2018 Zandvoort Race 2

2018 Zandvoort Race 2
The Circuit Zandvoort in 2018.
Race Information
Date	15 July 2018
No.	223
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 / 150.745 km (93.668 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Gary Paffett
Team	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Petronas
Time	1:30.225
Fastest Lap
Driver	Mike Rockenfeller
Team	Audi Team Phoenix
Time	1:31.805 on lap 32
Race Result
First	Second	Third
René Rast	Gary Paffett	Paul di Resta
Winner Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	56:44.864
Race Guide
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The 2018 Zandvoort Race 2, otherwise known as the DTM Zandvoort 2018 Race 2, was the tenth race of the 2018 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands on 15 July 2018. The race, which marked the halfway point in the 2018 season, would see René Rast secure his and Audi's first win of the campaign, after gambling on his strategy.

Qualifying would see Championship leader Gary Paffett charge to pole position, beating closest challenger Philipp Eng by 0.446s. Rast was next up in third to put all three manufacturers on the front two rows, with Pascal Wehrlein next up in fourth.

The start of the race would see Paffett instantly dart into the lead of the race, while Eng maintained second ahead of Rast. Rast himself was fortunate to hold onto third after coming under fire from Wehrlein behind, while the rest of the field dive into Tarzan without issue.

Rast made his gamble at the end of the opening tour, completely reversing his strategy from Saturday by stopping at the end of the opening tour. In clear air the German racer quickly began matching Paffett's pace out front, while Wehrlein and Paul di Resta began to fight with Eng for second.

Jamie Green and Mike Rockenfeller would also be early pit callers, stopping on lap four, while di Resta abandoned fourth due to the slow pace of Eng. They would all rejoin behind Rast, with Eng subsequently slipping behind all of them after his stop a lap later.

Paffett's stop came on lap ten, although a slower stop for the Brit would allow Rast to sweep past the #2 Mercedes as it exited the pits to claim the de facto race lead. The rest of the stops, including one for race leader Wehrlein, would then put them back at the head of the pack on lap nineteen, although the German would get penalised for contact with Marco Wittmann when he rejoined that caused the #11 BMW to pick up a puncture.

The Safety Car was then scrambled on lap 21, as Bruno Spengler was spun into the gravel by Green, who had been stuck behind the #7 BMW since he stopped. The race resumed with an IndyCar style restart three laps later, with Rast sweeping into the lead ahead of Paffett, despite the Brit's attempts to run around the outside of the #33 Audi through Tarzan.

That, ultimately, proved to be that for the race, with Rast able to keep Paffett at arm's length to secure victory, the safety car having enabled Rast to preserve his tyres. di Resta was next up having refused to attack Paffett, while Eng recovered to fourth ahead of Augusto Farfus. Wehrlein was next up ahead of Nico Müller and Edoardo Mortara, while Lucas Auer and Timo Glock completed the scorers.

Background

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.

Entry List

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

2018 Zandvoort 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 Zandvoort Race 2 are outlined below:

2018 Zandvoort Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:30.225	—	171.850 km/h	1
2nd	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	1:30.671	+0.446s	171.005 km/h	2
3rd	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:30.716	+0.491s	170.920 km/h	3
4th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	1:30.774	+0.549s	170.811 km/h	4
5th	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:30.810	+0.585s	170.743 km/h	5
6th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:30.876	+0.651s	170.619 km/h	6
7th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	1:30.908	+0.683s	170.559 km/h	7
8th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	1:30.942	+0.717s	170.495 km/h	8
9th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:30.944	+0.719s	170.491 km/h	9
10th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	1:30.948	+0.723s	170.484 km/h	10
11th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	1:30.954	+0.729s	170.472 km/h	11
12th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:30.955	+0.730s	170.471 km/h	12
13th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:30.992	+0.767s	170.401 km/h	13
14th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	1:31.069	+0.844s	170.257 km/h	14
15th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:31.095	+0.870s	170.209 km/h	15
16th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:31.105	+0.880s	170.190 km/h	16
17th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:31.233	+1.008s	169.951 km/h	17
18th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	1:31.528	+1.303s	169.403 km/h	18
Source:

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

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2018 Zandvoort Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	35	56:44.864	1:32.288	251
2nd	2	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	35	+0.824s	1:32.265	183
3rd	3	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG Remus	35	+1.349s	1:32.193	15
4th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	35	+1.825s	1:32.384	122
5th	15	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team RMG	35	+2.123s	1:32.581	10
6th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG Petronas	35	+3.200s	1:33.051	8
7th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	35	+4.883s	1:32.359	6
8th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	35	+6.302s	1:32.827	4
9th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil	35	+8.864s	1:32.602	2
10th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	35	+9.177s	1:32.492	1
11th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	35	+9.818s	1:32.956
12th	23	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Remus	35	+10.404s	1:32.161
13th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RBM	35	+13.709s	1:32.479
14th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	35	+26.500s	1:32.598
15th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	35	+40.438s	1:32.295
16th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	35	+43.370s	1:31.805
17th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	35	+1:10.745	1:32.282
Ret	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt Sportsline	10	Electrical	1:32.590
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

• René Rast scored his fourth career victory.

Standings

Gary Paffett had enhanced his Championship lead, moving onto 148 points for the campaign after his sixth podium of the season. Paul di Resta was next up in second, 27 points behind, while Timo Glock had retained third but slipped 47 behind. Marco Wittmann and Edoardo Mortara then completed the top five, while Zandvoort race winner René Rast completed the top nine.

In the Teams' Championship it was still Mercedes-AMG Petronas who led the charge, moving onto 213 points after ten races. Sister squad Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil were next up in second on 186, while BMW Team RMR completed the top three on 168. Mercedes, meanwhile, had complete control in the Manufacturers' Championship, having moved 189 points clear of BMW in second, while Audi were a distant third on 165.

2018 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Gary Paffett 148 ◄0 2nd Paul di Resta 121 ◄0 3rd Timo Glock 101 ◄0 4th Marco Wittmann 98 ◄0 5th Edoardo Mortara 97 ◄0 6th Lucas Auer 89 ◄0 7th Philipp Eng 67 ▲1 8th Pascal Wehrlein 65 ▼1 9th René Rast 49 ▲6 10th Bruno Spengler 43 ▼1 11th Mike Rockenfeller 34 ▼1 12th Nico Müller 29 ▲2 13th Daniel Juncadella 27 ▼2 14th Joel Eriksson 27 ▼2 15th Robin Frijns 25 ▼2 16th Augusto Farfus 22 ▲1 17th Loïc Duval 17 ▼1 18th Jamie Green 11 ◄0

2018 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes-AMG Petronas 213 ◄0 2nd Mercedes-AMG Silberpfeil 186 ◄0 3rd BMW Team RMR 168 ◄0 4th Mercedes-AMG Remus 148 ◄0 5th BMW Team RMG 120 ◄0 6th BMW Team RBM 70 ◄0 7th Audi Team Rosberg 60 ▲2 8th Audi Team Abt Sportsline 54 ◄0 9th Audi Team Phoenix 51 ▼2 2018 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes 547 ◄0 2nd BMW 358 ◄0 3rd Audi 165 ◄0

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