23rd October, 2011
Jamie Green wins DTM finale at Hockenheim
DTM
Hockenheim. Jamie Green (Mercedes-Benz) is the winner of the DTM season finale at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg. The Brit dominantly won the 38 lap race after having taken the lead right after the start already. Second place in the final round of the season went to the newly-crowned DTM champion Martin Tomczyk (Audi). At the finish, the German was 7.620 seconds down on the winner. Miguel Molina (Audi) rounded out the podium at Hockenheim after securing his maiden podium finish in third place. Behind Mike Rockenfeller (Audi) and Gary Paffett (Mercedes-Benz), Mattias Ekström (Audi) crossed the finish line in sixth place. Thus, the Swede secured himself runner-up spot. Timo Scheider (Audi) ended up seventh from Oliver Jarvis (Audi). A full press release with quotes will follow shortly.
The race in detail
Air temperature: 11.6 °C
Asphalt temperature: 19.4 °C sunny
Spectators during the race weekend: 120,000
Start Green takes the lead, Tomczyk overtakes Molina for second. Rockenfeller is fourth. Wolff stalls.
Lap 1 Jarvis and Ekström past Spengler in the battle for seventh coming out of the hairpin. Jarvis is now seventh, Ekström is eighth, Spengler ninth.
Lap 2 Order: Green is leading from Tomczyk, Moilina, Rockenfeller, Scheider, Paffett, Jarvis, Ekström, Spengler and Albuquerque.
Lap 3 Drive-through penalty for Rahel Frey because of jumping the start.
Lap 4 Ekström overtakes Jarvis under braking for the hairpin and is now seventh. Scheider puts Rockenfeller under pressure in the battle for fourth.
Lap 5 Frey into the pits for her penalty.
Lap 8 Scheider keeps the pressure on Rockenfeller for fourth.
Lap 10 Rockenfeller, Paffett, Albquerque, Vietoris, Coulthard into the pits.
Lap 11 Scheider, Spengler, Van der Zande, Engel into the pits. Vietoris has a puncture on the right front wheel.
Lap 12 Tomczyk, Ekström, Jarvis, Schumacher, Wolff into the pits.
Lap 13 Green into the pits.
Lap 16 Mortara into the pits.
Lap 17 Scheider into the pits. Warning for Green because of driving on the working lane in the pit lane.
Lap 18 Paffett into the pits.
Lap 19 Molina, Rockenfeller, Schumacher, Mortara, Wolff into the pits.
Lap 20 Wolff under investigation for unsafe release after her pit stop. Van der Zande into the pits.
Lap 21 Frey into the pits for her first pitstop. Coulthard makes his second stop.
Lap 22 Albuquerque, Engel into the pits.
Lap 24 Jarvis, Spengler into the pits.
Lap 25 Tomczyk, Ekström into the pits. Wolff gets a drive-through penalty due to unsafe release.
Lap 26 Green into the pits. Wolff into the pits for her penalty.
Lap 27 Jarvis gets a warning for leaving the track.
Lap 28 Molina into the pits. Ekström overtakes Scheider for sixth.
Lap 32 Order after all pit stops: Green is leading from Tomczyk, Molina, Rockenfeller, Paffett, Ekström, Scheider, Jarvis, Spengler, Albuquerque, Schumacher, Van der Zande, Mortara, Engel, Wolff, Frey and Coulthard.
Lap 38 Final lap of the season.
Finish Jamie Green wins from Tomczyk, Molina, Rockenfeller, Paffett, Ekström, Scheider, Jarvis, Spengler, Albuquerque, Schumacher, Van der Zande, Mortara, Engel, Wolff, Frey and Coulthard.
