BMW Wins 2012 DTM! Spengler Win at Hockenheim Earns BMW Triple Championship!

southlight · 10-21-2012, 08:26 AM

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BMW Wins 2012 DTM! Spengler Win at Hockenheim Earns BMW Triple Championship!

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We're reporting to you live from Hockenheim where we just witnessed the incredible! Starting from third position today at Hockenheim, Bruno Spengler has just won the last DTM race of the season, which gives BMW a triple championship in its first year back to the DTM race series after a 20 year absence! Congrats to Spengler and BMW!!

Below are this year's final results for the Driver, Team, and Manufacturer titles, as well as an account of the race, via Autosport.

Race Recap

The key to the Canadian's race was a great getaway from third on the grid as he passed the slow-starting Paffett to slot in behind polesitter Augusto Farfus.

While Paffett dropped from second to fourth, Spengler was gifted the lead by fellow BMW man Farfus at the Mercedes Arena on the opening lap.

HWA driver Paffett climbed to third when Mattias Ekstrom - who had already hit Joey Hand at Turn 1 - pushed the American and himself wide at the Spitzkehre.

The Briton then passed Farfus during the first round of pitstops to climb to second, escaping censure from the race officials despite being initially investigated for an unsafe release from his pit stall that resulted in him and his rival running side-by-side momentarily.

Paffett put Spengler under immense pressure following the second stops, trimming his deficit from 4.1 seconds to 2.0s within just five laps and then continuing to close until he was within 1.1s of the black BMW.

He could get no closer though and was unable to prevent Spengler from taking his fourth win of 2012 and securing the championship by just four points.

Farfus was a comfortable third in his RBM-run M3 while Jamie Green, the third driver to start the race with a chance of the title, drove superbly to climb from ninth to fourth during the race. His highlight was an excellent move on Hand's RMG BMW at the Spitzkehre during the opening stint.

Dirk Werner made it two Schnitzer cars inside the top five. He passed Edoardo Mortara and Hand at the first round of stops and gained a further spot when Ekstrom retired with a loose right-front wheel.

Mortara was sixth, less than a second ahead of the BMW of the impressive Andy Priaulx, Hand, Ralf Schumacher and Christian Vietoris.

David Coulthard retired from his final DTM race after being spun by Timo Scheider at the Mercedes Arena. The Audi man was given a drive-through penalty for causing the collision.

Adrien Tambay and Mike Rockenfeller both retired early on, each Audi driver a victim of contact, while Miguel Molina's race ended when he slid into the Sachs Kurve gravel at mid-distance.

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BMW_Belgier · 10-21-2012, 08:53 AM

This is so exceting

GO BRUNO !!!!!!!

speedfan · 10-21-2012, 08:58 AM

the Live Streams link doesn't work

BMW_Belgier · 10-21-2012, 09:12 AM

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Timujin · 10-21-2012, 09:15 AM

Very cool.

comar1979 · 10-21-2012, 09:17 AM

Congratz to BMW!! Drivers & Constructor Title!!!!

Elsabor67 · 10-21-2012, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by comar1979

Congratz to BMW!! Drives & Constructor Title!!!!

DOUBLE JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cs4444 · 10-21-2012, 09:23 AM

BMW #1. Congratulations on winning both titles on your rookie year! ///M Power.

E91_E88_E21 · 10-21-2012, 09:31 AM

champion congratulations to the team bmw with all persons

Dackelone · 10-21-2012, 09:39 AM

What a race! Congrats BMW. And on the BMW Welt's fifth year anniversary too!

Amleto63 · 10-21-2012, 09:44 AM

Yeahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Very proud being a bimmer!

nemex12 · 10-21-2012, 09:47 AM

congrats to bmw!!!!! winner on their first year as a returning team

Uli_HH · 10-21-2012, 09:48 AM

Congrats !!!

- 40 Years M-GmbH

- 5 Years BMW World

- All 3(!) titles in the DTM 2012 - Drivers / Team / Constuctors

Who to f*** is Mercedes-Benz !!!

aussiem3 · 10-21-2012, 09:49 AM

What a return to DTM. Well Done ///Sport. It justifies the decision to pull out of F1 and enter DTM.

southlight · 10-21-2012, 10:11 AM

What an incredible race and weekend! Big congrats to BMW Motorsport, Team Schnitzer and Bruno! Stay tuned for more photos.

Best regards,
south

Bols · 10-21-2012, 10:28 AM

YEESSSSS, congrats BMW! What a comeback and finale!!

bmw1racer · 10-21-2012, 10:52 AM

Congrats to Team BMW!!

bmw1racer · 10-21-2012, 10:57 AM

From crash.net:

Spengler wins, takes DTM title

Bruno Spengler wins at Hockenheim and becomes the 2012 DTM champion; Gary Paffett, who led the standings prior to the finale, has to settle for the runners-up spot, both in the race and in the standings; Pole sitter Augusto Farfus completes the podium...

1. Bruno Spengler BMW Team Schnitzer BMW Bank M3 DTM 1hour 07mins 59.069secs 42 laps
2. Gary Paffett THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé +2.214s
3. Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM Castrol EDGE BMW M3 DTM +11.954s
4. Jamie Green Mercedes AMG C-Coupé +23.479s
5. Dirk Werner BMW Team Schnitzer E-POSTBRIEF BMW M3 DTM +25.384s
6. Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Rosberg Playboy Audi A5 DTM +41.701s
7. Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM Crowne Plaza Hotels BMW M3 DTM +42.265s
8. Joey Hand BMW Team RMG SAMSUNG BMW M3 DTM +42.843s
9. Ralf Schumacher Mercedes AMG C-Coupé +43.878s
10. Christian Vietoris Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG C-Coupé +45.138s
11. Filipe Albuquerque Audi Sport Team Rosberg TV Movie Audi A5 DTM +58.232s
12. Timo Scheider Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline AUTO TEST Audi A5 DTM +1m 14.020s
13. Susie Wolff TV SPIELFILM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé +1m 35.931s
14. Martin Tomczyk BMW Team RMG BMW M Performance Zubehör M3 DTM +1 lap
15. Roberto Merhi Junge Sterne Mercedes AMG C-Coupé +1 lap
16. Rahel Frey Audi Sport Team Abt E-POSTBRIEF Audi A5 DTM +1 lap

Rtd. Miguel Molina Audi Sport Team Phoenix Red Bull Audi A5 DTM 25 laps completed
Rtd. David Coulthard DHL Paket Mercedes AMG 23 laps completed
Rtd. Robert Wickens stern Mercedes AMG C-Coupé 20 laps completed
Rtd. Mattias Ekström Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Red Bull Audi A5 DTM 11 laps completed
Rtd. Mike Rockenfeller Audi Sport Team Phoenix Schaeffler Audi A5 DTM 2 laps completed
Rtd. Adrien Tambay Audi Sport Team Abt Audi ultra A5 DTM 1 lap completed

positiveions · 10-21-2012, 11:50 AM

yeah baby.

Steinegal · 10-21-2012, 12:26 PM

Congrats BMW

will we get a special champion edition line-up of cars now?

GrumpyBimmerFan · 10-21-2012, 12:27 PM

Start of the race!

W/// · 10-21-2012, 12:29 PM

///M Power!!!

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