2018 Lausitzring Race 1

2018 Lausitzring Race 1
The DTM used a different layout of the Lausitzring in 2018.
Race Information
Date	19 May 2018
No.	216
Event	DTM Lausitz 2018
Location	Lausitzring Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany
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Lap length	4.345 km (2.700 mi)
Distance	21 laps / 91.245 km (56.697 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Lucas Auer
Team	Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport
Time	1:37.343
Fastest Lap
Driver	Daniel Juncadella
Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Remus
Time	1:39.699 on lap 19
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Edoardo Mortara	Timo Glock	Philipp Eng
Winner Team	Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport
Time	57:54.520
Race Guide
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The 2018 Lausitzring Race 1, otherwise known as the DTM Lausitz 2018 Race 1, was the third race of the 2018 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Lausitzring in Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany on 19 May 2018. The race would see Edoardo Mortara secure his first victory for Mercedes, although the race was overshadowed by a huge accident for defending Champion René Rast.

Qualifying had seen an intense fight for pole position between the DTM's two Austrian drivers, with Lucas Auer of Mercedes edging out BMW's Philipp Eng by 0.007s. Bruno Spengler was next up ahead of Pascal Wehrlein, while Nico Müller was the best of Audi drivers in ninth, half a second off the pace.

The start of the race would see Auer block any lunges from Eng into the first corner, sweeping across the nose of the #25 BMW to seize the inside line for turn one. That allowed Spengler to challenge on the outside of turn one and duly seize second, although all fighting was immediately ceased as the Safety Car was scrambled.

Indeed, as those at the head of the field fought there was a huge accident behind, for an unsighted Jamie Green had nailed the back of stablemate Nico Müller, who had stalled on the grid. Both Audis were totalled, with Müller being taken to the medical centre for checks, with the rest of the field having to drive through the pitlane as the start/finish straight was littered with debris.

The Indy-style restart was conducted at the end of lap six, with Auer edging out Spengler on the run to turn one to retain the lead. The rest of the field swept in behind them without issue, although a few moments later the race would be halted by a red flag, this time due to another wrecked Audi.

Indeed, while fighting through turns two and three Rast would bounced outwide, before contact with Loïc Duval pitched the #33 Audi into a slide off circuit. While the slide seemed initially innocuous, Rast's car caught a drop in the grass/kerb and was instantly tipped into a barrel roll/somersault, wrecking the car. The #33 Audi crashed back down on its wheels but was destroyed, although Rast managed to escape without the intervention of the hastily scrambled marshals.

After fifteen minutes the race resumed with another Indy-style restart, with Auer again fending off Spengler, while Eng gave chase. The race soon settled into a tense stalemate as the drivers made their stops, sparked by Spengler and Eng, while Auer remained out until lap thirteen, while Timo Glock moved into contention with his stop on lap fourteen.

Indeed, Glock initially emerged ahead of Auer and hence held the de facto lead, although Auer would quickly catch the BMW on cold tyres. However, the German racer would put up a ferocious defence to keep the #22 Mercedes at bay, which almost resulted in Auer getting collected by Spengler when the Canadian misjudged his braking point into turn one while fighting Eng. Indeed, Eng would benefit massively from the fighting ahead, passing all three to secure the de facto lead with time running out.

Their fighting was so intense that it allowed Mortara to jump into the fray his stop, emerging between Eng and Glock. The Italian duly forced his way past Eng with the aid of DRS on the penultimate lap, a move which cost Eng enough momentum that it allowed Glock to follow the #48 Mercedes through.

With that the race was run, with Mortara sweeping across the line to secure victory, while Glock escaped any retaliation from Eng to claim second. Behind, Auer was a frustrated fourth ahead of Spengler and Paul di Resta, while Marco Wittmann, Pascal Wehrlein, Gary Paffett and Augusto Farfus scoring the remaining points.

