28th November, 2010
Paffett wins DTM finale - Di Resta is the new champion
DTM
Shanghai. Mercedes-Benz had two reasons to celebrate after the DTM finale in the Chinese metropolis of Shanghai: Gary Paffett and Paul Di Resta scored a 1-2 for the brand from Stuttgart in the eleventh round of the season and for the Scot, finishing second behind race winner Paffett was enough to clinch the 2010 DTM championship title. After 49 laps at the 2.465 kilometres long street circuit, Timo Scheider (Audi) finished third. The remaining point-scoring positions were occupied by Martin Tomczyk (Audi), Miguel Molina (Audi), Jamie Green (Mercedes-Benz), Markus Winkelhock (Audi) and David Coulthard (Mercedes-Benz). For former F1 driver Coulthard, eighth place is the best result in his maiden season in the DTM. A full press release with quotes will follow shortly.
Race in detail
Spectators during the race weekend: 19,500
Air temperature: 17.5 °C
Asphalt temperature: 19.7 °C
Before the start The first three laps will be completed behind the safety car. On lap four, there will be yellow flags until the third corner.
Start Start behind the safety car
Lap 1 Completed without any incidents.
Lap 3 Safety car comes in at the end of this lap.
Lap 4 Green flag from exit Turn 3. Di Resta is leading from Paffett, Green, Scheider, Winkelhock, Coulthard, Molina, Tomczyk, Ekström and Jarvis.
Lap 5 Spengler has already overtaken Cheng and Engel and is now 15th.
Lap 8 Scheider attacks Green for third.
Lap 15 Scheider, Tomczyk, Spengler into the pits for their first mandatory pit stop.
Lap 17 Molina overtakes Coulthard and is now fifth.
Lap 18 Di Resta into the pits.
Lap 19 Jarvis, Stoddart, Rockenfeller, Legge into the pits.
Lap 20 Spengler into the pits for his second stop, Coulthard also into the pits.
Lap 21 Winkelhock, Rockenfeller into the pits.
Lap 22 Green, Schumacher into the pits. Tomczyk overtakes Winkelhock for tenth place.
Lap 23 Engel, Stoddart into the pits. Spengler under investigation.
Lap 24 Paffett into the pits.
Lap 25 Paffett rejoins ahead of Di Resta. Molina, Ekström and Cheng have yet to make a pit stop. Stoddart and Tomczyk side by side. Winkelhock into the pits.
Lap 26 Tomczyk overtakes Stoddart. Engel into the pits.
Lap 27 Jarvis into the pits.
Lap 28 Ekström, Paffett into the pits.
Lap 29 Cheng into the pits.
Lap 30 Molina is leading, but he has yet to make a pit stop. Green and Tomczyk into the pits.
Lap 33 Tomczyk overtakes Green. Cheng gets a five seconds' pit stop penalty for having used the working lane at his pit exit. Di Resta and Scheider into the pits.
Lap 34 Di Resta rejoins behind Paffett.
Lap 39 Molina into the pits for the first time.
Lap 40 Coulthard comes in for his second stop.
Lap 43 Cheng into the pits for his second stop and the subsequent penalty. Molina, Legge also into the pits.
Lap 44 Ekström, Schumacher into the pits.
Lap 45 Jarvis overtakes Ekström. Jarvis has a problem - slows down and drives into the pit lane.
Lap 46 All drivers having completed their pit stops, Paffett is leading from Di Resta, Scheider, Tomczyk, Molina, Green, Winkelhock, Ekström, Coulthard, Schumacher. Jarvis goes out again after his pit stop.
Lap 50 Rockefeller and Stoddart spin at the first corner. Red flag with 6:44 minutes remaining. No restart, 75 percent finished.
Finish Paffett has won from Di Resta, Scheider, Tomczyk, Molina, Green, Winkelhock, Coulthard, Ekström, Schumacher, Stoddart, Rockenfeller, Spengler, Legge, Cheng, Engel and Jarvis. Paul Di Resta is the 2010 DTM champion!
