Victory and points’ lead for Mortara
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 |
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 |