2018 Norisring Race 2

2018 Norisring Race 2
The Norisring was unchanged for 2018.
Race Information
Date	24 June 2018
No.	221
Event	DTM Nuremburg 2018
Location	Norisring Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Format	55 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	2.300 km (1.429 mi)
Distance	68 laps / 156.400 km (97.182 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Daniel Juncadella
Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Remus
Time	47.705
Fastest Lap
Driver	Jamie Green
Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	48.311 on lap 10
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Marco Wittmann	Edoardo Mortara	Daniel Juncadella
Winner Team	BMW Team RMG
Time	56:13.000
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The DTM Nuremburg 2018 Race 2, otherwise known as the 2018 Norisring Race 2, was the eighth race of the 2018 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Norisring in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, on 24 June 2018. The race would see Marco Wittmann secure victory, in a race that would be overshadowed by another intense fight between Gary Paffett and Timo Glock.

Qualifying had seen Daniel Juncadella secure his maiden pole position, leading a quintet of Mercedes to the head of the field. Indeed, the Spaniard was fortunate to emerge with pole position, for Robin Frijns would trigger a red flag moments after the #23 Mercedes completed its flying lap. Elsewhere, Bruno Spengler headed a BMW quintet in sixth, while Nico Müller headed the Audi charge from eleventh.

The start of the race would see Juncadella lead the field into the Grundig Kehre, with the Mercedes hoard giving chase. However, there would be an interloper in the form of Wittmann, who aced his getaway to launch into fifth before the end of the opening tour.

However, Paul di Resta would halt the German's progress, although when the Scot peeled off to serve his stop on lap five. That gave the German racer some clear air, as up front Gary Paffett tried to find a way past Lucas Auer in order to challenge Juncadella for the lead.

Wittmann served his stop on lap twelve, and would rejoin in a cluster of cars that included Edoardo Mortara, the first of the stoppers. di Resta was also in that group but was behind both Wittmann and Mortara, with the remaining stops dumping Paffett behind Glock, while Juncadella and Auer rejoined just ahead of Wittmann.

Wittmann soon fired his #11 BMW past the two Mercedes ahead, putting him into the de facto lead before the rest of the field made their stops. He duly filtered through to claim the de jure lead over the following laps, with initially Juncadella and then Mortara leading the counter-charge.

As the lead of the race resolved itself Paffett and Glock would get involved in a bruising duel for 20 laps over tenth, with Glock doing everything he could to keep the #2 Mercedes behind. Indeed, the fight would see Paffett and Glock touch almost every time they entered the hairpins, including a shove in the back of the #16 BMW from the #2 Mercedes. The battle would then be concluded in the closing stages when Paffett slid wide at the Schōller S and lost two positions.

With that the race was over, with Wittmann resisting a half-hearted challenge from Mortara to claim victory, while Juncadella trailed them across the line. Bruno Spengler was next up ahead of Auer and di Resta, while Müller, Robin Frijns, Pascal Wehrlein and Glock secured the remaining points.

Background

Gary Paffett had returned to the top of the Championship hunt after his podium finish, moving onto 97 points for the campaign. Timo Glock had hence lost the lead and slipped six behind, while Paul di Resta had inched closer to the duo in third. Edoardo Mortara, meanwhile, would move into fourth with victory, four off of di Resta, while Marco Wittmann had retained his top five status.

BMW Team RMR still headed the chase in the Teams' Championship, moving onto 144 points to leave them six ahead of Mercedes-AMG Petronas in second. Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil were next up in third, closing to within two of their sister team, while Mercedes-AMG Remus were a distant fourth. In the Manufacturers' Championship it was still advantage Mercedes, with their advantage increased to 87 points.

