2016 Hungaroring Race 2

2016 Hungaroring Race 2
The Hungaroring returned to host the DTM in 2016.
Race Information
Date	25 September 2016
No.	193
Event	DTM Budapest 2016
Location	Hungaroring Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary
Format	60 min + 1 lap
Lap length	4.381 km (2.722 mi)
Distance	36 laps / 157.716 km (98.000 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Edoardo Mortara
Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	1:34.984
Fastest Lap
Driver	Mattias Ekström
Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	1:36.538 on lap 26
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Mattias Ekström	Adrien Tambay	António Félix da Costa
Winner Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	59:09.402
Race Guide
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2016 Hungaroring Race 1		2016 Hockenheim Finale Race 1

The 2016 Hungaroring Race 2, otherwise known as the DTM Budapest 2016 Race 2, was the sixteenth round of the 2016 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary, on the 25 September 2016. The race would see Mattias Ekström sweep to his first and only victory of the campaign, as title pretenders Marco Wittmann and Edoardo Mortara collided.

Mortara had gained the initiative in qualifying, as he swept to his second pole position of the weekend ahead of teammate Ekström. Championship leader Wittmann would, however, secure third, just 0.001s behind the #5 Audi, with outside shot for the crown Jamie Green scoring fourth. Robert Wickens, the lead driver in the Championship for Mercedes, would be the Stuttgart marque's only representative in the top ten, claiming eighth on the grid.

After a false start due to an out-of-position Wickens, the successful start of the race saw Mortara make a poor start, allowing Wittmann to charge alongside, elbowing his way along the outside of the #48 Audi as Mortara squeezed him towards the grass. Wittmann retaliated and steered across Mortara as he pulled ahead, with the resulting contact pitching Wittmann into a side-swipe with Green, although miraculously all continued.

Wittmann duly slipped back into the middle of the pack, while Mortara seemed to have escaped with second behind Ekström. However, moments after the Swede handed the lead back to the Italian, Mortara would suffer a slow puncture and come into the pits for a tyre change.

With Mortara out of contention Wittmann was left in fourth, with both he and Mortara both being slapped with warnings for their part in the incident. However, the race soon settled into a procession, with Ekström escaping from Adrien Tambay at the head of the field, while Daniel Juncadella assumed control of third.

The pitstop phase for the leaders was started by Wittmann with 27 minutes to go, with the German emerging in between stablemates António Félix da Costa and Tom Blomqvist whom had already stopped. da Costa duly waved his teammate through to grant him the lead place among those that had stopped.

Ekström, Tambay and Juncadella all stopped and rejoined ahead of the German racer, and duly pulled clear as the #11 BMW struggled to match their pace. Indeed, Wittmann's status in fourth was only secured by the fact that he had three de jure teammates behind him, all of whom were under orders not to attack the Bavarian marque's lead driver.

With that the race was run, with Ekström able to cruise through the second stint to secure his first victory since 2015 Spielberg Race 2, with Tambay a lonely second. Juncadella completed the podium ahead of Wittmann, with the #11 BMW leading da Costa, Blomqvist and Timo Glock across the line. Timo Scheider, Maxime Martin and Mike Rockenfeller claimed the remaining points, while Mortara retired in the closing stages.

After the race, however, there would be a dramatic twist, as Wittmann and Juncadella were both disqualified for failing post-race scrutineering. That elevated da Costa onto the podium and Martin Tomczyk and Wickens into the points, and meant that Wittmann held a fourteen point lead over Mortara ahead of the season finale in Hockenheim.

Background

Victory for Edoardo Mortara in the first battle of Budapest had made him a major title pretender with three races to go, with the Italian having moved 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.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2016 Hungaroring Race 2 is displayed below:

2016 Hungaroring Race 2 Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Weight
2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes DTM Team ART	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes DTM Team HWA II	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes DTM Team HWA I	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,125 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	1,125 kg
10	Timo Scheider	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,120 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	1,125 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	1,120 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	1,125 kg
27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,120 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	1,120 kg
51	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
53	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes DTM Team HWA II	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
88	Felix Rosenqvist	Mercedes DTM Team ART	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,120 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 2 are outlined below:

2016 Hungaroring Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:34.984	—	166.044 km/h	1
2nd	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:35.138	+0.154s	165.776 km/h	2
3rd	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:35.139	+0.155s	165.774 km/h	3
4th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:35.145	+0.161s	165.763 km/h	4
5th	17	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Abt	1:35.191	+0.207s	165.683 km/h	5
6th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	1:35.303	+0.319s	165.489 km/h	6
7th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	1:35.373	+0.389s	165.367 km/h	7
8th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes Team HWA I	1:35.388	+0.404s	165.341 km/h	8
9th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:35.460	+0.476s	165.216 km/h	9
10th	27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Rosberg	1:35.476	+0.492s	165.189 km/h	10
11th	12	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes Team HWA I	1:35.534	+0.550s	165.088 km/h	11
12th	13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	1:35.537	+0.553s	165.083 km/h	12
13th	10	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Phoenix	1:35.562	+0.578s	165.040 km/h	13
14th	18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team MTEK	1:35.563	+0.579s	165.038 km/h	14
15th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	1:35.567	+0.583s	165.031 km/h	15
16th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:35.651	+0.667s	164.886 km/h	16
17th	100	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	1:35.723	+0.739s	164.762 km/h	17
18th	8	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes BWT Mücke	1:35.767	+0.783s	164.687 km/h	18
19th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	1:35.835	+0.851s	164.570 km/h	19
20th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes BWT Mücke	1:35.849	+0.865s	164.546 km/h	20
21st	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes Team HWA II	1:35.859	+0.875s	164.529 km/h	21
22nd	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	1:35.913	+0.929s	164.436 km/h	22
23rd	84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes Team HWA II	1:35.961	+0.977s	164.354 km/h	23
24th	88	Felix Rosenqvist	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	1:36.062	+1.078s	164.181 km/h	24
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.

