2018 Nürburgring Race 2

2018 Nürburgring Race 2
The shorter circuit of the Nürburgring GP-Strecke
Race Information
Date	9 September 2018
No.	229
Event	DTM Nürburg 2018
Location	Nürburgring Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Format	55 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	3.629 km (2.255 mi)
Distance	40 laps / 145.160 km (90.198 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	René Rast
Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	1:22.140
Fastest Lap
Driver	Gary Paffett
Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas
Time	1:23.875 on lap 23
Race Result
First	Second	Third
René Rast	Paul di Resta	Marco Wittmann
Winner Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	57:17.440
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The 2018 Nürburgring Race 2, otherwise known as the DTM Nürburg 2018 Race 2, was the sixteenth race of the 2018 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on 9 September 2018. The race would see René Rast secure his second victory of the weekend from pole position, becoming the first driver to win both races at a race weekend since Jamie Green in 2015.

The German racer would secure pole position for the second race around the Sprint circuit at the Nürburgring, albeit by a narrow margin of 0.006s from Championship leader Gary Paffett. Philipp Eng was next up for BMW ahead of stablemate Timo Glock, while Lucas Auer and Pascal Wehrlein would share the third row.

The start of the race would see Auer ace his getaway, charging from fifth to second as Rast sprinted clear to secure the lead. Behind, Paffett would find himself under assault from his nemesis Glock, with the German racer elbowing him off at turn six, although the Brit recovered to hold fourth.

Glock continued to be the instigator in the early stages, and would barge his way past Auer for second and tip the Austrian into a spin. That, combined with a warning for barging past Paffett, would earn the German a trip to the pitlane to serve a drive-through penalty, which he served at the end of lap four.

With Glock out of the way Paffett was able to close back in on Rast for the lead, although with a charging Mike Rockenfeller closing onto the back of him. However, a slide wide would drop him back down the field, with Bruno Spengler and Paul di Resta the immediate beneficiaries.

di Resta began harassing Spengler for third, with both catching Paffett at a rapid pace due to the Scot's pressure. Paffett himself was within DRS range of Rast, although the German racer would make his compulsory stop on lap eighteen to hand the lead to the #2 Mercedes.

Paffett came in two laps later, although a problem with the left-rear wheel meant that the Brit lost five seconds compared to Rast's stop. Unsurprisingly the Brit would tumble off the back of the German racer, and subsequently by under cut by di Resta, Spengler, Marco Wittmann, Joel Eriksson and Eng.

The rest of the race was all about Paffett's climb back up the field, with moves on Eng and Eriksson putting him into fifth once the rest of the stops were completed. He duly began to charge onto the back of Spengler, who had been undercut by both di Resta and Wittmann during the stops.

However, time would run out for the Brit to catch the BMWs ahead, as Rast cruised to the chequered flag to secure victory by three seconds from di Resta. Behind, Wittmann would claim third ahead of Spengler, Paffett and Eriksson, while Augusto Farfus made a late move on Eng for seventh. Pascal Wehrlein and Robin Frijns completed the top ten.

Background

Gary Paffett had returned to the top of the table after the first fight around the Sprint Circuit at the Nürburgring, moving six ahead of Paul di Resta. Edoardo Mortara was next up in third, having lost more ground, while Marco Wittmann had likewise slipped further behind with five races to go. René Rast was next up after his win, moving onto 121 points, while Bruno Spengler had moved into the top ten.

In the Teams' Championship it was Mercedes-AMG Petronas who still led the charge, moving 44 points ahead of sister squad Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil. Mercedes-AMG Remus were next up in third having failed to score, while BMW Team RMR had inched closer to the latter duo in fourth. Mercedes, meanwhile, had retained their colossal advantage in the Manufacturers' Championship, moving onto 769 points for the season.

