Nurburgring DTM: Wittmann dominates Race 1, Blomqvist completes BMW 1-2
Marco Wittmann extended his championship lead to 35 points after comfortably winning the first DTM race at the Nurburgring from pole.
Marco Wittmann, BMW Team RMG, BMW M4 DTM and Tom Blomqvist, BMW Team RBM, BMW M4 DTM
Alexander Trienitz
Wittmann and Tom Blomqvist both had strong starts to keep first and second after off the line, with Daniel Juncadella going past Jamie Green and Edoardo Mortara.
However, both Audi drivers muscled their way back into third and fourth in just a couple of corners.
Wittmann soon managed to pull away from Blomqvist, who, without DRS, was under pressure by Green.
However, Green himself then lost a bit of ground to the Anglo-Swede and let Audi teammate Mortara past.
Mortara made a move on Blomqvist on the back straight, which resulted in contact between the duo and the Italian had to cut the chicane.
As he gave up his position to Blomqvist, Juncadella, who just passed Green, also tried to sneak past but Mortara eventually kept third.
Juncadella then came under pressure from Green and Bruno Spengler and was taken out of the race by the latter.
All that action gave Wittmann a lead of seven seconds, allowing him to comfortably finish first.
No more moves for second meant Blomqvist took the place, with Mortara giving third place back to Green on the final lap.
Timo Glock took fifth as Spengler got a penalty for his collision with Juncadella.
Paul di Resta ended up as the top Mercedes in sixth, ahead of stablemate Lucas Auer, who had set the fastest lap in qualifying but took a grid drop.
Maxime Martin was eighth as Robert Wickens, who started 13th, could only recover to ninth.
The final point-scoring position was secured by Maximilian Gotz.
UPDATE: Mattias Ekstrom was disqualified due to missing weighing. In addition, Adrien Tambay received a three-place grid penalty for tomorrow's race for making contact with Augusto Farfus.
Race results
Cla | Driver | Car | Laps | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Marco Wittmann | BMW M4 DTM | 30 | 42'47.780 | |
2 | Tom Blomqvist | BMW M4 DTM | 30 | 42'54.916 | 7.136 |
3 | Jamie Green | Audi RS5 DTM | 30 | 42'56.811 | 9.031 |
4 | Edoardo Mortara | Audi RS5 DTM | 30 | 42'57.563 | 9.783 |
5 | Timo Glock | BMW M4 DTM | 30 | 42'59.548 | 11.768 |
6 | Paul di Resta | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 30 | 43'03.036 | 15.256 |
7 | Lucas Auer | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 30 | 43'03.866 | 16.086 |
8 | Maxime Martin | BMW M4 DTM | 30 | 43'11.012 | 23.232 |
9 | Robert Wickens | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 30 | 43'19.977 | 32.197 |
10 | Maximilian Götz | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 30 | 43'22.436 | 34.656 |
11 | Nico Müller | Audi RS5 DTM | 30 | 43'22.860 | 35.080 |
12 | Felix Rosenqvist | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 30 | 43'23.254 | 35.474 |
13 | Christian Vietoris | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 30 | 43'24.406 | 36.626 |
14 | Mike Rockenfeller | Audi RS5 DTM | 30 | 43'27.390 | 39.610 |
15 | Miguel Molina | Audi RS5 DTM | 30 | 43'29.789 | 42.009 |
16 | Martin Tomczyk | BMW M4 DTM | 30 | 43'31.225 | 43.445 |
17 | Daniel Juncadella | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 30 | 43'31.754 | 43.974 |
18 | Bruno Spengler | BMW M4 DTM | 30 | 43'33.286 | 45.506 |
19 | Gary Paffett | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 30 | 43'35.051 | 47.271 |
20 | Antonio Felix da Costa | BMW M4 DTM | 30 | 43'37.393 | 49.613 |
21 | Timo Scheider | Audi RS5 DTM | 30 | 43'41.004 | 53.224 |
22 | Augusto Farfus | BMW M4 DTM | 30 | 43'42.411 | 54.631 |
23 | Mattias Ekström | Audi RS5 DTM | 23 | 33'28.125 | 7 Laps |
Adrien Tambay | Audi RS5 DTM | 9 | 13'14.984 | 21 Laps |
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