Victory and points’ lead for Mortara

The start of Race 1
The start of Race 1

Edoardo Mortara is the winner of the seventh race of the DTM season. After 49 laps of the Norisring in Nuremberg on Saturday, the Audi driver crossed the finish line as the winner and thus put an end to the winning streak of Mercedes-AMG that continued since 2003. Jamie Green completed the success for Audi in the brand’s home round by finishing second, 0.531 seconds down on his fellow Audi driver. “Finally scoring that first win for Audi here after so many years is a great feeling," winner Mortara commented after the race. “In the last few races, I have made some mistakes, but today, I was taking it more easily. I didn’t have the fastest car, but I managed to keep Jamie behind me until the end."

Mercedes-AMG driver Paul Di Resta rounded out the Norisring podium by finishing third. Local hero Marco Wittmann, the 26-year-old who is living in Fürth, only a few kilometers away from Nuremberg, came home in fourth in the first race of the weekend, followed by further BMW drivers Bruno Spengler and Maxime Martin.

#53 Jamie Green, Audi RS5 DTM, #48 Edoardo Mortara, Audi RS5 DTM, #3 Paul Di Resta, Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM
#53 Jamie Green, Audi RS5 DTM, #48 Edoardo Mortara, Audi RS5 DTM, #3 Paul Di Resta, Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM

While Mortara was cheering, there was disappointment for Christian Vietoris and Robert Wickens. Vietoris, who had started from pole position, led the field until lap 20 from Robert Wickens, but then saw his hopes of victory blown: at the Grundig hairpin, both drivers were taken out as an attempt to overtake by Mattias Ekstrom went wrong.

While the race was over for Wickens and Ekstrom, Vietoris still managed to bring tenth place home.

After his second win of the season, Edoardo Mortara is leading in the DTM drivers’ standings with 69 points. Marco Wittmann, the 2014 DTM champion, defended second place in the drivers’ standings. With 67 points, he is just ahead of Jamie Green (63 points) and Paul Di Resta (58 points).

The eighth DTM race of the season gets underway on Sunday at 13.10 hrs. ARD is broadcasting live from Nuremberg from 13.00 hrs onwards. EinsFestival is broadcasting qualifying live from 10.45 hrs.

Results

Rk No ENTRANT DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME GAP BEST
1 48 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Edoardo Mortara (ITA) Castrol EDGE Audi RS 5 DTM 49 41:09.983 0.000s 48.746
2 53 Audi Sport Team Rosberg Jamie Green (GBR) Hoffmann Group Audi RS 5 DTM 49 41:10.514 00.531 48.802
3 3 Mercedes-AMG Paul Di Resta (GBR) Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM 49 41:10.886 00.903 48.782
4 11 BMW Team RMG Marco Wittmann (DEU) Red Bull BMW M4 DTM 49 41:14.118 04.135 48.859
5 7 BMW Team MTEK Bruno Spengler (CAN) BMW Bank M4 DTM 49 41:16.714 06.731 49.011
6 36 BMW Team RBM Maxime Martin (BEL) SAMSUNG BMW M4 DTM 49 41:19.934 09.951 49.022
7 27 Audi Sport Team Rosberg Adrien Tambay (FRA) Speedweek.com Audi RS 5 DTM 49 41:20.858 10.875 48.850
8 84 Mercedes-AMG Maximilian Götz (DEU) Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM 49 41:23.484 13.501 49.021
9 13 BMW Team Schnitzer Antonio Felix da Costa (PRT) BMW M4 DTM 49 41:25.320 15.337 48.785
10 8 BWT Mercedes-AMG Christian Vietoris (DEU) BWT Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM 49 41:25.460 15.477 49.164
11 18 BMW Team MTEK Augusto Farfus (BRA) Shell BMW M4 DTM 49 41:26.922 16.939 49.211
12 100 BMW Team Schnitzer Martin Tomczyk (DEU) BMW M Performance Parts M4 DTM 49 41:27.682 17.699 49.164
13 22 BWT Mercedes-AMG Lucas Auer (AUT) BWT Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM 49 41:27.968 17.985 48.976
14 16 BMW Team RMG Timo Glock (DEU) DEUTSCHE POST BMW M4 DTM 49 41:28.657 18.674 49.055
15 Gary Paffett (GBR) EURONICS 4Mercedes DTM 9 41:29.191 19.208 49.080
16 31 BMW Team RBM Tom Blomqvist (GBR) Ice-Watch BMW M4 DTM 49 41:29.554 19.571 48.916
17 10 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Timo Scheider (DEU) AUTOBILD MOTORSPORT Audi RS 5 DTM 49 41:30.185 20.202 49.121
18 17 Audi Sport Team Abt Miguel Molina (ESP) Teufel Audi RS 5 DTM 49 41:30.782 20.799 49.069
19 99 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Mike Rockenfeller (DEU) Schaeffler Audi RS 5 DTM 49 41:31.333 21.350 49.176