2018 Brands Hatch Race 2

2018 Brands Hatch Race 2
The Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit.
Race Information
Date	12 August 2018
No.	225
Event	DTM Brands Hatch 2018
Location	Brands Hatch West Kingsdown, Kent, UK
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Lap length	3.916 km (2.432 mi)
Distance	40 laps / 156.640 km (99.765 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Gary Paffett
Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas
Time	1:17.948
Fastest Lap
Driver	Paul di Resta
Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas
Time	1:19.943 on lap 5
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Paul di Resta	Gary Paffett	René Rast
Winner Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Remus
Time	56:23.282
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The DTM Brands Hatch 2018 Race 2, otherwise known as the 2018 Brands Hatch Race 2, was the twelfth round of the 2018 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at Brands Hatch in West Kingsdown, Kent, UK, on 12 August 2018. The race would see Paul di Resta sweep to victory at his home race, inching him closer to Championship leader, compatriot and teammate Gary Paffett.

Qualifying would see the two Brits engage each other in a tight duel for pole, a battle won by the Englishman from the Scotsman by 0.073s. Pascal Wehrlein would attempt to join the fight but fell a few hundredths behind in third, while René Rast headed the Audi challenge from third and Augusto Farfus led BMW's charge from seventh.

The start of the race saw the Brits continue their battle, with di Resta running around the outside of Paddock Hill Bend and Druids to claim the race lead from Paffett. Behind, Rast tried the same manoeuvre on Wehrlein, but was elbowed wide by the #94 Mercedes, allowing Jamie Green to sneak into fourth.

However, the race would be put on pause a few moments later, for a collision between Lucas Auer, Robin Frijns and Farfus left the #15 BMW with heavy damage, while Frijns slid into the barriers. The Safety Car was scrambled to recover the Dutchman, although he would drag himself out and rejoin, while Farfus dragged his damaged car to the pits to have the damaged body work removed.

The race resumed with the IndyCar style restart, with di Resta sprinting ahead of Paffett, while Rast remained behind Wehrlein and Green. After that the race would quickly settle down, with the majority of the field sweeping in to serve their stops before the end of lap nine, leaving Green and Frijns at the head of the hunt on an alternate plan.

di Resta was left in the de facto lead in third ahead of Paffett, while Rast remained glued to their tail having jumped Wehrlein in the pits. The #33 Audi duly began to harass Paffett for second, with the Englishman using DRS from di Resta to aid his defence.

They duly moved into the top three once Green and Frijns made their stops on laps 31 and 24 respectively, with Green initially rejoining in fourth, only to be instantly mugged by Wehrlein and Wittmann. The Brit would, however, force the issue a little more with Wittmann, elbowing the #11 BMW wide as it passed him at Surtees, earning Green a drive-through penalty.

With that the race was run, with di Resta sweeping across the line a second ahead of Paffett to secure the win, while Paffett kept Rast at bay for second. Wehrlein was next up ahead of Wittmann, while Mike Rockenfeller had to settle for sixth after being rebuffed by Wittmann on the final stages. Philipp Eng, Auer, Daniel Juncadella and Nico Müller scored the remaining points.

Background

Gary Paffett had retained the lead in the Championship, and had enhanced his advantage to 35 points over second placed Paul di Resta. Behind, Lucas Auer had moved into third with 106 points, climbing ahead of Timo Glock, while Edoardo Mortara had moved level with the German on 101. Marco Wittmann was next up having slipped down from fourth, while Augusto Farfus had been Saturday's biggest mover, gaining four positions.

In the Teams' Championship it was still Mercedes-AMG Petronas who led the charge, although sister squad Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil had closed the gap to twenty points. BMW Team RMR was next up ahead of 178 points, while Mercedes-AMG Remus and BMW Team RMG completed the top five. Mercedes, meanwhile, had again enhanced their lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, opening out a 222 point advantage over BMW.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2018 Brands Hatch Race 2 is displayed below:

2018 Brands Hatch Race 2 Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine
2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8
3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Remus	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8
4	Robin Frijns	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8
7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8
11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8
15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8
16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8
22	Lucas Auer	Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8
23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Remus	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8
25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8
28	Loïc Duval	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8
33	René Rast	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8
47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 DTM	P66/1 4.0l V8
48	Edoardo Mortara	Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8
51	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8
53	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas	Mercedes	AMG C63 DTM	AMG 4.0l V8
99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 DTM	Audi 4.0l V8
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Qualifying

Results

The final qualifying result for the 2018 Brands Hatch Race 2 are outlined below:

2018 Brands Hatch Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:17.948	—	180.859 km/h	1
2nd	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:18.021	+0.073s	180.689 km/h	2
3rd	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:18.034	+0.086s	180.659 km/h	3
4th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:18.052	+0.104s	180.618 km/h	4
5th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:18.135	+0.187s	180.426 km/h	5
6th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:18.140	+0.192s	180.414 km/h	6
7th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:18.182	+0.234s	180.317 km/h	7
8th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:18.205	+0.257s	180.264 km/h	8
9th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:18.244	+0.296s	180.174 km/h	9
10th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	1:18.304	+0.356s	180.036 km/h	10
11th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:18.315	+0.367s	180.011 km/h	11
12th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:18.330	+0.382s	179.977 km/h	12
13th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:18.508	+0.560s	179.568 km/h	13
14th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:18.517	+0.569s	179.548 km/h	14
15th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:18.607	+0.659s	179.342 km/h	15
16th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	1:18.654	+0.706s	179.235 km/h	16
17th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:18.670	+0.722s	179.199 km/h	17
18th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:19.115	+1.167s	178.191 km/h	18
Source:

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

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
		______________
Row 1	______________	1
	2	Gary Paffett
	Paul di Resta	______________
Row 2	______________	3
	4	Pascal Wehrlein
	René Rast	______________
Row 3	______________	5
	6	Lucas Auer
	Robin Frijns	______________
Row 4	______________	7
	8	Augusto Farfus
	Loïc Duval	______________
Row 5	______________	9
	10	Marco Wittmann
	Philipp Eng	______________
Row 6	______________	11
	12	Jamie Green
	Mike Rockenfeller	______________
Row 7	______________	13
	14	Timo Glock
	Daniel Juncadella	______________
Row 8	______________	15
	16	Nico Müller
	Joel Eriksson	______________
Row 9	______________	17
	18	Edoardo Mortara
	Bruno Spengler	______________

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2018 Brands Hatch Race 2 is displayed below:

2018 Brands Hatch Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	40	56:23.282	1:19.943	252
2nd	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	40	+1.019s	1:19.979	183
3rd	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	40	+1.376s	1:20.072	15
4th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	40	+11.484s	1:20.237	121
5th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	40	+14.312s	1:20.249	10
6th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	40	+14.841s	1:20.545	8
7th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	40	+17.239s	1:20.065	6
8th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	40	+17.972s	1:20.306	4
9th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	40	+18.505s	1:20.223	2
10th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	40	+20.798s	1:20.768	1
11th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	40	+20.798s	1:20.768
12th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	40	+22.007s	1:20.085
13th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	40	+23.197s	1:20.498
14th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	40	+31.998s	1:20.971
15th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	40	+33.359s	1:20.052
16th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	38	+2 Laps	1:20.132
17th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	37	+3 Laps	1:20.453
Ret	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	18	Damage	1:22.319
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

• Tenth career victory for Paul di Resta.

Standings

Gary Paffett would leave his home race with a fair albeit reduced advantage, moving onto 177 points for the campaign. Paul di Resta was next up in second after his victory, moving to within 30 of the Englishman, while Marco Wittmann had claimed third on 110 points. Next up was Lucas Auer, level with Wittmann on 110 points, while Edoardo Mortara and Timo Glock completed the top six, level on 101.

In the Teams' Championship it was Mercedes-AMG Petronas who continued to lead the charge, moving 50 clear of their compatriots Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil in second. The third and final Mercedes team, Mercedes-AMG Remus, were next up ahead of BMW Team RMR, while BMW Team RMG completed the top five. Mercedes, meanwhile, had continued their ominous march to the Manufacturers' title, having secured the 677th point of the season to leave them 273 ahead of second placed BMW.

2018 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Gary Paffett 177 ◄0 2nd Paul di Resta 148 ◄0 3rd Marco Wittmann 110 ▲3 4th Lucas Auer 110 ▼1 5th Edoardo Mortara 101 ◄0 6th Timo Glock 101 ▼2 7th Pascal Wehrlein 84 ▲1 8th Philipp Eng 83 ▼1 9th René Rast 77 ◄0 10th Daniel Juncadella 57 ◄0 11th Mike Rockenfeller 43 ▲2 12th Bruno Spengler 43 ▼1 13th Augusto Farfus 40 ▼1 14th Nico Müller 30 ◄0 15th Joel Eriksson 27 ◄0 16th Robin Frijns 25 ◄0 17th Loïc Duval 17 ◄0 18th Jamie Green 11 ◄0

2018 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes-AMG Petronas 261 ◄0 2nd Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 211 ◄0 3rd Mercedes-AMG Remus 205 ▲1 4th BMW Team RMR 184 ▼1 5th BMW Team RMG 150 ◄0 6th Audi Team Rosberg 88 ◄0 7th BMW Team RBM 70 ◄0 8th Audi Team Phoenix 60 ▲1 9th Audi Team Abt Sportsline 55 ▼1 2018 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes 677 ◄0 2nd BMW 404 ◄0 3rd Audi 203 ◄0

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