2013 DTM Season

[Hampus Andersson]

Complete domination by BMW cleaning out the top 3 places
Could have had a top 5 cleanout if they had put the softer compound on instead.

Awesome performance by MTEK, being a new team and snatching 2nd and 3rd.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Driver´s Championship

1.    53p        Spengler            BMW Team Schnitzer
2.    41p        Rockenfeller        Audi Sport Team Phoenix
3.    33p        Farfus              BMW Team RBM
4.    32p        Wittmann            BMW Team MTEK
5.    25p        Vietoris            Mercedes AMG DTM Team
6.    22p        Werner              BMW Team Schnitzer
7,    22p        Paffett             Mercedes AMG EURONICS
8.    16p        Ekström             Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
9.    16p        Hand                BMW Team RBM
10.   15p        Wickens             Mercedes AMG STIHL
11.   15p        Glock               BMW Team MTEK
12.   10p        Scheider            Audi Sport Team Abt
13.    2p        Wehrlein            Mercedes AMG
14.    1p        Mehri               Mercedes AMG THOMAS SABO

Team´s Championship

1.    75p        BMW Team Schnitzer                  Spengler / Werner
2.    49p        BMW Team RBM                          Farfus / Hand
3.    47p        BMW Team MTEK                       Wittmann / Glock
4.    41p        Audi Sport Team Phoenix         Rockenfeller / Molina
5.    40p        Mercedes AMG STIHL                  Vietoris / Wickens
6.    23p        Mercedes AMG EURONICS/THOMAS SABO    Paffett / Mehri
7.    16p        Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline       Ekström / Green
8.    10p        Audi Sport Team Abt                 Scheider / Tambay
9.     2p        Mercedes AMG/stern                  Wehrlein / Juncadella

Manufacturer´s Championship

1.   171p        BMW
2.    67p        Audi
3.    65p        Mercedes

 

[Dino Paolini]

Complete domination by BMW cleaning out the top 3 places
Could have had a top 5 cleanout if they had put the softer compound on instead.

Awesome performance by MTEK, being a new team and snatching 2nd and 3rd.

Could have also been only a top 2, if Wittmann would have got a penalty for pushing Mortara into the anti-cut curbs that got him a puncture

There were also some horrible pit-stops for the Abt Audi-Team today which you really can't afford anymore imo
But it's great to see Rockenfeller coming back from far behind today, as he's the only non BMW with a fighting chance for the title atm

 

[Hampus Andersson]

I think the contact caused the puncture rather then the off track but yea i was awaiting a penalty there too.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

All the remaining DTM races (+ live stream details) are now added to our calendar http://www.racedepartment.com/calendar/

 

[Nero Sehovic]

All the remaining DTM races (+ live stream details) are now added to our calendar http://www.racedepartment.com/calendar/

I didn't know there is such a part of the site here : Thnx !!

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Calendar, has always been a part of the forums and website, see the navigation bar above

 

[Hampus Andersson]

BMW´s not very quick here, what a contrast compared to Spielberg..

 

[Ryan Mark Smith]

I'm supporting Glock this season, has been unlucky so far, especially at Hockenheim when his wheel fell off, and was very quiet at Brands Hatch, currently watching Spielberg now, catching up.

 

[Dino Paolini]

Awesome race today! Rocki is the master on soft-tires

1) Paffett, 2) Rockenfeller, 3) Vietoris

Also first points for Juncadella and Spengler flipping off Ekström on the s/f line^^

I think will Audi will clearly work for Rocki now the rest of the season, just like they did 2 years ago with Tomczyk.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Well that was a weird race. I had no idea where anyone was until they all crossed the finish line.
Turns out that even after everyone had crossed the line it still wasn´t clear who came out on top.

Ekström´s win taken away from him, and gets fined 1,000 EUR for not putting on the wheel while in parce ferme.
Paffet and Mortara gets a 2 race-ban and 5-place grid penalties for what i assume is the next race.

 

[Jay Ekkel]

A close up of the water incident in parc ferme

 

[Hampus Andersson]

That´s the type of thing you see in movies

Looks like the right choice from the stewards.

 

[Nero Sehovic]

Weird to see such actions on such a high level of racing...

 

[Ryan Mark Smith]

Tricky circuit. Paffet had a very good race until the crash(es).

 

[the_sigman]

As I have read, ''Watergate shocks DTM''

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Seems strategy this season is a bit of a hit and miss in some circuits.
One wrong move and you´ll be fighting to get into the top 10.
And vice versa, the right call for a backmarker could end up being a podium at the end of the day.

Hopefully we get at least one strong driver from each brand throughout the season.
I guess right now that would be Spengler, Paffett and Rockenfeller.

 

[Kevin Ascher]

Paffet and Mortara gets a 2 race-ban and 5-place grid penalties for what i assume is the next race.

They are on probation and will only receive a 5-place grid penalty in case that they disobye the rules again.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

They are on probation and will only receive a 5-place grid penalty in case that they disobye the rules again.

And the race ban?

 

[Kevin Ascher]

This is the official DTM.com statement:

Edoardo Mortara (Audi) und Gary Paffett (Mercedes-Benz) sind für ihre Kollisionen in der Schlussphase des 5. DTM-Saisonlaufes auf dem Norisring in Nürnberg mit Strafen belegt worden, die allerdings für zwei Rennen auf Bewährung ausgesetzt wurden.
Die Rennkommissare verhängten jeweils einen Abzug von fünf Startplätzen gegen die beiden Piloten, die in Nürnberg zweimal miteinander kollidiert und danach beide ausgeschieden waren. Die Strafe tritt aber nur in Kraft, wenn sich einer der Fahrer innerhalb der Bewährungsfrist einen weiteren Regelverstoß begeht.

My translation: Edoardo Mortara (Audi) and Gary Paffett (Mercedes-Benz) have been given penalties for their collisions in the end of the 5th round of this year's season at the Norisring in Nürnberg. Those penalties, though are set out on probation.
The stewards issued a 5-place grid penalty to both of the drivers who had collided twice in Nürnberg before their DNF's. The penalties will only come into effect when one of the drivers violates the rules within the two-race-probation.