DTM: Farfus wins at Zandvoort, Rockenfeller is DTM Champion
Mike Rockenfeller is 2013 DTM Champion. The Audi driver only needed to finish the penultimate round of the season at Zandvoort, the Netherlands, in second place behind his last remaining rival for the title, Augusto Farfus (BMW). The victory is thus of no use to the Brazilian with respect to the fact that Rockenfeller, before the finale at Hockenheim three weeks from now, already has a 26-point advantage, which puts him out of reach.
After 44 laps in front of 41,000 spectators (throughout the weekend) on the dune circuit on the North Sea Coast, Farfus in his BMW M3 DTM had a 1.603-second advantage over Rockenfeller in the Audi RS 5 DTM. On the podium as well and a valuable ‘escort’ for Rockenfeller was Timo Scheider. For ‘Rocky’s’ brand colleague, this marked the first podium finish in 2013.
Fourth place was claimed by Mattias Ekström (also Audi); the best driver of a Mercedes-Benz was Gary Paffett in ninth place. The grand DTM finale will be held at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg from October 18 to 20. All of the three premium manufacturers committed in the DTM, Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, rely on clutch high tech from ZF Friedrichshafen AG.
Results, Zandvoort (NL), round 9, DTM, Sep 27-Sep 29, 2013:
1. Augusto Farfus, BMW, 1h 13m 26.294s, ZF
2. Mike Rockenfeller, Audi, + 1.603s, ZF
3. Timo Scheider, Audi, + 2.149s, ZF
4. Mattias Ekström, Audi, + 3.383s, ZF
5. Marco Wittmann, BMW, + 3.652s, ZF
6. Adrien Tambay, Audi, + 3.834s, ZF
7. Joey Hand, BMW, + 4.444s, ZF
8. Filipe Albuquerque, Audi, + 5.060s, ZF
9. Gary Paffett, Mercedes-Benz, + 6.795s, ZF
10. Miguel Molina, Audi, + 7.023s, ZF
Drivers’ standings:
1. M. Rockenfeller, 142 points; 2. A. Farfus, 116; 3. C. Vietoris, 71; 4. R. Wickens, 70; 5. G. Paffett and B. Spengler, 67 each; 7. M. Ekström, 56; 8. M. Wittmann, 49; 9. T. Scheider, 37; 10. J. Green, 35.
Manufacturers’ standings:
1. Audi, 325 points; 2. BMW, 317; 3. Mercedes-Benz, 239.
Other results:
Results, Zandvoort (NL), round 8, Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, Sep 27–Sep 29, 2013:
Race 1
1. Christian Engelhart, Porsche, 17hrs 04m 04.940s, ZF
2. Robert Lukas, Porsche, + 0.263s, ZF
3. Philipp Eng, Porsche, + 7.786s, ZF
4. Connor de Phillippi, Porsche, + 7.855s, ZF
5. Christopher Zoechling, Porsche, + 8.066s, ZF
6. Pieter Schothorst, Porsche, + 8.332s, ZF
7. Bas Schothorst, Porsche, + 9.877s, ZF
8. Fabien Thuner, Porsche, + 15.617s, ZF
9. Sean Johnston, Porsche, + 16.185s, ZF
10. Luca Stolz, Porsche, + 17.302s, ZF
Race 2
1. Jaap van Lagen, Porsche, 34m 20.251s, ZF
2. Nicki Thiim, Porsche, + 0.845s, ZF
3. Philipp Eng, Porsche, + 1.442s, ZF
4. Christian Engelhart, Porsche, + 4.877s, ZF
5. Jeroen Mul, Porsche, + 5.738s, ZF
6. Sean Edwards, Porsche, + 8.566s, ZF
7. Bas Schothorst, Porsche, + 14.071s, ZF
8. Connor de Phillippi, Porsche, + 14.731s, ZF
9. Kévin Estre, Porsche, + 14.944s, ZF
10. Pieter Schothorst, Porsche, + 15.433s, ZF
Drivers’ standings:
1. K. Estre, 211 points; 2. C. Engelhart, 201; 3. N. Thiim, 187; 4. S. Edwards, 162; 5. N. Siedler, 151; 6. P. Eng, 142; 7. J. van Lagen, 135; 8. R. Lukas, 124; 9. C. de Phillippi, 110; 10. J. Schmidt, 88.