2018 Misano Race 1

2018 Misano Race 1
The Misano World Circuit in 2018.
Race Information
Date	25 August 2018
No.	226
Event	DTM Misano 2018
Location	Misano World Circuit Misano Adriatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Lap length	4.226 km (2.626 mi)
Distance	32 laps / 135.232 km (84.029 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Paul di Resta
Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Remus
Time	1:46.826
Fastest Lap
Driver	Augusto Farfus
Team	BMW Team RMG
Time	1:30.288 on lap 24
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Paul di Resta	Robin Frijns	Edoardo Mortara
Winner Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Remus
Time	56:55.841
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The 2018 Misano Race 1, otherwise known as the DTM Misano 2018 Race 1, was the thirteenth race of the 2018 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Misano World Circuit in Misano Adriatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy on 25 August 2018. The race would see Paul di Resta secure the final DTM victory for Mercedes as a manufacturer, enhancing his own bid for the 2018 crown.

Ahead of the race it was announced that BMW would enter their wildcard driver for the race, and duly hired veteran racer, and double Paralympic gold medallist Alex Zanardi. Using a modified version of the BMW M4 DTM, which had adapted cockpit controls Zanardi would make his debut in the DTM at his home race using #12 as his race number.

It would also be a historic race for the DTM as a whole, for the DMSB, ITR and Misano agreed to host both of the DTM Misano races at night. Indeed, while a qualifying session for the 2003 Nürburgring I Race had been staged at night, it would be the first time that a DTM race had been held after dark, with both races set to start at 10:30 pm.

Qualifying would see di Resta emerge on top sweeping to pole position in a wet but drying session, with a late effort leaving him half a second clear of Edoardo Mortara. René Rast was next up in third ahead of Championship leader Gary Paffett, while Zanardi would make his DTM debut from nineteenth and last on the grid.

The start of the race, which saw the field split between wet and dry tyres, saw di Resta make a poor initial start, although he would retaliate beautifully through the first few corners to reclaim the lead from Mortara. That allowed Paffett to jump the Italian to secure second, while Rast was slow off the grid and came under attack from Timo Glock and Lucas Auer.

The race quickly settled, with Loïc Duval and Philipp Eng abandoning their wet tures on lap three, while Marco Wittmann spun on his wets. Wittmann, along with Mortara and Glock, would make early stops, sticking with slicks, while di Resta and Paffett came in on lap six, returning line-astern behind Mortara, before both elbowed their way past.

Yet, a lap later and Paffett was out, for he locked-up and ran wide at turn seven, before his attempts to rejoin were curtailed by a suspension destroying collision with Mortara. The Brit pulled off to the side and triggered a Safety Car, with the IndyCar style restart coming on lap twelve.

The restart itself came without issue, with Augusto Farfus leading the charge ahead of Daniel Juncadella as they had not stopped. However, moments after the restart a collision in the midfield at turn four saw Rast collide with Jamie Green and Bruno Spengler, destroying all three cars, while Lucas Auer was taken out by Philipp Eng in a separate accident.

After another SC period the race resumed on lap seventeen, with di Resta jumping Eng, while Farfus and Juncadella escaped up the road. The Scot then made his first mistake of the night and slipped back behind Eng after running wide, before retaliating with a brutal lunge on lap 24, which saw Mortara also sneak past the #25 BMW.

Elsewhere, Farfus would make his stop on lap 20 and drop to the back, while Juncadella remained out until lap 29, when an electrical failure ended his race. Robin Frijns would then steal the show by closing onto the back of Mortara with time running out, while Pascal Wehrlein was on the warpath, carving his way through the lower reaches of the top ten.

Out front, meanwhile, di Resta would sweep across the line to secure victory, and demolish Paffett's Championship lead to just a single point. Frijns, meanwhile, would pass Mortara on the penultimate tour to secure second, while Duval beat Nico Müller to fourth. Wehrlein ran out of time to catch them and hence had to settle for sixth ahead of Glock, a hobbled Eng ended the afternoon in eighth, while Wittmann and Mike Rockenfeller completed the top ten.

Background

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.

