2017 Norisring Race 1

2017 Norisring Race 1
The Norisring was unchanged for 2017.
Race Information
Date	1 July 2017
No.	202
Event	DTM Nuremburg 2017
Location	Norisring Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Format	55 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	2.300 km (1.429 mi)
Distance	61 laps / 140.300 km (87.178 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Maxime Martin
Team	BMW Team RBM
Time	47.472
Fastest Lap
Driver	Tom Blomqvist
Team	BMW Team RMR
Time	48.345 on lap 39
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Bruno Spengler	Maxime Martin	Mattias Ekström
Winner Team	BMW Team RBM
Time	53:15.532
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2017 Hungaroring Race 2		2017 Norisring Race 2

The 2017 Norisring Race 1, formally known as the DTM Nuremburg 2017 Race 1, was the seventh race of the 2017 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Norisring in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, on 1 July 2017. The race would see Bruno Spengler lead teammate Maxime Martin to a one-two victory for BMW, securing his first win since the 2013 Spielberg Race.

Qualifying had been a battle between Audi and BMW, with Martin edging out Championship leader René Rast to secure pole by 0.005s. Spengler was next up ahead of Tom Blomqvist, while Lucas Auer was the lone Mercedes in the top ten in fifth.

Heavy rain would wash over Nuremburg before the start of the race, although it stopped before the field assembled on the grid. Regardless, the field would complete two formation laps before being lined up for the start, with huge puddles on the start/finish straight.

The start saw Spengler ace his getaway, streaking between Martin and Rast as they bogged down to secure the lead. Indeed, Martin in particular would struggle to getaway and slipped back, while Mattias Ekström rocketed up the field on the inside of the circuit, while Lucas Auer went around the outside.

Ultimately Auer's run did not pay off, for he ran wide at the first hairpin and lost a lot of time, while Ekström emerged in second behind Spengler. In the middle of the pack, meanwhile, Marco Wittmann and Timo Glock clashed on the exit of the hairpin, with Glock getting pushed into Robert Wickens and hence forcing the #6 Mercedes straight into the side of Auer's recovering car. Wickens was left with heavy damage to his car and was forced to retire, Auer's #22 car was terminally wounded, while Wittmann and Glock continued with minor damage.

The race quickly calmed down after that, with Spengler easing away at the head of the field, while Ekström secured second. Martin, meanwhile, began his recovery with moves on Rast and Tom Blomqvist to secure third, before harassing Ekström for second on lap seven.

Once Martin was through he would go chasing off after Spengler, although the Canadian was able to match his teammate's pace. Furthermore, the circuit would begin to dry at a rapid rate after lap seven, and by lap fourteen the entire field was moving off line to cool their tyres.

Jamie Green was the first driver to gamble on slicks, although he lost a lot of time trying to bring them up to temperature in the cool conditions. The rest of the field swept in over the following laps once Green's times improved, with Spengler retained the lead from Martin, while Ekström gained on both.

Martin briefly entertained hopes of claiming the lead after the stops, attacking Spengler with the aid of DRS, although the Canadian racer fended him off. Spengler duly reinforced his lead with a series of quick laps, leaving Martin to fend off Ekström through to the end of the race.

That fight would last through to the chequered flag, with Spengler cruising to victory while Martin blocked every lunge from Ekström to secure second. Wittmann was next up ahead of Glock, while Blomqvist made it five BMWs in the top six ahead of Green. Edoardo Mortara was the first of the Mercedes in eighth ahead of Nico Müller, while Gary Paffett scored the final point in tenth.

Background

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.

