2017 Zandvoort Race 1

2017 Zandvoort Race 1
The Circuit Zandvoort in 2017.
Race Information
Date	19 August 2017
No.	206
Event	DTM Zandvoort 2017
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands
Format	55 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	4.307 km (2.676 mi)
Distance	37 laps / 159.359 km (99.021 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Timo Glock
Team	BMW Team RMR
Time	1:27.823
Fastest Lap
Driver	René Rast
Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	1:30.160 on lap 21
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Timo Glock	Marco Wittmann	Maxime Martin
Winner Team	BMW Team RMR
Time	57:18.491
Race Guide
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2017 Moscow Raceway Race 2		2017 Zandvoort Race 2

The 2017 Zandvoort Race 1, formally known as the DTM Zandvoort 2017 Race 1, was the eleventh round of the 2017 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands, on 19 August 2017. The race would see Timo Glock lead a BMW one-two-three across the line, as the Championship restarted after the annual six week summer-break.

During the summer-break Mercedes announced that they would be leaving the DTM at the end of the 2018 Season, replacing their DTM programme with a full blown factory effort in the FIA Formula E Championship. That came as a shock to the rest of the paddock and caused major concern for both the DMSB and fellow manufacturers Audi and BMW, who were both quick to point out that they needed more competition from other manufacturers if they were to continue their own DTM programmes.

Further reasons for Mercedes' departure were put down to the fact that they had been heavily penalised by the ballast system, which was highlighted by the fact that their only driver in the top ten after qualifying would be Gary Paffett. At the head of the field, meanwhile, Glock would lead a BMW quartet to the head of the field ahead of René Rast and Loïc Duval as the best of the Audis, while Paffett was a lowly eighth.

The start of the race would see Glock hold the lead, while Marco Wittmann stormed through from fourth to secure second. Augusto Farfus would also fall to Maxime Martin having started in second, while the rest of the field gave chase behind Rast's #33 Audi.

The early laps would see Rast attack Farfus, although having briefly slipped behind the #33 Audi, Farfus barged his way back ahead, and received a warning for his efforts. Mattias Ekström, meanwhile, would be the first driver to stop, although cold tyres saw him slide into the gravel at Tarzan, before spinning while trying to clean his now gravel filled car.

Wittmann and Martin would make their stops on lap eight, while Glock stopped on lap nine and was caught by the duo as he warmed up his tyres. However, once his tyres were up to temperature he would have enough pace to prevent Wittmann and Martin from attacking, and duly began catching Maro Engel who had yet to stop.

Glock led Wittmann past Engel without issue, while Martin got stuck behind the #63 Mercedes and lost a lot of time, with the pair running side-by-side numerous times before Martin finally claimed the position. Engel duly stopped at the end of that lap, Rast stopped from the lead at lap later, while Mike Rockenfeller began to reel in Martin.

Indeed, the race was rapidly building to a crescendo, with Wittmann catching Glock, Martin catching Witmann, and Rockenfeller catching all three. With five minutes to go all four were in DRS range, as behind Ekström would retire with internal damage to his car, while Rast used up all of his DRS uses trying to get onto the back of the lead group and duly slipped back down the field.

Yet, there would be no changes at the head of the pack in the final moments, with Glock sweeping through to secure victory a tenth ahead of Wittmann. Martin was also within a second in third, while Rockenfeller secured fourth having slipped off the back of the Belgian. Jamie Green was next up ahead of Farfus, di Resta and Paffett, while Rast and Nico Müller completed the scorers.

Background

Mattias Ekström would secure the lead as a result of the second battle of Moscow, the Swede moving onto 113 points having failed to win in 2017. That left him a point ahead of René Rast in second, while Lucas Auer had dropped to third on 99 points. Jamie Green was next up ahead of Maxime Martin, while Loïc Duval remained as the only driver yet to score.

Audi Team Rosberg had reinforced their grip on the Teams' Championship, moving onto 199 points after another strong weekend, leaving them 50 clear of Audi Team Abt. Abt themselves were nine ahead of Mercedes-AMG BWT, while BMW Team RBM and Mercedes-AMG Me completed the top five. Audi, meanwhile, headlined the Manufacturers' Championship with 421 points, 80 clear of Mercedes in second while BMW in third with 308.

