2016 Zandvoort Race 1

2016 Zandvoort Race 1
The Circuit Zandvoort in 2016
Race Information
Date	16 July 2016
No.	186
Event	DTM Zandvoort 2016
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands
Format	40 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	4.307 km (2.676 mi)
Distance	25 laps / 107.675 km (66.906 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Robert Wickens
Team	Mercedes DTM Team HWA I
Time	1:30.727
Fastest Lap
Driver	Robert Wickens
Team	Mercedes DTM Team HWA I
Time	1:32.841 on lap 8
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Robert Wickens	Marco Wittmann	Christian Vietoris
Winner Team	Mercedes DTM Team HWA I
Time	41:55.441
Race Guide
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2016 Norisring Race 2		2016 Zandvoort Race 2

The 2016 Zandvoort Race 1, otherwise known as the DTM Zandvoort 2016 Race 1, was the ninth round of the 2016 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands, on 16 July 2016. The race would see Robert Wickens claim pole, fastest lap and victory to become the eighth different winner of the season to move into title contention.

Qualifying had seen Wickens storm to pole position, beating Marco Wittmann with a late run to the top of the timesheets. Next up was Christian Vietoris and Gary Paffett, while Jamie Green and Edoardo Mortara shared the third row at the head of the Audi charge.

The start of the race would see formation flying at the head of the field, as Wickens eased clear of Wittmann, while Vietoris led Paffett and Green into Tarzan. Behind, however, there would be chaos as Adrien Tambay failed to get away at the same rate as everyone else, triggering a first lap Safety Car.

Maximilian Götz was the main victim, for having jinked around the crawling Audi the German racer would be pushed back into the #27 car after being barged by Martin Tomczyk. The collision destroyed both Götz's Mercedes and Tambay's Audi, leaving debris littered across the start/finish straight, while Tomczyk carried on with damage to the side of his BMW.

Tomczyk was penalised for his part in the incident, serving his penalty when the race resumed at the start of lap four. Out front, meanwhile, Wickens would escape from Wittmann to secure the lead, while Vietoris again kept Paffett at bay to hold third.

The race would be interrupted by another incident, as Augusto Farfus got beached at turn eight and hence caused a Slow Zone. Mortara and Nico Müller were subsequently penalised for speeding in the Zone, dumping them to the back of the field with Tomczyk.

Wickens, meanwhile, would continue to build his lead ahead of Wittmann, while Vietoris managed to match their pace. Behind, Paffett dropped back and had to fend off the attnetions of Green, while António Félix da Costa battled his way up into sixth ahead of Mattias Ekström.

With that the race was run, with Wickens setting fastest lap en-route to a dominant victory having led every lap of the race to score his first win since 2015. Behind, Vietoris' pace collapsed badly in the closing stages and had to rally back from a move from Paffett to secure third, with Paffett himself having to settle for fourth. Green was next up ahead of da Costa, while Ekström, Daniel Juncadella, Esteban Ocon and Maxime Martin.

Background

Despite failing to win in the Norisring it would be Marco Wittmann who topped the DTM Championship table at the end of the Nuremberg weekend, holding a two point advantage over Edoardo Mortara. Paul di Resta was back in the top three, three points further back, while Jamie Green remained in fourth after a strong race one performance. Maxime Martin was into fifth, ahead of former Championship leader Robert Wickens, while Maximilian Götz joined the scorers list with his eighth place finish.

Audi Team Abt Sportsline were at the top of the Teams' Championship after picking up points through Mortara, overtaking BMW Team RMG in the process. BMW Team RBM remained in third ahead of Audi Team Abt, while the first Mercedes backed team were Mercedes Team HWA II in fifth. The Stuttgart squad had slipped to third in the Brands' Championship, with BMW still leading the charge ahead of Audi.

Entry List

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

2016 Zandvoort 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	1.122.5 kg
3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes DTM Team HWA II	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes DTM Team HWA I	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
8	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
10	Timo Scheider	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
12	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes DTM Team HWA I	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	BMW 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
17	Miguel Molina	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team MTEK	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes DTM Team Mücke BWT	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
34	Esteban Ocon	Mercedes DTM Team ART	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
51	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
53	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes DTM Team HWA II	Mercedes	Mercedes C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	Audi RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1.122.5 kg
100	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
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Qualifying

Results

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

2016 Zandvoort Race 1 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes Team HWA I	1:30.727	—	170.899 km/h	1
2nd	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:30.843	+0.116s	170.681 km/h	2
3rd	8	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes BWT Mücke	1:30.857	+0.130s	170.654 km/h	3
4th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	1:30.947	+0.220s	170.486 km/h	4
5th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:30.953	+0.226s	170.474 km/h	5
6th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team ABT Sportsline	1:31.099	+0.372s	170.201 km/h	6
7th	34	Esteban Ocon	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	1:31.144	+0.417s	170.117 km/h	7
8th	13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	1:31.149	+0.422s	170.108 km/h	8
9th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team ABT Sportsline	1:31.164	+0.437s	170.080 km/h	9
10th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	1:31.173	+0.446s	170.063 km/h	10
11th	27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Rosberg	1:31.217	+0.490s	169.981 km/h	11
12th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	1:31.281	+0.554s	169.862 km/h	12
13th	12	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes Team HWA I	1:31.327	+0.600s	169.776 km/h	13
14th*	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:31.341	+0.614s	169.750 km/h	17*
15th	84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes Team HWA II	1:31.389	+0.662s	169.661 km/h	14
16th	100	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	1:31.395	+0.668s	169.650 km/h	15
17th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	1:31.626	+0.899s	169.222 km/h	16
18th†	17	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Abt	1:31.665	+0.938s	169.150 km/h	23†
19th	10	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Phoenix	1:31.672	+0.945s	169.137 km/h	18
20th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes Team HWA II	1:31.725	+0.998s	169.040 km/h	19
21st	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes BWT Mücke	1:31.741	+1.014s	169.010 km/h	20
22nd	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	1:31.822	+1.095s	168.861 km/h	21
23rd	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:31.872	+1.145s	168.769 km/h	22
24th	18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team MTEK	1:31.911	+1.184s	168.697 km/h	24
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
• * Rockenfeller awarded a three place grid penalty for causing a collision at the 2016 Norisring Race 2.
• ^† Molina was handed a five place grid penalty for being awarded his third reprimand of the season.