Entry List

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

2018 Misano 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
12	Alex Zanardi	BMW Team RMR	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 Misano Race 1 are outlined below:

2018 Misano Race 1 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:46.826	—	142.414 km/h	1
2nd	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:47.295	+0.469s	141.792 km/h	2
3rd	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:47.401	+0.575s	141.652 km/h	3
4th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:47.434	+0.608s	141.608 km/h	4
5th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:47.569	+0.743s	141.431 km/h	5
6th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:47.597	+0.771s	141.394 km/h	6
7th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:47.603	+0.777s	141.386 km/h	7
8th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:47.645	+0.819s	141.331 km/h	8
9th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:47.654	+0.828s	141.319 km/h	9
10th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:47.769	+0.943s	141.168 km/h	10
11th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:47.850	+1.024s	141.062 km/h	11
12th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:48.115	+1.289s	140.716 km/h	12
13th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:48.303	+1.477s	140.472 km/h	13
14th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:48.505	+1.679s	140.211 km/h	14
15th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:48.550	+1.724s	140.152 km/h	15
16th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	1:48.674	+1.848s	139.993 km/h	16
17th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:49.383	+2.557s	139.085 km/h	17
18th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	1:49.631	+2.805s	138.770 km/h	18
19th	12W	Alex Zanardi	BMW Team RMR	1:50.571	+3.745s	137.591 km/h	19
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
• ^W Indicates that a driver was a "wildcard" entry and was ineligible to score points.

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2018 Misano Race 1 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	32	56:55.841	1:31.347	253
2nd	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	32	+1.973s	1:31.089	18
3rd	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	32	+2.144s	1:31.205	152
4th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	32	+2.931s	1:30.919	12
5th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	32	+3.663s	1:31.035	10
6th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	32	+8.826s	1:31.300	8
7th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	32	+13.624s	1:31.322	6
8th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	32	+14.390s	1:31.150	4
9th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	32	+17.398s	1:31.113	2
10th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	32	+21.447s	1:31.965	1
11th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	32	+31.483s	1:30.288
12th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	32	+44.200s	1:31.283
13th	12W	Alex Zanardi	BMW Team RMR	32	+1:14.633	1:32.301
14th*	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	27	Damage	1:31.196
Ret	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	14	Damage	1:36.836	1
Ret	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	12	Collision	1:36.072
Ret	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	12	Collision	1:36.650
Ret	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	12	Collision	1:40.036
Ret	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	7	Collision	1:41.803
Source:

• ³ Indicates a driver was awarded points for qualifying in the top three.
• ^W Indicates that a driver was a "wildcard" entry and was ineligible to score points.
• Bold indicates a driver started from pole.
• Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.

Milestones

• Alex Zanardi made his Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters debut.
• Paul di Resta secured his eleventh victory.
• Final win for HWA Team as an entrant.
• Mercedes claimed their final victory as a manufacturer in the DTM.
• Robin Frijns secured his maiden DTM podium finish.

Standings

The title fight was put back into an unknown state after the first battle of Misano, as Paul di Resta demolished Gary Paffett's lead to just a single point. Indeed, the two Brits were on their own at the head of the field, with Edoardo Mortara in third a full 58 points behind the lead duo. Behind, Marco Wittmann had slipped to fourth on 112 points, Lucas Auer had dropped to fifth, while Robin Frijns had gained three positions at the back of the field.

In the Teams' Championship Mercedes-AMG Petronas had held their initiative in the title hunt, although their advantage had been reduced to 36 points. Mercedes-AMG Remus had done the most damage, jumping into second with 233 points, while sister squad Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil had slipped to third on 228. In the Manufacturers' Championship, meanwhile, Mercedes were set to bow out of the DTM as the Champions, having ended Saturday's running with 730 points to their credit.

2018 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Gary Paffett 177 ◄0 2nd Paul di Resta 176 ◄0 3rd Edoardo Mortara 118 ▲2 4th Marco Wittmann 112 ▼1 5th Lucas Auer 110 ▼1 6th Timo Glock 107 ◄0 7th Pascal Wehrlein 92 ◄0 8th Philipp Eng 87 ◄0 9th René Rast 78 ◄0 10th Daniel Juncadella 57 ◄0 11th Mike Rockenfeller 44 ◄0 12th Bruno Spengler 43 ◄0 13th Robin Frijns 43 ▲3 14th Augusto Farfus 40 ▼1 15th Nico Müller 40 ▼1 16th Loïc Duval 29 ▲1 17th Joel Eriksson 27 ▼2 18th Jamie Green 11 ◄0

2018 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes-AMG Petronas 269 ◄0 2nd Mercedes-AMG Remus 233 ▲1 3rd Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 228 ▼1 4th BMW Team RMR 194 ◄0 5th BMW Team RMG 152 ◄0 6th Audi Team Rosberg 89 ◄0 7th Audi Team Abt Sportsline 83 ▲2 8th Audi Team Phoenix 73 ◄0 9th BMW Team RBM 70 ▼2 2018 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes 730 ◄0 2nd BMW 416 ◄0 3rd Audi 245 ◄0

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