2017 Lausitzring Race 2

2017 Lausitzring Race 2
The short layout at the Lausitzring.
Race Information
Date	21 May 2017
No.	199
Event	DTM Lausitz 2017
Location	Lausitzring Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany
Format	55 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	3.478 km (2.161 mi)
Distance	43 laps / 149.554 km (92.928 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Robert Wickens
Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Me
Time	1:16.299
Fastest Lap
Driver	René Rast
Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	1:17.098 on lap 25
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Jamie Green	Mattias Ekström	Robert Wickens
Winner Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	56:20.480
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The 2017 Lausitzring Race 2, otherwise known as the DTM Lausitz 2017 Race 2, was the fourth race of the 2017 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Lausitzring in Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany on 21 May 2017. The race would see Jamie Green secure his second victory of the campaign, winning a mid-race battle with Robert Wickens to claim the lead.

The qualifying battle had been won by the aforementioned Wickens, heading a trio of British drivers. Tom Blomqvist led that trio for BMW ahead of Green in the first of the Audi's, while Gary Paffett completed the top four in the #2 Mercedes.

The start of the race would see Wickens convert pole into an early lead, while Blomqvist kept Green at bay to secure second. The rest of the field would get away without issue, with a subsequent investigation revealing that Blomqvist had in-fact jumped the lights.

Mike Rockenfeller and Mattias Ekström would be the first drivers to stop at the end of the opening tour, with the duo rejoining off the tail of the field. Out front, meanwhile, Green would sweep past Blomqvist, who was to serve a five-second stop-go penalty, for second, before hunting after Wickens.

Elsewhere, Championship leader Lucas Auer would make a rapid climb up to ninth in the early laps, before getting caught behind Augusto Farfus, who placed his BMW perfectly to block the Austrian. Auer subsequently made an early stop on lap twelve, with Paffett diving in a lap later as the first of the leaders to stop, although both would be jumped by Ekström.

Wickens was next in to leave Green in the lead, who duly delivered a strong in-lap and moved ahead, although the Canadian subsequently slipped back past as the Brit warmed up his tyres. The remaining drivers then made their stops to shuffled Wickens back into the lead ahead of Green, while Ekström was up to third and dragging Paffett with him towards the leaders.

With Ekström and Paffett closing Green began to increase the pressure he was putting on Wickens, and duly broke his resistance with fifteen minutes to go. With that the #53 Audi was away, leaving Wickens to fend off Ekström and Paffett in the final laps.

Green duly claimed victory at a canter, finishing six seconds clear ahead of Ekström, who had dived past Wickens late on to claim second. The Canadian hence had to settle for third ahead of Paffett, while Rockenfeller led Nico Müller across the line for fifth. René Rast was next up ahead of Martin and Marco Wittmann, while Auer secure tenth to maintain his early lead in the Championship.

Background

Lucas Auer enhanced his Championship lead with his second victory of the campaign, heading into the Sunday Race with 68 points to his credit. Gary Paffett was his closest challenger in second ahead of Mike Rockenfeller, with the former holding half the points of leader Auer. Jamie Green and Timo Glock then completed the top five, with everyone bar Tom Blomqvist, Augusto Farfus and Loïc Duval having scored.

In the Teams' Championship it was Mercedes-AMG BWT whom led the charge, their enhanced tally of 87 points ahead of sister team Mercedes-AMG Me. Audi Team Rosberg were next up, two behind the latter of the Mercedes teams, while Audi Team Phoenix were in fourth ahead of Audi Team Abt. Mercedes, meanwhile, led the charge in the Manufacturers' Championship, holding 156 points ahead of Audi, while BMW were a distant third.

