2017 Hungaroring Race 2

2017 Hungaroring Race 2
The Hungaroring returned to host the DTM in 2017.
Race Information
Date	18 June 2017
No.	201
Event	DTM Budapest 2017
Location	Hungaroring Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary
Format	55 min + 1 lap
Lap length	4.381 km (2.722 mi)
Distance	35 laps / 153.335 km (95.278 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	René Rast
Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	1:34.740
Fastest Lap
Driver	Mattias Ekström
Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	1:36.725 on lap 5
Race Result
First	Second	Third
René Rast	Mattias Ekström	Maxime Martin
Winner Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	58:01.592
Race Guide
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The DTM Budapest 2017 Race 2, formally known as the 2017 Hungaroring Race 2, was the sixth race of the 2017 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary, on 18 June 2017. The race would see René Rast claim his maiden DTM victory from pole position, albeit after slipping behind veteran Audi stablemate Mattias Ekström.

Qualifying had seen Audi dominate for the second race in a row, although Marco Wittmann in the #11 BMW would claim second behind Rast to deny Audi a top-five lock-out. Ekström would secure third ahead of his teammate Nico Müller, while Lucas Auer was the lone Mercedes in the top ten in seventh.

The start of the race saw Rast sweep into the lead unchallenged, while Wittmann bogged down and came under instant fire from Ekström and a hard charging Müller. Indeed, Müller would make the best start and burst into second, as behind the rest of the field made it through without issue.

The race soon settled, with Mike Rockenfeller stopping at the end of the opening tour, having already forfeited fifth on the grid for repairs pre-race. Ekström, meanwhile, would become the first of the leaders to stop, dragging Loïc Duval and Edoardo Mortara in with him, while Jamie Green lunged past Wittmann at the first corner for fourth.

Ekström's pace on fresh tyres proved to be very impressive, with the Swede lapping almost a second quicker that Rast out front once his tyres were up to temperature. Green was the next of the leaders to stop on lap nine, and duly found himself undercut by Maxime Martin and Saturday race winner Paul di Resta, while Rast pitted two laps later.

Rast emerged from his stop just behind Ekström, with the pair running in second and third behind Maro Engel, who had yet to stop. Once the #63 Mercedes peeled in, however, the race for victory was on, with Rast tucking in behind Ekström to plot how he was going to retake the lead.

With all the stops completed before the halfway point the race settled down, with the main fighting in the middle of the pack. Indeed, Green would muscle his way past di Resta before once again harassing Wittmann, with the #53 Audi eventually triumphing with a stunning move around the outside of the #11 BMW at turn two.

Back with the leaders and with five minutes to go Rast finally made his bid for lead, seizing the inside line for the hairpin before diving past the sister Audi on the brakes. Ekström surrendered the inside line and tried to undertake the #33 car on the exit, although Rast made it to the apex and blocked the Swede's attempt to retaliate.

With that the race was run, with Rast maintaining a one-second gap to Ekström through the closing laps to secure his maiden DTM triumph and the Championship lead. Ekström himself was second ahead of Martin and Müller, while Green secured fifth ahead of di Resta. They were chased across the line by Timo Glock, while Robert Wickens benefited from contact between Paffett and Rockenfeller to secure eighth ahead of the scraping duo.

Background

Despite failing to score for the first time in 2017 it was still Lucas Auer whom led the Championship charge, ending the afternoon on 69 points. Jamie Green had likewise held onto second courtesy of his second place in qualifying, while Mike Rockenfeller had secured third on 53 points. Gary Paffett was next up in fourth, a point behind Rockenfeller, while Timo Glock had swapped places with Robert Wickens to complete the top five.

Audi Team Rosberg had risen to the top of the Teams' Championship after the first battle of the Hungaroring, ending Saturday with 97 points to their credit. They hence had moved seven ahead of Mercedes-AMG BWT, while Mercedes-AMG Me were level with their sister team on 90 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, meanwhile, Mercedes had seen their advantage cut to just six points by Audi, while BMW had kept pace in third.

Entry List

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

2017 Hungaroring Race 2 Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Weight
2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Me	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG SILBERPFEIL Energy	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Me	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
33	René Rast	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
51	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
53	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG SILBERPFEIL Energy	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,125 kg
77	Loïc Duval	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
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Qualifying

Results

The final qualifying result for the 2017 Hungaroring Race 2 are outlined below:

