2016 Norisring Race 1

2016 Norisring Race 1
The Norisring was unchanged for 2016.
Race Information
Date	25 June 2016
No.	184
Event	DTM Nuremburg 2016
Location	Norisring Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Format	40 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	2.300 km (1.429 mi)
Distance	49 laps / 112.700 km (70.029 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Christian Vietoris
Team	Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT
Time	48.144
Fastest Lap
Driver	Edoardo Mortara
Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	48.746 on lap 20
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Edoardo Mortara	Jamie Green	Paul di Resta
Winner Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	41:09.983
Race Guide
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The 2016 Norisring Race 1, otherwise known as the DTM Nuremburg 2016 Race 1, was the seventh round of the 2016 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Norisring in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany on 25 June 2016. The race would see Edoardo Mortara claim victory, after teammate Mattias Ekström clashed with two race leading Mercedes.

Qualifying had proved to be a battle between the DTM's two founding members Mercedes and Audi, a battle won by Christian Vietoris ahead of Ekström. Jamie Green was next up the #53 Audi ahead of Robert Wickens in the #6 Mercedes, while Bruno Spengler was the lone BMW pilot in the top ten in fifth ahead of Mortara.

The start would see Vietoris dive across to deny Ekström a lunge into the first corner, while Wickens slithered ahead of Green. The rest of the field would surprisingly make it through the tight first hairpin without issue, with only minor contact affecting those in the middle of the pack.

Ekström was on the warpath in the early stages, having briefly got ahead of Vietoris exiting turn two, only for the German racer to lunge back ahead at the Schöller S. The Swede subsequently lined up a lunge into the first hairpin a few laps later, only for Wickens to dive past the #5 Audi to secure second.

Seeking revenge, Ekström would throw his own lunge at Wickens a few laps later into turn two, with the Canadian racer leaving one car's width inside. Ekström went for it and barged down the inside of Wickens, before smashing into the back of race leader Vietoris and causing the race leader to spin.

Wickens was out on the spot, while Ekström would complete another lap before retiring with a smashed radiator and Vietoris spun around to rejoin at the back of the top ten. Regardless, as they sorted themselves out Mortara would sweep inside the collision to secure the lead ahead of Green, while Paul di Resta gave chase ahead of Marco Wittmann.

The Safety Car was called upon to clear the scene, before Mortara aced the restart to claim a small lead over Green and di Resta. Green went on the attack in the closing stages and did everything he could to pass Mortara without risking an accident, while di Resta tried to find an opening behind them.

With that the race was run, with Mortara, claiming victory with Green and di Resta running nose-to-tail on his bumper. Wittmann was a relatively distant fourth ahead of Spengler and Martin, while Adrien Tambay, Maximilian Götz, António Félix da Costa and the wounded Vietoris completed the scorers.

Background

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.

Entry List

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

2016 Norisring 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	1,115 kg
3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes DTM Team HWA II	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes DTM Team HWA I	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,115 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	1,115 kg
10	Timo Scheider	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,125 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	1,115 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	1,125 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	1,115 kg
27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,117.5 kg
34	Esteban Ocon	Mercedes DTM Team ART	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,115 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	1,125 kg
51	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
53	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes DTM Team HWA II	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,125 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 Norisring Race 1 are outlined below:

2016 Norisring Race 1 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	8	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes BWT Mücke	48.144	—	171.984 km/h	1
2nd	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	48.182	+0.038s	171.848 km/h	2
3rd	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	48.194	+0.050s	171.805 km/h	3
4th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes Team HWA I	48.250	+0.106s	171.606 km/h	4
5th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	48.257	+0.113s	171.581 km/h	5
6th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	48.305	0.161s	171.410 km/h	6
7th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes Team HWA II	48.312	+0.168s	171.385 km/h	7
8th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes BWT Mücke	48.342	+0.208s	171.244 km/h	8
9th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	48.352	+0.208s	171.244 km/h	9
10th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	48.357	+0.213s	171.226 km/h	10
11th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	48.360	+0.216s	171.215 km/h	11
12th	18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team MTEK	48.362	+0.218s	171.208 km/h	12
13th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	48.376	+0.232s	171.159 km/h	13
14th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	48.389	+0.245s	171.113 km/h	14
15th	27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Rosberg	48.393	+0.249s	171.099 km/h	15
16th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	48.430	+0.286s	170.968 km/h	16
17th	84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes Team HWA II	48.445	+0.301s	170.915 km/h	17
18th	17	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Abt	48.464	+0.320s	170.848 km/h	18
19th	10	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Phoenix	48.491	+0.347s	170.753 km/h	19
20th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	48.500	+0.356s	170.721 km/h	20
21st	13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	48.526	+0.382s	170.630 km/h	21
22nd	12	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes Team HWA I	48.538	+0.394s	170.587 km/h	22
23rd	100	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	48.544	+0.400s	170.566 km/h	23
24th	34	Esteban Ocon	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	48.564	+0.430s	170.461 km/h	24
Source:

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

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2016 Norisring Race 1 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	49	41:09.983	48.746	25
2nd	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	49	+0.531s	48.802	18
3rd	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes Team HWA II	49	+0.903s	48.782	15
4th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	49	+4.135s	48.859	12
5th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	49	+6.731s	49.011	10
6th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	49	+9.951s	49.022	8
7th	27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Rosberg	49	+10.875s	48.850	6
8th	84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes Team HWA II	49	+13.501s	49.021	4
9th	13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	49	+15.337s	48.785	2
10th*	8	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes BWT Mücke	49	+15.477s	49.164	1
11th	18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team MTEK	49	+16.939s	49.211
12th	100	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	49	+17.699s	49.164
13th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes BWT Mücke	49	+17.985s	48.976
14th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	49	+19.208s	49.080
15th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	49	+19.571s	48.916
16th	10	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Phoenix	49	+20.202s	49.121
17th	17	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Abt	49	+20.799s	49.069
18th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	49	+21.350s	49.176
19th	12	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes Team HWA I	49	+21.562s	49.189
20th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	49	+22.171s	48.927
21st†	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	49	+23.674s	49.055
Ret	34	Esteban Ocon	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	32	Retired	49.669
Ret‡	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	22	Damage	48.986
Ret	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes Team HWA I	19	Collision	49.041
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.
• * Vietoris was handed a €3,000 fine for comments made about Ekström after the race.
• ^† Glock awarded a five second time penalty for using DRS too many times during the race.
• ^‡ Ekström was handed a three place grid penalty for causing a collision.

Milestones

• Edoardo Mortara scored his fifth victory.

Standings

Edoardo Mortara moved to the top of the Championship with victory, moving onto 69 points for the campaign. Marco Wittmann had retained second, moving two behind the new leader, while Jamie Green had moved into third on 63 points. Former leader Robert Wickens, meanwhile, had slipped to fifth, level on points with Paul di Resta in fourth but behind as the Scot had a race victory.

Audi Team Abt Sportsline were the leaders in the Teams' Championship midway through the Norisring weekend, heading into the Sunday Race with 115 points. BMW Team RMG were their closest challengers in second, while Mercedes Team HWA I led the Mercedes charge from fifth. BMW, meanwhile, would lead the charge in the Manufacturers' Championship, holding a 31 point advantage over Audi.

 

2016 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Edoardo Mortara 69 ▲4 2nd Marco Wittmann 67 ◄0 3rd Jamie Green 63 ▲1 4th Paul di Resta 58 ▲2 5th Robert Wickens 58 ▼4 6th Maxime Martin 47 ▲1 7th Mattias Ekström 46 ▼4 8th Timo Glock 38 ◄0 9th Tom Blomqvist 34 ◄0 10th Augusto Farfus 32 ◄0 11th Lucas Auer 31 ◄0 12th Nico Müller 27 ◄0 13th Christian Vietoris 27 ▲1 14th Miguel Molina 26 ▼1 15th Gary Paffett 22 ◄0 16th Bruno Spengler 22 ▲1 17th Martin Tomczyk 12 ▼1 18th Adrien Tambay 10 ▲2 19th António Félix da Costa 8 ▼1 20th Mike Rockenfeller 5 ▼1 21st Maximilian Götz 4 ▲1 22nd Timo Scheider 1 ▼1 23rd Daniel Juncadella 0 ◄0 24th Esteban Ocon 0 ◄0

2016 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Abt Sportsline 115 ▲1 2nd BMW Team RMG 105 ▼1 3rd BMW Team RBM 81 ◄0 4th Audi Team Rosberg 73 ▲3 5th Mercedes Team HWA II 62 ▲4 6th Mercedes Team HWA I 58 ▼2 7th Mercedes BWT Mücke 58 ▼2 8th BMW Team MTEK 54 ◄0 9th Audi Team Abt 53 ▼3 10th Mercedes ART Grand Prix 22 ◄0 11th BMW Team Schnitzer 20 ◄0 12th Audi Team Phoenix 6 ◄0 2016 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st BMW 260 ◄0 2nd Audi 229 ▲1 3rd Mercedes 218 ▼1

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