2017 Nürburgring Race 2

2017 Nürburgring Race 2
The shorter circuit of the Nürburgring GP-Strecke
Race Information
Date	10 September 2017
No.	209
Event	DTM Nürburg 2017
Location	Nürburgring Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Format	55 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	3.629 km (2.255 mi)
Distance	40 laps / 145.160 km (90.198 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Marco Wittmann
Team	BMW Team RMG
Time	1:20.936
Fastest Lap
Driver	René Rast
Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	1:22.308 on lap 5
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Robert Wickens	Paul di Resta	Marco Wittmann
Winner Team	Mercedes-AMG Me
Time	56:49.795
Race Guide
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The DTM Nürburg 2017 Race 2, otherwise known as the 2017 Nürburgring Race 2, was the fourteenth race of the 2017 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on 10 September 2017. The race would see Robert Wickens sweep to his first victory of the campaign from third on the grid, as Mattias Ekström extended his Championship lead.

Qualifying had seen Marco Wittmann secure pole position after a late rally, beating Paul di Resta by 0.116s. Indeed, the top end of the field would be populated exclusively by BMWs and Mercedes, with Jamie Green the best placed of the Audis in eleventh.

The start of the race would see di Resta beat Wittmann off the line, with the German racer just managing to hold second from Lucas Auer. The rest of the field made it through without issue, with René Rast and Mike Rockenfeller opting to stop at the end of the opening lap.

The early laps proved fairly tame, with di Resta establishing a lead over Wittmann, while Auer fended off the attentions of Wickens. That was, until the Austrian racer made a mess of his exit from turn four and spun, and duly dropped to the back of the non-stoppers.

With Auer out of contention Wittmann was free to go on the offensive, and after several failed lunges would finally elbow his way past di Resta for the lead at turn one on lap fifteen. Wickens, meanwhile, would stop on that lap but slip behind Augusto Farfus, the first of those to have stopped, before both di Resta and Wittmann stopped two laps later.

Farfus duly took both of them as they emerged on cold tyres, with Wickens likewise making it past di Resta with little resistance. Wickens then managed to catch and pass Farfus after the Brazilian racer had let Wittmann go, before lunging past the German racer at turn one for the de facto lead with 20 minutes to go.

Wittmann tried to respond, and would manage to run side-by-side with Wickens throughout the first sector on lap 27, before the Canadian reclaimed the initiative. With that the #6 Mercedes would break clear, leaving Wittmann to come under fire from di Resta as those ahead made their stops.

di Resta would eventually manage to get past Wittmann, and would go on to hunt down Wickens in the closing stages. Elsewhere, Timo Glock nailed the back of Nico Müller at the chicane and took the Swiss racer out, although the German racer would escape without punishment.

With that the race was run, with Wickens sweeping across the line just ahead of di Resta to secure victory, which proved to be his last in the DTM. Behind, Wittmann would keep a charging Bruno Spengler at bay to secure third, while Maro Engel finished in fifth ahead of Championship leader Mattias Ekström. Jamie Green was next up ahead of the damaged BMW of Glock, with Farfus and Tom Blomqvist completed the scorers.

Background

The Championship battle had tightened up after the first fight around the Nürburgring, although Mattias Ekström would still head the charge on 128 points. Saturday race winner Lucas Auer had demolished the Swede's advantage to just a single point, having leapt from sixth to second, while René Rast had slipped to third but moved to within four of the leader. Mike Rockenfeller, meanwhile, had failed to score and slipped to fourth, while Jamie Green had inched closer to the fight as he moved into fifth.

In the Teams' Championship Audi Team Rosberg had enhanced their advantage at the head of the hunt, moving onto 231 points for the season. Audi Team Abt hence held second on 177, while Mercedes-AMG BWT had moved into third after a strong afternoon, moving onto 174 points. Audi, meanwhile, had seen their lead reduced at the head of the Manufacturers' Championship, while Mercedes' biggest points haul of the season had moved them back into second ahead of BMW.

