2012 DTM Season

Hampus Andersson · May 27, 2012

29.04. Hockenheim
06.05. Lausitzring
20.05. Brands Hatch
03.06. Red Bull Ring
01.07. Norisring
15.07. München*
19.08. Nürburgring
26.08. Zandvoort
16.09. Oschersleben
30.09. Valencia
21.10. Hockenheim

Circuit Length: 4.326km

Amount of laps: 47
Lap Record: 1.26.298 - Bruno Spengler - 2011
Pit Stop Window: Lap 12-36

Winners of Red Bull Ring
2001 - Bernd Schneider
2002 - Marcel Fässler
2003 - Marcel Fässler
2011 - Martin Tomczyk

Standings WDC

68p - Gary Paffet
43p - Bruno Spengler
35p - Mattias Ekström
34p - Jamie Green
25p - Mike Rockenfeller
20p - Christian Vietoris
18p - Martin Tomczyk
15p - Augusto Farfus
_8p - Andy Priaulx
_8p - Timo Scheider

Standings WCC

133p - Mercedes
_86p - Audi
_84p - BMW

http://www.dtm.com/en/Races/Standings.html

Hampus Andersson · May 27, 2012

Should be one hell of a race. Some good straights for some drafting should provide some entertainment in itself.

There´s so much at stake in this championship for the manufacturers it´s crazy

Lars Brugman · May 28, 2012

Hampus Andersson · Jun 2, 2012

Code:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car          Time      Gap
1.  Mike Rockenfeller  Phoenix Audi      1m27.271s
2.  Dirk Werner        Schnitzer BMW    1m27.453s  + 0.182s
3.  Gary Paffett        HWA Mercedes      1m27.475s  + 0.204s
4.  Timo Scheider      Abt Audi          1m27.480s  + 0.209s
5.  Martin Tomczyk      RMG BMW          1m27.579s  + 0.308s
6.  Filipe Albuquerque  Rosberg Audi      1m27.613s  + 0.342s
7.  Roberto Merhi      Persson Mercedes  1m27.696s  + 0.425s
8.  Mattias Ekstrom    Abt Audi          1m27.724s  + 0.453s
9.  Adrien Tambay      Abt Audi          1m27.758s  + 0.487s
10.  Jamie Green        HWA Mercedes      1m27.761s  + 0.490s
11.  Augusto Farfus      RBM BMW          1m27.781s  + 0.510s
12.  Susie Wolff        Persson Mercedes  1m27.815s  + 0.544s
13.  Andy Priaulx        RBM BMW          1m27.851s  + 0.580s
14.  David Coulthard    Mucke Mercedes    1m28.000s  + 0.729s
15.  Edoardo Mortara    Rosberg Audi      1m28.022s  + 0.751s
16.  Christian Vietoris  HWA Mercedes      1m28.080s  + 0.809s
17.  Miguel Molina      Phoenix Audi      1m28.191s  + 0.920s
18.  Bruno Spengler      Schnitzer BMW    1m28.221s  + 0.950s
19.  Ralf Schumacher    HWA Mercedes      1m28.274s  + 1.003s
20.  Rahel Frey          Abt Audi          1m28.329s  + 1.058s
21.  Joey Hand          RMG BMW          1m28.612s  + 1.341s
22.  Robert Wickens      Mucke Mercedes    1m28.689s  + 1.418s

Practice 1 results,

Dino Paolini · Jun 2, 2012

Qualifying:

1) Mortara (Audi)
2) Paffett (Mercedes)
3) Ekström (Audi)
4) Tomczyk (BMW)
5) Hand (BMW)
6) Spengler (BMW)
7) Green (Mercedes)
8) Albuquerque (Audi)
9) Werner (BMW)
10) Schumacher (Mercedes)

Massively tight again! Ask Scheider or Priaulx where you stand when you're not at your best in this super competitive field

Go Audi!

p.s. Coulthard managed to actually drive slower then both women, respect

Hampus Andersson · Jun 2, 2012

Should be an interesting race tomorrow!

Bram Hengeveld · Jun 3, 2012

Really looking forward to it again. Surprising Audi driver on pole.

Victor Ivanov · Jun 3, 2012

Gogo Gary!

Dino Paolini · Jun 3, 2012

Epic race! Enough action for an entire season

If you're unsure about following DTM, please watch this race

First ever win for Mortara, with a borderline legal defensive move against Paffett and a 3way fight for the win at one point.
+ Scheider screaming at teamradio calling Farfus names like "blind chicken" and "A-hole" among other things^^

Results:
1) Mortara (Audi)
2) Tomczyk (BMW)
3) Paffett (Mercedes)
4) Ekström (Audi)
5) Green (Mercedes)
6) Scheider (Audi)
7) Rockenfeller (Audi)
8) Albuquerque (Audi)
9) Hand (BMW)
10) Farfus (BMW)

Victor Ivanov · Jun 3, 2012

Incredible race! I couldn't find 1 minute to go to the restroom

I'm kinda disappointed from Mortara's move against Paffett because that damaged his car and he couldn't fight for the win anymore. Of course this was incredible performance from the yound Edo and I'm very happy for his first victory. I feel a bit strange since the DTM championship started. I find it more interesting than F1... Strange.

Thilo Falkenberg · Jun 3, 2012

Dino Paolini said:
Epic race! Enough action for an entire season

The race was good. Now there is first of all the summer break for UEFA EURO 2012. Norisring will also be good, because it was good in the last few years. So was Spielberg. The two best tracks on the calendar I think.

Ross Balfour · Jun 3, 2012

Great race, nice fight between the top 5, and then for 6th with Albequerque, Hand etc. all driving really well, first time I have properly followed the DTM in ages!

Hampus Andersson · Jun 4, 2012

Awesome race!
Tomczyk with his fighting spirit made sure he was going to get on the podium one way or another

Mortara drove one hell of a race and that bloody Paffett just collecting points after points..

Hand is steadily improving every race, starting to figure out how to race these guys as well

David Jundt · Jun 5, 2012

Loved it, especially the first ten laps. Scheider was awesome, swearing live on TV

The ARD commentators are sometimes a bit dense when it comes to noticing things. Didn't notice when Molina was so clever to push RSC wide. He lost 4 positions flat.

Bram Hengeveld · Jun 7, 2012

Bram Hengeveld · Jun 7, 2012

Bram Hengeveld · Jun 7, 2012

Hampus Andersson · Jun 26, 2012

Interesting to note that the race pace of the cars this year was a second faster then last year on Lausitzring. But 0.7 down on last year at RB-ring.

More mechanical grip but less aero.

Hampus Andersson · Jul 1, 2012

Great Qualifying, Mercedes looks super strong here as well as in most other places.

Definitely seems to have the widest operating window in terms of track layouts and just driveability.