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DTM - Norisring: Mortara fourth, Tambay fifth, Wehrlein sixth, Wittmann seventh, Hand eighth and Rockenfeller ninth, with a lapped Scheider completing the points. Top of the two-stoppers is Paffett in 12th.
DTM - Norisring: Green second, 23.9s adrift, with Ekstrom third - let's hope none of the Swede's relatives pour any water on him after the race this time.
Checkered flag
DTM - Norisring: Wickens wins. We'll just have a cup of coffee while we wait for the rest.
DTM - Norisring: Wehrlein comes back at his aggressor Tambay for fifth, and just fails to get him at Turn 1.
DTM - Norisring: Wickens is now coasting, 23s ahead of Green. He could probably get into a Merc A-class for the final three minutes and still win this.
DTM - Norisring: Vietoris has stopped at the exit of the final turn. Looks as though the right-rear wheel came loose. Green now second from Ekstrom, Mortara and Tambay.
DTM - Norisring: Looks like Molina's pulled in to retire. He's the second to drop out, after Tomczyk.
DTM - Norisring: The replay shows why. That was a pretty ungentlemanly shove from Tambay on Wehrlein at Turn 1.
DTM - Norisring: OK, that scrap for fifth has resolved itself with Mortara leapfrogging to fifth from Tambay, and a delayed Wehrlein is seventh.
DTM - Norisring: Series leader Wittmann is in a massive scrap for eighth, behind Hand and Rockenfeller and in front of Scheider.
DTM - Norisring: Just to rub salt into the wounds, Wickens sets fastest lap. He leads by 18.3s.
DTM - Norisring: Highest battle now is Wehrlein holding off Tambay for fifth, as Mortara bears down on both of them.
DTM - Norisring: There's a succession of fastest laps coming now, with times only two seconds off a decent qualifying pace. Wickens has taken a little bit of time to build up the speed some others are showing, but then he didn't need to push it.
DTM - Norisring: So here's the order. Wickens leads by 15s from Vietoris, who jumped Green at the stops. Ekstrom is fourth from Wehrlein, Tambay, Mortara, Hand. Rockenfeller and Spengler.
DTM - Norisring: Paffett has taken a punt from Tomczyk at Turn 1 and is back in the pits. This is a disaster for the Brit.
DTM - Norisring: Good stop for Wickens, not that it was really needed. He could have got out of the car and had a beer, such was his lead.
DTM - Norisring: Mortara stops, which means only leader Wickens has yet to pit. Meanwhile, di Resta is another of the early stoppers to pit again. That gamble failed to pay off, as slicks are needed.
DTM - Norisring: Now it's Vietoris and Ekstrom in the pits. And it seems that the tyre of choice is the slick...
DTM - Norisring: Now it's getting serious, as Green, Wehrlein, Tambay and Hand all pit.
DTM - Norisring: Wittmann, Scheider and Juncadella all pit, while Farfus has been in for a second time.
DTM - Norisring: Rockenfeller is next to pit. Let's see if this set of tyres allows him to find the elusive Turn 1 apex.
DTM - Norisring: Very close scrap for 16th now between stoppers Spengler, Farfus, Tomczyk and di Resta. But they are headed by fellow stoppers Paffett and Martin.
DTM - Norisring: Spengler now pits from 10th - just as well as he had Scheider and Rockenfeller breathing down his neck.
DTM - Norisring: Mortara has gone down the inside of Hand to take seventh at Turn 1.
DTM - Norisring: Wickens's Mercedes is now more than 10 seconds clear of the Audi of Green, who runs wide at Turn 1. Meanwhile, Martin pits from seventh.
DTM - Norisring: Tambay passes Martin for sixth into Turn 1. Both run so wide they're almost in Ingolstadt before they turn in.
DTM - Norisring: We're past halfway now, so will we see the leaders stop soon? Or are they going to try and stay out as long as possible, in case it's dry enough for the soft option slicks?
DTM - Norisring: Martin runs wide at the final hairpin and Ekstrom gets the run for fifth down the start-finish straight.
DTM - Norisring: Ekstrom has been lapping quickly in his Audi, and is all over Martin's BMW for fifth.
DTM - Norisring: Vietoris has passed Wehrlein for third and has just set an incredibly fast lap time. It doesn't seem to be raining now, so have Mercedes given him a drier set-up than the others?
DTM - Norisring: Glock, who was heading a massive fight for 12th, spins at Turn 1 and is just avoided by Scheider and Rockenfeller.
DTM - Norisring: Here's a recap then. It's Wickens, Green, Wehrlein, Vietoris, Martin, Ekstrom, Tambay, Hand, Wittmann and Spengler.
DTM - Norisring: He does, by a comfortable margin.
DTM - Norisring: Paffett comes into the pits from fifth. Let's see if he can emerge ahead of leading stopper Farfus.
DTM - Norisring: Vietoris makes a very easy pass on Paffett into the Dutzendteich hairpin for fourth, the Brit moving over nicely for his Merc team-mate.
DTM - Norisring: At the front, Wickens has the hammer down and some schnellste runden have stretched his advantage over Green to 4.7s. Wehrlein a further 14s back.
DTM - Norisring: In the battle of those who have pitted, Farfus has passed Tomczyk for the 'lead'. The replay shows Paffett's loss of third was caused by running wide at Turn 1.
DTM - Norisring: Vietoris is on the leaders' pace, and is hauling in Mercedes team-mate Paffett for fourth.
DTM - Norisring: Meanwhile, Ekstrom snatches eighth from Wittmann at the Dutzendteich hairpin. And the fight for 22nd continues with Petrov and Muller serving drive-through penalties for not respecting blue flags.
DTM - Norisring: Wehrein has taken third place. The TV missed it, but looking at sector times it was probably in Turn 1.
By: Dan Cross, Matt Beer, Marcus Simmons, Glenn Freeman, Andrew van Leeuwen, Sam Smith, Kevin Turner, David Evans, Mark Glendenning, Charles Bradley, AUTOSPORT staff
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