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Race Information
Date 5 June 2016
No. 183
Event Flag of Germany DTM Lausitz 2016
Location Flag of Germany Lausitzring
Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany
Format 60 min + 1 Lap
Lap length 3.478 km (2.161 mi)
Distance 46 laps / 159.988 km (99.412 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter Flag of Austria Lucas Auer
Team Flag of Germany Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT
Time 1:16.861
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green
Team Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time 1:17.840 on lap 26
Race Result
First Second Third
Flag of Austria Lucas Auer Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Canadian Flag Robert Wickens
Winner Team Flag of Germany Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT
Time 1:02:11.261
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The 2016 Lausitzring Race 2, otherwise formally known as the DTM Lausitz 2016 Race 2, was the sixth round of the 2016 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Lausitzring in Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany, on 5 June 2016.[1] The race would see Lucas Auer secure his maiden DTM victory, becoming the first Austrian racer to win in the modern DTM era.[2]

Auer was the man to beat in the now lightened #22 Mercedes, with the Austrian sweeping to his second DTM pole ahead of teammate Christian Vietoris.[3] Timo Glock was the best non-Mercedes in third ahead of Robert Wickens, with Mike Rockenfeller leading the Audi charge from fifth.[3]

The start of the race saw Auer instantly jump clear, leaving Wickens to attack Glock for second as Vietoris had been given a grid penalty.[2] The Canadian duly scrambled ahead around the outside of the first corner, as behind Rockenfeller jumped the lights and was slapped with a drive-through penalty.[2]

The race soon settled down, with Auer able to establish a small lead over Wickens, while behind Glock was being harassed by a fast starting Gary Paffett.[2] That fight was, however, paused by an early yellow flag at turn one, as Augusto Farfus was punted out of the race by Miguel Molina, having squeezed the Spaniard towards the pitwall.[2]

With that incident cleared attention focused on the pits, with Wickens and Glock the first of the lead drivers to stop on lap fifteen, with the latter suffering a slow stop.[2] Paffett stopped a lap later and duly emerged ahead, while confusion between the two Audi Abt teams resulted in Edoardo Mortara hitting a pit member of the sister crew, and a slow stop for himself.[2]

Auer made his stop on lap seventeen, handing the lead Mattias Ekström who was gambling on another long-short pit strategy for the second race in succession.[2] The Swede would first pass Jamie Green as the Brit ran onto the grass, before rejoining in fifth behind the #53 Audi when he completed his stop on lap 25.[2]

Armed with fresh tyres it was Ekström who stole the show in the closing stages, relentlessly closing on Green as the Brit himself eased onto Paffett's tail.[2] The #53 Audi duly elbowed its way past the #2 Mercedes at the first corner for third, swiftly following by Ekström's #5 Audi, before the veteran Swede dived past the sister Audi for third on the following tour.[2]

With that the race was run, with Auer remaining unopposed through to the chequered flag to collect his maiden victory.[2] Ekström, meanwhile, would carry on to rob Wickens of second place in the final laps, with the Canadian himself just managing to keep Green at bay to secure third.[2] Paffett was next up ahead of Marco Wittmann, with Vietoris, Nico Müller, Bruno Spengler and Glock claiming the remaining points.[2]

Background[]

Marco Wittmann had moved to the top of the Championship after the fifth bout of the season, ending Saturday at Lausitz with 47 points to his credit. That left him three ahead of Edoardo Mortara in second, while former leader Paul di Resta had slipped four off the lead to third. Robert Wickens had moved up level with the Scot on 43 points, while Maxime Martin completed the top five on 39.

In the Teams' Championship BMW Team RMG had held onto their advantage at the head of the field, heading into the Sunday race with 84 points to their credit. BMW Team RBM were next up in second, a point ahead of Audi Team ABT Sportsline, while Mercedes Team HWA II led their marque's charge from fifth. In the Manufacturers' Championship, meanwhile, BMW had retained the lead with 217 points, with Audi on 164 and Mercedes on 124.

Entry List[]