Grid

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

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2016 Hungaroring Race 2 is displayed below:

2016 Hungaroring Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	36	59:09.402	1:36.538	25
2nd	27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Rosberg	36	+4.350s	1:37.019	18
3rd	13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	36	+24.209s	1:37.133	15
4th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	36	+26.813s	1:37.460	12
5th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	36	+26.813s	1:37.460	10
6th	10	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Phoenix	36	+31.762s	1:37.632	8
7th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	36	+38.310s	1:37.941	6
8th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	36	+38.675s	1:37.488	4
9th	100	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	36	+39.966s	1:37.831	2
10th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes Team HWA I	36	+40.327s	1:37.632	1
11th	88	Felix Rosenqvist	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	36	+40.710s	1:37.356
12th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	36	+41.317s	1:37.678
13th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes Team HWA II	36	+41.777s	1:37.660
14th	8	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes BWT Mücke	36	+42.352s	1:37.809
15th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes BWT Mücke	36	+32.755s	1:37.738
16th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	36	+43.015s	1:37.270
17th	84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes Team HWA II	36	+45.388s	1:37.180
18th	17	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Abt	36	+1:07.034	1:38.165
19th*	48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	33	Damage	1:38.014
DSQ†	12	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes Team HWA I	36	Disqualified	1:37.633
DSQ†	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	36	Disqualified	1:36.403
Ret	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	8	Retired	1:38.674
Ret	18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team MTEK	2	Damage	1:52.765
Ret	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1	Damage	—
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
• * Mortara was still classified despite retiring as he had completed 75% of the race distance.
• ^† Juncadella and Wittmann were disqualified after post-race scrutineering after excessive wear was found to their skid blocks.

Milestones

• 24th career victory for Mattias Ekström.

Standings

The post-race modifications to the finishing order in the second Hungarian race would have a major impact in the Championship, as it kept a status-quo at the head of the field. Indeed, Marco Wittmann would head into the season finale in Hockenheim with 176 points to his credit, leaving him fourteen ahead of Edoardo Mortara in second. Jamie Green had also remained in the hunt, but was facing a 39 point deficit ahead of the finale, and hence would likely have to win both races to challenge for the crown.

In the Teams' Championship Audi Team Abt Sportsline had established a fair lead at the head of the hunt, having moved 25 points clear atop the pile. BMW Team RMG were their closest challengers in second, while BMW Team RBM occupied third and were still mathematically in the hunt, but would require a lot of results in their favour. Audi, meanwhile, would top the Manufacturers' Championship ahead of the season finale, having secured a 37 point advantage over BMW.

2016 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Marco Wittmann 176 ◄0 2nd Edoardo Mortara 162 ◄0 3rd Jamie Green 137 ◄0 4th Robert Wickens 122 ◄0 5th Mattias Ekström 107 ▲3 6th Tom Blomqvist 105 ◄0 7th Paul di Resta 100 ▼2 8th Nico Müller 88 ▼1 9th Maxime Martin 82 ◄0 10th Gary Paffett 73 ◄0 11th Lucas Auer 68 ◄0 12th Timo Glock 68 ◄0 13th Bruno Spengler 51 ◄0 14th Augusto Farfus 44 ◄0 15th Christian Vietoris 42 ◄0 16th Miguel Molina 41 ◄0 17th Adrien Tambay 40 ◄0 18th António Félix da Costa 31 ▲2 19th Mike Rockenfeller 21 ◄0 20th Maximilian Götz 17 ▼2 21st Martin Tomczyk 15 ◄0 22nd Timo Scheider 13 ▲2 23rd Daniel Juncadella 6 ▼1 24th Felix Rosenqvist 5 ▼1 25th Esteban Ocon 2 ◄0 26th René Rast 0 ◄0

2016 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Abt Sportsline 269 ◄0 2nd BMW Team RMG 244 ◄0 3rd BMW Team RBM 187 ◄0 4th Audi Team Rosberg 177 ◄0 5th Audi Team Abt 129 ◄0 6th Mercedes Team HWA I 128 ◄0 7th Mercedes Team HWA II 117 ◄0 8th Mercedes BWT Mücke 110 ◄0 9th BMW Team MTEK 95 ◄0 10th Mercedes ART Grand Prix 80 ◄0 11th BMW Team Schnitzer 46 ◄0 12th Audi Team Phoenix 34 ◄0 2016 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 609 ◄0 2nd BMW 572 ◄0 3rd Mercedes 435 ◄0

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