2017 Hungaroring Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:34.740	—	166.472 km/h	1
2nd	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:34.803	+0.063s	166.361 km/h	2
3rd	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	1:34.896	+0.156s	166.198 km/h	3
4th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:34.931	+0.191s	166.131 km/h	4
5th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:35.018	+0.278s	165.985 km/h	5
6th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:35.050	+0.310s	165.929 km/h	6
7th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	1:35.109	+0.369s	165.826 km/h	7
8th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:35.236	+0.496s	165.605 km/h	8
9th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:35.246	+0.506s	165.588 km/h	9
10th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	1:35.282	+0.542s	165.525 km/h	10
11th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	1:35.284	+0.544s	165.522 km/h	11
12th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:35.406	+0.666s	165.310 km/h	12
13th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	1:35.416	+0.676s	165.293 km/h	13
14th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	1:35.445	+0.705s	165.242 km/h	14
15th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:35.562	+0.822s	165.040 km/h	15
16th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	1:35.685	+0.945s	164.828 km/h	16
17th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:35.727	+0.987s	164.756 km/h	17
18th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:35.874	+1.134s	164.503 km/h	18
Source:

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

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	René Rast	2
	______________	Marco Wittmann
Row 2	3	______________
	Mattias Ekström	4
	______________	Nico Müller
Row 3	5	______________
	*	6
	______________	Jamie Green
Row 4	7	______________
	Lucas Auer	8
	______________	Timo Glock
Row 5	9	______________
	Augusto Farfus	10
	______________	Tom Blomqvist
Row 6	11	______________
	Gary Paffett	12
	______________	Paul di Resta
Row 7	13	______________
	Robert Wickens	14
	______________	Edoardo Mortara
Row 8	15	______________
	Loïc Duval	16
	______________	Maxime Martin
Row 9	17	______________
	Maro Engel	18
	______________	Bruno Spengler
Row 10	19	______________
	Mike Rockenfeller*	20
	______________

• * Rockenfeller started from the back of the grid after a brake issue on the grid.

Race

Results

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

2017 Hungaroring Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	35	58:01.592	1:37.430	253
2nd	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	35	+1.041s	1:36.725	181
3rd	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	35	+1.506s	1:37.135	15
4th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	35	+1.861s	1:37.603	12
5th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	35	+5.772s	1:37.457	10
6th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	35	+7.884s	1:37.569	8
7th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	35	+8.694s	1:37.541	6
8th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	35	+11.999s	1:37.559	4
9th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	35	+12.653s	1:37.714	2
10th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	35	+13.159s	1:36.943	1
11th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	35	+13.630s	1:37.671
12th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	35	+15.087s	1:37.578
13th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	35	+16.289s	1:38.011
14th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	35	+17.583s	1:37.156
15th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	35	+19.828s	1:37.493
16th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	35	+38.535s	1:37.679
17th*	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	33	Damage	1:37.668	2
Ret	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	23	Retired	1:37.049
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.
• * Wittmann was still classified despite retiring as he had completed 75% of the race distance.

Milestones

• Maiden victory for René Rast.

Standings

Victory for René Rast would shoot the German racer straight to the top of the Championship hunt in Hungary, leading the Hungaroring with 70 points to his name. Indeed, a double non-score for Lucas Auer had resulted in the Austrian's former lead being completely obliterated, although Auer had only slipped a point behind the German racer. Jamie Green, meanwhile, had closed in in third on 65 points, while Mattias Ekström and Gary Paffett completed the top five.

In the Teams' Championship Audi Team Rosberg had massively enhanced their title credentials, moving onto 135 points after a double-score. They hence moved 39 points clear of Mercedes-AMG Me in second, while Audi Team Abt had moved a point behind the Mercedes Me squad in third. Likewise, Audi had seized the initiative in the Manufacturers' Championship on 284 points, having moved 50 clear of former leaders Mercedes.

2017 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st René Rast 70 ▲6 2nd Lucas Auer 69 ▼1 3rd Jamie Green 65 ▼1 4th Mattias Ekström 62 ▲2 5th Gary Paffett 54 ▼1 6th Mike Rockenfeller 54 ▼3 7th Timo Glock 49 ▼2 8th Paul di Resta 45 ▲1 9th Robert Wickens 42 ▼1 10th Nico Müller 33 ▲2 11th Maxime Martin 32 ▲3 12th Marco Wittmann 24 ▼2 13th Edoardo Mortara 21 ▼2 14th Bruno Spengler 17 ▼1 15th Maro Engel 3 ◄0 16th Tom Blomqvist 2 ◄0

2017 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Rosberg 135 ◄0 2nd Mercedes-AMG Me 96 ▲1 3rd Audi Team Abt 95 ▲1 4th Mercedes-AMG BWT 90 ▼2 5th Audi Team Phoenix 54 ◄0 6th BMW Team RMR 51 ◄0 7th BMW Team RBM 49 ▲1 8th Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 48 ▼1 9th BMW Team RMG 24 ◄0 2017 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 284 ▲1 2nd Mercedes 234 ▼1 3rd BMW 124 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers are shown.

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