2019 Misano Race 2

2019 Misano Race 2
The Misano World Circuit in 2019.
Race Information
Date	9 June 2019
No.	239
Event	DTM Misano 2019
Location	Misano World Circuit Misano Adriatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Lap length	4.226 km (2.626 mi)
Distance	38 laps / 160.588 km (99.785 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	René Rast
Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	1:25.384
Fastest Lap
Driver	Robin Frijns
Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	1:27.291 on lap 2
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Nico Müller	Philipp Eng	René Rast
Winner Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	57:37.468
Race Guide
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2019 Misano Race 1		2019 Norisring Race 1

The 2019 Misano Race 2, otherwise known as the DTM Misano 2019 Race 2, was the sixth race of the 2019 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Misano World Circuit in Misano Adriatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on 9 June 2019. The race would see Nico Müller secure his second DTM victory in three years, as Championship leader René Rast suffered a puncture and dropped down the order.

Audi carried on their fine form from Saturday with another dominant display in qualifying, with Rast leading an all-Audi quintet to the top of the grid ahead of Robin Frijns. The first non-Audi on the grid would be Marco Wittmann of BMW in sixth, while the four Aston Martins qualified at the back of the field.

Frijns made the best start and sprinted ahead of Rast, who also found himself being squeezed between Nico Müller and Jonathan Aberdein through the first corner. The rest of the field would get through the first corner unscathed, with Wittmann managing to get onto the back of Rast, while the Astons remained at the tail of the field.

Rast and Wittmann would subsequently tangle at turn eight, with Wittmann trying a lunge around the outside of Rast at turn eight, before the #33 Audi was tapped by Aberdein inside of him. That contact pushed Rast into Wittmann as they rounded the corner, a collision which broke the #11 BMW's steering and hence sent Wittmann skating into the gravel.

Wittmann was out on the spot, although his car was retrieved without the intervention of the Safety Car, while Rast escaped punishment due to Aberdein's involvement. Instead, the German racer would rally back, claiming third from Aberdein and second from Müller, before diving past Frijns on lap nine to secure the lead.

Rast quickly pulled clear as Frijns' race took a nose dive, with quick-fire moves from Müller and Loïc Duval to slip to fourth. Duval then tapped Frijns into a spin after the Dutchman briefly managed to get back ahead, resulting in the Frenchman being slapped with a drive-through penalty.

Out front, meanwhile, Rast seemed to be en-route to victory, only for a puncture early on lap 14 to see him lose a lot of time as he crawled back to the pits. He duly slipped down the field as he served his mandatory stop, although he still had enough speed to keep ahead of Philipp Eng when the Austrian made his stop from fifth.

The rest of the leaders made their stops soon after, with Müller emerging in the lead, while Rast got tripped up lapping Duval and hence slipped behind Eng. They ran on in the lead, Frijns dived past Pietro Fittipaldi for fourth, while Andrea Dovizioso had a spectacular series of spins at turn sixteen and rejoined.

With that the race was over, with Müller sweeping clear to secure his first victory since 2016, beating Eng by seven seconds. Rast was a lonely third after flat-spotting his tyres, while Frijns and Fittipaldi completed the top five. Joel Eriksson, Aberdein, Spengler, Sheldon van der Linde and Mike Rockenfeller completed the scorers, with none of the Astons making it into the points.

Background

René Rast claimed the lead in the Drivers' Championship after the fifth race of the season, moving onto 75 points for the season. Marco Wittmann would also move up the field to claim second, as former leader Philipp Eng slipped to third, ten off the lead. Nico Müller was next up ahead of Mike Rockenfeller, while Jonathan Aberdein was off the foot of the table after his first points of the season.

In the Teams' Championship BMW Team RMG would open the Misano weekend with the Championship lead, moving onto 104 points after five races. Their closest challengers were former leaders Team Rosberg, who slipped four behind, while Team Phoenix completed the top three. Elsewhere, Audi had extended their lead in the Brands Championship ahead of BMW, while Aston Martin had failed to score for the second race in succession.