Entry List

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

2018 Norisring 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 Norisring Race 2 are outlined below:

2018 Norisring Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	47.705	—	173.566 km/h	1
2nd	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	47.739	+0.034s	173.443 km/h	2
3rd	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	47.834	+0.129s	173.098 km/h	3
4th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	47.882	+0.177s	172.925 km/h	4
5th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	47.886	+0.181s	172.910 km/h	5
6th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	47.926	+0.221s	172.766 km/h	6
7th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	47.932	+0.227s	172.744 km/h	7
8th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	47.939	+0.234s	172.719 km/h	8
9th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	47.963	+0.258s	172.633 km/h	9
10th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	47.997	+0.292s	172.510 km/h	10
11th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	48.023	+0.318s	172.417 km/h	11
12th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	48.123	+0.418s	172.059 km/h	12
13th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	48.235	+0.530s	171.659 km/h	13
14th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	48.239	+0.534s	171.645 km/h	14
15th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	48.264	+0.534s	171.556 km/h	15
16th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	48.291	+0.586s	171.460 km/h	16
17th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	48.357	+0.652s	171.226 km/h	17
18th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	48.477	+0.772s	170.802 km/h	18
Source:

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

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2018 Norisring Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	68	56:13.000	48.415	25
2nd	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	68	+0.450s	48.428	18
3rd	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	68	+0.860s	48.511	153
4th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	68	+5.497s	48.526	12
5th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	68	+6.062s	48.562	101
6th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	68	+11.707s	48.506	8
7th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	68	+12.724s	48.536	6
8th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	68	+13.748s	48.651	4
9th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	68	+17.917s	48.534	2
10th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	68	+29.239s	48.434	1
11th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	68	+29.559s	48.561
12th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	68	+31.139s	48.473
13th	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	68	+32.071s	48.458	2
14th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	68	+33.201s	48.517
15th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	68	+35.547s	48.311
16th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	68	+37.893s	48.623
17th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	68	+47.521s	48.757
18th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	67	+1 Lap	48.846
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 for Daniel Juncadella.
• Marco Wittmann scored his eleventh victory.

Standings

The Championship hunt was still led by Gary Paffett at the end of the weekend in Nuremburg, the Brit leaving with 99 points in total. Edoardo Mortara, meanwhile, had moved up into second after a strong weekend, while Marco Wittmann and Timo Glock were next up, level on 92. Paul di Resta then completed the top five ahead of Lucas Auer, while Daniel Juncadella had been the biggest mover, leaping into eleventh.

In the Teams' Championship it was Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil whom left the Norisring with the lead in the Championship, moving onto 165 points. BMW Team RMR were next up in second having lost the lead, while Mercedes-AMG Petronas slipped to third. Mercedes, meanwhile, had again enhanced their lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, with their advantage expanding to 108 points over BMW.

2018 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Gary Paffett 99 ◄0 2nd Edoardo Mortara 93 ▲2 3rd Marco Wittmann 92 ▲2 4th Timo Glock 92 ▼2 5th Paul di Resta 87 ▼2 6th Lucas Auer 72 ◄0 7th Philipp Eng 53 ◄0 8th Pascal Wehrlein 43 ◄0 9th Bruno Spengler 43 ▲1 10th Mike Rockenfeller 34 ▼1 11th Daniel Juncadella 27 ▲6 12th Joel Eriksson 25 ▼1 13th Nico Müller 23 ◄0 14th René Rast 23 ▼2 15th Loïc Duval 17 ▼1 16th Robin Frijns 15 ▼1 17th Jamie Green 10 ▼1 18th Augusto Farfus 8 ◄0

2018 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 165 ▲2 2nd BMW Team RMR 145 ▼1 3rd Mercedes-AMG Petronas 142 ▼1 4th Mercedes-AMG Remus 114 ◄0 5th BMW Team RMG 100 ◄0 6th BMW Team RBM 68 ◄0 7th Audi Team Phoenix 51 ◄0 8th Audi Team Abt Sportsline 38 ▲1 9th Audi Team Rosberg 33 ▼1 2018 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes 421 ◄0 2nd BMW 313 ◄0 3rd Audi 122 ◄0

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