Entry List

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

2017 Norisring Race 1 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	1,122.5 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	1,117.5 kg
11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,117.5 kg
15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,117.5 kg
16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,117.5 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	1,117.5 kg
33	René Rast	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,122.5 kg
36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8	1,117.5 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	1,122.5 kg
53	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,122.5 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	1,122.5 kg
99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8	1,122.5 kg
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Qualifying

Results

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

2017 Norisring Race 1 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	47.472	—	174.418 km/h	1
2nd	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	47.477	+0.005s	174.400 km/h	2
3rd	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	47.493	+0.021s	174.341 km/h	3
4th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	47.527	+0.055s	174.216 km/h	4
5th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	47.584	+0.112s	174.008 km/h	5
6th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	47.629	+0.157s	173.843 km/h	6
7th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	47.676	+0.204s	173.672 km/h	7
8th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	47.692	+0.220s	173.614 km/h	8
9th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	47.714	+0.242s	173.533 km/h	9
10th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	47.718	+0.246s	173.519 km/h	10
11th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	47.739	+0.267s	173.443 km/h	11
12th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	47.763	+0.291s	173.355 km/h	12
13th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	47.781	+0.309s	173.290 km/h	13
14th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	47.813	+0.341s	173.174 km/h	14
15th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	47.881	+0.409s	172.928 km/h	15
16th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	47.883	+0.411s	172.921 km/h	16
17th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	48.014	+0.542s	172.449 km/h	17
18th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	48.123	+0.651s	172.059 km/h	18
Source:

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

Grid

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

• * Engel spun on the formation lap and stalled, and hence had start at the back of the grid.
• ^† Duval would opt to start the race from the pitlane after changing his setup.

Race

Results

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

2017 Norisring Race 1 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	61	53:15.532	48.623	251
2nd	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	61	+4.385s	48.678	183
3rd	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	61	+4.776s	48.544	15
4th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	61	+10.812s	48.496	12
5th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	61	+12.151s	48.519	10
6th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	61	+12.828s	48.345	8
7th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	61	+18.573s	48.578	6
8th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	61	+20.328s	48.356	4
9th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	61	+21.355s	48.472	2
10th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	61	+34.707s	48.709	1
11th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	61	+34.986s	48.578
12th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	61	+35.357s	48.474	2
13th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	61	+41.287s	48.465
14th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	61	+1:12.528	48.863
15th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	60	+1 Lap	48.790
Ret	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	9	Damage	56.124
Ret	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	1	Damage	—
Ret	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	0	Collision	—
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 Bruno Spengler.
  • This was also Spengler's first win since the 2013 Spielberg Race.

Standings

Mattias Ekström emerged at the head of the hunt after the first battle of Nuremburg, ending Saturday with 77 points to his credit. That left him five ahead of former leader René Rast, while Jamie Green was six points off in third. Lucas Auer was next after slipping from second, falling eight off the lead, while Timo Glock completed the top five.

In the Teams' Championship Audi Team Rosberg led the charge with 143 points, 31 ahead of Audi Team Abt in second. Mercedes-AMG Me were next up in third, having slipped from second, while BMW Team RBM had moved up to fourth to lead BMW's charge. In the Manufacturers' Championship Audi would enhance their lead to 70 points over Mercedes, while BMW had enjoyed their best points haul of the campaign and moved closer to Mercedes.

2017 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mattias Ekström 77 ▲3 2nd René Rast 72 ▼1 3rd Jamie Green 71 ◄0 4th Lucas Auer 69 ▼2 5th Timo Glock 59 ▲2 6th Gary Paffett 55 ▼1 7th Mike Rockenfeller 54 ▼1 8th Maxime Martin 53 ▲3 9th Paul di Resta 45 ▼1 10th Bruno Spengler 43 ▲4 11th Robert Wickens 42 ▼2 12th Marco Wittmann 36 ◄0 13th Nico Müller 35 ▼3 14th Edoardo Mortara 25 ▼1 15th Maro Engel 3 ◄0 16th Tom Blomqvist 2 ◄0

2017 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Rosberg 143 ◄0 2nd Audi Team Abt 112 ▲1 3rd Mercedes-AMG Me 97 ▼1 4th BMW Team RBM 96 ▲3 5th Mercedes-AMG BWT 94 ▼1 6th BMW Team RMR 69 ◄0 7th Audi Team Phoenix 54 ▼2 8th Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 48 ◄0 9th BMW Team RMG 36 ◄0 2017 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 309 ◄0 2nd Mercedes 239 ◄0 3rd BMW 201 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers are shown.

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