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2016 Zandvoort Race 1 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes Team HWA I	25	41:55.441	1:32.841	25
2nd	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	25	+7.217s	1:33.001	18
3rd	8	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes BWT Mücke	25	+8.987s	1:33.027	15
4th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	25	+10.657s	1:33.130	12
5th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	25	+12.626s	1:33.287	10
6th	13	António Félix da Costa	BMW Team Schnitzer	25	+18.178s	1:33.483	8
7th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team ABT Sportsline	25	+18.877s	1:33.573	6
8th	12	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes Team HWA I	25	+19.166s	1:33.558	4
9th	34	Esteban Ocon	Mercedes ART Grand Prix	25	+19.838s	1:33.710	2
10th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	25	+23.592s	1:33.589	1
11th	10	Timo Scheider	Audi Team Phoenix	25	+23.886s	1:33.765
12th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes BWT Mücke	25	+28.082s	1:33.560
13th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team MTEK	25	+30.052s	1:33.667
14th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	25	+30.424s	1:33.650
15th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes Team HWA II	25	+30.898s	1:33.774
16th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RBM	25	+31.416s	1:34.018
17th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	25	+31.575s	1:33.529
18th	17	Miguel Molina	Audi Team Abt	25	+32.288s	1:34.190
19th	100	Martin Tomczyk	BMW Team Schnitzer	25	+39.134s	1:33.813
20th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	25	+39.549s	1:33.754
21st	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	25	+45.004s	1:33.761
Ret	18	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team MTEK	8	Spin	1:34.059
Ret	84	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes Team HWA II	0	Collision	—
Ret	27	Adrien Tambay	Audi Team Rosberg	0	Collision	—
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.

Milestones

• Fourth career victory for Robert Wickens.
• Maiden points finish for Esteban Ocon.

Standings

Marco Wittmann had retained the lead in the Championship as the season hit the halfway point, ending the first half of the campaign with 93 points. Second place was occupied by Saturday race winner Robert Wickens, moving onto 83 points, while Edoardo Mortara had slipped to third, a further ten off the lead. Jamie Green had also claimed 83 points during the first half of the season, while Paul di Resta completed the top five, with every driver on the score sheet.

In the Teams' Championship it was BMW Team RMG who led the charge at the halfway point, moving onto 133 points after the first race in Zandvoort. Audi Team Abt Sportsline had slipped to second on 125, while BMW Team RBM completed the top three. In the Manufacturers' Championship, meanwhile, it was BMW who led the charge on 337 points, with Audi on 292, and Mercedes on 280.

2016 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Marco Wittmann 93 ◄0 2nd Robert Wickens 83 ▲4 3rd Edoardo Mortara 73 ▼1 4th Jamie Green 73 ◄0 5th Paul di Resta 70 ▼2 6th Maxime Martin 62 ▼1 7th Nico Müller 52 ◄0 8th Tom Blomqvist 52 ◄0 9th Mattias Ekström 52 ◄0 10th Christian Vietoris 42 ▲4 11th Lucas Auer 41 ▼1 12th Timo Glock 40 ▼1 13th Gary Paffett 34 ▲3 14th Augusto Farfus 32 ▼2 15th Bruno Spengler 28 ▼2 16th Miguel Molina 26 ▼1 17th António Félix da Costa 16 ▲2 18th Martin Tomczyk 13 ▼1 19th Adrien Tambay 10 ▼1 20th Mike Rockenfeller 5 ◄0 21st Maximilian Götz 4 ◄0 22nd Daniel Juncadella 4 ▲1 23rd Esteban Ocon 2 ▲1 24th Timo Scheider 1 ▼2

2016 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st BMW Team RMG 133 ▲1 2nd Audi Team Abt Sportsline 125 ▼1 3rd BMW Team RBM 115 ◄0 4th Mercedes Team HWA I 87 ▲5 5th Mercedes BWT Mücke 83 ▲2 6th Audi Team Rosberg 83 ◄0 7th Audi Team Abt 78 ▼3 8th Mercedes Team HWA II 74 ▼3 9th BMW Team MTEK 60 ▼3 10th Mercedes ART Grand Prix 36 ◄0 11th BMW Team Schnitzer 29 ◄0 12th Audi Team Phoenix 6 ◄0 2016 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st BMW 337 ◄0 2nd Audi 292 ◄0 3rd Mercedes 280 ◄0

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