Entry List

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

2019 Misano 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 Rosberg	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
34	Andrea Dovizioso	Audi Sport Team WRT	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
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 Misano Race 2 are outlined below:

2019 Misano Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:25.384	—	178.178 km/h	1
2nd	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt	1:25.454	+0.070s	178.032 km/h	2
3rd	27	Jonathan Aberdein	Audi Team WRT	1:25.584	+0.200s	177.762 km/h	3
4th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:25.632	+0.248s	177.662 km/h	4
5th	21	Pietro Fittipaldi	Audi Team Rosberg	1:25.659	+0.275s	177.606 km/h	5
6th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:25.764	+0.380s	177.389 km/h	6
7th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:25.767	+0.383s	177.382 km/h	7
8th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	1:25.803	+0.419s	177.308 km/h	8
9th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	1:25.805	+0.421s	177.304 km/h	9
10th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	1:25.814	+0.430s	177.285 km/h	10
11th	31	Sheldon van der Linde	BMW Team RBM	1:25.981	+0.597s	176.941 km/h	11
12th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:26.005	+0.621s	176.892 km/h	12
13th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RMG	1:26.458	+1.074s	175.965 km/h	13
14th	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Audi Team WRT	1:26.703	+1.319s	175.467 km/h	14
15th	76	Jake Dennis	R-Motorsport I	1:26.831	+1.447s	175.209 km/h	15
16th	23	Daniel Juncadella	R-Motorsport II	1:27.009	+1.625s	174.850 km/h	16
17th	3	Paul di Resta	R-Motorsport I	1:27.198	+1.814s	174.471 km/h	17
18th	62	Ferdinand von Habsburg	R-Motorsport II	1:27.325	+1.941s	174.218 km/h	18
Source:

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

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2019 Misano Race 2 Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	38	57:37.468	1:27.791	25
2nd	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	38	+7.628s	1:28.103	18
3rd	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	38	+16.804s	1:27.562	153
4th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt	38	+20.072s	1:27.291	122
5th	21	Pietro Fittipaldi	Audi Team Rosberg	38	+20.430s	1:28.246	10
6th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	38	+23.645s	1:28.371	8
7th	27	Jonathan Aberdein	Audi Team WRT	38	+24.813s	1:28.292	61
8th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RMG	38	+28.460s	1:28.919	4
9th	31	Sheldon van der Linde	BMW Team RBM	38	+29.003s	1:29.620	2
10th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	38	+47.798s	1:29.050	1
11th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	38	+47.902s	1:27.912
12th	62	Ferdinand von Habsburg	R-Motorsport II	38	+48.678s	1:29.085
13th	76	Jake Dennis	R-Motorsport I	38	+51.588s	1:29.365
14th	23	Daniel Juncadella	R-Motorsport II	38	+1:14.053	1:29.318
15th	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Audi Team WRT	38	+1:16.392	1:29.311
Ret	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	8	Gearbox	1:31.014
Ret	3	Paul di Resta	R-Motorsport I	6	Engine	1:29.242
Ret	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	0	Accident	—
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

• Second win for Nico Müller.
  • Also Müller's first win since the 2016 Norisring Race 2.
  • Müller claimed his tenth podium finish.

Standings

René Rast had retained the lead in the Drivers' Championship as the third round of the season came to its conclusion, moving onto 93 points. That translated to a ten point advantage over second placed Philipp Eng, while Nico Müller had moved into third on 76 points. Marco Wittmann, meanwhile, had slipped to fourth having failed to score, slipping 25 off the lead, with everyone bar guest racer and debutante Andrea Dovizioso on the board.

Audi Team Rosberg would leave Misano in command of the Teams' Championship, holding 128 points after six races. Their closest challengers were stablemates Audi Team Abt, while BMW Team RMG were in third, twenty off the lead. Audi would hence lead the Brands' Championship with 340 points, BMW were second on 263, while Aston Martin were a lonely third on 15.

 

2019 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st René Rast 93 ◄0 2nd Philipp Eng 83 ▲1 3rd Nico Müller 76 ▲1 4th Marco Wittmann 68 ▼2 5th Mike Rockenfeller 51 ◄0 6th Robin Frijns 45 ▲2 7th Bruno Spengler 40 ◄0 8th Loïc Duval 38 ▼2 9th Joel Eriksson 28 ▲3 10th Jamie Green 25 ▼1 11th Sheldon van der Linde 25 ▼1 12th Timo Glock 21 ▼1 13th Pietro Fittipaldi 13 ▲3 14th Jonathan Aberdein 13 ▲1 15th Paul di Resta 11 ▼2 16th Jake Dennis 8 ▼2 17th Ferdinand von Habsburg 2 ◄0 18th Daniel Juncadella 2 ◄0 19th Andrea Dovizioso 0 ◄0

2019 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Rosberg 128 ▲1 2nd Audi Team Abt 121 ▲3 3rd BMW Team RMG 108 ▼2 4th BMW Team RMR 104 ◄0 5th Audi Team Phoenix 89 ▼2 6th BMW Team RBM 53 ◄0 7th R-Motorsport I 19 ◄0 8th Audi Team WRT 16 ◄0 9th R-Motorsport II 4 ◄0 2019 Brands' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 340 ◄0 2nd BMW 263 ◄0 3rd Aston Martin 15 ◄0

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