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Twenty-nine-year old Augusto Farfus ran a clever race successfully used the technical novelties option tires and DRS and was the first to take the chequered flag from his fellow BMW driver Dirk Werner and Christian Vietoris (Mercedes-Benz) at the opening round of the DTM at the Hockenheimring.
Dirk Werner showed an incredible recovery. From 20th place on the starting grid, the 31-year old from Hanover moved up through the ranks to finish second.
Christian Vietoris finished third in his DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé.
After starting from pole position, two-time DTM champion Timo Scheider (Audi) missed out on the tactically right moment for a pit stop during a safety car intervention in the first part of the race and thus lost valuable positions.
At the end, he still made his way up to finish sixth behind Briton Gary Paffett (Mercedes-Benz, fourth) and reigning DTM champion, Canadian Bruno Spengler (BMW, fifth).
Dirk Werner showed an incredible recovery. From 20th place on the starting grid, the 31-year old from Hanover moved up through the ranks to finish second.
Christian Vietoris finished third in his DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé.
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| Photos: DTM.com |
After starting from pole position, two-time DTM champion Timo Scheider (Audi) missed out on the tactically right moment for a pit stop during a safety car intervention in the first part of the race and thus lost valuable positions.
At the end, he still made his way up to finish sixth behind Briton Gary Paffett (Mercedes-Benz, fourth) and reigning DTM champion, Canadian Bruno Spengler (BMW, fifth).