2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 2

2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 2
The Hockenheimring in 2017.
Race Information
Date	15 October 2017
No.	213
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	Tom Blomqvist
Team	BMW Team RMR
Time	1:30.491
Fastest Lap
Driver	Jamie Green
Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	1:32.456 on lap 32
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Marco Wittmann	René Rast	Mike Rockenfeller
Winner Team	BMW Team RMG
Time	56:47.699
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The 2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 2, otherwise known as the DTM Hockenheim Finale 2017 Race 2, was the eighteenth and final round of the 2017 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on 15 October 2017. The race would see Marco Wittmann sweep to victory, as Mattias Ekström, Jamie Green, René Rast and Mike Rockenfeller fought for the crown.

Heading into the final race of the campaign it was Ekström who held the initiative, starting the race with a nine point lead. Green was his closest challenger in second, Rast would start the finale in third, thirteen off the lead, while Rockenfeller was the dark horse in fourth, trailing the Swede by twenty points.

Qualifying would see Tom Blomqvist beat Rast to pole position, while Wittmann secured third ahead of Lucas Auer. Elsewhere, Rockenfeller would start from seventh knowing he had to win to stand any hope of the title, Ekström claimed tenth but served a five place grid penalty and started from fourteenth, while Green would start fifteenth after serving a ten place grid penalty.

The start of the race saw Blomqvist secure an early lead, while Rast was slow away and slipped behind Auer. The #33 Audi pilot then tried to retaliate through turn two, only for both he and Auer to be passed by a lunging Wittmann.

Wickens would also slip ahead of Rast, although the German racer quickly managed to muscle his way back ahead and run in Auer's wake. Rockenfeller would also slip past Wickens in short order, while Ekström and Green would find themselves fighting at the back of the field, and would even make contact in the early stages.

Rast's title hopes were ignited after his move on Wickens, for the #33 Audi soon stormed past Auer for third, prompting the #22 Mercedes to pit, with Wittmann also stopping. Rast hence went off to hunt down Blomqvist, while the stops throughout the field moved Ekström into seventh with Green on his tail.

Their stops dumped them back down the field having risen as high as second, which had involved a fight between the two, while Rast, who stopped on lap 23 and rejoined ahead Blomqvist but behind Wittmann. That left Rockenfeller at the head of the field ahead of Bruno Spengler, while behind Wickens ended his final DTM race prematurely by smashing into the back of Blomqvist.

Into the closing stages and Rockenfeller made his stop and rejoined behind Rast, who was now closing rapidly on Spengler, who had yet to stop. Indeed, Spengler made a half-hearted move to block the #33 Audi, having already let Wittmann through without issue, although Rast slipped through without issue.

Elsewhere, Green would storm back up the field after his stop, taking Auer, Edoardo Mortara, Augusto Farfus and Maxime Martin to climb to sixth, before Spengler's stop left him in fifth. Ekström would also make some ground and rise to eighth, although both would run out of time to make further progress.

With that the race and the Championship were over, with Wittmann sweeping across the line to claim victory, while second was enough for Rast to claim the Championship by three points. Rockenfeller would complete the final podium of the season in third ahead of Gary Paffett, while fifth place for Green left him in third in the Championship, six behind Rast. Ekström, meanwhile, would bow out of the DTM with an eighth place finish that left him second in the Championship, with just nineteen points covering the top five in the Championship.

Background

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.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 2 is displayed below:

2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 2 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 2 are outlined below:

