di Resta
Row 12	23	______________
	Lucas Auer	24
	______________	Maximilian Götz

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2016 Hungaroring Race 1 is displayed below:

2016 Hungaroring Race 1 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	26	42:20.736	1:36.959	25
2nd	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	26	+1.090s	1:37.126	18
3rd	17	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Abt	26	+9.240s	1:37.390	15
4th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	26	+10.602s	1:37.503	12
5th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	26	+11.535s	1:37.386	10
6th	27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Rosberg	26	+21.045s	1:37.598	8
7th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	26	+23.177s	1:37.803	6
8th	88	Felix Rosenqvist	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	26	+24.729s	1:37.980	4
9th	10	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Phoenix	26	+25.754s	1:37.807	2
10th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes Team HWA I	26	+26.916s	1:37.939	1
11th	12	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes Team HWA I	26	+29.399s	1:37.800
12th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	26	+32.843s	1:37.964
13th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	26	+34.316s	1:38.106
14th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	26	+36.197s	1:38.203
15th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes BWT Mücke	26	+37.259s	1:37.848
16th	13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	26	+44.405s	1:37.847
17th	8	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes BWT Mücke	26	+45.334s	1:37.678
18th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	26	+50.675s	1:37.577
19th	18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team MTEK	26	+53.287s	1:38.143
20th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	26	+54.002s	1:38.252
21st	84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes Team HWA II	26	+55.420s	1:38.220
22nd*	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	26	+1:03.546	1:38.007
23rd†	100	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	26	+1:24.939	1:38.150
Ret	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes Team HWA II	11	Damage	1:39.188
Source:

• ³ Indicates a driver was awarded points for qualifying in the top three.
• Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
• * Blomqvist awarded a 30 second time penalty for using DRS on more than three occasions on one lap.
• ^† Tomczyk was awarded a drive-through penalty, converted to a 30 second time penalty, for causing a collision with Ekström.

Milestones

• Edoardo Mortara claimed his seventh victory.

Standings

Victory for Edoardo Mortara made him a major title pretender with three races to go, with the Italian moving to within fourteen points of leader Marco Wittmann. Indeed, that result meant that the title battle would make it to the season finale in Hockenheim, regardless of the result in the Sunday Race in Budapest. Jamie Green would, however, have to have a strong result on Sunday if he was to remain a pretender.

In the Teams' Championship Audi Team Abt Sportsline had moved back to the top of the table, ending the mid-point in the Budapest weekend with 244 points. That left them six ahead of BMW Team RMG at the head of the field, while BMW Team RBM had slipped some 75 points behind in third. In the Manufacturers' Championship, meanwhile, Audi had climbed to the top of the pile ahead of BMW, while the weight handicapped Mercedes had slipped even further off the lead in third.

2016 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Marco Wittmann 176 ◄0 2nd Edoardo Mortara 162 ◄0 3rd Jamie Green 137 ▲1 4th Robert Wickens 121 ▼1 5th Paul di Resta 100 ◄0 6th Tom Blomqvist 93 ◄0 7th Nico Müller 88 ▲1 8th Mattias Ekström 82 ▼1 9th Maxime Martin 76 ◄0 10th Gary Paffett 73 ◄0 11th Lucas Auer 68 ◄0 12th Timo Glock 58 ◄0 13th Bruno Spengler 51 ◄0 14th Augusto Farfus 44 ◄0 15th Christian Vietoris 42 ◄0 16th Miguel Molina 41 ◄0 17th Adrien Tambay 22 ▲2 18th Maximilian Götz 17 ▼1 19th Mike Rockenfeller 17 ▲3 20th António Félix da Costa 16 ▼2 21st Martin Tomczyk 13 ▼1 22nd Daniel Juncadella 6 ▼1 23rd Felix Rosenqvist 5 ▲2 24th Timo Scheider 5 ▼1 25th Esteban Ocon 2 ▼1 26th René Rast 0 ◄0

2016 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Abt Sportsline 244 ▲1 2nd BMW Team RMG 238 ▼1 3rd BMW Team RBM 169 ◄0 4th Audi Team Rosberg 159 ◄0 5th Audi Team Abt 129 ▲3 6th Mercedes Team HWA I 127 ▼1 7th Mercedes Team HWA II 117 ▼1 8th Mercedes BWT Mücke 110 ▼1 9th BMW Team MTEK 95 ◄0 10th Mercedes ART Grand Prix 80 ◄0 11th BMW Team Schnitzer 29 ◄0 12th Audi Team Phoenix 22 ◄0 2016 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 554 ▲1 2nd BMW 527 ▼1 3rd Mercedes 434 ◄0

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