2021 Lausitzring Race 2

2021 Lausitzring Race 2
The DTM made its second bid to use the banked first corner
Race Information
Date	25 July 2021
No.	273
Event	DEKRA Lausitzring Grand Prix 2021
Location	Lausitzring Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany
Format	55 min + 1 Lap
Lap length	4.534 km (2.817 mi)
Distance	36 laps / 163.224 km (101.423 mi)
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Philip Ellis
Team	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward
Time	1:30.292
Fastest Lap
Driver	Kelvin van der Linde
Team	Team ABT Sportsline
Time	1:32.116 on lap 9
Race Result
First	Second	Third
Maximilian Götz	Liam Lawson	Kelvin van der Linde
Winner Team	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT
Time	56:52.829
Race Guide
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2021 Lausitzring Race 1		2021 Zolder Race 1

The 2021 Lausitzring Race 2, formally known as the DEKRA Lausitzring Grand Prix 2021 Race 2, was the fourth race of the 2021 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, staged at the Lausitzring in Klettwitz, Brandenburg, Germany, on 25 July 2021. The race, which was the second to be held using the banked first corner of the EuroSpeedway, would see Maximilian Götz secure victory for Mercedes-AMG, his first in the series.

Qualifying for the second battle of Lausitz had seen Race 1 winner Philip Ellis defy his additional ballast to secure pole position, the Anglo-Swiss racer having thrashed Liam Lawson by four tenths of a second. Götz was next up in third ahead of Kelvin van der Linde, while Sophia Flörsch failed to set a time after suffering from a mechanical issue.

A dramatic start to the race would see Ellis and Lawson make even starts off the grid, although the New Zealander would opt to brave a run around the outside of the #57 Mercedes-AMG through turn one to challenge for the lead. His bravery was paid off as the #30 Ferrari duly out-braked Ellis' Mercedes for turn two and emerged with the lead, as behind the rest of the field made it off the grid without issue.

With that Lawson was away, storming into an early lead as Ellis fought with the combined effects of success ballast and a full tank of fuel. Instead, Ellis would find himself overhauled by a charging Kelvin van der Linde, with the South African racer first elbowing his way past Götz, before scything past Ellis for second.

van der Linde duly tried to take the initiative in the pit-phase, diving in first on lap six in a bid to undercut Lawson for the lead. Lawson completed two more tours before coming in for his stop, although a slow reaction from being told he could leave his pitbox saw the #30 Ferrari lose a lot of time.

Indeed, that slight hesitation would not only hand van der Linde to the lead, but also allowed a resurgent Götz to move right onto the #30 Ferrari's tail, before sweeping past as Lawson fought to warm up his tyres. Those two duly established a small lead over the New Zealander, who hoped that his later stop would give him an advantage in the closing stages, while van der Linde himself established a comfortable margin over Götz.

Yet, with twelve minutes to go the race was turned on its head, with van der Linde's engine suddenly cutting out as he came across the start/finish line. Quick thinking from the GT3 veteran saw van der Linde get his engine fired again before he came to a complete stop, although that intermission allowed both Götz and Lawson to charge ahead.

The rest of the race would see van der Linde try in vain to try and reclaim the lead, although he was stopped at the first hurdle by Lawson who put up a beautiful defence of second. That allowed Götz to cruise across the line to claim his maiden DTM victory ahead of Lawson, while van der Linde claimed third with fastest lap. Ellis was next up ahead of Sheldon van der Linde and Marco Wittmann, Daniel Juncadella defeated Mike Rockenfeller in a late duel, while Lucas Auer and Nico Müller rounded out the scorers.

Background

There were no changes made to the Lausitzring after the 2021 Lausitzring Race 1, with the field still using the full banked first corner after its successful race debut. There would, likewise, be no changes to the entry list, although Esmee Hawkey found herself in T3 Motorsport's spare, ADAC GT Masters prepared, Lamborghini after her heavy crash in the first race.

The Perfect Balance?

Ahead of the second race at the Lausitzring there would be no modifications made to the Balance of Performance calculations, meaning both starting weight and engine/turbo restrictors, outside of success ballast, would remain unchanged.

Outlined below are the BoP calculations and success ballast allocations for the 2021 Lausitzring Race 2:

2021 Lausitzring Race 2 BoP
Manufacturer	Weight	Boost/Restrictor
Audi	1,315 kg (—)	2 x 43.5 mm (—)
BMW	1,335 kg (—)	2.135 bar (—)
Ferrari	1,315 kg (—)	1.622 bar (—)
Lamborghini	1,305 kg (—)	2 x 42.5 mm (—)
Mercedes-AMG	1,335 kg (—)	2 x 37.5 mm (—)
2021 Lausitzring Race 2 Ballast Allocation
Philip Ellis	Liam Lawson	Mike Rockenfeller
25 kg	18 kg	15 kg

Ellis Excellence

Kelvin van der Linde had retained the lead in the Drivers' Championship, although his advantage had been reduced to nine points after the opening bout at Lausitz. Liam Lawson had done the damage, the New Zealander having continued his early season form, while behind race winner Philip Ellis had shot up to third. In the Junior Championship Lawson continued to head the charge ahead of Sheldon van der Linde, holding more than twice the South African racer's points.

