2020 Lausitzring Race 2

2020 Lausitzring Race 2
The Lausitzring hosted its second round of 2020.
Race Information
Date	23 August 2020
No.	257
Event	DTM Lausitzring 2020
Location	Lausitzring Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany
Format	55 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	4.345 km (2.700 mi)
Distance	34 laps / 147.730 km (91.795 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Robin Frijns
Team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Time	1:36.344
Fastest Lap
Driver	Jamie Green
Team	Audi Sport Team Rosberg
Time	1:38.438 on lap 13
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Lucas Auer	Timo Glock	Robin Frijns
Winner Team	BMW Team RMR
Time	57:22.467
Race Guide
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The 2020 Lausitzring Race 2, formally known as the 2020 DTM Lausitzring Race 2, was the sixth race of the 2020 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship staged at the Lausitzring in Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany, on 23 August 2020. The race would see Lucas Auer finally break the Audi win streak by passing Timo Glock on the final lap, marking his first win since 2017.

Qualifying had seen 2020's emerging quali-specialist Robin Frijns storm to his fourth pole position, defeating teammate Nico Müller by 0.018s. René Rast was best of the rest in third, continuing their personal top three lock-out of the top three grid slots, with Sheldon van der Linde the best BMW qualifier in fourth.

The start of the race saw Frijns jump into an early lead, while Rast managed to edge ahead of Müller to claim second from the Championship leader. Behind, Jamie Green slotted into fourth as van der Linde stalled to make it and Audi 1-2-3-4 at the head of the field, with the rest of the field getting away largely in grid order.

The early laps saw Rast use DRS to pass Frijns into the first corner on lap four, although Frijns remained glued to his tail afterward. The Dutchman duly moved back ahead with an identical move on lap seven with Müller watching on in third ahead of Green.

Green duly became the first driver to stop for fresh tyres, with a number of others opting to stop in his wake as the top three drove on. Indeed, Frijns, Rast and Müller would remain out in-spite of the fact that those that had stopped were as much as two seconds a lap quicker, with Rast eventually blinking on lap seventeen.

That decision by Rast allowed him to jump ahead of Frijns after the Dutchman stopped two laps later, although both he, Frijns and Müller, would find themselves mired in the midfield among the early stoppers. Green, meanwhile, would assume the lead of the race and drive very defensively, although he would eventually fall to both Timo Glock and Lucas Auer as the race wore on.

Into the closing stages and Glock and Auer would squabble for the lead, aided by the fact that Green was keeping the now faster trio of Frijns, Rast and Müller behind in-spite of them using sister cars. However, the Audi quartet were only a second behind the leading BMWs as they came to complete the penultimate tour, prompting Glock to make an intriguing decision.

Indeed, in a bid to ensure that a BMW won the race, Glock would not defend from Auer as the #22 BMW lunged past the #16 BMW on the brakes into the first corner, with the Austrian ace duly going on to secure victory by a second. Glock, meanwhile, would ultimately secure second as Green and Frijns fought over third, with the Dutchman emerging ahead in a sprint to the chequered flag. Behind there was a near dead-heat for fifth as Müller beat Rast to the line by 0.009s, with Jonathan Aberdein, Loïc Duval, Marco Wittmann and a recovering Sheldon van der Linde rounding out the scorers.

Background

There were no changes to either the Lausitzring nor the entry list ahead of the second race around the full in-field circuit at the EuroSpeedway, with the conditions now sunny with a very low threat of rain for the second day of action.

Rast Rush

In the Drivers' Championship Nico Müller would retain the initiative despite losing out to René Rast for the second race in succession, the Swiss ace still 33 points clear at the head of the field. Rast himself was still in second on 88, before a fourteen point gap to Robin Frijns in third. There was then a significant gap back to fourth placed Mike Rockenfeller, while Marco Wittmann had moved up to fifth as he remained as the lead BMW pilot.