Background

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.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2018 Lausitzring Race 1 is displayed below:

2018 Lausitzring Race 1 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 Lausitzring Race 1 are outlined below:

2018 Lausitzring Race 1 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:37.343	—	169.010 km/h	1
2nd	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	1:37.350	+0.007s	168.998 km/h	2
3rd	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:37.513	+0.170s	168.715 km/h	3
4th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:37.518	+0.175s	168.707 km/h	4
5th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:37.534	+0.191s	168.679 km/h	5
6th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:37.544	+0.201s	168.662 km/h	6
7th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:37.580	+0.237s	168.600 km/h	7
8th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:37.825	+0.482s	168.177 km/h	8
9th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Abt Sportsline	1:37.860	+0.517s	168.117 km/h	9
10th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:37.965	+0.622s	167.937 km/h	10
11th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	1:37.966	+0.623s	167.935 km/h	11
12th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Sport Abt Sportsline	1:37.986	+0.643s	167.901 km/h	12
13th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:38.113	+0.770s	167.684 km/h	13
14th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:38.135	+0.792s	167.646 km/h	14
15th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:38.161	+0.818s	167.602 km/h	15
16th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:38.210	+0.867s	167.518 km/h	16
17th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:38.326	+0.983s	167.320 km/h	17
18th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:38.520	+1.177s	166.991 km/h	18
Source:

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

Grid

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

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2018 Lausitzring Race 1 is displayed below:

2018 Lausitzring Race 1 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	21	57:54.520	1:40.206	25
2nd	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	21	+0.920s	1:39.900	18
3rd	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	21	+2.887s	1:40.425	152
4th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	21	+3.185s	1:40.511	123
5th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	21	+5.094s	1:40.701	101
6th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	21	+5.761s	1:40.708	8
7th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	21	+6.403s	1:40.164	6
8th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	21	+7.281s	1:40.306	4
9th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	21	+7.607s	1:40.712	2
10th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	21	+8.369s	1:40.187	1
11th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	21	+8.758s	1:40.401
12th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	21	+9.522s	1:40.558
13th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	21	+12.941s	1:40.226
14th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	21	+13.867s	1:39.699
Ret	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	7	Damage	2:39.852
Ret	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	6	Collision	2:41.950
Ret	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	0	Collision	—
Ret	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	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

• Ninth career victory for Edoardo Mortara.
• Philipp Eng secured his maiden podium finish.
  • This was also Eng's first points finish.

Standings

Timo Glock had extended his early Championship lead after his podium finish in the third race of the campaign, ending Saturday at the Lausitzring on 62 points. Gary Paffett had likewise retained second but slipped seventeen behind, while race winner Edoardo Mortara had shot into third on 37. Lucas Auer and Bruno Spengler then completed the top five, while Philipp Eng had moved into the top ten after his maiden points finish.

In the Teams' Championship it was BMW Team RMR who had emerged at the head of the hunt, having moved nine ahead of Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil. Former leaders Mercedes-AMG Petronas were next up in third, three further back, with BMW Team RBM and Audi Team Phoenix completing the top five. Elsewhere, Mercedes were still in command of the Manufacturers Championship, while defending Champions Audi were already 118 points behind having failed to score during Saturday's running.

2018 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Timo Glock 62 ◄0 2nd Gary Paffett 45 ◄0 3rd Edoardo Mortara 37 ▲4 4th Lucas Auer 33 ◄0 5th Bruno Spengler 23 ▲3 6th Pascal Wehrlein 22 ▼1 7th Mike Rockenfeller 18 ▼4 8th Philipp Eng 17 ▲9 9th Paul di Resta 16 ▲2 10th Joel Eriksson 13 ▼4 11th Loïc Duval 11 ▼2 12th René Rast 10 ▼2 13th Marco Wittmann 8 ◄0 14th Daniel Juncadella 4 ▼2 15th Augusto Farfus 2 ▼1

2018 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st BMW Team RMR 79 ▲1 2nd Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 70 ▲1 3rd Mercedes-AMG Petronas 67 ▼2 4th BMW Team RBM 36 ▲1 5th Audi Team Phoenix 29 ▼1 6th Mercedes-AMG Remus 20 ◄0 7th Audi Team Rosberg 10 ◄0 8th BMW Team RMG 10 ◄0 9th Audi Team Abt Sportsline 0 ◄0 2018 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes 157 ◄0 2nd BMW 125 ◄0 3rd Audi 39 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers are shown.

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