2019 Norisring Race 2

2019 Norisring Race 2
The Norisring was unchanged in 2019
Race Information
Date	7 July 2019
No.	241
Event	DTM Nuremburg 2019
Location	Norisring Nuremburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Lap length	2.300 km (1.429 mi)
Distance	70 laps / 161.000 km (100.041 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	René Rast
Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	46.146
Fastest Lap
Driver	Nico Müller
Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	46.618 on lap 8
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Bruno Spengler	Jamie Green	Mike Rockenfeller
Winner Team	BMW Team RMG
Time	56:15.610
Race Guide
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The 2019 Norisring Race 2, formally known as the DTM Nuremburg 2019 Race 2, was the eighth race of the 2019 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, held at the Norisring in Nuremburg, Bavaria, Germany, on 7 July 2019. The race would see Bruno Spengler collect a record fifth Norisring victory ahead of Jamie Green, the Canadian's first since 2017.

Qualifying had seen René Rast sweep to pole position, narrowly beating both Green and Nico Müller by 0.007s, one of the narrowest margins in DTM history. Green would, however, receive a grid penalty for a red flag infringement, committed during the session after Timo Glock stopped at turn six.

The start of the race saw Rast make another poor start, albeit this time without stalling, and hence allowed Müller and Loïc Duval to sweep ahead into turn one. However, Rast retaliated and lunged at the pair of them into the first corner and, with all three Audis occupied, inadvertently gifted the lead to Spengler's #7 BMW.

Moments later and Rast's race was to take a nose-dive, as contact with Müller resulted in the German racer spinning to the back of the field at the Schöller S. Rast duly rejoined over a third of a lap behind the leaders, with several drivers opting to stop at the end of the opening tour.

Green was the man to watch in the early stages, barging his way past Philipp Eng for second, before being ordered to return the position. That ultimately allowed Robin Frijns to pass the Brit a few laps later, as Duval made an early stop for fresh tyres with Rast, while Müller served a penalty for spinning the #33 Audi.

The race settled down after that, with even a rain shower on lap 27 causing little impact to the proceedings. Spengler and Eng duly ran in first and second throughout the opening stages, with the duo pitting on lap 32 and remaining on slicks, reacting to a stop from Green.

Green duly jumped Frijns and Eng at the stops to secure second, and duly harassed Spengler until the Canadian racer got his tyres warmed up. Once they were warm, however, the #7 BMW was visibly able to pull away from the #53 Audi, as behind Eng was swarmed by Frijns and Mike Rockenfeller.

The closing stages would be all about Rockenfeller, who engaged Frijns in a duel for third which he would win a handful of laps from the end. The German then went charging off after Green, leaving Frijns in a lonely fourth, as behind Marco Wittmann ground to a halt with an engine issue.

With that the race was over, with Spengler cruising through the closing stages to secure a record fifth win at the Norisring, and his first since the opening race at the venue in 2017. Behind, Green kept Rockenfeller at bay to secure second, while Frijns finished a lonely fourth ahead of Eng. Duval was next up ahead of the recovering Rast, with Müller, Timo Glock and Daniel Juncadella.

Background

René Rast extended his Championship lead as a result of the opening race in Nuremburg, heading into the Sunday battle with a 22 point lead. Nico Müller was now his closest challenger in second, while Philipp Eng had slipped to third, 30 behind the German racer. Marco Wittmann was next up in fourth ahead of Bruno Spengler, while Paul di Resta had remained as the highest placed of the Aston Martin drivers in fifteenth.

In the Teams' Championship it was Audi Team Rosberg that continued to lead the charge, holding 154 points halfway though the weekend at the Norisring. Next up were Audi Team Abt had retained second ahead of BMW Team RMG, while R-Motorsport I were a distant seventh as the best Aston equipped team. In the Brands' Championship, meanwhile, Audi had moved onto 399 points, leaving them 99 ahead of BMW, while Aston Martin held just 26 points.