2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	1:30.491	—	181.967 km/h	1
2nd	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:30.555	+0.064s	181.838 km/h	2
3rd	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:30.564	+0.073s	181.820 km/h	3
4th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	1:30.579	+0.088s	181.790 km/h	4
5th*	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:30.590	+0.099s	181.768 km/h	15*
6th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	1:30.656	+0.165s	181.636 km/h	5
7th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	1:30.672	+0.181s	181.604 km/h	6
8th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:30.721	+0.230s	181.505 km/h	7
9th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:30.739	+0.248s	181.469 km/h	8
10th†	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	1:30.761	+0.270s	181.425 km/h	14†
11th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	1:30.799	+0.308s	181.350 km/h	9
12th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:30.848	+0.357s	181.252 km/h	10
13th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:30.859	+0.368s	181.230 km/h	11
14th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:30.987	+0.496s	180.975 km/h	12
15th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	1:31.015	+0.524s	180.919 km/h	13
16th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:31.162	+0.671s	180.627 km/h	16
17th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:31.461	+0.970s	180.037 km/h	17
NC	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:31.800	+1.309s	179.373 km/h	18
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
• * Green served a ten place grid penalty for receiving his fifth reprimand of the season during the 2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 1.
• ^† Ekström served a five place grid penalty for receiving his third reprimand of the season during the 2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 1.

Grid

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

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 2 is displayed below:

2017 Hockenheim Finale Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	36	56:47.699	1:32.973	251
2nd	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	36	+3.143s	1:33.083	182
3rd	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	36	+6.280s	1:32.457	15
4th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	36	+15.844s	1:32.998	12
5th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	36	+17.835s	1:32.456	10
6th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	36	+19.372s	1:33.150	8
7th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	36	+20.386s	1:33.240	6
8th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	36	+21.229s	1:33.006	4
9th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	36	+22.902s	1:32.920	2
10th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	36	+29.260s	1:33.313	1
11th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	36	+30.428s	1:33.002
12th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	36	+33.274s	1:33.378
13th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	36	+41.344s	1:33.465
14th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	36	+41.591s	1:32.844
15th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	36	+42.972s	1:33.263
16th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	36	+1:35.770	1:33.571
17th*	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	29	Damage	1:32.954
Ret	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	26	Collision	1:33.352	3
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.
• * Wickens was still classified despite retiring as he had completed 75% of the race distance.

Milestones

• René Rast declared as the 2017 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship for Drivers Champion.
• Robert Wickens made his 84th and final start.
• 64th and final start for Maxime Martin.
• 60th and final race for Maro Engel.
• 54th and final race for Tom Blomqvist.
• Marco Wittmann scored his ninth win of the campaign.

Standings

René Rast secured the 2017 Drivers' Championship on the final day of the season, with three victories and 179 points to his credit. Mattias Ekström finished as runner-up on 176, while Jamie Green secured third on 173 points, also with three wins. Mike Rockenfeller and Marco Wittmann then completed the top five, with all eighteen drivers having scored in 2018.

Audi Team Rosberg rounded out 2017 as the Teams' Champions, ending the season with 352 points to their name. Sister squad Audi Team Abt would finish in second on 257, while Mercedes-AMG Me claimed third on 221. Audi, meanwhile, were declared as the Champions in the Manufacturers Championship with 798 points, 230 points ahead of Mercedes while BMW were third on 560.

2017 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st René Rast 179 ◄0 2nd Mattias Ekström 176 ▼1 3rd Jamie Green 173 ▼1 4th Mike Rockenfeller 67 ◄0 5th Marco Wittmann 160 ▲1 6th Lucas Auer 136 ▼1 7th Timo Glock 133 ◄0 8th Maxime Martin 132 ◄0 9th Robert Wickens 119 ◄0 10th Gary Paffett 102 ▲1 11th Paul di Resta 99 ▼1 12th Nico Müller 81 ◄0 13th Bruno Spengler 75 ◄0 14th Edoardo Mortara 61 ◄0 15th Maro Engel 51 ◄0 16th Augusto Farfus 35 ◄0 17th Tom Blomqvist 25 ▲1 18th Loïc Duval 22 ▼1

2017 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Rosberg 352 ◄0 2nd Audi Team Abt 257 ◄0 3rd Mercedes-AMG Me 221 ◄0 4th BMW Team RBM 207 ◄0 5th Mercedes-AMG BWT 197 ◄0 6th BMW Team RMG 195 ▲1 7th Audi Team Phoenix 189 ▼1 8th BMW Team RMR 158 ◄0 9th Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 150 ◄0 2017 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 798 ◄0 2nd Mercedes 568 ◄0 3rd BMW 560 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers are shown.

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