Entry List

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

2017 Lausitzring 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	1,130 kg
3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG SILBERPFEIL Energy	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Me	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
33	René Rast	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,120 kg
48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
51	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
53	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG SILBERPFEIL Energy	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,130 kg
77	Loïc Duval	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,115 kg
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Qualifying

Results

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

2017 Lausitzring Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	1:16.299	—	164.101 km/h	1
2nd	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	1:16.323	+0.024s	164.050 km/h	2
3rd	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:16.326	+0.027s	164.043 km/h	3
4th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	1:16.368	+0.069s	163.953 km/h	4
5th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	1:16.379	+0.080s	163.929 km/h	5
6th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:16.406	+0.107s	163.871 km/h	6
7th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:16.409	+0.110s	163.865 km/h	7
8th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	1:16.441	+0.142s	163.756 km/h	8
9th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:16.460	+0.161s	163.756 km/h	9
10th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:16.579	+0.280s	163.501 km/h	10
11th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:16.651	+0.352s	163.348 km/h	11
12th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:16.662	+0.363s	163.324 km/h	12
13th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:16.704	+0.405s	163.235 km/h	13
14th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:16.710	+0.411s	163.222 km/h	14
15th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	1:16.812	+0.513s	163.005 km/h	15
16th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:16.813	+0.514s	163.003 km/h	16
17th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:16.889	+0.590s	162.842 km/h	17
18th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	1:17.127	+0.828s	162.340 km/h	18
Source:

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

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2017 Lausitzring Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	43	56:20.480	1:17.268	251
2nd	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	43	+6.295s	1:17.190	18
3rd	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	43	+7.034s	1:17.380	153
4th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	43	+7.387s	1:17.268	12
5th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	43	+9.750s	1:17.430	10
6th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	43	+13.039s	1:17.243	8
7th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	43	+16.370s	1:17.098	6
8th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	43	+18.115s	1:17.366	4
9th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	43	+19.540s	1:17.320	2
10th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	43	+26.283s	1:17.367	1
11th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	43	+34.419s	1:17.479
12th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	43	+34.973s	1:17.449
13th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	43	+36.322s	1:17.547
14th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	43	+37.554s	1:17.608
15th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	43	+38.815s	1:17.707
16th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	43	+39.363s	1:17.573
17th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	43	+39.994s	1:17.461	2
18th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	43	+44.331s	1:17.265
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

• Fifteenth career victory for Jamie Green.

Standings

Two wins in the opening four races had left Lucas Auer in charge of the Championship as the second race weekend came to a close, the Austrian driver leaving Lausitz with 69 points. Jamie Green, 2017's only other race winner, had moved into second on 53 points, while Gary Paffett was in third on 46. Mike Rockenfeller and Robert Wickens completed the top five, while Tom Blomqvist had scored his first points of the season in the second Lausitzring race.

In the Teams' Championship it was Mercedes-AMG BWT who led the charge, moving onto 88 points for the campaign after four races. Audi Team Rosberg were four behind in second, level with Mercedes-AMG Me but considered ahead due to having two victories. Mercedes, meanwhile, had command of the Manufacturers Championship, ten ahead of Audi in second while BMW were a lonely third on 64.

2017 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Lucas Auer 69 ◄0 2nd Jamie Green 53 ▲2 3rd Gary Paffett 46 ▼1 4th Mike Rockenfeller 41 ▼1 5th Robert Wickens 38 ▲2 6th Mattias Ekström 32 ▲4 7th René Rast 31 ▼1 8th Timo Glock 25 ▼3 9th Nico Müller 20 ▲3 10th Edoardo Mortara 19 ▼2 11th Marco Wittmann 18 ▼2 12th Maxime Martin 17 ▼1 13th Paul di Resta 12 ◄0 14th Maro Engel 3 ◄0 15th Bruno Spengler 2 ◄0 16th Tom Blomqvist 2 ◄0

2017 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes-AMG BWT 88 ◄0 2nd Audi Team Rosberg 84 ▲1 3rd Mercedes-AMG Me 84 ▼1 4th Audi Team Abt 52 ▲1 5th Audi Team Phoenix 41 ▼1 6th BMW Team RMR 27 ◄0 7th BMW Team RBM 19 ▲2 8th BMW Team RMG 18 ▼1 9th Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 15 ▼1 2017 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes 187 ◄0 2nd Audi 177 ◄0 3rd BMW 64 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers are shown.

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