2018 Lausitzring Race 2

2018 Lausitzring Race 1
The DTM used a different layout of the Lausitzring in 2018.
Race Information
Date	20 May 2018
No.	217
Event	DTM Lausitz 2018
Location	Lausitzring Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany
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Lap length	4.345 km (2.700 mi)
Distance	34 laps / 147.730 km (91.795 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Philipp Eng
Team	BMW Team RMR
Time	1:38.150
Fastest Lap
Driver	Marco Wittmann
Team	BMW Team RMG
Time	1:39.395 on lap 17
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Gary Paffett	Marco Wittmann	Pascal Wehrlein
Winner Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas
Time	57:27.909
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The 2018 Lausitzring Race 2, otherwise known as the DTM Lausitz 2018 Race 2, was the fourth race of the 2018 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Lausitzring in Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany on 20 May 2018. The race would see Gary Paffett sweep to his second victory of the campaign, resisting a series of attacks from Marco Wittmann.

Qualifying had seen another battle between BMW and Mercedes, with Philipp Eng claiming pole position by 0.026s from Pascal Wehrlein. Their closest challengers would be Paffett and Wittmann, while Mike Rockenfeller was the lone Audi pilot in the top ten in fifth.

The start of the race would be far tamer than the race on Saturday, with the field reduced by one as René Rast was withdrawn on medical grounds. That left seventeen starters, with everyone making it off the grid without issue with the dramas of the first race fresh in everyone's memory.

At the head of the field it would be grid order into the first corner, as Eng aced his getaway to lead Wehrlein, while Paffett batted away the attentions of Wittmann. However, Wehrlein would manage to get a run on the Austrian racer on the run into turn one at the start of the second lap, with Eng ultimately earning himself a warning for elbowing the German off track.

That move allowed Paffett to secure second from Wehrlein, before leading the #94 Mercedes past the #25 BMW at the start of the third lap. Elsewhere, Edoardo Mortara moved past Rockenfeller for sixth, a move which also allowed Lucas Auer and Daniel Juncadella to squeeze past, while Jamie Green had already served his pitstop and was one of the fastest cars on track.

Wittmann would claim third from Eng a few laps later with Joel Eriksson closing in, although the Swede was soon elbowed off track by Mortara as the Italian tried to make ground. The #48 Mercedes was subsequently ordered to hand the position back, which he did, before again elbowing his way past the #47 BMW. Once again the officials declared that Mortara had to give the place back to Eriksson, although this time both Auer and Timo Glock had overtaken the Swede, meaning Mortara forfeited three places.

Elsewhere, the leaders would make their stops without issue, with Paffett maintained the lead while a slow stop for Wehrlein saw him drop behind Wittmann. Now clear of the #94 Mercedes, the #11 BMW would steadily close in on the #2 Mercedes, although he would only just get into DRS range at the start of the final tour.

That ultimately proved crucial, for Paffett held off the German's late attentions to secure victory, his second of the campaign. Wehrlein, meanwhile, would finish a lonely third ahead of Paul di Resta and Glock, while Green's alternate strategy left him in sixth. Eng was next up ahead of Rockenfeller and Eriksson, while Robin Frijns scored his first points finish in tenth.

Background

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.

Entry List

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

2018 Lausitzring 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 Lausitzring Race 2 are outlined below:

2018 Lausitzring Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	1:38.150	—	167.620 km/h	1
2nd	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:38.176	+0.026s	167.576 km/h	2
3rd	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:38.218	+0.068s	167.504 km/h	3
4th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:38.283	+0.133s	167.394 km/h	4
5th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:38.376	+0.226s	167.235 km/h	5
6th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:38.538	+0.388s	166.960 km/h	6
7th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	1:38.556	+0.406s	166.930 km/h	7
8th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:38.566	+0.416s	166.913 km/h	8
9th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:38.658	+0.508s	166.757 km/h	9
10th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:38.673	+0.523s	166.732 km/h	10
11th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:38.675	+0.525s	166.729 km/h	11
12th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:38.710	+0.560s	166.670 km/h	12
13th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:38.743	+0.593s	166.614 km/h	13
14th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:38.756	+0.606s	166.592 km/h	14
15th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:38.853	+0.703s	166.428 km/h	15
16th		Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:38.874	+0.724s	166.393 km/h	16
17th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:38.884	+0.734s	166.376 km/h	17
WD*	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	—
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
• * Rast was withdrawn from the race on medical grounds after his accident in the 2018 Lausitzring Race 1.

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2018 Lausitzring Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	34	57:27.909	1:39.752	251
2nd	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	34	+1.427s	1:39.395	18
3rd	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	34	+8.602s	1:39.794	152
4th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	34	+17.891s	1:39.816	12
5th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	34	+19.061s	1:39.857	10
6th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	34	+23.243s	1:40.139	8
7th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	34	+24.292s	1:39.882	63
8th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	34	+24.631s	1:39.863	4
9th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	34	+27.050s	1:40.278	2
10th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	34	+30.992s	1:40.059	1
11th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	34	+32.458s	1:40.154
12th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	34	+32.803s	1:39.523
13th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	34	+33.304s	1:39.523
14th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	34	+38.266s	1:40.459
15th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	34	+38.526s	1:40.106
16th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	34	+40.550s	1:40.059
17th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	34	+41.673s	1:40.238
WD	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg
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

• Maiden pole position recorded by Philipp Eng.
• 22nd career victory for Gary Paffett.
• Robin Frijns secured his maiden points finish.

Standings

Timo Glock had just held onto the initiative in the DTM Championship as the weekend in Lausitz came to an end, leaving with 72 points to his name. Indeed, race winner Gary Paffett had carved away at the German's lead to leave Lausitz just a point behind, with a 32 point gap back to third placed Pascal Wehrlein. Edoardo Mortara was next up ahead of Lucas Auer to complete the top five, with all drivers bar Nico Müller having scored in 2018 after four races.

Mercedes-AMG Petronas had returned to the head of the pack after the second battle of the Lausitz, having claimed 110 points after the opening four races. BMW Team RMR were their closest challengers in second, twelve behind, while Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil completed the top three on 70. In the Manufacturers' Championship, meanwhile, it was Mercedes whom led the charge on 212 points, with BMW and Audi having both lost ground.

2018 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Timo Glock 72 ◄0 2nd Gary Paffett 71 ◄0 3rd Pascal Wehrlein 39 ▲3 4th Edoardo Mortara 37 ▼1 5th Lucas Auer 33 ▼1 6th Paul di Resta 28 ▲3 7th Marco Wittmann 26 ▲6 8th Philipp Eng 26 ◄0 9th Bruno Spengler 23 ▼4 10th Mike Rockenfeller 22 ▼3 11th Joel Eriksson 15 ▼1 12th Loïc Duval 11 ▼1 13th René Rast 10 ▼1 14th Jamie Green 8 ▲4 15th Daniel Juncadella 4 ▼1 16th Augusto Farfus 2 ▼1 17th Robin Frijns 1 ▼1 18th Nico Müller 0 ▼1

2018 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes-AMG Petronas 110 ▲2 2nd BMW Team RMR 98 ▼1 3rd Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 70 ▼1 4th BMW Team RBM 38 ◄0 5th Audi Team Phoenix 33 ◄0 6th Mercedes-AMG Remus 32 ◄0 7th BMW Team RMG 28 ▲1 8th Audi Team Rosberg 18 ▼1 9th Audi Team Abt Sportsline 1 ◄0 2018 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes 212 ◄0 2nd BMW 164 ◄0 3rd Audi 52 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers are shown.

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