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

2016 Lausitzring Race 2 Entry List
No. Name Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Weight
2 Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett Flag of France Mercedes DTM Team ART Mercedes Mercedes C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,115 kg
3 Flag of Scotland Paul di Resta Flag of Germany Mercedes DTM Team HWA II Mercedes Mercedes C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,115 kg
5 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi Audi RS5 DTM Audi 4.0l V8 1,125 kg
6 Canadian Flag Robert Wickens Flag of Germany Mercedes DTM Team HWA I Mercedes Mercedes C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,115 kg
7 Canadian Flag Bruno Spengler Dutch Flag BMW Team MTEK BMW BMW M4 DTM P66/1 4.0l V8 1,122.5 kg
8 Flag of Germany Christian Vietoris Flag of Germany Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT Mercedes Mercedes C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,115 kg
10 Flag of Germany Timo Scheider Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi Audi RS5 DTM Audi 4.0l V8 1,120 kg
11 Flag of Germany Marco Wittmann Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG BMW BMW M4 DTM P66/1 4.0l V8 1,122.5 kg
12 Flag of Spain Daniel Juncadella Flag of Germany Mercedes DTM Team HWA I Mercedes Mercedes C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,115 kg
13 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer BMW BMW M4 DTM P66/1 4.0l V8 1,122.5 kg
16 Flag of Germany Timo Glock Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG BMW BMW M4 DTM BMW 4.0l V8 1,122.5 kg
17 Flag of Spain Miguel Molina Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Audi Audi RS5 DTM Audi 4.0l V8 1,120 kg
18 Flag of Brazil Augusto Farfus Dutch Flag BMW Team MTEK BMW BMW M4 DTM P66/1 4.0l V8 1,122.5 kg
22 Flag of Austria Lucas Auer Flag of Germany Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT Mercedes Mercedes C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,115 kg
27 Flag of France Adrien Tambay Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi Audi RS5 DTM Audi 4.0l V8 1,120 kg
31 Flag of the United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM BMW BMW M4 DTM P66/1 4.0l V8 1,122.5 kg
34 Flag of France Esteban Ocon Flag of France Mercedes DTM Team ART Mercedes Mercedes C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,115 kg
36 Flag of Belgium Maxime Martin Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM BMW BMW M4 DTM P66/1 4.0l V8 1,122.5 kg
48 Flag of Italy Edoardo Mortara Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi Audi RS5 DTM Audi 4.0l V8 1,120 kg
51 Flag of Switzerland Nico Müller Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Abt Audi Audi RS5 DTM Audi 4.0l V8 1,120 kg
53 Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi Audi RS5 DTM Audi 4.0l V8 1,120 kg
84 Flag of Germany Maximilian Götz Flag of Germany Mercedes DTM Team HWA II Mercedes Mercedes C63 DTM AMG 4.0l V8 1,115 kg
99 Flag of Germany Mike Rockenfeller Flag of Germany Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi Audi RS5 DTM Audi 4.0l V8 1,120 kg
100 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer BMW BMW M4 DTM P66/1 4.0l V8 1,122.5 kg
Source:[4][5]

Practice[]

Qualifying[]

Report[]

Results[]

The final qualifying result for the 2016 Lausitzring Race 2 are outlined below:

2016 Lausitzring Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos. No. Name Team Time Gap Ave. Speed Grid
1st 22 Flag of Austria Lucas Auer Flag of Germany Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT 1:16.861 162.901 km/h 1
2nd* 8 Flag of Germany Christian Vietoris Flag of Germany Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT 1:16.931 +0.070s 162.753 km/h 7
3rd 16 Flag of Germany Timo Glock Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG 1:16.943 +0.082s 162.728 km/h 2
4th 6 Canadian Flag Robert Wickens Flag of Germany Mercedes Team HWA I 1:17.000 +0.139s 162.607 km/h 3
5th 99 Flag of Germany Mike Rockenfeller Flag of Germany Audi Team Phoenix 1:17.029 +0.168s 162.546 km/h 4
6th 2 Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett Flag of France Mercedes ART Grand Prix 1:17.030 +0.169s 162.544 km/h 5
7th 53 Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green Flag of Germany Audi Team Rosberg 1:17.044 +0.183s 162.514 km/h 6
8th 11 Flag of Germany Marco Wittmann Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG 1:17.061 +0.200s 162.479 km/h 8
9th 5 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 1:17.076 +0.215s 162.447 km/h 9
10th 31 Flag of the United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM 1:17.142 +0.281s 162.308 km/h 10
11th 84 Flag of Germany Maximilian Götz Flag of Germany Mercedes Team HWA II 1:17.147 +0.286s 162.297 km/h 11
12th 36 Flag of Belgium Maxime Martin Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM 1:17.162 +0.301s 162.266 km/h 12
13th 7 Canadian Flag Bruno Spengler Dutch Flag BMW Team MTEK 1:17.167 +0.306s 162.255 km/h 13
14th 17 Flag of Spain Miguel Molina Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 1:17.184 +0.323s 162.220 km/h 14
15th 51 Flag of Switzerland Nico Müller Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 1:17.211 +0.350s 162.163 km/h 15
16th 34 Flag of France Esteban Ocon Flag of France Mercedes ART Grand Prix 1:17.219 +0.358s 162.146 km/h 16
17th 13 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer 1:17.399 +0.538s 161.769 km/h 17
18th 12 Flag of Spain Daniel Juncadella Flag of Germany Mercedes Team HWA I 1:17.408 +0.547s 161.750 km/h 18
19th 18 Flag of Brazil Augusto Farfus Dutch Flag BMW Team MTEK 1:17.482 +0.621s 161.596 km/h 19
20th 27 Flag of France Adrien Tambay Flag of Germany Audi Team Rosberg 1:17.495 +0.634s 161.569 km/h 20
21st 3 Flag of Scotland Paul di Resta Flag of Germany Mercedes Team HWA II 1:17.510 +0.649s 161.537 km/h 21
22nd 48 Flag of Italy Edoardo Mortara Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 1:17.515 +0.654s 161.527 km/h 22
23rd 10 Flag of Germany Timo Scheider Flag of Germany Audi Team Phoenix 1:17.730 +0.869s 161.080 km/h 23
24th 100 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer 1:18.003 +1.142s 160.516 km/h 24
Source:[4]
  • Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
  • * Vietoris was awarded a five place grid penalty for impeding Ekström during the session.[6]

