2018 Hockenheim Opening Race 2

2018 Hockenheim Opening Race 2
The Hockenheimring in 2018.
Race Information
Date	6 May 2018
No.	215
Event	DTM Hockenheim Opening 2018
Location	Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Format	55 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	4.574 km (2.842 mi)
Distance	36 laps / 164.664 km (102.317 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Timo Glock
Team	BMW Team RMR
Time	1:32.379
Fastest Lap
Driver	Gary Paffett
Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas
Time	1:34.069 on lap 19
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Timo Glock	Mike Rockenfeller	Gary Paffett
Winner Team	BMW Team RMR
Time	58:04.067
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The 2018 Hockenheim Opening Race 2, otherwise known as the DTM Hockenheim Opening 2018 Race 2, was the second race of the 2018 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on 6 May 2018. The race would see an epic duel between Timo Glock and Gary Paffett steal the show after the stops, although DRS use would ultimately dictate the fight.

Glock would win the battle of qualifying, overhauling an early effort from René Rast to secure pole position ahead of the reigning Champion. Joel Eriksson was next up in third ahead of the first of the Mercedes in the hands of Edoardo Mortara, while Paffett would start from tenth.

The start of the race would see Edoardo Mortara and Daniel Juncadella stall, resulting in chaos behind as drivers darted around the two crawling Mercedes. Out front, meanwhile, Lucas Auer would rocket into third behind Glock and Rast, although it was quickly revealed that he had in-fact jumped the lights.

Regardless of his penalty, which would be issued in the form of a five-second hold during his pitstop, Auer would continue to fight, easing past Rast on lap three. Elsewhere, Paffett was on the warpath, rising from tenth to fifth in the early stages, and was pushing stablemate Paul di Resta hard to catch Rast.

di Resta released Paffett on lap eight, as behind the delayed Juncadella, who had stalled after jumping the start, made his compulsory stop. Paffett's charge continued with a move on Rast a lap later, while Mike Rockenfeller would make some progress with moves on Eriksson and di Resta, the latter opting to stop in that moment.

Glock stopped from the lead on lap 14 as Paffett moved into striking position behind Auer, with the #2 Mercedes duly scything past the sister #22 car a lap later. The Brit subsequently stopped at the end of the lap and rejoined behind Glock and di Resta, although the Scot pulled aside to let his stablemate through.

With that Paffett was on Glock's tail, and duly proceeded to throw everything he had at the ex-Formula One racer for the de facto lead. Indeed, at the height of the battle the pair would run side-by-side for almost a full lap before Glock finally stamped his authority, with Paffett's challenge fading when he ran out of DRS uses. That allowed Rockenfeller, who jumped di Resta in the pits, to catch and pass him on the final lap.

With that the race was run, with Glock easing away to secure victory from Rockenfeller by two seconds, while Paffett had to settle for third. Eriksson was next ahead of Loïc Duval, while Pascal Wehrlein fought with René Rast in the Frenchman's wake to secure sixth. Bruno Spengler was next up ahead of fading di Resta, while Augusto Farfus secured the final point with tenth.

Background

Victory for Gary Paffett had moved him to the top of the Championship after the opening battle of the season, the Brit having established a ten point lead with the bonus points for pole. Lucas Auer was his closest challenger in second ahead of Timo Glock, two points splitting them, while Edoardo Mortara and Pascal Wehrlein completed the top five. Bruno Spengler, Paul di Resta, Daniel Juncadella, René Rast, Marco Wittmann and Loïc Duval had also scored in race one of the campaign.

In the Teams' Championship it was Mercedes-AMG Petronas who led the charge after the first race of the season, having claimed 38 points on the opening day. Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil were next up in second, while BMW Team RMR were in third on 16. Elsewhere, Mercedes led the charge in the Manufacturers' Championship having dominated the opening day, opening out an early lead of 52 points over BMW in second.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2018 Hockenheim Opening Race 2 is displayed below:

2018 Hockenheim Opening 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
5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Sport Team Abt	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 Hockenheim Opening Race 2 are outlined below:

2018 Hockenheim Opening Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:32.379	—	178.248 km/h	1
2nd	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:32.587	+0.208s	177.847 km/h	2
3rd	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RMR	1:32.613	+0.234s	177.797 km/h	3
4th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:32.623	+0.244s	177.778 km/h	4
5th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:32.632	+0.253s	177.761 km/h	5
6th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:32.657	+0.278s	177.713 km/h	6
7th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:32.717	+0.338s	177.598 km/h	7
8th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:32.756	+0.377s	177.523 km/h	8
9th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:32.762	+0.383s	177.512 km/h	9
10th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:32.881	+0.502s	177.284 km/h	10
11th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:32.885	+0.506s	177.277 km/h	11
12th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:32.887	+0.508s	177.273 km/h	12
13th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:32.973	+0.594s	177.109 km/h	13
14th*	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RMR	1:33.003	+0.624s	177.052 km/h	14
15th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:33.045	+0.666s	176.972 km/h	15
16th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:33.061	+0.682s	176.942 km/h	16
17th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:33.109	+0.730s	176.850 km/h	17
18th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	1:33.116	+0.737s	176.837 km/h	18
19th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	1:34.043	+1.664s	175.094 km/h	19
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
• * Spengler served a five place grid penalty for impeding during qualifying.