Entry List

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

2019 Norisring 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 Norisring Race 2 are outlined below:

2019 Norisring Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	46.146	—	179.430 km/h	1
2nd*	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	46.153	+0.007s	179.403 km/h	7*
3rd	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	46.153	+0.007s	179.403 km/h	2
4th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	46.186	+0.040s	179.275 km/h	3
5th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	46.192	+0.046s	179.251 km/h	4
6th*	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	46.257	+0.111s	178.999 km/h	11*
7th	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RMG	46.373	+0.227s	178.552 km/h	5
8th	31	Sheldon van der Linde	BMW Team RBM	46.490	+0.344s	178.102 km/h	6
9th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	46.514	+0.368s	178.010 km/h	8
10th	27	Jonathan Aberdein	Audi Team WRT	46.564	+0.418s	177.819 km/h	9
11th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt	46.591	+0.445s	177.716 km/h	10
12th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	46.604	+0.458s	177.667 km/h	12
13th	23	Daniel Juncadella	R-Motorsport II	46.712	+0.566s	177.256 km/h	13
14th	3	Paul di Resta	R-Motorsport I	46.745	+0.599s	177.131 km/h	14
15th	62	Ferdinand von Habsburg	R-Motorsport II	46.570	+0.604s	177.112 km/h	15
16th	21	Pietro Fittipaldi	Audi Team WRT	46.777	+0.631s	177.010 km/h	16
17th*	76	Jake Dennis	R-Motorsport I	46.950	+0.804s	176.357 km/h	18*
18th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	51.883	+5.737s	159.589 km/h	17
Source:

• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
• * Green, Rockenfeller and Dennis were each penalised five grid places for ignoring the red flag procedure.

Grid

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

Race

Results

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

2019 Norisring Race 2 Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	7	Bruno Spengler	BMW Team RMG	70	56:15.610	47.060	25
2nd	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	70	+5.765s	46.964	182
3rd	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	70	+6.833s	46.860	15
4th	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt	70	+11.695s	47.036	12
5th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RMR	70	+16.365s	47.067	10
6th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	70	+17.590s	46.780	8
7th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	70	+25.480s	47.028	63
8th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	70	+29.080s	46.618	41
9th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMR	70	+33.536s	47.103	2
10th	23	Daniel Juncadella	R-Motorsport II	70	+37.941s	47.235	1
11th	62	Ferdinand von Habsburg	R-Motorsport II	70	+39.516s	47.454
12th	76	Jake Dennis	R-Motorsport I	69	+1 Lap	47.684
13th	47	Joel Eriksson	BMW Team RBM	69	+1 Lap	46.983
14th	27	Jonathan Aberdein	Audi Team WRT	69	+1 Lap	47.385
15th	21	Pietro Fittipaldi	Audi Team WRT	68	+2 Laps	47.148
16th*	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	64	Engine	47.046
Ret	31	Sheldon van der Linde	BMW Team RBM	51	Retired	47.046
Ret	3	Paul di Resta	R-Motorsport I	44	Retired	47.481
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

• Sixteenth win for Bruno Spengler.
  • Spengler claimed a record fifth victory at the Norisring.

Standings

René Rast maintained his lead in the Championship as the fourth round of the season came to a conclusion, leaving the Norisring with 128 points to his name. Nico Müller was his closest pretender in second, 25 points off the lead, while Philipp Eng was still in the hunt in third on 29 points. Next up in fourth was race winner Bruno Spengler on 77 points, just ahead of Marco Wittmann on 72.

Audi Team Rosberg would leave Nuremburg with 181 points to their credit, leaving them at the head of the hunt by 21 points. Audi Team Abt were their closest challengers in second, while BMW Team RMG sat in third on 149 as the first non-Audi squad. In the Brands' Championship, meanwhile, Audi led the charge leaving the Norisring with 458 points, with BMW in second on 337 and Aston Martin on 27.

 

2019 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st René Rast 128 ◄0 2nd Nico Müller 103 ◄0 3rd Philipp Eng 99 ◄0 4th Bruno Spengler 77 ▲1 5th Marco Wittmann 72 ▼1 6th Mike Rockenfeller 66 ◄0 7th Loïc Duval 59 ◄0 8th Robin Frijns 57 ◄0 9th Jamie Green 43 ▲1 10th Joel Eriksson 43 ▼1 11th Sheldon van der Linde 25 ◄0 12th Timo Glock 23 ◄0 13th Pietro Fittipaldi 13 ◄0 14th Jonathan Aberdein 13 ◄0 15th Daniel Juncadella 11 ▲2 16th Paul di Resta 11 ▼1 17th Jake Dennis 10 ▼1 18th Ferdinand von Habsburg 3 ◄0 19th Andrea Dovizioso 0 ◄0

2019 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Rosberg 181 ◄0 2nd Audi Team Abt 160 ◄0 3rd BMW Team RMG 149 ◄0 4th Audi Team Phoenix 125 ▲1 5th BMW Team RMR 122 ▼1 6th BMW Team RBM 68 ◄0 7th R-Motorsport I 21 ◄0 8th Audi Team WRT 16 ◄0 9th R-Motorsport II 14 ◄0 2019 Brands' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 458 ◄0 2nd BMW 337 ◄0 3rd Aston Martin 27 ◄0

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