DTM season 2018 / Klettwitz

Circuit layout of the Lausitzring with the tri-oval .

The second stop of the 2018 DTM season was the Lausitzring in Klettwitz between May 18 and 20, 2018 .

Reports

backgrounds

After the season opener at Hockenheim , Timo Glock led the drivers' standings with one point ahead of Gary Paffett and 26 points ahead of Mike Rockenfeller . In the manufacturers' championship, Mercedes led with 31 points ahead of BMW and with 64 points ahead of Audi .

With Jamie Green , Paffett (three times each), Lucas Auer and Bruno Spengler (twice each), Paul di Resta and Pascal Wehrlein (once each), six former Klettwitz winners competed in the races.

Friday

Wehrlein set the fastest lap in the first practice session on Friday in 1: 39.344 minutes ahead of Rockenfeller and Edoardo Mortara .

Saturday

Paffett won the second practice session on Saturday morning in 1: 37.681 minutes ahead of di Resta and Glock.

In qualifying for the race on Saturday, Auer achieved pole position with a time of 1: 37.343 minutes, ahead of Philipp Eng in second and Spengler in third.

Auer was able to maintain his lead at the start, followed by Spengler in second place. Further back in the field there was a rear-end collision between Nico Müller and the green started behind. For both drivers, the race was over before the first corner. To salvage Green's vehicle, the safety car came onto the track, which led the drivers through the pit lane due to the blocked start and finish straight .

The restart took place after a little more than 14 minutes . Shortly afterwards there was another accident. After a collision with his brand colleague Loïc Duval , title holder René Rast came off the track and rolled over. For this reason the race was interrupted with the red flag after 17 minutes . Rast, who remained without major wounds, was then taken to the Senftenberg hospital, which he was able to leave again on Sunday morning. Duval also had to give up the race.

After a break of around 15 minutes, the track was released again and another lap was completed behind the safety car. After the restart, Auer continued to lead ahead of Spengler and Eng. After around 40 minutes, the first two drivers from the top group came to the pits with the latter two to complete their mandatory pit stop . They were followed one lap later by Auer, which meant that Glock again took the lead one lap later until his own stop. The new leader was then Robin Frijns . In the "adjusted" order of the drivers who had already changed their mandatory tires, Mortara was now ahead of Glock, Auer and Eng. A little later, Eng managed to pass Glock and Auer simultaneously in Turn 1 and then put Mortara under pressure.

Ultimately, Mortara won after a distance of 21 laps from Glock and Eng. The fastest race lap went to Daniel Juncadella in 1: 39.699 minutes . Of the 18 drivers who started, 14 reached the checkered flag, and all of the vehicles that were eliminated came from the Audi warehouse. In addition, Audi did not win any points in this race.

In the drivers' championship, Glock remained in the lead with 62 points, ahead of Paffett (45) and the new third-placed Mortara (37). In the brand classification, Mercedes (157) continued to lead ahead of BMW (125) and Audi (39).

Sunday

The rest who had an accident the day before had to forego taking part on Sunday due to the severe damage to his vehicle, which could not be repaired overnight.

In the third practice session, Müller achieved the fastest lap in 1: 38.917 minutes ahead of Green and Auer.

Pole position went to Eng, who was third on Saturday, in 1: 38.150 minutes. Behind them were Wehrlein and Paffett in second and third place.

At the start of the race, Eng maintained his lead from Wehrlein and Paffett. After the first lap, Green came to the pit for his mandatory pit stop. After a few minutes Paffett first passed Wehrlein, a little later also passed Eng and took the lead. As a result, Paffett managed to separate himself a little from Wehrlein.

After 19 minutes, Paffett pitted. Wehrlein thus took over the lead, which he held until his own stop shortly afterwards. After 38 minutes of racing, Duval was the last driver to complete the pit stop. As a result, Paffett took the lead again from the new runner-up Marco Wittmann and Wehrlein. The three first placed crossed the finish line in this order after 34 laps. For Paffett it was the second win of the season and his 22nd victory in the DTM overall. Wittmann achieved the fastest race lap in 1: 39.395 minutes.

In the drivers' standings, Paffett remained in second place with 71 points, but moved up to one point on the still leading Glock (72). Wehrlein (39) was the new third. Among the manufacturers, Mercedes (212) extended its lead over BMW (164) and Audi (52).