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Timo Glock	2
	______________	René Rast
Row 2	3	______________
	Joel Eriksson	4
	______________	Edoardo Mortara
Row 3	5	______________
	Lucas Auer	6
	______________	Paul di Resta
Row 4	7	______________
	Daniel Juncadella	8
	______________	Marco Wittmann
Row 5	9	______________
	Mike Rockenfeller	10
	______________	Gary Paffett
Row 6	11	______________
	Pascal Wehrlein	12
	______________	Loïc Duval
Row 7	13	______________
	Augusto Farfus	14
	______________	Robin Frijns
Row 8	15	______________
	Nico Müller	16
	______________	*
Row 9	17	______________
	Philipp Eng	18
	______________	Mattias Ekström
Row 10	19	______________
	Bruno Spengler	20
	______________	Jamie Green*

• * Green started at the back of the grid after a mechanical issue forced him to miss the call to join the grid.

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2018 Hockenheim Opening Race 2 is displayed below:

2018 Hockenheim Opening Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	36	58:04.067	1:34.858	253
2nd	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	36	+2.078s	1:34.966	18
3rd	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	36	+3.099s	1:34.069	15
4th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	36	+3.481s	1:34.666	121
5th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	36	+3.854s	1:34.813	10
6th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	36	+4.129s	1:34.920	8
7th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	36	+4.849s	1:34.939	62
8th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	36	+8.862s	1:34.883	4
9th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	36	+11.082s	1:35.004	2
10th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	36	+11.265s	1:35.056	1
11th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	36	+14.590s	1:35.248
12th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	36	+15.093s	1:35.052
13th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	36	+17.858s	1:35.362
14th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	36	+18.303s	1:34.830
15th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	36	+22.103s	1:35.077
16th	5	Mattias Ekström	Audi Team Abt	36	+23.148s	1:35.114
17th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	36	+23.853s	1:35.269
18th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	36	+32.993s	1:34.926
Ret	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	2	Engine	1:47.448
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

• 217th and final Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship start for Mattias Ekström.
• Fifth career victory for Timo Glock.
• Joel Eriksson secured his maiden points finish.

Standings

Timo Glock had moved to the top of the Championship after his victory, moving a point ahead of Gary Paffett, former leader. Mike Rockenfeller was next up after finishing second in the second battle of Hockenheim, while Lucas Auer and Pascal Wehrlein were level with the German on eighteen points. Elsewhere, Joel Eriksson was up to sixth after his maiden points finish, with fourteen of the field now having scored points after two rounds.

Mercedes-AMG Petronas were headlining the Teams' Championship with 61 points to their credit, holding a seventeen point lead over BMW Team RMR. Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil had retained third ahead of Audi Team Phoenix, while Audi Team Abt Sportsline were the only pointless team in ninth. There were no changes in the Manufacturers' Championship meanwhile, with Mercedes having moved onto 103 points, 31 ahead of BMW in second.

2018 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Timo Glock 44 ▲2 2nd Gary Paffett 43 ▼1 3rd Mike Rockenfeller 18 ▲11 4th Lucas Auer 18 ▼2 5th Pascal Wehrlein 18 ◄0 6th Joel Eriksson 13 ▲6 7th Edoardo Mortara 12 ▼3 8th Bruno Spengler 12 ▼2 9th Loïc Duval 11 ▲2 10th René Rast 10 ▼1 11th Paul di Resta 8 ▼4 12th Daniel Juncadella 4 ▼4 13th Marco Wittmann 2 ▼3 14th Augusto Farfus 1 ▲1

2018 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes-AMG Petronas 61 ◄0 2nd BMW Team RMR 44 ▲1 3rd Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 30 ▼1 4th Audi Team Phoenix 29 ▲4 5th BMW Team RBM 25 ◄0 6th Mercedes-AMG Remus 12 ▼2 7th Audi Team Rosberg 10 ▼1 8th BMW Team RMG 3 ▼1 9th Audi Team Abt Sportsline 0 ◄0 2018 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes 103 ◄0 2nd BMW 72 ◄0 3rd Audi 39 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers are shown.

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