From DTM.com
Mattias Ekström used the rain to his advantage Sunday in Hockenheim, pulling clear from all his rivals aboard his Audi RS 5 to claim the 20th race win of his career. Fellow Audi driver Edoardo Mortara finished second after a controlled race, just ahead of Gary Paffett. The Brit drove a splendid race with his Mercedes-AMG C 63 to finish third, although he had started from the penultimate starting grid position.
“I had fun from lights to flag,” race winner Ekström said. “Driving in the rain is highly demanding. In conditions like these, experience certainly helps and after all, I am the oldest driver in the entire field.”
After two of 18 races, Audi driver Mortara is leading the drivers’ standings with 30 points. His victory allowed Ekström to move up into second place, equal on points with Green, the winner of the opening race. They both have 25 points as the Brit didn’t score any points on Sunday. The second DTM race weekend of the 2015 DTM season is scheduled at Lausitzring, May 29-31. Results* – Race 2 (Hockenheim) 1 - Mattias Ekstrom (Audi RS5) - Abt - 35 laps 1.02'43"856 2 - Edoardo Mortara (Audi RS5) - Abt - 7"361 3 - Gary Paffett (Mercedes C63) - ART - 8"171 4 - Martin Tomczyk (BMW M4) - Schnitzer - 18"785 5 - Marco Wittmann (BMW M4) - RMG - 28"929 6 - Mike Rockenfeller (Audi RS5) - Phoenix - 29"819 7 - Robert Wickens (Mercedes C63) - HWA - 30"678 8 - Pascal Wehrlein (Mercedes C63) - HWA - 34"085 9 - Bruno Spengler (BMW M4) - MTEK - 38"929 10 - Timo Glock (BMW M4) - MTEK - 39"812 11 - Christian Vietoris (Mercedes C63) - HWA - 42"630 12 - Timo Scheider (Audi RS5) - Phoenix - 46"180 13 - Jamie Green (Audi RS5) - Rosberg - 48"527 14 - Maxime Martin (BMW M4) - RMG - 49"838 15 - Daniel Juncadella (Mercedes C63) - Mucke - 50"379 16 - Maximilian Goetz (Mercedes C63) - Mucke - 53"207 17 - Tom Blomqvist (BMW M4) - RBM - 1'06"932 18 - Miguel Molina (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'11"439 19 - Nico Muller (Audi RS5) - Rosberg - 1'12"182 20 - Antonio Felix Da Costa (BMW M4) - Schnitzer - 1'21"578 21 - Augusto Farfus (BMW M4) - RBM - 1'24"372 22 - Paul Di Resta (Mercedes C63) - HWA - 1'34"157 Fastest lap of the race: 1'35"766 by Timo Scheider
Retirements Adrien Tambay DNS Lucas Auer Championship 1.Mortara 30; 2.Ekstrom, Green 25; 4.Wehrlein 22; 5.Rockenfeller 18; 6.Di Resta, Paffett 15; 8.Tomczyk, Wittmann 12; 10.Muller 8. *Unofficial results
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