2018 Zandvoort Race 1

2018 Zandvoort Race 1
The Circuit Zandvoort in 2018.
Race Information
Date	14 July 2018
No.	222
Event	DTM Zandvoort 2018
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands
Format	55 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	4.307 km (2.676 mi)
Distance	35 laps / 146.438 km (90.992 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Gary Paffett
Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas
Time	1:30.778
Fastest Lap
Driver	Gary Paffett
Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas
Time	1:32.317 on lap 4
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Gary Paffett	Paul di Resta	Lucas Auer
Winner Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas
Time	57:29.724
Race Guide
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The DTM Zandvoort 2018 Race 1, otherwise known as the 2018 Zandvoort Race 1, was the ninth round of the 2018 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands, on 14 July 2018. The race would see Gary Paffett secure a his third win of the campaign, as Mercedes secured a clean-sweep of the podium.

Paffett would begin the race weekend by winning the battle in qualifying, fending off a challenge from teammate Pascal Wehrlein by 0.060s. Fellow Mercedes stablemates Paul di Resta and Lucas Auer would then share the second row, with Timo Glock heading the BMW charge from fifth, while Robin Frijns headlined Audi's campaign from seventh.

The start of the race would see Paffett convert pole into the lead, although he would be challenged into Tarzan by Wehrlein around the outside. The Brit fought him off and so the #94 Mercedes settled into line in second, with di Resta settling into third ahead of Auer, while Frijns jumped Marco Wittmann for sixth.

Dutch native Frijns impressed in the early stages, sweeping past Glock for fifth, before harassing Auer for fourth as the order settled. Elsewhere, Wehrlein would harass Paffett for the lead but found his teammate stubborn in his defence, while di Resta, running in a comparatively lonely third, started the pit phase on lap six.

The Scot's early stop would allow him to jump Wehrlein when the German racer stopped two laps later, while Paffett would emerge safely ahead of the sister #3 Mercedes. Auer inherited the lead with Frijns heading into serve his stop, with Auer remaining out until lap fourteen to leave René Rast at the head of the pack as the only driver not to stop.

Auer was passed by Nico Müller on his out lap, although a few laps later the #51 Audi would slide into the barriers at turn two, courtesy of a puncture. That triggered a Safety Car as Müller's car was in a dangerous position, destroying any hopes of Rast claiming solid points as the field was bunched back up behind him.

The restart came on lap 26, with Paffett allowing Rast to escape, knowing that Rast had to make his stop. The Brit hence held the de facto lead ahead of di Resta, Auer and Wehrlein, with the four Mercedes running nose-to-tail a couple of seconds behind Rast until the German made his stop on the penultimate tour.

With that the race was run, with Paffett sweeping across the line to claim victory, while di Resta trailed him with Auer and Wehrlein on his tail. Frijns was next up to complete the top five and the lead group, while Glock, Wittmann, Augusto Farfus, Joel Eriksson and Mike Rockenfeller completed the scorers.

Background

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.

Entry List

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

2018 Zandvoort 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
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 Zandvoort Race 1 are outlined below:

2018 Zandvoort Race 1 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:30.778	—	170.803 km/h	1
2nd	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:30.838	+0.060s	170.690 km/h	2
3rd	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:30.980	+0.202s	170.424 km/h	3
4th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:31.063	+0.285s	170.268 km/h	4
5th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:31.217	+0.439s	169.981 km/h	5
6th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:31.337	+0.559s	169.758 km/h	6
7th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:31.375	+0.597s	169.687 km/h	7
8th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:31.424	+0.646s	169.596 km/h	8
9th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:31.461	+0.683s	169.527 km/h	9
10th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:31.469	+0.691s	169.513 km/h	10
11th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:31.477	+0.699s	169.498 km/h	11
12th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:31.477	+0.699s	169.498 km/h	12
13th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	1:31.482	+0.704s	169.489 km/h	13
14th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:31.507	+0.729s	169.442 km/h	14
15th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	1:31.526	+0.748s	169.407 km/h	15
16th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:31.623	+0.845s	169.228 km/h	16
17th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:31.761	+0.983s	168.973 km/h	17
18th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:31.967	+1.189s	168.595 km/h	18
Source:

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

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2018 Zandvoort Race 1 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	34	57:29.724	1:32.317	253
2nd	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	34	+1.422s	1:32.486	181
3rd	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	34	+1.865s	1:32.534	15
4th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	34	+2.290s	1:32.381	122
5th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	34	+2.697s	1:32.497	10
6th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	34	+4.122s	1:32.645	8
7th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	34	+6.863s	1:32.704	6
8th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	34	+7.201s	1:32.814	4
9th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	34	+7.867s	1:32.892	2
10th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	34	+8.548s	1:32.560	1
11th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	34	+8.885s	1:32.428
12th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	34	+10.099s	1:33.098
13th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	34	+10.458s	1:33.095
14th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	34	+10.787s	1:32.866
15th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	34	+11.444s	1:33.047
16th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	34	+11.918s	1:32.937
17th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	34	+39.538s	1:32.876
Ret	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	18	Accident	1:32.395
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

• Gary Paffett claimed his 23rd and final victory.

Standings

Gary Paffett had enhanced his grip on the Championship lead after the opening race in Zandvoort, moving onto 127 points for the season. Behind, his closest challenger was now Paul di Resta, climbing from fifth to second on 106 points, while Timo Glock had moved into third on 100. Marco Wittmann was next up having slipped to fourth, Edoardo Mortara had tumbled to fifth, while Pascal Wehrlein and Philipp Eng swapped places in seventh and eighth.

In the Teams' Championship Mercedes-AMG Petronas had filtered back to the top of the pack after the first race of the weekend, claiming their 184 point of the season. Sister squad Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil were next up in second, having slipped four behind, while BMW Team RMR had lost ground in third on 153. In the Manufacturers' Championship it was Mercedes whom had taken the most out of the first battle of Zandvoort, heading into the Sunday race with 497 points.

2018 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Gary Paffett 127 ◄0 2nd Paul di Resta 106 ▲3 3rd Timo Glock 100 ▲1 4th Marco Wittmann 98 ▼1 5th Edoardo Mortara 93 ▼3 6th Lucas Auer 87 ◄0 7th Pascal Wehrlein 57 ▲1 8th Philipp Eng 53 ▼1 9th Bruno Spengler 43 ◄0 10th Mike Rockenfeller 34 ◄0 11th Daniel Juncadella 27 ◄0 12th Joel Eriksson 27 ◄0 13th Robin Frijns 25 ▲3 14th Nico Müller 23 ▼1 15th René Rast 23 ▼1 16th Loïc Duval 17 ▼1 17th Augusto Farfus 12 ▲1 18th Jamie Green 11 ▼1

2018 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes-AMG Petronas 184 ▲2 2nd Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 180 ▼1 3rd BMW Team RMR 153 ▼1 4th Mercedes-AMG Remus 133 ◄0 5th BMW Team RMG 110 ◄0 6th BMW Team RBM 70 ◄0 7th Audi Team Phoenix 51 ◄0 8th Audi Team Abt Sportsline 48 ◄0 9th Audi Team Rosberg 34 ◄0 2018 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes 497 ◄0 2nd BMW 333 ◄0 3rd Audi 133 ◄0

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