In the Teams' Championship there had been no major changes at the front of the field, with Audi Team Abt still leading the charge with 195 points. Audi Team Rosberg were next up in second on 123 points, while behind Audi Team Phoenix had remained ahead of BMW Team RMG courtesy of the countback rule. In the Manufacturers' Championship, meanwhile, Audi had once again scored more than 70 points in a single race, leaving them on 355 points to BMW's 135.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2020 Lausitzring Race 2 is displayed below:

2020 Lausitzring Race 2 Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Livery
4	Robin Frijns	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t
8	Robert Kubica	BMW Team ART Orlen	BMW	M4 Turbo DTM	BMW P48 Turbo 2.0l I4t
10	Harrison Newey	Audi Sport Team WRT	Audi	RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t
11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 Turbo DTM	BMW P48 Turbo 2.0l I4t
13	Fabio Scherer	Audi Sport Team WRT	Audi	RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t
16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	BMW	M4 Turbo DTM	BMW P48 Turbo 2.0l I4t
22	Lucas Auer	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 Turbo DTM	BMW P48 Turbo 2.0l I4t
25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RBM	BMW	M4 Turbo DTM	BMW P48 Turbo 2.0l I4t
27	Jonathan Aberdein	BMW Team RMR	BMW	M4 Turbo DTM	BMW P48 Turbo 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
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	Audi Sport Team WRT	Audi	RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t
99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	RS5 Turbo DTM	Audi RC8 TFSI 2.0l I4t
Source:

Qualifying

Results

The final qualifying result for the 2020 Lausitzring Race 2 are outlined below:

2020 Lausitzring Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt	1:36.344	—	170.763 km/h	1
2nd	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	1:36.362	+0.018s	170.731 km/h	2
3rd	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	1:36.468	+0.124s	170.543 km/h	3
4th	31	Sheldon van der Linde	BMW Team RBM	1:36.615	+0.271s	170.284 km/h	4
5th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	1:36.620	+0.276s	170.275 km/h	5
6th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	1:36.839	+0.495s	169.890 km/h	6
7th	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	1:36.930	+0.586s	169.730 km/h	7
8th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	1:37.061	+0.717s	169.501 km/h	8
9th	22	Lucas Auer	BMW Team RMR	1:37.139	+0.795s	169.365 km/h	9
10th	10	Harrison Newey	Audi Team WRT	1:37.221	+0.877s	169.222 km/h	10
11th	8	Robert Kubica	BMW Team ART	1:37.272	+0.928s	169.133 km/h	11
12th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RBM	1:37.287	+0.943s	169.107 km/h	12
13th	13	Fabio Scherer	Audi Team WRT	1:37.289	+0.945s	169.104 km/h	13
14th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	1:37.364	+1.020s	168.974 km/h	14
15th	62	Ferdinand von Habsburg	Audi Team WRT	1:37.381	+1.037s	168.944 km/h	15
16th	27	Jonathan Aberdein	BMW Team RMR	1:37.545	+1.201s	168.660 km/h	16
Source:

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

Grid

The starting grid for the 2020 Lausitzring Race 2 in shown below:

		62	Ferdinand von Habsburg	1:37.381			13	Fabio Scherer	1:37.289			8	Robert Kubica	1:37.272			22	Lucas Auer	1:37.139			16	Timo Glock	1:36.930			53	Jamie Green	1:36.620			33	René Rast	1:36.468			4	Robin Frijns	1:36.344
	27	Jonathan Aberdein		1:37.545		99	Mike Rockenfeller		1:37.364		25	Philipp Eng		1:37.287		10	Harrison Newey		1:37.221		28	Loïc Duval		1:37.061		11	Marco Wittmann		1:36.839		31	Sheldon van der Linde		1:36.615		51	Nico Müller		1:36.362

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2020 Lausitzring Race 2 is displayed below:

