2016 Nürburgring Race 2

2016 Nürburgring Race 2
The shorter circuit of the Nürburgring GP-Strecke
Race Information
Date	11 September 2016
No.	191
Event	DTM Nürburg 2016
Location	Nürburgring Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Format	60 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	3.629 km (2.255 mi)
Distance	43 laps / 156.047 km (96.963 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Lucas Auer
Team	Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT
Time	1:22.728
Fastest Lap
Driver	Nico Müller
Team	Audi Sport Team Abt
Time	1:24.103 on lap 33
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Edoardo Mortara	Lucas Auer	Marco Wittmann
Winner Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	1:01:31.597
Race Guide
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2016 Nürburgring Race 1		2016 Hungaroring Race 1

The 2016 Nürburgring Race 2, otherwise known as the DTM Nürburg 2016 Race 2, was the fourteenth round of the 2016 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, held on the Sprint circuit at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on 11 September 2016. The race would see Edoardo Mortara reignite his title ambitions by claiming victory, having used an alternate strategy to climb through the field.

Qualifying had seen Lucas Auer sweep to pole position for Mercedes for the second race in a row, although this time he would be able keep it. Championship leader Marco Wittmann was his closest challenger in second, 0.030s behind, heading a quartet of fellow BMW drivers.

The start of the race would see Auer sprint into the lead, sweeping across to the inside to prevent Wittmann from lunging into turn one. Wittmann hence held second as Bruno Spengler refused to challenge his title pretending teammate, while Edoardo Mortara had scrambled up to fourth.

Behind, however, there would be drama, as a fast starting Paul di Resta smacked into Timo Glock at the first corner, destroying his front suspension. Yet, that would not develop into any further accident or incident, with di Resta retiring at the end of the lap, while Glock rejoined at the back of the field.

The early stages saw the race quickly settle into a procession, with Auer unable to escape due to the fact that the Mercedes was by far the heaviest car in the field. He hence had the rest of the top five glued to his tail, as behind Jamie Green tried to lunge past Augusto Farfus for sixth, allowing Gary Paffett to join the scrap as Tom Blomqvist got caught out by the fight ahead.

The stops began on lap 14, with Farfus leading a quartet of cars in, before being released into the path of Robert Wickens and Miguel Molina and earning the Brazilian a penalty. Elsewhere, Auer and Wittmann came in on lap 17 from the lead, with a faster stop for the Austrian keeping him ahead. More pit dramas would see Felix Rosenqvist collide with Martin Tomczyk when he was released from his stop, earning him a drive-through.

The new tyres worked wonders for Auer, for it allowed him to escape from the immediate threat of Wittmann and co. behind. However, Mortara was able to match the Austrian's pace despite running on significantly older tyres, and held a 26 second lead with ten minutes to go.

Mortara duly made his stop in that moment, and while he rejoined behind Auer, he was safely ahead of Wittmann and armed with fresh tyres. With a certain inevitability the #48 Audi caught and passed the #22 Mercedes with ease a few moments later, before sprinting clear of the Austrian.

With that the race was run, with Mortara sweeping clear to secure victory, while Auer was on his own in second. Wittmann was next up ahead of Mattias Ekström, who was glued to the German's tail, while Nico Müller and Spengler completed the top six. Paffett was next up having survived an assault from Green, which had ended with the latter getting a drive-through, while Blomqvist, Daniel Juncadella and Molina claimed the remaining points.

Background

Incredibly there had been no changes in position after the first race at the Nürburgring, although Marco Wittmann had extended his lead to 35 points. The German racer hence had more than a race's worth of points over second placed Robert Wickens, while Jamie Green had moved a point behind the Canadian in third. Edoardo Mortara had also closed up in fourth ahead of Paul di Resta, while the gaps behind them had also closed.

In the Teams Championship BMW Team RMG had extended their advantage to 31 points, with Audi Team Abt Sportsline in second. BMW Team RBM had retained third, while Audi Team Rosberg had moved into fourth ahead of Mercedes Team HWA I. Likewise, it was likewise status quo in the Manufacturers' Championship, with BMW extending their lead to 76 points, while Mercedes had closed to within fourteen of Audi in second.

Entry List

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

2016 Nürburgring 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	1,135 kg
3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes DTM Team HWA II	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,135 kg
5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,110 kg
6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes DTM Team HWA I	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,135 kg
7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,117.5 kg
8	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,135 kg
10	Timo Scheider	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,110 kg
11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,117.5 kg
12	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes DTM Team HWA I	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,135 kg
13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,117.5 kg
16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	BMW 4.0l V8	1,117.5 kg
17	Miguel Molina	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,110 kg
18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team MTEK	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,117.5 kg
22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,135 kg
27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,110 kg
31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,117.5 kg
36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,117.5 kg
48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,110 kg
51	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,110 kg
53	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,110 kg
84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes DTM Team HWA II	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,135 kg
88	Felix Rosenqvist	Mercedes DTM Team ART	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,135 kg
99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,110 kg
100	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,117.5 kg
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Qualifying