Grid[]

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

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

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

2016 Lausitzring Race 2 Result
Pos. No. Name Team Laps Race Time Fastest lap Pts.
1st 22 Flag of Austria Lucas Auer Flag of Germany Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT 46 1:02:11.261 1:17.952 25
2nd 5 Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 46 +3.763s 1:17.919 18
3rd 6 Canadian Flag Robert Wickens Flag of Germany Mercedes Team HWA I 46 +6.386s 1:17.928 15
4th 53 Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green Flag of Germany Audi Team Rosberg 46 +6.770s 1:17.840 12
5th 2 Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett Flag of France Mercedes ART Grand Prix 46 +12.292s 1:18.063 10
6th 11 Flag of Germany Marco Wittmann Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG 46 +16.839s 1:18.130 8
7th 8 Flag of Germany Christian Vietoris Flag of Germany Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT 46 +17.355s 1:18.154 6
8th 51 Flag of Switzerland Nico Müller Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 46 +18.099s 1:18.213 4
9th 7 Canadian Flag Bruno Spengler Dutch Flag BMW Team MTEK 46 +21.872s 1:18.324 2
10th 16 Flag of Germany Timo Glock Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG 46 +24.865s 1:18.338 1
11th 31 Flag of the United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM 46 +34.033s 1:18.183
12th 48 Flag of Italy Edoardo Mortara Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 46 +34.173s 1:18.155
13th 36 Flag of Belgium Maxime Martin Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM 46 +36.394s 1:18.213
14th 13 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer 46 +36.827s 1:18.296
15th 34 Flag of France Esteban Ocon Flag of France Mercedes ART Grand Prix 46 +41.508s 1:18.495
16th 10 Flag of Germany Timo Scheider Flag of Germany Audi Team Phoenix 46 +42.387s 1:18.139
17th 99 Flag of Germany Mike Rockenfeller Flag of Germany Audi Team Phoenix 46 +45.110s 1:18.138
18th 100 Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer 46 +51.198s 1:18.542
19th 17 Flag of Spain Miguel Molina Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 46 +1:04.337 1:18.500
20th 27 Flag of France Adrien Tambay Flag of Germany Audi Team Rosberg 46 +1:14.175 1:18.824
21st* 3 Flag of Scotland Paul di Resta Flag of Germany Mercedes Team HWA II 41 Retired 1:18.075
Ret 12 Flag of Spain Daniel Juncadella Flag of Germany Mercedes Team HWA I 33 Retired 1:18.399
Ret 84 Flag of Germany Maximilian Götz Flag of Germany Mercedes Team HWA II 30 Retired 1:18.177
Ret 18 Flag of Brazil Augusto Farfus Dutch Flag BMW Team MTEK 8 Collision 1:19.294
Source:[4]
  • Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
  • Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
  • * di Resta was still classified despite retiring as he had completed 75% of the race distance.[4]

Milestones[]

Standings[]

Robert Wickens claimed the lead in the DTM Championship after the Lausitzring meeting, his two quiet drives to the podium carrying him up the order. Marco Wittmann was up into second after his strong race one result, while Mattias Ekström was into the top three after his strong performance in race two. Jamie Green was also climbing the ranks after scoring in both races, overtaking early leaders Paul di Resta and Edoardo Mortara who had only claimed four points between them.

BMW Team RMG held onto their lead in the Team's Championship, although Abt Sportsline had slashed their advantage down to just three points after six races. BMW Team RBM were in third, ahead of the first Mercedes backed effort in the form of Team HWA I, who had Mücke Motorsport in close attendance. The Brand's Championship had also tightened up, with BMW just over 30 points away from Mercedes, with Audi on twelve points further back.

