Norisring DTM: Robert Wickens maintains Mercedes' run in race two

With its second win of the weekend, and seven of its eight cars inside the top nine, Mercedes remains unbeaten at the street circuit since 2003.

Wickens started third but slotted into second off the line, between polesitter Bruno Spengler's BMW and stablemate Christian Vietoris.

A quarter of the way into the race, Mercedes took control.

Wickens sliced down the inside of Spengler at Turn 1 to take the lead.

Vietoris then passed Spengler at the chicane, while Lucas Auer and Audi's Mattias Ekstrom also got past Spengler, who dropped from first to fifth in the space of a single lap.

From there, Wickens kept Vietoris half-a-second behind until the mandatory pitstops, and gained more breathing room through a quicker stop.

He managed the lead at around two seconds, before romping home to win his first race of the season by 7.2s, including setting the fastest lap of the race on his penultimate tour.

"It's amazing," Wickens, who finished second on Saturday, said.

"I love this circuit, love Nurnberg, and for some reason I'm quick here.

"It's a good thing I'm with Mercedes, we definitely have the best car here, which definitely makes my life easier."

Vietoris took second, while Spengler eventually claimed BMW's first podium of the season.

He spent most of the race behind Ekstrom, but forced his way past at Turn 1 inside the final minute.

Saturday victor Pascal Wehrlein was fifth ahead Paul di Resta, while Gary Paffett, Daniel Juncadella and Lucas Auer completed Mercedes' top-nine rout.

In scoring his first DTM points, Auer passed Maxime Martin on the final lap, while Jamie Green ran ahead of the pair before sustaining a puncture through contact from Martin when he was passed by the Belgian at Turn 1.

The championship leader was eventually classified 19th, while Maximilian Gotz hitting the rear of Timo Glock's BMW at the first corner accounted for the pair, Augusto Farfus and Mike Rockenfeller.

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