2020 Lausitzring Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	22	Lucas Auer	BMW Team RMR	34	57:22.467	1:39.028	25
2nd	16	Timo Glock	BMW Team RMG	34	+1.210s	1:38.935	18
3rd	4	Robin Frijns	Audi Team Abt	34	+1.775s	1:38.522	153
4th	53	Jamie Green	Audi Team Rosberg	34	+1.977s	1:38.438	12
5th	51	Nico Müller	Audi Team Abt	34	+2.464s	1:39.158	102
6th	33	René Rast	Audi Team Rosberg	34	+2.475s	1:39.116	81
7th	27	Jonathan Aberdein	BMW Team RMR	34	+3.236s	1:38.998	6
8th	28	Loïc Duval	Audi Team Phoenix	34	+4.096s	1:39.166	4
9th	11	Marco Wittmann	BMW Team RMG	34	+4.205s	1:38.994	2
10th	31	Sheldon van der Linde	BMW Team RBM	34	+9.090s	1:39.223	1
11th	99	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi Team Phoenix	34	+9.155s	1:39.302
12th	25	Philipp Eng	BMW Team RBM	34	+9.821s	1:39.252
13th	10	Harrison Newey	Audi Team WRT	34	+12.303s	1:39.210
14th	62	Ferdinand von Habsburg	Audi Team WRT	34	+13.230s	1:38.669
15th	13	Fabio Scherer	Audi Team WRT	34	+15.396s	1:38.989
16th	8	Robert Kubica	BMW Team ART	34	+28.090s	1:39.978
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

• Fifth victory for Lucas Auer.
  • Auer also secured his first win for BMW and first win since the 2017 Nürburgring Race 1.

Standings

Nico Müller had extended his lead atop the Championship as the DTM completed its two week stay at the Lausitzring, the Swiss ace having moved onto 133 points come the end of the weekend. René Rast had retained second but slipped 36 off the lead, while Robin Frijns had moved to within five of the defending Champion in third. Timo Glock, meanwhile, had moved up to fourth to lead the BMW driver, with Jamie Green completing the top five.

Audi Team Abt were still in command of the Teams' Championship leaving the EuroSpeedway, the German outfit holding 225 points. Audi Team Rosberg were next up in second, but had fallen 81 points behind, while BMW Team RMG had broken into the top three on 92. Audi, meanwhile, had retained their dominant position in the Manufacturers' Championship, remaining 220 points ahead after BMW matched their score in the fourth race at the Lausitzring.

2020 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Nico Müller 133 ◄0 2nd René Rast 97 ◄0 3rd Robin Frijns 92 ◄0 4th Timo Glock 52 ▲3 5th Jamie Green 47 ▲1 6th Marco Wittmann 40 ▼1 7th Mike Rockenfeller 40 ▼3 8th Loïc Duval 36 ◄0 9th Lucas Auer 35 ▲2 10th Sheldon van der Linde 29 ▼1 11th Philipp Eng 20 ▼1 12th Jonathan Aberdein 11 ▲1 13th Ferdinand von Habsburg 9 ▼1 14th Harrison Newey 1 ◄0 15th Fabio Scherer 0 ◄0 16th Robert Kubica 0 ◄0

2020 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi Team Abt 225 ◄0 2nd Audi Team Rosberg 144 ◄0 3rd BMW Team RMG 92 ▲1 4th Audi Team Phoenix 76 ▼1 5th BMW Team RBM 49 ◄0 6th BMW Team RMR 46 ◄0 7th Audi Team WRT 10 ◄0 8th BMW Team ART 0 ◄0 2020 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Audi 406 ◄0 2nd BMW 186 ◄0

References

Images and Videos:

• Liveries: byggxx, 'Rennwagen (2020)', dtm.fandom.com/de, (DTM Wiki/de, 2015), https://dtm.fandom.com/de/wiki/Kategorie:Rennwagen_(2020), (Accessed 29/05/2021)

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