 
2016 Drivers' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Canadian Flag Robert Wickens 58 ▲3
2nd Flag of Germany Marco Wittmann 55 ▼1
3rd Flag of Sweden Mattias Ekström 46 ▲7
4th Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Green 45 ▲4
5th Flag of Italy Edoardo Mortara 44 ▼3
6th Flag of Scotland Paul di Resta 43 ▼3
7th Flag of Belgium Maxime Martin 39 ▼2
8th Flag of Germany Timo Glock 38 ▼2
9th Flag of the United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist 34 ▼2
10th Flag of Brazil Augusto Farfus 32 ▼1
11th Flag of Austria Lucas Auer 31 ▲7
12th Flag of Switzerland Nico Müller 27 ◄0
13th Flag of Spain Miguel Molina 26 ▼2
14th Flag of Germany Christian Vietoris 26 ▼1
15th Flag of the United Kingdom Gary Paffett 22 ▼1
16th Flag of Germany Martin Tomczyk 12 ▼1
17th Canadian Flag Bruno Spengler 12 ▼1
18th Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa 6 ▼1
19th Flag of Germany Mike Rockenfeller 5 ◄0
20th Flag of France Adrien Tambay 4 ◄0
21st Flag of Germany Timo Scheider 1 ◄0
2016 Teams' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany BMW Team RMG 93 ◄0
2nd Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt Sportsline 90 ▲1
3rd Flag of Belgium BMW Team RBM 73 ▼1
4th Flag of Germany Mercedes Team HWA II 58 ▲1
5th Flag of Germany Mercedes BWT Mücke 57 ▲4
6th Flag of Germany Audi Team Abt 53 ▼2
7th Flag of Germany Audi Team Rosberg 49 ▲1
8th Flag of Belgium BMW Team MTEK 44 ▼1
9th Flag of Germany Mercedes Team HWA I 43 ▼3
10th Flag of France Mercedes ART Grand Prix 22 ▲1
11th Flag of Germany BMW Team Schnitzer 18 ▼1
12th Flag of Germany Audi Team Phoenix 6 ◄0
2016 Manufacturers' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany BMW 228 ◄0
2nd Flag of Germany Mercedes 198 ▲1
3rd Flag of Germany Audi 180 ▼1

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

References[]

Videos and Images:

References:

  1. 'DTM CALENDAR FOR THE 2016 SEASON CONFIRMED', dtm.com, (ITR e.V., 30/11/2015), http://www.dtm.com/en/news/dtm-calendar-2016-season-confirmed-2015-11-30.html, (Accessed 30/11/2015)
  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 Valentin Khorounzhiy, 'Lausitz DTM: Auer controls Race 2 for maiden victory', motorsport.com, (Motorsport Network, 05/06/2016), https://www.motorsport.com/dtm/news/lausitz-dtm-auer-controls-race-2-for-maiden-victory-743864/743864/, (Accessed 15/04/2020)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Valentin Khorounzhiy, 'Lausitz DTM: Auer snatches second career pole', motorsport.com, (Motorsport Network, 05/06/2016), https://www.motorsport.com/dtm/news/lausitz-dtm-auer-snatches-second-career-pole-743768/743768/, (Accessed 05/06/2016)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 '2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Lausitzring', motorsportstats.com, (Motorsport Network, 2019), https://results.motorsportstats.com/results/2016-lausitzring-2, (Accessed 15/04/2020)
  5. Tamara Aller, 'The BMW M4 DTM becomes the heaviest car for Race 2', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 05/06/2016), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2016/06/05/the-bmw-m4-dtm-becomes-the-heaviest-car-for-race-2/, (Accessed 15/04/2020)
  6. Tamara Aller, 'Christian Vietoris receives penalty in Lausitzring', touringcartimes.com, (Touring Car Times, 05/06/2016), https://www.touringcartimes.com/2016/06/05/christian-vietoris-escapes-penalty-in-lausitzring/, (Accessed 15/04/2020)
2016 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 RMGBMW Team SchnitzerMercedes DTM Team ARTMercedes DTM Team HWA IMercedes DTM Team HWA IIMercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT
Drivers
2 Gary Paffett3 Paul di Resta5 Mattias Ekström6 Robert Wickens7 Bruno Spengler8 Christian Vietoris10 Timo Scheider11 Marco Wittmann12 Daniel Juncadella13 António Félix da Costa16 Timo Glock17 Miguel Molina18 Augusto Farfus22 Lucas Auer27 Adrien Tambay31 Tom Blomqvist34 Esteban Ocon36 Maxime Martin48 Edoardo Mortara51 Nico Müller53 Jamie Green84 Maximilian Götz99 Mike Rockenfeller100 Martin Tomczyk
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