Classifications

Race 1

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin
01	Edoardo Mortara	HWA	21st	57: 54.520	07th
02	Timo Glock	RMG	21st	+ 0-00.920	05
03	Philipp Eng	RBM	21st	+ 0-02.887	02
04th	Lucas Auer	HWA	21st	+ 0-03.185	01
05	Bruno Spengler	RBM	21st	+ 0-05.094	03
06th	Paul di Resta	HWA	21st	+ 0-05.761	08th
07th	Marco Wittmann	RMG	21st	+ 0-06.403	06th
08th	Pascal Wehrlein	HWA	21st	+ 0-07.281	04th
09	Gary Paffett	HWA	21st	+ 0-07.607	14th
10	Augusto Farfus	RMG	21st	+ 0-08.369	16
11	Mike Rockenfeller	Phoenix	21st	+ 0-08.758	10
12	Joel Eriksson	RBM	21st	+ 0-09.522	11
13	Robin Frijns	Dept	21st	+ 0:12.941	12
14th	Daniel Juncadella	HWA	21st	+ 0:13.867	18th
-	Loïc Duval	Phoenix	07th	DNF	13
-	René Rast	Rosberg	06th	DNF	15th
-	Nico Müller	Dept	00	DNF	09
-	Jamie Green	Rosberg	00	DNF	17th

Race 2

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin
01	Gary Paffett	HWA	34	57: 27.909	03
02	Marco Wittmann	RMG	34	+ 0-01.427	04th
03	Pascal Wehrlein	HWA	34	+ 0-08.602	02
04th	Paul di Resta	HWA	34	+ 0:17.891	15th
05	Timo Glock	RMG	34	+ 0:19.061	10
06th	Jamie Green	Rosberg	34	+ 0:23.243	16
07th	Philipp Eng	RBM	34	+ 0:24.292	01
08th	Mike Rockenfeller	Phoenix	34	+ 0:24.631	05
09	Joel Eriksson	RBM	34	+ 0:27.050	07th
10	Robin Frijns	Dept	34	+ 0:30.992	14th
11	Edoardo Mortara	HWA	34	+ 0:32.458	06th
12	Daniel Juncadella	HWA	34	+ 0:32.803	09
13	Loïc Duval	Phoenix	34	+ 0:33,304	17th
14th	Lucas Auer	HWA	34	+ 0:38.266	08th
15th	Bruno Spengler	RBM	34	+ 0:38.526	11
16	Augusto Farfus	RMG	34	+ 0:40,550	12
17th	Nico Müller	Dept	34	+ 0:41.673	13
-	René Rast	Rosberg	00	DNS	-

Championship stands after the weekend

The first ten of both races received 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s), respectively. The first three of both qualifying sessions received 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver team Points 01  Timo Glock RMG 72 02  Gary Paffett HWA 71 03  Pascal Wehrlein HWA 39 04th  Edoardo Mortara HWA 37 05  Lucas Auer HWA 33 06th  Paul di Resta HWA 28 07th  Marco Wittmann RMG 26th 08th  Philipp Eng RBM 26th 09  Bruno Spengler RBM 23

Item driver team Points 10  Mike Rockenfeller Phoenix 22nd 11  Joel Eriksson RBM 15th 12  Loïc Duval Phoenix 11 13  René Rast Rosberg 10 14th  Jamie Green Rosberg 08th 15th  Daniel Juncadella HWA 04th 16  Augusto Farfus RMG 02 17th  Robin Frijns Dept 01 -  Nico Müller Dept 00

Manufacturer rating

Item	Manufacturer	Points
01	Mercedes	212
02	BMW	164
03	Audi	052

Web links

• DTM - Liveticker, Lausitzring, Race I sport1.de, accessed on October 3, 2018
• DTM - Liveticker, Lausitzring, Race II sport1.de, accessed on October 3, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTM Lausitzring 2018 1st practice - results Motorsport-Magazin.com, accessed on October 3, 2018.
2. ↑ DTM Lausitzring 2018 2nd practice - results Motorsport-Magazin.com, accessed on October 3, 2018.
3. ↑ DTM Lausitzring 2018 Qualifying - Result Motorsport-Magazin.com, accessed on October 3, 2018.
4. ↑ Sebastian Kayser: This is how DTM driver René Rast (31) experienced the horror crash. BZ , May 22, 2018, accessed October 3, 2018 . 
5. ↑ DTM Lausitzring 2018 fastest lap - result Motorsport-Magazin.com, accessed on October 3, 2018.
6. ↑ Sebastian Kayser: René Rast: Horror crash on the Lausitzring. BZ , May 19, 2018, accessed October 3, 2018 . 
7. ↑ DTM Lausitzring 2018 3rd training session - results Motorsport-Magazin.com, accessed on October 3, 2018.
8. ↑ DTM Lausitzring 2018 Qualifying - Result Motorsport-Magazin.com, accessed on October 3, 2018.
9. ↑ DTM Lausitzring 2018 fastest lap - result Motorsport-Magazin.com, accessed on October 3, 2018.