2019 Brands Hatch Race 1

2019 Brands Hatch Race 1
The Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit.
Race Information
Date	10 August 2019
No.	244
Event	DTM Brands Hatch 2019
Location	Brands Hatch West Kingsdown, Kent, UK
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Lap length	3.916 km (2.432 mi)
Distance	42 laps / 164.472 km (102.198 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Marco Wittmann
Team	BMW Team RMG
Time	1:15.654
Fastest Lap
Driver	Philipp Eng
Team	BMW Team RMR
Time	1:17.862 on lap 28
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Marco Wittmann	René Rast	Nico Müller
Winner Team	BMW Team RMG
Time	56:39.275
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The 2019 Brands Hatch Race 1, otherwise formally known as the DTM Brands Hatch 2019 Race 1, was the eleventh round of the 2019 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, held at Brands Hatch in West Kingsdown, Kent, UK, on 10 August 2019. The race would see Marco Wittmann collect his fourth win of the season, in a race dictated by tyre degradation.

Wittmann would claim pole position during qualifying, in a session that saw Pietro Fittipaldi crash heavily enough that he was ruled out from competing in the race. Indeed, the Brazilian's accident at Paddock Hill Bend would trigger a red flag, which set-up a fifteen minute battle for pole, won by Wittmann ahead of Championship leader René Rast.

After rain had effected both practice and qualifying the field would head into an unknown for the race, as the track had dried out completely as the field lined up on the grid. That meant that everyone would race without knowing how the tyre wear would evolve during the race, although that would be of little concern for Joel Eriksson who was stuck in his garage with an engine issue.

Eriksson ultimately failed to start at all as his BMW failed to fix the issue, as fellow BMW pilot Wittmann seemed to have taken the lead from pole. However, the German racer was completely blindsided by a charging Paul di Resta, with #3 Aston Martin leaping from fourth to first on the run through Paddock Hill Bend.

Behind, Jake Dennis had made a strong start in the sister Aston, although his race was hampered by a smack from Timo Glock that broke his rear wing. Glock, however, would escape punishment as it was later confirmed that he had been pushed into Dennis' car, ironically by the #23 Aston Martin of Daniel Juncadella.

Aston Martin's day was to go from bad to worse as di Resta, putting up an excellent defence of the lead from Wittmann, was slapped with a five second time penalty for jumping the start. He would serve that penalty during his stop and drop out of the fight for the lead, as Wittmann became the first of the leaders to stop on lap sixteen.

Wittmann would subsequently emerge at the head of the field once the stops were completed, with Rast having to first fight past Jamie Green and early stopper Nico Müller. Yet, with younger tyres Rast would steadily close in on Wittmann out front, with the #33 Audi moving into striking distance with a handful of laps to go.

Yet, Rast's only real shot came on the final tour, with the German racer trying a lunge at Druids, only for that to be repulsed. He subsequently tried again around the Grand Prix loop but failed, although with DRS and Push-to-Pass Rast still had a chance through the sweeping final sector.

Wittmann would, however, have enough in hand, just keeping the Audi in his wake as he flashed across the finish line to secure victory ahead of the Championship leader. Müller, meanwhile, would finish a distant third ahead of Robin Frijns, with Loïc Duval and Philipp Eng fighting to the line for fifth. Mike Rockenfeller was next up ahead of Sheldon van der Linde, Jonathan Aberdein and Juncadella, as a furious di Resta finished in fourteenth, three laps behind.

Background

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.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2019 Brands Hatch Race 1 is displayed below:

