September 20th, 2009
Timo Scheider leads 1-2-3 for Audi in Barcelona
DTM
Montmel?. Reigning DTM champion Timo Scheider (Audi) has won the eighth DTM season round at the Circuit de Catalunya. After 59 laps at the 2.977 kilometres long circuit, the German drove his Audi A4 DTM across the finish line in first place. The success for Audi in Spain was completed by his team-mates Tom Kristensen and Martin Tomczyk, who finished second and third. With his second win of the season, Scheider was able to extend his points? lead in the drivers? standings. Gary Paffett (Mercedes-Benz) finished fourth with his AMG Mercedes C-Class. Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz), Mattias EKstr?m (Audi), Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-Benz) and Alexandre Pr?mat (Audi) completed the points-scoring positions in fifth to eighth place. An extensive press release will follow shortly.
The race in detail
Specators during the weekend: 30,500
Air temperature: 27.7 ?C
Asphalt temperature: 33.3 ?C
14:00 hrs Formation lap. Pit stop window lap 15 till lap 44.
Start Kristensen takes the lead, Scheider alongside him.
Lap 1 Scheider has the better exit of the first corner and takes the lead from Kristensen and Di Resta, then Tomczyk and Paffett. Ekstr?m has lost sixth place to Pr?mat.
Lap 2 A three seconds' pit stop penalty is given to Mike Rockenfeller.
Lap 5 Timo Scheider has a margin of 2.2 seconds over Kristensen. Green and Stoddart tangle in the battle for 15th.
Lap 6 Ralf Schumacher has moved up from 20th to 14th place.
Lap 9 Di Resta runs wide, briefly off the track, but continues.
Lap 12 Schumacher puts Winkelhock under pressure for 13th.
Lap 13 Scheider's lead over Kristensen is already 3.5 seconds. Another 2.9 seconds down is Di Resta in third place, who has Tomczyk right behind him.
Lap 14 Di Resta, Paffett, Pr?mat, Lauda are the first drivers to come in for their pit stops.
Lap 15 Jarvis into the pits.
Lap 16 Green has overtaken Schumacher in the battle for tenth. Engel, Winkelhock, Legge, Bakkerud into the pits.
Lap 17 Kostka into the pits.
Lap 18 Kristensen, Tomczyk intro the pits.
Lap 19 Tomczyk rejoins ahead of Di Resta. Scheider, Rockenfeller into the pits.
Lap 20 Stoddart into the pits.
Lap 22 Spengler, Seidlitz into the pits.
Lap 23 Di Resta, Green into the pits. For Di Resta, it is his second stop already.
Lap 24 Ekstr?m, Paffett into the pits.
Lap 25 Schumacher, Lauda into the pits.
Lap 26 All drivers having made (at least) one pit stop, Scheider is leading from Kristensen, Tomczyk, Ekstr?m, Spengler, Pr?mat and Engel. Jarvis into the pits for his second stop.
Lap 27 Pr?mat into the pits.
Lap 28 Schumacher and Winkelhock battle for 12th place, Legge is pushed around by Stoddart, but continues. Engel, Legge into the pits. Legge retires.
Lap 29 Winkelhock into the pits after tangling with Green - retires. Paffett ad Di Resta battle for sixth, Paffett has an advantage under braking and gets past. Stoddart under investigation.
Lap 30 A three seconds' pit stop penalty for Jamie Green for causing an avoidable collision.
Lap 33 Scheider, Schumacher into the pits.
Lap 34 Drive-through penalty for Susie Stoddart for pushing another car. Spengler, Green into the pits.
Lap 36 Kristensen into the pits.
Lap 37 Stoddart into the pits for her drive-through. Rockenfeller into the pits.
Lap 38 Stoddart into the pits for her second stop. Tomczyk, Seidlitz also into the pits.
Lap 39 Warning for Mike Rockenfeller because of leaving the track.
Lap 40 Rockenfeller attacks Lauda for 11th. Bakkerud into the pits.
Lap 41 Ekstr?m and Kostka are the only drivers still having to make their second stops. Spengler attacks sixth-placed Di Resta. Kostka comes into the pits at the end of the lap.
Lap 43 Spengler outbrakes Di Resta before the first corner and takes over sixth place. Ekstr?m comes in for his second stop. Seidlitz also into the pits.
Lap 44 Ekstr?m rejoins just behind Paffett.
Lap 44 Ekstr?m rejoins just behind Paffett.
Lap 45 After the pit stops, Scheider is leading from Kristensen, Tomczyk, Paffett, Ekstr?m, Spengler, Di Resta, Pr?mat, Jarvis and Engel.
Lap 46 Ekstr?m right on the back of Paffett's car.
Lap 47 In the first corner, Ekstr?m hits the rear of Paffett's car as the Briton tries to defend his position.
Lap 48 Warning for Ekstr?m because of pushing another car.
Lap 49 Paffett locks up under braking as Ekstr?m keeps him under pressure.
Lap 50 Spengler has closed up to Ekstr?m as the Swede is locked up behind Paffett.
Lap 55 Scheider has a comfortable lead over Kristensen, but the battle between Paffett, Ekstr?m and Spengler is still going on.
Lap 57 Slight contact between Spengler and Ekstr?m.
Lap 58 Ekstr?m pulls up alongside Paffett, but Spengler benefits and gets past. Ekstr?m is now sixth. Warning for Spengler because of pushing another car.
Lap 59 Finish. Scheider wins from Kristensen, Tomczyk, Paffett, Spengler, Ekstr?m, Di Resta, Pr?mat, Jarvis and Engel.