In the Teams' Championship Team ABT Sportsline had moved to the top of the Championship, having moved onto 76 points for the campaign. That meant that they were level on points with AF Corse at the head of the field, although the German squad were deemed to be ahead on countback. In the Manufacturers' Championship Audi and Mercedes-AMG shared the lead on 100 points, with the former marque ahead on countback.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2021 Lausitzring Race 2 is displayed below:

2021 Lausitzring Race 2 Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Livery
3	Kelvin van der Linde	Team ABT Sportsline	Audi	R8 LMS Evo
4	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	Mercedes-AMG	GT3-Evo
5	Vincent Abril	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	Mercedes-AMG	GT3-Evo
8	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM	Mercedes-AMG	GT3-Evo
9	Mike Rockenfeller	Team ABT Sportsline	Audi	R8 LMS Evo
10	Esteban Muth	T3 Motorsport	Lamborghini	Huracán GT3 Evo
11	Marco Wittmann	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW	M6 GT3
12	Dev Gore	Team Rosberg	Audi	R8 LMS Evo
16	Timo Glock	ROWE Racing	BMW	M6 GT3
18	Maximilian Buhk	Mercedes-AMG Team Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG	GT3-Evo
22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	Mercedes-AMG	GT3-Evo
23	Alexander Albon	AlphaTauri AF Corse	Ferrari	488 GT3 Evo 2020
26	Esmee Hawkey	T3 Motorsport	Lamborghini	Huracán GT3 Evo
30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull AF Corse	Ferrari	488 GT3 Evo 2020
31	Sheldon van der Linde	ROWE Racing	BMW	M6 GT3
36	Arjun Maini	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed	Mercedes-AMG	GT3-Evo
51	Nico Müller	Team Rosberg	Audi	R8 LMS Evo
57	Philip Ellis	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	Mercedes-AMG	GT3-Evo
99	Sophia Flörsch	Team ABT	Audi	R8 LMS Evo
Source:

• Numbers with a green background indicate an entrant in the Junior Championship.

Qualifying

Results

The final qualifying result for the 2021 Lausitzring Race 2 are outlined below:

2021 Lausitzring Race 2 Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed	Grid
1st	57	Philip Ellis	Mercedes Team Winward	1:30.292	—	183.444 km/h	1
2nd	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull AF Corse	1:30.686	+0.394s	182.647 km/h	2
3rd	4	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes Team HRT	1:30.695	+0.403s	182.629 km/h	3
4th	3	Kelvin van der Linde	Team ABT Sportsline	1:30.717	+0.425s	182.585 km/h	4
5th	16	Timo Glock	ROWE Racing	1:30.763	+0.471s	182.492 km/h	5
6th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes Team Winward	1:30.811	+0.519s	182.396 km/h	6
7th	31	Sheldon van der Linde	ROWE Racing	1:30.867	+0.575s	182.283 km/h	7
8th	8	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes Team GruppeM	1:30.870	+0.578s	182.277 km/h	8
9th	36	Arjun Maini	Mercedes Team GetSpeed	1:30.888	+0.596s	182.241 km/h	9
10th	9	Mike Rockenfeller	Team ABT Sportsline	1:30.913	+0.621s	182.191 km/h	10
11th	5	Vincent Abril	Mercedes Team HRT	1:30.923	+0.631s	182.171 km/h	11
12th	18	Maximilian Buhk	Mercedes Team Mücke	1:30.935	+0.643s	182.147 km/h	12
13th	23	Alexander Albon	AlphaTauri AF Corse	1:30.944	+0.652s	182.129 km/h	13
14th	11	Marco Wittmann	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1:31.064	+0.772s	181.889 km/h	14
15th	51	Nico Müller	Team Rosberg	1:31.134	+0.842s	181.749 km/h	15
16th	10	Esteban Muth	T3 Motorsport	1:31.326	+1.034s	181.367 km/h	16
17th	12	Dev Gore	Team Rosberg	1:31.679	+1.387s	180.669 km/h	17
18th	26	Esmee Hawkey	T3 Motorsport	1:31.939	+1.647s	180.158 km/h	18
NC	99	Sophia Flörsch	Team ABT	—			19
Source:

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

Grid

The starting grid for the 2021 Lausitzring Race 2 in shown below:

		99	Sophia Flörsch	—			12	Dev Gore	1:31.679			51	Nico Müller	1:31.134			23	Alexander Albon	1:30.944			5	Vincent Abril	1:30.923			36	Arjun Maini	1:30.888			31	Sheldon van der Linde	1:30.867			16	Timo Glock	1:30.763			4	Maximilian Götz	1:30.695			57	Philip Ellis	1:30.292
						26	Esmee Hawkey		1:31.939		10	Esteban Muth		1:31.326		11	Marco Wittmann		1:31.064		18	Maximilian Buhk		1:30.935		9	Mike Rockenfeller		1:30.913		8	Daniel Juncadella		1:30.870		22	Lucas Auer		1:30.811		3	Kelvin van der Linde		1:30.717		30	Liam Lawson		1:30.686

Race

Results

The final classification of the 2021 Lausitzring Race 2 is displayed below:

2021 Lausitzring Race 2 Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	4	Maximilian Götz	Mercedes Team HRT	36	56:52.829	1:32.252	251
2nd	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull AF Corse	36	+4.675s	1:32.210	182
3rd	3	Kelvin van der Linde	Team ABT Sportsline	36	+5.271s	1:32.116	15
4th	57	Philip Ellis	Mercedes Team Winward	36	+6.706s	1:32.632	123
5th	31	Sheldon van der Linde	ROWE Racing	36	+7.184s	1:32.378	10
6th	11	Marco Wittmann	Walkenhorst Motorsport	36	+7.537s	1:32.277	8
7th	8	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes Team GruppeM	36	+8.398s	1:32.610	6
8th	9	Mike Rockenfeller	Team ABT Sportsline	36	+8.672s	1:32.464	4
9th	22	Lucas Auer	Mercedes Team Winward	36	+9.748s	1:32.426	2
10th	51	Nico Müller	Team Rosberg	36	+10.447s	1:32.389	1
11th	23	Alexander Albon	AlphaTauri AF Corse	36	+11.188s	1:32.298
12th	36	Arjun Maini	Mercedes Team GetSpeed	36	+12.345s	1:32.427
13th	16	Timo Glock	ROWE Racing	36	+15.816s	1:32.974
14th	5	Vincent Abril	Mercedes Team HRT	36	+17.676s	1:32.779
15th	99	Sophia Flörsch	Team ABT	36	+33.123s	1:33.064
16th	26	Esmee Hawkey	T3 Motorsport	36	+33.328s	1:33.328
17th	12	Dev Gore	Team Rosberg	36	+57.011s	1:33.089
18th	18	Maximilian Buhk	Mercedes Team Mücke	36	+1:13.452	1:33.491
19th	10	Esteban Muth	T3 Motorsport	32	+4 Laps	1:32.765
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

• Maiden victory for Maximilian Götz.
• Haupt Racing Team secured their first victory as an entrant.
  • Mercedes-AMG secured their win as a manufacturer.

Standings

Kelvin van der Linde ended the second race weekend of the season still in the lead of the Drivers' Championship, although the South African racer's lead had been cut to just four points. Indeed, another podium finish for emerging star Liam Lawson had ensured that the New Zealander kept pace with the early leader, and moved him seventeen clear of Philip Ellis in third. Furthermore, Lawson had a handsome 37 point lead in the Junior Championship, with Esteban Muth even further away in third.

In the Teams' Championship Team ABT Sportsline had lost their tenuous lead atop the table, although they had only fallen one behind the new leaders. Indeed, AF Corse had moved back to the head of the field as both teams fell just shy of the 100 point mark for the season, with third placed Mercedes Team Winward 21 points off the lead. In the Manufacturers' Championship Mercedes-AMG had returned to the top of the table, 27 clear of Audi in second.

2021 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Kelvin van der Linde 69 ◄0 2nd Liam Lawson 65 ◄0 3rd Philip Ellis 48 ◄0 4th Maximilian Götz 46 ▲4 5th Alexander Albon 31 ▼1 6th Sheldon van der Linde 28 ▲4 7th Marco Wittmann 28 ▲2 8th Lucas Auer 27 ▼3 9th Mike Rockenfeller 26 ▼2 10th Nico Müller 25 ▼4 11th Daniel Juncadella 19 ◄0 12th Maximilian Buhk 9 ◄0 13th Esteban Muth 7 ◄0 2021 Junior Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Liam Lawson 65 ◄0 2nd Sheldon van der Linde 28 ◄0 3rd Esteban Muth 7 ◄0 4th Sophia Flörsch 0 ◄0

2021 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st AF Corse 96 ▲1 2nd Team ABT Sportsline 95 ▼1 3rd Mercedes Team Winward 75 ◄0 4th Mercedes Team HRT 46 ▲1 5th ROWE Racing 28 ▲2 6th Walkenhorst Motorsport 28 ◄0 7th Team Rosberg 25 ▼3 8th Mercedes Team GruppeM 19 ◄0 9th Mercedes Team Mücke 9 ◄0 10th T3 Motorsport 7 ◄0 2021 Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Mercedes-AMG 147 ▲1 2nd Audi 120 ▼1 3rd Ferrari 96 ◄0 4th BMW 56 ◄0 5th Lamborghini 7 ◄0

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

References

Images and Videos:

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

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