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DTM Hockenheim: Ex-F1 racer Paul di Resta takes dominant win

Paul di Resta scored his first DTM win in six years at Hockenheim with a dominant performance in race two of the 2016 season on Sunday

The Mercedes driver made a strong start from pole and maintained a steady gap to Gary Paffett, until the Englishman was given a drive through penalty for an unsafe release in the pits.

From there, di Resta had a simple task as he drove away from Timo Glock to take the victory and move to the top of the drivers' standings.

Glock claimed second in a strong race for BMW, which also had Augustus Farfus in third and Maxime Martin in fourth.

The safety car was deployed almost immediately after the start following a three-way crash between Esteban Ocon, Jamie Green and Bruno Spengler.

At the re-start Paffett, who started third, made his way past Farfus to take second but he struggled to reel in di Resta.

However, it looked like Paffett would take the lead when di Resta had a slow stop due to a right-front tyre issue, but the Scotsman just about held on as Paffett struggled in traffic.

Minutes later, Paffett's race was ruined as he was penalised for an unsafe release, allowing di Resta to drive away from the scrapping Farfus and Glock.

Paffett emerged in 11th after his penalty and then charged back through the field to claim fifth, crossing the line just behind the BMWs that trailed di Resta.

Nico Muller was the highest finishing Audi in ninth, in a race where the manufacturer's cars carried an extra 10kg.

Muller's Audi team-mate, race one winner Edoardo Mortara, was caught up in the three-way first-lap crash and was knocked down to 21st, although he battled back to 12th.

Mattias Ekstrom, who won in the World Rallycross Championship this weekend, couldn't complete a magnificent double as he retired due to car damage.

RESULTS - 37 LAPS:

Pos Driver Car Gap
1 Paul Di Resta Mercedes 1h01m42.654s
2 Augusto Farfus BMW 13.905s
3 Maxime Martin BMW 14.493s
4 Gary Paffett Mercedes 15.055s
5 Robert Wickens Mercedes 19.377s
6 Tom Blomqvist BMW 21.690s
7 Nico Muller Audi 22.220s
8 Marco Wittmann BMW 23.790s
9 Martin Tomczyk BMW 24.454s
10 Mike Rockenfeller Audi 31.303s
11 Edoardo Mortara Audi 50.053s
12 Maximilian Gotz Mercedes 56.722s
13 Adrien Tambay Audi 1m02.408s
14 Christian Vietoris Mercedes 1m05.985s
15 Lucas Auer Mercedes 2 Laps
16 Daniel Juncadella Mercedes 8 Laps
- Timo Glock BMW Disqualified
- Miguel Molina Audi Retirement
- Timo Scheider Audi Retirement
- Mattias Ekstrom Audi Retirement
- Antonio Felix da Costa BMW Retirement
- Bruno Spengler BMW Retirement
- Esteban Ocon Mercedes Retirement
- Jamie Green Audi Retirement

CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS:

Pos Driver Points
1 Paul Di Resta 37
2 Robert Wickens 28
3 Edoardo Mortara 25
4 Nico Muller 21
5 Maxime Martin 19
6 Augusto Farfus 18
7 Gary Paffett 12
8 Christian Vietoris 10
9 Tom Blomqvist 8
10 Bruno Spengler 8
11 Antonio Felix da Costa 6
12 Marco Wittmann 4
13 Martin Tomczyk 2
14 Mattias Ekstrom 2
15 Mike Rockenfeller 1
15 Miguel Molina 1
17 Maximilian Gotz 0
18 Adrien Tambay 0
19 Lucas Auer 0
20 Jamie Green 0
21 Daniel Juncadella 0


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