Entry List

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

2017 Zandvoort 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	1,127.5 kg
3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG SILBERPFEIL Energy	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8	1,127.5 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	1,127.5 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	1,127.5 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	1,127.5 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	1,127.5 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 Zandvoort Race 1 are outlined below:

2017 Zandvoort Race 1 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:27.823	—	176.550 km/h	1
2nd	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:27.907	+0.084s	176.381 km/h	2
3rd	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:28.065	+0.242s	176.065 km/h	3
4th	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	1:28.155	+0.332s	175.885 km/h	4
5th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:28.287	+0.464s	175.622 km/h	5
6th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:28.331	+0.508s	175.535 km/h	6
7th	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	1:28.351	+0.528s	175.495 km/h	7
8th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	1:28.375	+0.552s	175.447 km/h	8
9th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:28.468	+0.645s	175.263 km/h	9
10th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	1:28.547	+0.724s	175.107 km/h	10
11th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:28.567	+0.744s	175.067 km/h	11
12th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	1:28.652	+0.829s	174.899 km/h	12
13th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:28.656	+0.833s	174.891 km/h	13
14th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:28.751	+0.928s	174.704 km/h	14
15th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:28.819	+0.996s	174.570 km/h	15
16th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	1:28.861	+1.038s	174.488 km/h	16
17th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:28.875	+1.052s	174.460 km/h	17
18th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	1:28.983	+1.160s	174.249 km/h	18
Source:

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

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2017 Zandvoort Race 1 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	37	57:18.491	1:30.726	25
2nd	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	37	+0.178s	1:30.905	18
3rd	36	Maxime Martin	BMW Team RBM	37	+0.840s	1:30.688	15
4th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	37	+2.530s	1:30.680	12
5th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	37	+3.164s	1:30.280	10
6th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	37	+4.173s	1:31.132	8
7th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	37	+4.771s	1:31.135	6
8th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Me	37	+5.382s	1:31.160	4
9th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	37	+5.911s	1:30.160	2
10th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	37	+6.278s	1:31.117	1
11th	6	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG Me	37	+6.734s	1:30.818
12th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG BWT	37	+7.929s	1:30.630
13th	77	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	37	+13.880s	1:30.367
14th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	37	+21.214s	1:31.730
15th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG BWT	37	+27.053s	1:30.985
16th	63	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	37	+52.140s	1:31.669
17th*	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	34	Damage	1:31.111
Ret	31	Tom Blomqvist	BMW Team RMR	17	Retired	1:30.637
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.
• * Ekström was still classified despite retiring as he had completed 75% of the race distance.

Milestones

• Fourth career victory for Timo Glock.

Standings

René Rast moved to the top of the Championship after the opening race in Zandvoort, moving onto 114 points for the campaign. Former leader Mattias Ekström hence slipped to second after his non-score, although was only a point behind, while Lucas Auer had held onto third. Behind, Timo Glock had shot up from eighth to fourth after his first win of the campaign, while Jamie Green had retained his place in the top five.

In the Teams' Championship Audi Team Rosberg had retained the initiative, moving onto 211 points for the season. BMW Team RBM were next up in second, having chipped away at the former's advantage, while Audi Team Abt had lost ground and slipped to third. In the Manufacturers' Championship, meanwhile, Audi had held onto their lead, while BMW had moved ahead of Mercedes.

2017 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st René Rast 114 ▲1 2nd Mattias Ekström 113 ▼1 3rd Lucas Auer 99 ◄0 4th Timo Glock 98 ▲4 5th Jamie Green 97 ▼1 6th Maxime Martin 93 ▼1 7th Marco Wittmann 91 ◄0 8th Mike Rockenfeller 85 ▼2 9th Gary Paffett 65 ▲1 10th Bruno Spengler 61 ▼1 11th Paul di Resta 59 ▲1 12th Robert Wickens 58 ▼1 13th Edoardo Mortara 41 ◄0 14th Nico Müller 37 ◄0 15th Maro Engel 29 ◄0 16th Tom Blomqvist 21 ◄0 17th Augusto Farfus 16 ◄0 18th Loïc Duval 0 ◄0

2017 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Rosberg 211 ◄0 2nd BMW Team RBM 154 ▲2 3rd Audi Team Abt 150 ▼1 4th Mercedes-AMG BWT 140 ▼1 5th Mercedes-AMG Me 123 ◄0 6th BMW Team RMR 119 ◄0 7th BMW Team RMG 107 ▲1 8th Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 88 ▼1 9th Audi Team Phoenix 85 ◄0 2017 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 446 ◄0 2nd BMW 380 ▲1 3rd Mercedes 351 ▼1

Only point scoring drivers are shown.

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