Entry List

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

2018 Nürburgring 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 Nürburgring Race 2 are outlined below:

2018 Nürburgring Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:22.140	—	159.050 km/h	1
2nd	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:22.146	+0.006s	159.038 km/h	2
3rd	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	1:22.159	+0.019s	159.013 km/h	3
4th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:22.203	+0.063s	158.928 km/h	4
5th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:22.331	+0.191s	158.681 km/h	5
6th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:22.331	+0.191s	158.681 km/h	6
7th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:22.468	+0.328s	158.417 km/h	7
8th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:22.502	+0.362s	158.352 km/h	8
9th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:22.505	+0.365s	158.346 km/h	9
10th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	1:22.540	+0.400s	158.279 km/h	10
11th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:22.566	+0.426s	158.229 km/h	11
12th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:22.568	+0.428s	158.225 km/h	12
13th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:22.586	+0.446s	158.191 km/h	13
14th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:22.624	+0.484s	158.118 km/h	14
15th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:22.711	+0.571s	157.952 km/h	15
16th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:22.887	+0.747s	157.616 km/h	16
17th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:22.921	+0.781s	157.552 km/h	17
18th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:22.925	+0.785s	157.544 km/h	18
Source:

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

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2018 Nürburgring Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	40	57:17.440	1:24.246	253
2nd	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	40	+2.739s	1:24.241	18
3rd	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	40	+3.439s	1:24.278	15
4th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	40	+5.643s	1:24.259	12
5th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	40	+7.177s	1:23.875	102
6th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	40	+7.862s	1:24.244	8
7th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	40	+14.802s	1:24.480	6
8th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	40	+16.174s	1:24.188	41
9th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	40	+30.606s	1:24.321	2
10th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	40	+30.903s	1:24.257	1
11th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	40	+34.347s	1:24.546
12th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	40	+36.185s	1:24.139
13th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	40	+36.445s	1:24.377
14th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	40	+1:02.439	1:24.636
15th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	40	+1:03.843	1:24.187
16th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	40	+1:16.234	1:24.426
17th*	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	38	Retired	1:23.947
18th*	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	33	Damage	1:24.739
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.
• * Juncadella and Auer were still classified despite retiring as they had completed 75% of the race distance.

Milestones

• Sixth victory for René Rast.

Standings

Gary Paffett had seen his recently reclaimed title lead reduced to just two points, with Paul di Resta his closest challenger in second. Elsewhere, race winner René Rast had shot into third after his second win in succession, moving onto 149 points, while Edoardo Mortara and Marco Wittmann completed the top five. Elsewhere, everyone behind Philipp Eng on 92 points were officially out of the title hunt, with 112 points left to fight for.

Mercedes-AMG Petronas were the pace setters in the Teams' Championship with two full rounds to go, having moved onto 306 points. Mercedes-AMG Remus were next up with 262 points, while Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil completed the top three on 248. In the Manufacturers' Championship it was still Mercedes who headed the charge with four races to go, having moved onto 801 points for the season, and hence held a 270 point advantage over BMW in second.

2018 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Gary Paffett 206 ◄0 2nd Paul di Resta 204 ◄0 3rd René Rast 149 ▲2 4th Edoardo Mortara 138 ▼1 5th Marco Wittmann 137 ▼1 6th Timo Glock 119 ◄0 7th Lucas Auer 110 ◄0 8th Pascal Wehrlein 100 ◄0 9th Philipp Eng 92 ◄0 10th Bruno Spengler 75 ◄0 11th Joel Eriksson 60 ▲3 12th Daniel Juncadella 58 ▼1 13th Robin Frijns 56 ◄0 14th Mike Rockenfeller 56 ▼2 15th Augusto Farfus 48 ▲2 16th Loïc Duval 44 ▼1 17th Nico Müller 43 ▼1 18th Jamie Green 17 ◄0

2018 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes-AMG Petronas 306 ◄0 2nd Mercedes-AMG Remus 262 ▲1 3rd Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 248 ▼1 4th BMW Team RMR 211 ◄0 5th BMW Team RMG 185 ◄0 6th Audi Team Rosberg 166 ◄0 7th BMW Team RBM 135 ◄0 8th Audi Team Phoenix 100 ◄0 9th Audi Team Abt Sportsline 99 ◄0 2018 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes 801 ◄0 2nd BMW 531 ◄0 3rd Audi 365 ◄0

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