2018 Misano Race 2

2018 Misano Race 2
The Misano World Circuit in 2018.
Race Information
Date	26 August 2018
No.	227
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	31 laps / 131.006 km (81.403 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Loïc Duval
Team	Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Time	1:45.983
Fastest Lap
Driver	Edoardo Mortara
Team	Silberpfeil Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport
Time	1:42.023 on lap 5
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Joel Eriksson	Edoardo Mortara	René Rast
Winner Team	BMW Team RBM
Time	57:19.154
Race Guide
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The 2018 Misano Race 2, otherwise known as the DTM Misano 2018 Race 2, was the fourteenth race of the 2018 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Misano World Circuit in Misano Adriatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy on 26 August 2018. The race would see Joel Eriksson sweep to his maiden DTM victory, as wildcard driver Alex Zanardi claimed an impressive fifth place finish.

Qualifying would see the field once again battle in wet conditions, with Loïc Duval emerging from the fight with his maiden DTM pole. Edoardo Mortara would share the front row with the Frenchman, while Marco Wittmann was the best of the BMW drivers, claiming sixth on the grid.

The rain had cleared long before the race, resulting in a damp circuit and a split decision of wet and slick Hankook tyres across the field. Ultimately, it was those who started with wet tyres that proved to have made the best choice, although that was of little consolation for Duval, who bogged down at the start and tumbled down the field.

Mortara hence led the charge into the first corner ahead of Daniel Juncadella, while a fast starting Timo Glock rocketed up to third ahead of Mike Rockenfeller. Further back, Paul di Resta had also made a strong start but elbowed Robin Frijns off at turn two and received a warning, although the Dutchman would remain ahead of the Scot in sixth.

Early stops saw several drivers swap their wet tyres for slicks as the circuit was rapidly drying, with di Resta the main beneficiary as he climbed up to third with moves on Frijns and Nico Müller. He would then undermine his hopes of a strong finish by making his own stop for slicks, just as rain began to fall midway through lap nine.

Wittmann, whom had already stopped, quickly dived back into the pits for wets, a move copied by everyone whom had switched to slicks over the following few laps. That left Mortara, René Rast, Frijns and Zanardi at the head of the field, the only drivers yet to have stopped and still on their wets, and with a full lap on most of their challengers.

However, a Safety Car would be called to bunch the field back up, for Lucas Auer had spun out of the race at turn eleven and got beached in the gravel. A standard single-file restart followed two laps later, with Mortara sprinting away, with the lapped Duval in between him and Rast.

The top four would all break clear, as behind Juncadella and Championship leader Gary Paffett clashed, sending both to the back of the field. Zanardi, meanwhile, would make his stop and rejoin behind Eriksson, one of the few drivers still in the lead lap. Rast was in three laps later and remained ahead of Zanardi, with Mortara and Frijns rejoining either side of the #33 Audi.

All of that left Eriksson with a small lead at the head of the hunt, and one which he would hold through to the chequered flag to claim victory. Mortara was next up ahead of Rast, while Frijns finished ahead of Zanardi, who was ineligible to score points. di Resta was next up and claimed the Championship lead, with Duval, Jamie Green, Rockenfeller and Müller completing the scorers.

Background

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.

Entry List

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

2018 Misano 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
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 2 are outlined below:

2018 Misano Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:45.983	—	143.547 km/h	1
2nd	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:46.086	+0.103s	143.408 km/h	2
3rd	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:46.496	+0.513s	142.856 km/h	3
4th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:46.545	+0.562s	142.790 km/h	4
5th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:46.635	+0.652s	142.669 km/h	5
6th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:46.688	+0.705s	142.598 km/h	6
7th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:46.762	+0.779s	142.500 km/h	7
8th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:46.774	+0.791s	142.484 km/h	8
9th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:46.801	+0.818s	142.448 km/h	9
10th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:46.926	+0.943s	142.281 km/h	10
11th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:47.103	+1.120s	142.046 km/h	11
12th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	1:47.302	+1.319s	141.783 km/h	12
13th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:47.313	+1.330s	141.768 km/h	13
14th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:47.442	+1.459s	141.598 km/h	14
15th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:47.802	+1.819s	141.125 km/h	15
16th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	1:47.886	+1.903s	141.015 km/h	16
17th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:48.266	+2.283s	140.520 km/h	17
18th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:48.315	+2.332s	140.457 km/h	18
19th	12W	Alex Zanardi	BMW Team RMR	1:50.207	+4.224s	138.045 km/h	19
Source:

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

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2018 Misano Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	31	57:19.154	1:44.455	25
2nd	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	31	+1.817s	1:42.023	182
3rd	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	31	+6.493s	1:42.961	15
4th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	31	+16.879s	1:43.445	12
5th	12W	Alex Zanardi	BMW Team RMR	31	+47.316s	1:44.692
6th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	31	+59.802s	1:42.769	10
7th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	31	+1:10.232	1:43.106	83
8th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	31	+1:12.162	1:42.648	6
9th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	31	+1:21.814	1:44.382	4
10th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	31	+1:25.646	1:43.668	1
11th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	31	+1:26.598	1:43.470	1
12th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	31	+1:27.097	1:42.458
13th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	31	+1:34.540	1:43.530
14th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	31	+1:39.009	1:44.304
15th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	31	+1:42.331	1:43.941
16th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	31	+1:42.600	1:44.959
17th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	30	+1 Lap	1:42.662	1
Ret	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	14	Damage	1:45.023
Ret	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	10	Accident	1:43.734
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

• Maiden pole position for Loïc Duval.
• Joel Eriksson secured his first career victory.

Standings

Paul di Resta would leave Misano with the Championship lead, establishing a nine point advantage over former leader Gary Paffett. Edoardo Mortara was a distant third, 48 points behind, while Marco Wittmann and Lucas Auer completed the top five. Elsewhere, Timo Glock had remained in sixth ahead of René Rast, while Joel Eriksson had climbed to thirteenth with his maiden triumph.

Mercedes-AMG Petronas still led the charge in the Teams' Championship, although their advantage had been reduced to 21 points with six races to go. Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil were their closest challengers, having moved ahead of sister squad Mercedes-AMG Remus while BMW Team RMR completed the top four. Mercedes had seen their advantage in the Manufacturers' Championship once again increase to 319 points, with BMW remaining in second and Audi a distant third.

2018 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Paul di Resta 186 ▲1 2nd Gary Paffett 177 ▼1 3rd Edoardo Mortara 138 ◄0 4th Marco Wittmann 112 ◄0 5th Lucas Auer 110 ◄0 6th Timo Glock 107 ◄0 7th René Rast 93 ▲2 8th Pascal Wehrlein 92 ▼1 9th Philipp Eng 87 ▼1 10th Daniel Juncadella 58 ◄0 11th Robin Frijns 55 ▲2 12th Joel Eriksson 52 ▲5 13th Mike Rockenfeller 48 ▼2 14th Bruno Spengler 44 ▼2 15th Nico Müller 42 ◄0 16th Augusto Farfus 40 ▼2 17th Loïc Duval 40 ▼1 18th Jamie Green 17 ◄0

2018 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes-AMG Petronas 269 ◄0 2nd Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 248 ▲1 3rd Mercedes-AMG Remus 244 ▼1 4th BMW Team RMR 194 ◄0 5th BMW Team RMG 152 ◄0 6th Audi Team Rosberg 110 ◄0 7th Audi Team Abt Sportsline 97 ◄0 8th BMW Team RBM 96 ▲1 9th Audi Team Phoenix 88 ▼1 2018 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes 761 ◄0 2nd BMW 442 ◄0 3rd Audi 295 ◄0

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