 DTM results of the German Touring Car race in Germany - After starting from fourth place, after 52 laps the German Martin Tomczyk in an Audi crossed the finish line as the winner at the 3.478 kilometre long track in the fourth round of the 2011 DTM season at Lausitzring.
With his second win this season after his earlier success at Spielberg in Austria a fortnight ago, the 29 year old has taken over the lead in the title standings with 30 points.
In second place, Timo Scheider completed the 1-2 for Audi while Bruno Spengler driving fro Mercedes-Benz completed the podium at Lausitz.
In the driver standings after four rounds, the Franco-Canadian is second, one point behind Tomczyk.
Info:
Stoddart's car was pushed from the starting grid into the pit lane due to a brake problem, fluid was leaking from the front wheel brakes.
Air temperature: 19.1°C
Track temperature: 31.4°C
Attendance: 63,000
Race in detail:
- Start - Spengler is frirst from Green, Tomvzyk, Paffett. Ekström drops back.
- Lap 1 - Spengler is leading from Green, Tomczyk, Paffett, Ekström, Kristensen, Jarvis, Scheider, Molina and Albuquerque.
- Lap 2 - Jarvis past Kristensen, he is now sixth. Scheider also past Kristensen.
- Lap 3 - Under braking for the first corner, Tomczyk takes second place from Green. Jarvis past Ekström for fifth place.
- Lap 4 - Scheider overtakes Ekström under braking for the first corner and is now sixth.
- Lap 9 - Kristensen has overtaken Ekström and is now seventh.
- Lap 10 - Ekström loses another place to Molina and drops back to ninth. Mortara and Engel collide, Mortara drops back after another collision with Vietoris.
- Lap 11 - Coulthard overtakes Mortara before the first corner and takes over 13th place. Schumacher, Van der Zande also past Mortara.
- Lap 13 - Paffett is the first driver to come into the pits. Molina, Vietoris, Frey also.
- Lap 14 - Ekström, Albuquerque, Coulthard into the pits. Ekström still has the tank can on his car, drops it off while still in the pit lane.
- Lap 15 - Spengler into the pits. Ekström under investigation.
- Lap 16 - Green, Van der Zande into the pits.
- Lap 17 - Green rejoins behind Paffett. Tomczyk, Engel into the pits.
- Lap 18 - Tomczyk rejoins just ahead of Spengler.
- Lap 19 - On his first lap after the pit stop, Tomczyk pulls a gap of 1.3 seconds over Spengler. Out in front, Jarvis and Scheider are still quite fast on used tyres. Mortara into the pits.
- Lap 20 - Kristensen into the pits.
- Lap 21 - Jarvis into the pits.
- Lap 22 - Schumacher into the pits. Timo Scheider is now the only driver still to make his first stop.
- Lap 24 - Jarvis attacks Green for fifth place. Molina into the pits for his second stop.
- Lap 25 - Engel, Mortara into the pits.
- Lap 26 - Albuquerque, Vietoris, Ekström into the pits.
- Lap 27 - Van der Zande into the pits.
- Lap 28 - Coulthard into the pits.
- Lap 29 - Jarvis, Frey into the pits.
- Lap 30 - Scheider, Paffett into the pits.
- Lap 31 - Molina leaves the door open and Jarvis gets past. Kristensen into the pits.
- Lap 32 - Spengler into the pits.
- Lap 33 - Schumacher into the pits.
- Lap 34 - Tomczyk into the pits.
- Lap 35 - Penalty for Ekström: 2,000 Euros because of the tank can pitane infringement. Green, Mortara into the pits. Mortara retires.
- Lap 36 - Scheider is the only driver still to make his second stop.
- Lap 38 - Scheider into the pits.
- Lap 39 - Scheider rejoins ahead of Spengler and is second behind Tomczyk.
- Lap 40 - Order after all the pit stops: Tomczyk is leading from Scheider, Spengler, Paffett, Jarvis, Molina, Green, Kristensen, Albuquerque and Vietoris.
- Lap 41 - Green attacks Molina for sixth.
- Lap 43 - Sixth placed Molina slows down with a technical problem, he parks his car.
- Lap 52 - Final lap. Tomczyk scores his second win in a row, followed home by Scheider, Spengler, Paffett, Jarvis, Green, Kristensen, Albuquerque, Vietoris and Engel.
Race results:
| Pos. |
Nat. |
Driver |
Team |
Car |
Laps |
Time |
Gap |
| 1. |
 |
Martin Tomczyk |
Audi Sport Team Phoenix |
Schaeffler Audi A4 DTM |
52 |
1h10'52.902 |
|
| 2. |
|
Timo Scheider |
Audi Sport Team Abt |
AUTO TEST Audi A4 DTM |
52 |
1h10'58.338 |
05.436 |
| 3. |
 |
Bruno Spengler |
Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG |
Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG C-Klasse |
52 |
1h11'07.202 |
14.300 |
| 4. |
 |
Gary Paffett |
Thomas Sabo AMG Mercedes |
Thomas Sabo AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
52 |
1h11'10.506 |
17.604 |
| 5. |
|
Oliver Jarvis |
Audi Sport Team Abt |
Audi Sport performance cars A4 DTM |
52 |
1h11'11.535 |
18.633 |
| 6. |
|
Jamie Green |
AMG Mercedes |
AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
52 |
1h11'12.299 |
19.397 |
| 7. |
 |
Tom Kristensen |
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline |
E-POSTBRIEF Audi A4 DTM |
52 |
1h11'16.161 |
23.259 |
| 8. |
 |
Filipe Albuquerque |
Audi Sport Team Rosberg |
TV Movie Audi A4 DTM |
52 |
1h11'17.858 |
24.956 |
| 9. |
|
Christian Vietoris |
Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes |
Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
52 |
1h11'18.748 |
25.846 |
| 10. |
|
Maro Engel |
GQ AMG Mercedes |
GQ AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
52 |
1h11'19.576 |
26.674 |
| 11. |
 |
Mattias Ekström |
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline |
Red Bull Audi A4 DTM |
52 |
1h11'22.084 |
29.182 |
| 12. |
|
Ralf Schumacher |
Salzgitter AMG Mercedes |
Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
52 |
1h11'24.639 |
31.737 |
| 13. |
|
David Coulthard |
Deutsche Post AMG Mercedes |
Deutsche Post AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
52 |
1h11'37.406 |
44.504 |
| 14. |
 |
Renger van der Zande |
stern AMG Mercedes |
stern AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
52 |
1h11'39.858 |
46.956 |
| 15. |
 |
Rahel Frey |
Audi Sport Team Phoenix |
Glamour Audi A4 DTM |
52 |
1h11'52.641 |
59.739 |
| 16. |
 |
Miguel Molina |
Audi Sport Team Abt Junior |
Red Bull Audi A4 DTM |
42 |
57'40.470 |
10 laps |
| Not classified |
|
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Edoardo Mortara |
Audi Sport Team Rosberg |
Playboy Audi A4 DTM |
35 |
48'37.692 |
17 laps |
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