Results

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

2016 Nürburgring Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes BWT Mücke	1:22.728	—	157.919 km/h	1
2nd	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:22.758	+0.030s	157.862 km/h	2
3rd	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	1:22.843	+0.115s	157.700 km/h	3
4th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	1:22.896	+0.168s	157.599 km/h	4
5th	18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team MTEK	1:22.898	+0.170s	157.596 km/h	5
6th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:22.918	+0.190s	157.558 km/h	6
7th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:22.943	+0.215s	157.510 km/h	7
8th	17	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Abt	1:22.948	+0.220s	157.501 km/h	8
9th	12	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes Team HWA I	1:22.996	+0.268s	157.409 km/h	9
10th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:23.007	+0.279s	157.389 km/h	10
11th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	1:23.030	+0.302s	157.345 km/h	11
12th	88	Felix Rosenqvist	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	1:23.031	+0.303s	157.343 km/h	12
13th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	1:23.090	+0.362s	157.231 km/h	13
14th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:23.130	+0.402s	157.156 km/h	14
15th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes Team HWA II	1:23.133	+0.405s	157.150 km/h	15
16th	10	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Phoenix	1:23.144	+0.416s	157.129 km/h	16
17th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes Team HWA I	1:23.182	+0.454s	157.058 km/h	17
18th	8	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes BWT Mücke	1:23.204	+0.476s	157.016 km/h	18
19th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	1:23.379	+0.651s	156.686 km/h	19
20th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:23.382	+0.654s	156.681 km/h	20
21st*	27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Rosberg	1:23.401	+0.673s	156.645 km/h	24*
22nd	13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	1:23.491	+0.763s	156.476 km/h	21
23rd	100	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	1:23.517	+0.789s	156.428 km/h	22
24th	84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes Team HWA II	1:23.587	+0.859s	156.297 km/h	23
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
• * Tambay received a three place grid penalty for causing a collision in the 2016 Nürburgring Race 1.

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2016 Nürburgring Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	43	1:01:31.597	1:24.470	25
2nd	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes BWT Mücke	43	+3.726s	1:24.608	18
3rd	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	43	+7.526s	1:24.750	15
4th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	43	+7.849s	1:24.274	12
5th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	43	+9.182s	1:24.103	10
6th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	43	+11.812s	1:24.844	8
7th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	43	+18.973s	1:24.497	6
8th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	43	+20.895s	1:24.914	4
9th	12	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes Team HWA I	43	+21.826s	1:24.731	2
10th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	43	+27.220s	1:24.811	1
11th	10	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Phoenix	43	+27.931s	1:25.074
12th	100	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	43	+31.430s	1:25.072
13th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes Team HWA I	43	+32.446s	1:25.094
14th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	43	+34.178s	1:25.089
15th	27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Rosberg	43	+37.429s	1:24.709
16th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	43	+40.173s	1:24.845
17th	8	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes BWT Mücke	43	+40.957s	1:24.951
18th	88	Felix Rosenqvist	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	43	+45.546s	1:24.930
19th*	13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	43	+54.822s	1:25.196
20th†	17	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Abt	43	+54.909s	1:24.644
21st	18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team MTEK	43	+1:00.006	1:24.908
22nd	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	43	+1:00.571	1:25.192
23rd‡	84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes Team HWA II	43	+1:13.880	1:25.382
Ret	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes Team HWA II	1	Collision	—
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
• * da Costa was awarded a five place grid penalty for the 2016 Hungaroring Race 1 for receiving his third reprimand of the season.
• ^† Molina was awarded a 30 second time penalty for causing a collision with da Costa.
• ^‡ Götz was awarded a five second time penalty for cutting the chicane.

Milestones

• Sixth win for Edoardo Mortara.

Standings

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.

2016 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Marco Wittmann 170 ◄0 2nd Edoardo Mortara 137 ▲2 3rd Robert Wickens 120 ▼1 4th Jamie Green 119 ▼1 5th Paul di Resta 100 ◄0 6th Tom Blomqvist 93 ◄0 7th Mattias Ekström 82 ▲1 8th Nico Müller 78 ▲1 9th Maxime Martin 76 ▼2 10th Gary Paffett 73 ◄0 11th Lucas Auer 68 ▲1 12th Timo Glock 58 ▼1 13th Bruno Spengler 51 ▲1 14th Augusto Farfus 44 ▼1 15th Christian Vietoris 42 ◄0 16th Miguel Molina 26 ◄0 17th Maximilian Götz 17 ◄0 18th António Félix da Costa 16 ◄0 19th Adrien Tambay 14 ◄0 20th Martin Tomczyk 13 ◄0 21st Daniel Juncadella 6 ▲1 22nd Mike Rockenfeller 5 ▼1 23rd Timo Scheider 3 ◄0 24th Esteban Ocon 2 ◄0 25th Felix Rosenqvist 1 ◄0 26th René Rast 0 ◄0

2016 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st BMW Team RMG 228 ◄0 2nd Audi Team Abt Sportsline 219 ◄0 3rd BMW Team RBM 169 ◄0 4th Audi Team Rosberg 133 ◄0 5th Mercedes Team HWA I 126 ◄0 6th Mercedes Team HWA II 117 ◄0 7th Mercedes BWT Mücke 110 ▲1 8th Audi Team Abt 104 ▼1 9th BMW Team MTEK 95 ◄0 10th Mercedes ART Grand Prix 76 ◄0 11th BMW Team Schnitzer 29 ◄0 12th Audi Team Phoenix 8 ◄0 2016 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st BMW 521 ◄0 2nd Audi 464 ◄0 3rd Mercedes 429 ◄0

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