Entry List

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

2017 Nürburgring 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	1,122.5 kg
3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG SILBERPFEIL Energy	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,122.5 kg
5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,132.5 kg
6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Me	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,122.5 kg
7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,107.5 kg
11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,107.5 kg
15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,107.5 kg
16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,107.5 kg
22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,122.5 kg
31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,107.5 kg
33	René Rast	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,132.5 kg
36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,107.5 kg
48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,122.5 kg
51	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,132.5 kg
53	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,132.5 kg
63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG SILBERPFEIL Energy	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,122.5 kg
77	Loïc Duval	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,132.5 kg
99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,132.5 kg
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Qualifying

Results

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

2017 Nürburgring Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:20.936	—	161.416 km/h	1
2nd	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:21.052	+0.116s	161.185 km/h	2
3rd	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	1:21.121	+0.185s	161.048 km/h	3
4th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	1:21.128	+0.192s	161.034 km/h	4
5th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	1:21.135	+0.199s	161.020 km/h	5
6th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:21.226	+0.290s	160.840 km/h	6
7th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:21.321	+0.385s	160.652 km/h	7
8th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	1:21.331	+0.395s	160.632 km/h	8
9th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:21.346	+0.410s	160.602 km/h	9
10th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	1:21.351	+0.415s	160.592 km/h	10
11th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:21.486	+0.550s	160.326 km/h	11
12th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	1:21.512	+0.576s	160.275 km/h	12
13th*	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:21.561	+0.625s	160.179 km/h	18*
14th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	1:21.584	+0.648s	160.134 km/h	13
15th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:21.742	+0.806s	159.824 km/h	14
16th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:21.829	+0.893s	159.654 km/h	15
17th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:22.237	+1.301s	158.862 km/h	16
18th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:22.284	+1.384s	158.772 km/h	17
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
• * Rast served a five place grid penalty for receiving his third reprimand of the season.

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2017 Nürburgring Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	40	56:49.795	1:22.474	25
2nd	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	40	+0.362s	1:22.715	18
3rd	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	40	+7.589s	1:22.650	15
4th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	40	+7.955s	1:22.692	12
5th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	40	+15.995s	1:22.842	10
6th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	40	+20.549s	1:23.054	8
7th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	40	+22.887s	1:22.382	6
8th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	40	+40.196s	1:22.510	4
9th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	40	+40.307s	1:22.616	2
10th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	40	+41.818s	1:23.173	1
11th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	40	+42.033s	1:22.573
12th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	40	+43.624s	1:22.308
13th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	40	+47.351s	1:22.766
14th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	40	+48.758s	1:22.649
15th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	40	+59.428s	1:23.651
16th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	40	+1:19.821	1:23.041
17th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	40	+1:27.978	1:22.930
Ret	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	29	Collision	1:23.212
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

• Sixth and final victory for Robert Wickens.
  • Also Wickens' fifteenth and final podium finish.

Standings

Mattias Ekström had retained the lead at the head of the Championship hunt as the Nürburgring weekend came to a close, despite the fact that he had still yet to claim a race win in 2017. His lead was, however, a vulnerable one, with Lucas Auer just nine behind in second, while René Rast was a further three behind in third. Marco Wittmann was also a major title pretender in fourth on 115 points, with Jamie Green and Mike Rockenfeller also above 110 points.

In the Teams' Championship it was still Audi Team Rosberg who led the charge, having moved 52 points clear at the head of the hunt. Audi Team Abt were their closest challengers in second, while BMW Team RBM had moved up to third on 176 points, a tally shared with Mercedes-AMG Me. Audi, meanwhile, headed the Manufacturers' Championship with 550 points to their credit, 52 ahead of Mercedes and exactly 100 ahead of BMW.

2017 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mattias Ekström 136 ◄0 2nd Lucas Auer 127 ◄0 3rd René Rast 124 ◄0 4th Marco Wittmann 115 ▲4 5th Jamie Green 113 ◄0 6th Mike Rockenfeller 110 ▼2 7th Timo Glock 108 ▼1 8th Maxime Martin 102 ▼1 9th Robert Wickens 100 ▲2 10th Paul di Resta 97 ▼1 11th Gary Paffett 76 ▼1 12th Bruno Spengler 74 ◄0 13th Maro Engel 51 ▲2 14th Nico Müller 49 ▼1 15th Edoardo Mortara 47 ▼1 16th Augusto Farfus 29 ◄0 17th Tom Blomqvist 22 ◄0 18th Loïc Duval 18 ◄0

2017 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Rosberg 237 ◄0 2nd Audi Team Abt 185 ◄0 3rd BMW Team RBM 176 ▲1 4th Mercedes-AMG Me 176 ▲1 5th Mercedes-AMG BWT 174 ▼2 6th Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 148 ▲3 7th BMW Team RMG 144 ▲1 8th BMW Team RMR 130 ▼1 9th Audi Team Phoenix 128 ▼3 2017 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 550 ◄0 2nd Mercedes 498 ◄0 3rd BMW 450 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers are shown.

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