2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 1

2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 1
The Hockenheimring in 2017.
Race Information
Date	14 October 2017
No.	212
Event	DTM Hockenheim Finale 2017
Location	Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Format	55 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	4.574 km (2.842 mi)
Distance	36 laps / 164.664 km (102.317 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Timo Glock
Team	BMW Team RMR
Time	1:30.648
Fastest Lap
Driver	Mike Rockenfeller
Team	Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Time	1:32.819 on lap 34
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Jamie Green	Mike Rockenfeller	Timo Glock
Winner Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	56:52.478
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The 2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 1, otherwise formally known as the DTM Hockenheim Finale 2017 Race 1, was the seventeenth and penultimate race of the 2017 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on 14 October 2017. The race would see Jamie Green secure victory to keep his slim title hopes alive, as Championship leader Mattias Ekström failed to score.

Ekström arrived in Hockenheim with a 21 point Championship lead over René Rast at the head of the field, and would win the title if he outscored the German racer by eight points in the first race of the weekend. Indeed, Rast was the Swede's main opponent in the final round of the season, although Green, Mike Rockenfeller, Marco Wittmann and Lucas Auer were all still in the hunt, but would need two perfect races to challenge.

Qualifying had seen Timo Glock secure pole position ahead of Maxime Martin, while Green was the best of the title pretenders in third. René Rast would start alongside his teammate in fourth ahead of Edoardo Mortara and Robert Wickens, the first of the Mercedes drivers, while Mattias Ekström would start from tenth.

The start of the race saw Glock sweep into an early lead, while Green swept around the outside of Martin through the first corner to secure second. Behind, Rast's title ambitions took a blow as Mortara managed to get ahead of him, while Ekström would maintain his top ten status.

After the early laps passed without issue Green went on the offensive, attacking Glock for two laps before finally managing to get ahead on lap seven at the hairpin. Indeed, it would be ferocious fight for the lead, with Green elbowing Glock off track exiting turn ten on lap six before immediately ceding the position, with the resulting warning earning him a grid penalty for the Sunday Race.

With that Green was away, leaving Glock to watch his mirrors as Mortara slipped ahead of Martin for third on lap eight. Elsewhere, Lucas Auer was the first of the top ten drivers to stop on lap ten, and duly undercut Ekström when the Swede made his stop. Indeed, Ekström was not making much headway, and an early incident with Maro Engel would result in the Swede earning a five place grid penalty for the Sunday race.

Green made his stop on lap fourteen, and duly emerged ahead of Glock whom had attempted to undercut the German. Mortara, meanwhile, would overheat his tyres after his stop and slip behind Martin and later Rockenfeller, while Tom Blomqvist carried on at the head of the field having yet to stop.

Green caught and passed his compatriot on lap 28, prompting Blomqvist to stop, as behind Rockenfeller would sweep past Martin for third. The German racer then burst clear to attack Glock in the closing stages, as behind Bruno Spengler elbowed Ekström out of the top ten.

Into the final moments of the race and Rockenfeller was on the warpath, harassing Glock with abandon knowing that he needed all the points he could get if he was to entertain hopes of taking the crown. An over-under move at the hairpin would ultimately serve his purpose, with the #99 Audi out-accelerating the #16 BMW exiting turn six to secure second with half a lap to go.

With that the race race run, with Green charging across the line to secure victory, moving him nine behind Ekström at the head of the title hunt. Rockenfeller was next up in second, keeping him within twenty points of Ekström, while Glock completed the podium in third. Martin was next up in fourth ahead of Mortara, while fifth place for Rast moved him thirteen behind Ekström in the title hunt.

Background

Mattias Ekström would head to the season finale in Hockenheim with the lead in the Championship, holding a 21 point lead. His closest challenger would be René Rast ahead of the first Hockenheim race, with victory for Ekström in the opening battle of Hockenheim enough to see him lift the crown with a race to spare. Rast, meanwhile, would have to prevent the Swede from outscoring him by seven points at the first race in Hockenheim, while Jamie Green, Mike Rockenfeller, Marco Wittmann and Lucas Auer were all mathematically in the hunt but would have to have two perfect races in Hockenheim to challenge.

In the Teams' Championship it was Audi Team Rosberg whom led the charge, holding a 35 point lead over Audi Team Abt. Mercedes-AMG Me were also in the hunt in third, although their 87 point deficit made it near impossible for them to take the title. Audi, meanwhile, would head into the finale in complete command of the Manufacturers' Championship, only needing a handful of points across both Hockenheim races to claim the crown.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 1 is displayed below:

2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 1 Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine
2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Me	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8
3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG SILBERPFEIL Energy	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8
5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8
6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Me	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8
7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8
11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8
15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8
16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8
22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8
31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8
33	René Rast	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8
36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8
48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8
51	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8
53	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8
63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG SILBERPFEIL Energy	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8
77	Loïc Duval	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8
99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8
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Qualifying

Results

The final qualifying result for the 2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 1 are outlined below:

2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 1 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:30.648	—	181.652 km/h	1
2nd	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	1:30.685	+0.037s	181.577 km/h	2
3rd	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:30.770	+0.122s	181.407 km/h	3
4th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:30.803	+0.155s	181.342 km/h	4
5th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	1:30.806	+0.158s	181.336 km/h	5
6th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	1:30.836	+0.188s	181.276 km/h	6
7th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:30.839	+0.191s	181.270 km/h	7
8th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:30.850	+0.202s	181.248 km/h	8
9th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:30.935	+0.287s	181.078 km/h	9
10th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	1:30.956	+0.308s	181.036 km/h	10
11th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	1:30.958	+0.310s	181.033 km/h	11
12th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:30.979	+0.331s	180.991 km/h	12
13th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:31.026	+0.378s	180.897 km/h	13
14th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:31.037	+0.389s	180.875 km/h	14
15th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	1:31.088	+0.440s	180.774 km/h	15
16th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	1:31.125	+0.477s	180.701 km/h	16
17th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:31.390	+0.742s	180.177 km/h	17
18th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:31.515	+0.867s	179.931 km/h	18
Source:

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

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Timo Glock	2
	______________	Maxime Martin
Row 2	3	______________
	Jamie Green	4
	______________	René Rast
Row 3	5	______________
	Edoardo Mortara	6
	______________	Robert Wickens
Row 4	7	______________
	Mike Rockenfeller	8
	______________	Marco Wittmann
Row 5	9	______________
	Nico Müller	10
	______________	Mattias Ekström
Row 6	11	______________
	Gary Paffett	12
	______________	Bruno Spengler
Row 7	13	______________
	Paul di Resta	14
	______________	Augusto Farfus
Row 8	15	______________
	Lucas Auer	16
	______________	Tom Blomqvist
Row 9	17	______________
	Maro Engel	18
	______________	Loïc Duval

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 1 is displayed below:

2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 1 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	36	56:42.478	1:33.056	251
2nd	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	36	+3.939s	1:32.819	18
3rd	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	36	+5.666s	1:32.876	153
4th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	36	+10.448s	1:33.260	122
5th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	36	+12.962s	1:33.299	10
6th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	36	+14.752s	1:33.492	8
7th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	36	+16.196s	1:33.136	6
8th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	36	+23.633s	1:33.470	4
9th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	36	+24.615s	1:33.445	2
10th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	36	+25.027s	1:33.622	1
11th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	36	+25.764s	1:33.369
12th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	36	+26.371s	1:33.599
13th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	36	+27.426s	1:33.390
14th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	36	+29.288s	1:33.389
15th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	36	+30.867s	1:33.554
16th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	36	+35.288s	1:33.504
17th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	36	+37.358s	1:33.081
18th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	36	+42.024s	1:33.508
Source:

• ³ Indicates a driver was awarded points for qualifying in the top three.
• Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.

Milestones

• Audi Sport Team Rosberg declared as the 2017 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship for Teams Champions.
• Audi secured the 2017 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwage Masters Championship for Teams title.
• Sixteenth victory for Jamie Green.

Standings

Mattias Ekström had retained the lead in the Championship hunt with one more race to go in 2017, although his advantage had been cut to just nine points. Indeed, Jamie Green would enter the final battle of the season as the main pretender to the Swede, while René Rast was just four points further behind in third. Mike Rockenfeller was also still in the fight in fourth place, but his 20 point deficit made him the dark horse for the crown.

Elsewhere, the Teams' Championship was over for 2017, as Audi Team Rosberg had reached an unassailable tally of 322 points with a race to spare, making them the Champions. Audi Team Abt would therefore have to settle for second on 253, leaving the fight for third to rumble onto the final day, with Mercedes-AMG Me heading BMW Team RBM by ten points. Likewise, the fighting was effectively over in the Manufacturers' Championship, with Audi declared as the Champions on 749 points, leaving Mercedes and BMW to fight for second on the final day.

2017 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mattias Ekström 172 ◄0 2nd Jamie Green 163 ▲1 3rd René Rast 159 ▼1 4th Mike Rockenfeller 152 ◄0 5th Lucas Auer 135 ▲1 6th Marco Wittmann 134 ▼1 7th Timo Glock 133 ◄0 8th Maxime Martin 124 ▲1 9th Robert Wickens 119 ▼1 10th Paul di Resta 99 ◄0 11th Gary Paffett 90 ◄0 12th Nico Müller 81 ◄0 13th Bruno Spengler 75 ◄0 14th Edoardo Mortara 59 ▲1 15th Maro Engel 51 ▼1 16th Augusto Farfus 29 ◄0 17th Loïc Duval 22 ◄0 18th Tom Blomqvist 22 ◄0

2017 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Rosberg 322 ◄0 2nd Audi Team Abt 253 ◄0 3rd Mercedes-AMG Me 209 ◄0 4th BMW Team RBM 199 ◄0 5th Mercedes-AMG BWT 194 ◄0 6th Audi Team Phoenix 174 ▲1 7th BMW Team RMG 163 ▼1 8th BMW Team RMR 155 ▲1 9th Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 150 ▼1 2017 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 749 ◄0 2nd Mercedes 553 ◄0 3rd BMW 517 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers are shown.

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