2019 Assen Race 2

2019 Assen Race 2
The Assen TT Circuit in 2019.
Race Information
Date	21 July 2019
No.	243
Event	DTM Assen 2019
Location	TT Circuit Assen Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
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Lap length	4.555 km (2.829 mi)
Distance	37 laps / 168.535 km (104.722 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	René Rast
Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	1:24.849
Fastest Lap
Driver	Marco Wittmann
Team	BMW Team RMG
Time	1:28.227 on lap 17
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Mike Rockenfeller	Marco Wittmann	Nico Müller
Winner Team	Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Time	56:44.559
Race Guide
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The DTM Assen 2019 Race 2, otherwise known as the 2019 Assen Race 2, was the tenth round of the 2019 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands, on 21 July 2019. The race would see Mike Rockenfeller secure his first win since 2017, as Marco Wittmann stormed from the back of the grid to claim second.

Indeed, Wittmann had been the victim of an engine issue in qualifying, which resulted in the German racer failing to set a competitive time. At the head of the field, meanwhile, René Rast would secure pole position ahead of Jonathan Aberdein, while Rockenfeller beat Nico Müller to fourth.

The start of the race would see Rast sprint into an early lead, while Rockenfeller and Müller swept past Aberdein, who slipped down to eighth. At the back, meanwhile, Wittmann would start the race from the back after opting against the pitlane, and would quickly manage to batter his way past three of the Aston Martins at the back of the pack.

Wittmann made further ground in the opening laps, with the #11 BMW carving its way up to twelfth by the end of lap two. A move on Daniel Juncadella on lap four would then carry Wittmann into the top ten, before moves on stablemates Philipp Eng and Sheldon van der Linde moved him up to eighth.

Aberdein was Wittmann's next victim as the first drivers made their stops, making his on lap 13 with Müller the first of the leaders to stop from third a lap later. However, a slow stop for the Swiss racer meant he dropped behind the German racer, as Rast and Robin Frijns slipped in for their stops.

Those two rejoined just ahead of Wittmann, although the #11 BMW subsequently went on the attack, pouncing on the #4 Audi as Frijns tried desperately to warm his tyres. Rast, meanwhile, would use that battle to his advantage and get his tyres up to temperature, although Wittmann was glued to his tail from that moment on.

As their fight developed Rockenfeller was nursing his original tyres out front, before serving his stop and rejoining in third behind both Rast and Wittmann. He duly dived past Wittmann before catching Rast by almost two seconds a lap, with the #33 Audi's pace collapsing to prompt Audi Team Rosberg to call in their lead driver for a second time.

With that Rockenfeller was away, escaping to build a four second lead over Wittmann to secure victory, the latter having been instructed to nurse his tyres after Rast's tumble. Müller would complete the podium ahead of Aberdein, while Rast rallied back from fourteenth after his second stop to claim fifth ahead of Frijns. Juncadella was next up ahead of fellow Aston racer Paul di Resta, while Jamie Green and Pietro Fittipaldi completed the scorers.

Background

René Rast maintained the initiative in the Championship hunt, hitting the midpoint in the season with 145 points to his credit. Nico Müller was his closest challenger in second, 23 points behind, while Philipp Eng was the third pretender in third on 111 points. Marco Wittmann would enter the second half of the season facing a 45 point deficit to the leader, while Bruno Spengler was a distant fifth on 77.

In the Teams' Championship Audi Team Rosberg would head into the second half of the season with the lead, holding 204 points after nine rounds. Second place was occupied by Audi Team Abt, with a point between themselves and third placed BMW Team RMG. In the Brands' Championship, meanwhile, Audi had a commanding lead of 120 points over BMW in second, while Aston Martin were a distant third on 27.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2019 Assen Race 2 is displayed below:

2019 Assen Race 2 Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine
3	Paul di Resta	R-Motorsport I	Aston Martin	Vantage DTM	HWA AFR Turbo 2.0l I4t
4	Robin Frijns	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t
7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 Turbo DTM	BMW P48 Turbo 2.0l I4t
11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 Turbo DTM	BMW P48 Turbo 2.0l I4t
16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 Turbo DTM	BMW P48 Turbo 2.0l I4t
21	Pietro Fittipaldi	Audi Sport Team WRT	Audi	RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t
23	Daniel Juncadella	R-Motorsport II	Aston Martin	Vantage DTM	HWA AFR Turbo 2.0l I4t
25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 Turbo DTM	BMW P48 Turbo 2.0l I4t
27	Jonathan Aberdein	Audi Sport Team WRT	Audi	RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t
28	Loïc Duval	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t
31	Sheldon van der Linde	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 Turbo DTM	BMW P48 Turbo 2.0l I4t
33	René Rast	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t
47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 Turbo DTM	BMW P48 Turbo 2.0l I4t
51	Nico Müller	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t
53	Jamie Green	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t
62	Ferdinand von Habsburg	R-Motorsport II	Aston Martin	Vantage DTM	HWA AFR Turbo 2.0l I4t
76	Jake Dennis	R-Motorsport I	Aston Martin	Vantage DTM	HWA AFR Turbo 2.0l I4t
99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t
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Qualifying

Results

The final qualifying result for the 2019 Assen Race 2 are outlined below:

2019 Assen Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:24.849	—	193.260 km/h	1
2nd	27	Jonathan Aberdein	Audi Team WRT	1:24.981	+0.132s	192.960 km/h	2
3rd	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:25.017	+0.168s	192.879 km/h	3
4th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:25.018	+0.169s	192.876 km/h	4
5th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt	1:25.102	+0.253s	192.686 km/h	5
6th	31	Sheldon van der Linde	BMW Team RBM	1:25.147	+0.298s	192.584 km/h	6
7th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:25.388	+0.539s	192.041 km/h	7
8th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	1:25.410	+0.561s	191.991 km/h	8
9th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:25.468	+0.619s	191.861 km/h	9
10th	21	Pietro Fittipaldi	Audi Team WRT	1:25.485	+0.636s	191.823 km/h	10
11th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	1:25.517	+0.668s	191.751 km/h	11
12th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RMG	1:25.750	+0.901s	191.230 km/h	12
13th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:25.854	+1.005s	190.998 km/h	13
14th	23	Daniel Juncadella	R-Motorsport II	1:26.087	+1.238s	190.481 km/h	14
15th	3	Paul di Resta	R-Motorsport I	1:26.370	+1.521s	189.857 km/h	15
16th	62	Ferdinand von Habsburg	R-Motorsport II	1:26.566	+1.717s	189.427 km/h	16
17th	76	Jake Dennis	R-Motorsport I	1:27.379	+2.530s	187.665 km/h	17
NC	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	—			18
Source:

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

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	René Rast	2
	______________	Jonathan Aberdein
Row 2	3	______________
	Mike Rockenfeller	4
	______________	Nico Müller
Row 3	5	______________
	Robin Frijns	6
	______________	Sheldon van der Linde
Row 4	7	______________
	Loïc Duval	8
	______________	Philipp Eng
Row 5	9	______________
	Timo Glock	10
	______________	Pietro Fittipaldi
Row 6	11	______________
	Joel Eriksson	12
	______________	Bruno Spengler
Row 7	13	______________
	Jamie Green	14
	______________	Daniel Juncadella
Row 8	15	______________
	Paul di Resta	16
	______________	Ferdinand von Habsburg
Row 9	17	______________
	Jake Dennis	18
	______________	Marco Wittmann

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2019 Assen Race 2 is displayed below:

2019 Assen Race 2 Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	37	56:44.559	1:28.720	251
2nd	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	37	+4.518s	1:28.227	18
3rd	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	37	+6.398s	1:29.102	15
4th	27	Jonathan Aberdein	Audi Team WRT	37	+17.000s	1:28.960	122
5th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	37	+19.348s	1:28.324	103
6th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt	37	+21.626s	1:28.895	8
7th	23	Daniel Juncadella	R-Motorsport II	37	+21.967s	1:29.457	6
8th	3	Paul di Resta	R-Motorsport I	37	+22.554s	1:28.659	4
9th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	37	+25.946s	1:29.418	2
10th	21	Pietro Fittipaldi	Audi Team WRT	37	+36.096s	1:29.207	1
11th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	37	+36.492s	1:28.530
12th	62	Ferdinand von Habsburg	R-Motorsport II	37	+41.444s	1:28.912
13th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	37	+47.996s	1:27.860
14th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	37	+57.455s	1:29.640
15th	31	Sheldon van der Linde	BMW Team RBM	37	+58.520s	1:29.095
16th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	29	+8 Laps	1:29.294
Ret	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RMG	19	Retired	1:29.478
Ret	76	Jake Dennis	R-Motorsport I	19	Retired	1:30.667
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

• Sixth victory for Mike Rockenfeller.

Standings

René Rast saw his lead increase to 22 points as the Assen weekend came to a conclusion, holding 158 points with eight rounds to go. Nico Müller was next up in second on 136, while Marco Wittmann had climbed to third, a further eighteen behind. Philipp Eng had therefore slipped to fourth on 111 points, while race winner Mike Rockenfeller was up to fifth on 94 points.

Audi Team Rosberg ended the trip to Assen with 219 points to their name, leaving them eighteen ahead of stablemates Audi Team Abt. BMW Team RMG were next up in third ahead of Audi Team Phoenix, while the two Aston Martin backed teams were found in eight and ninth, almost 200 points off the lead. It was a similar story for the British marque in the Brands' Championship, with Aston in a solid third on 45 points, as Audi led the charge from BMW with 576 points to 406.

 

2019 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st René Rast 158 ◄0 2nd Nico Müller 136 ◄0 3rd Marco Wittmann 118 ▲1 4th Philipp Eng 111 ▼1 5th Mike Rockenfeller 94 ▲1 6th Bruno Spengler 77 ▼1 7th Robin Frijns 65 ▲1 8th Loïc Duval 64 ▼1 9th Jamie Green 51 ◄0 10th Joel Eriksson 43 ◄0 11th Jonathan Aberdein 35 ▲2 12th Timo Glock 33 ▼1 13th Sheldon van der Linde 26 ▼1 14th Daniel Juncadella 17 ▲1 15th Paul di Resta 15 ▲1 16th Pietro Fittipaldi 14 ▼2 17th Jake Dennis 10 ◄0 18th Ferdinand von Habsburg 3 ◄0 19th Andrea Dovizioso 0 ◄0

2019 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Rosberg 219 ◄0 2nd Audi Team Abt 201 ◄0 3rd BMW Team RMG 195 ◄0 4th Audi Team Phoenix 158 ▲1 5th BMW Team RMR 144 ▼1 6th BMW Team RBM 69 ◄0 7th Audi Team WRT 39 ◄0 8th R-Motorsport I 25 ◄0 9th R-Motorsport II 20 ◄0 2019 Brands' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 576 ◄0 2nd BMW 406 ◄0 3rd Aston Martin 37 ◄0

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