2019 Brands Hatch Race 1 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 Brands Hatch Race 1 are outlined below:

2019 Brands Hatch Race 1 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:15.654	—	186.343 km/h	1
2nd	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:15.723	+0.069s	185.465 km/h	2
3rd	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:16.012	+0.358s	185.465 km/h	3
4th	3	Paul di Resta	R-Motorsport I	1:16.067	+0.413s	185.331 km/h	4
5th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt	1:16.249	+0.595s	184.888 km/h	5
6th	31	Sheldon van der Linde	BMW Team RBM	1:16.304	+0.650s	184.755 km/h	6
7th	76	Jake Dennis	R-Motorsport I	1:16.342	+0.688s	184.663 km/h	7
8th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:16.365	+0.711s	184.608 km/h	8
9th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:16.384	+0.730s	184.562 km/h	9
10th	23	Daniel Juncadella	R-Motorsport II	1:16.533	+0.879s	184.202 km/h	10
11th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	1:16.541	+0.887s	184.183 km/h	11
12th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:16.600	+0.946s	184.041 km/h	12
13th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:16.675	+1.021s	183.861 km/h	13
14th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RMG	1:17.087	+1.433s	182.879 km/h	14
15th	62	Ferdinand von Habsburg	R-Motorsport II	1:17.510	+1.856s	181.881 km/h	15
16th*	21	Pietro Fittipaldi	Audi Team WRT	1:27.390	+11.736s	161.318 km/h	18*
NC	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	—			16
NC	27	Jonathan Aberdein	Audi Team WRT	—			17
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
• * Fittipaldi was withdrawn from the race due to accident damage sustained during qualifying.

Grid

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

• * Eriksson was unable to start the race due to an engine failure.

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2019 Brands Hatch Race 1 is displayed below:

2019 Brands Hatch Race 1 Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	42	56:39.275	1:18.120	253
2nd	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	42	+0.374s	1:18.229	182
3rd	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	42	+8.566s	1:18.373	15
4th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt	42	+15.646s	1:18.346	12
5th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	42	+18.236s	1:18.197	101
6th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	42	+18.813s	1:17.862	8
7th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	42	+20.056s	1:18.310	6
8th	31	Sheldon van der Linde	BMW Team RBM	42	+29.909s	1:18.534	4
9th	27	Jonathan Aberdein	Audi Team WRT	42	+37.087s	1:18.759	2
10th	23	Daniel Juncadella	R-Motorsport II	42	+37.385s	1:18.572	1
11th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	42	+48.996s	1:18.240
12th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RMG	42	+52.465s	1:19.041
13th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	42	+1:05.237	1:18.879
14th	3	Paul di Resta	R-Motorsport I	39	+3 Laps	1:18.164
15th	62	Ferdinand von Habsburg	R-Motorsport II	38	+4 Laps	1:18.361
Ret	76	Jake Dennis	R-Motorsport I	0	Collision	—
DNS*	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM
WD†	21	Pietro Fittipaldi	Audi Team WRT
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.
• * Eriksson was unable to start due to an engine failure.
• ^† Fittipaldi was withdrawn from the race due to accident damage.

Milestones

• Marco Wittmann claimed his fifteenth victory.

Standings

The Drivers Championship had remained unchanged as a result of the opening battle of Brands Hatch, with René Rast had extended his lead to 27 points at the head of the field. Nico Müller had remained his closest challenger, while Marco Wittmann had closed up to within five points of the Swiss racer in third. Philipp Eng was next up ahead of Mike Rockenfeller in fifth, the last driver above 100 points for the campaign.

In the Teams Championship it was a similar story, with no changes to the order although gaps had been modified. Audi Team Rosberg were the leaders on 239 points, eleven ahead of second placed Audi Team Abt, while BMW Team RMG were sat in third a further five behind. Elsewhere, Audi had once again enhanced their commanding lead in the Brands Championship, moving onto 634 points having claimed almost all of the points in the first Brands Hatch race.

 

2019 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st René Rast 178 ◄0 2nd Nico Müller 151 ◄0 3rd Marco Wittmann 146 ◄0 4th Philipp Eng 119 ◄0 5th Mike Rockenfeller 100 ◄0 6th Bruno Spengler 77 ◄0 7th Robin Frijns 77 ◄0 8th Loïc Duval 75 ◄0 9th Jamie Green 51 ◄0 10th Joel Eriksson 43 ◄0 11th Jonathan Aberdein 37 ◄0 12th Timo Glock 33 ◄0 13th Sheldon van der Linde 30 ◄0 14th Daniel Juncadella 18 ◄0 15th Paul di Resta 15 ◄0 16th Pietro Fittipaldi 14 ◄0 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 239 ◄0 2nd Audi Team Abt 228 ◄0 3rd BMW Team RMG 223 ◄0 4th Audi Team Phoenix 175 ◄0 5th BMW Team RMR 152 ◄0 6th BMW Team RBM 73 ◄0 7th Audi Team WRT 41 ◄0 8th R-Motorsport I 25 ◄0 9th R-Motorsport II 21 ◄0 2019 Brands' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 634 ◄0 2nd BMW 409 ◄0 3rd Aston Martin 38 ◄0

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