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maggio 22, 2017 - BMW Motorsport

Martin and Wittmann in the points at the Lausitzring in Sunday’s race – Blomqvist starts from front row for BMW.

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Lausitzring. At the Lausitzring (GER), Maxime Martin (BEL) completed his 50th DTM race - and the 70th race for BMW Motorsport since the 2012 comeback - in eighth place. One day after his fourth-place finish in the third race of the season, he claimed four more points for the Drivers’ Championship on Sunday in his SAMSUNG BMW M4 #dtm. #dtm champion #marcowittmann (GER) marked his 60th DTM start by finishing ninth in the Red Bull BMW M4 #dtm. Tom Blomqvist (GBR) had performed well in qualifying to start from second place in the BMW Driving Experience M4 #dtm but received a five-second pit-stop penalty after a jump start and dropped out of the points. A total of 67,500 spectators attended the Motorsport Festival in the Lausitz region .

 

Qualifying:
Tom Blomqvist just missed out on the second pole position of his #dtm career. He recorded a time of 1:16.323 minutes in his BMW Driving Experience M4 #dtm to lead the standings until just before the end of the session, when Robert Wickens (CAN, Mercedes) bettered his performance. However, second place on the grid is the best result of the season for Blomqvist and he was rewarded with two points in the Drivers’ Championship. After finishing fourth in Saturday’s race, Maxime Martin also performed well on Sunday, qualifying in fifth position in his SAMSUNG BMW M4 #dtm. Augusto Farfus (BRA, Shell BMW M4 DTM) and #marcowittmann also made it into the top 10, claiming ninth and tenth places respectively. Bruno Spengler (CAN, BMW Bank M4 DTM) and Timo Glock (GER, DEUTSCHE POST BMW M4 DTM) were close behind in twelfth and 13th positions.

 

The race:

Tom Blomqvist started from the front row and was able to defend his second place in the early stages. However, he was punished for a jump start with a five-second pit-stop penalty that dropped him out of the points and couldn’t progress further than 17th place. The race went better for Maxime Martin, who scored more points in the Drivers’ Championship by finishing eighth. #marcowittmann also made it into the top ten, finishing ninth after a late pit stop. Augusto Farfus, Timo Glock and Bruno Spengler crossed the line in 14th, 15th and 16th positions.