Hockenheim Race in detail

Air temperature: 25.1 °C

Asphalt temperature: 36.7 °C

Spectators at the weekend: 78,000



Start     Tomczyk and Paffett side by side into the first corner, Paffett remains in front. Di Resta and Rockenfeller collide, but continue.

Lap 1     Prémat and Green collide. Tomczyk overtakes Paffett under braking for the hairpin and takes the lead. Ekström past Spengler at the Sachskurve.

Lap 2     Race order: Tomczyk is leading from Paffett, Green, Prémat, Ekström, Spengler, Di Resta, Jarvis, Engel and Scheider. Collision between Jarvis and Engel before the hairpin, Jarvis retires. Engel drops back to tenth.

Lap 4     Ekström closes up to fourth-placed Prémat who, in turn, is right behind Jamie Green's Mercedes. Fastest lap Martin Tomczyk: 1:34.999.

Lap 5     Ekström has overtaken Prémat and is now fourth. Fastest lap for Gary Paffett: 1:34.584.

Lap 6     Fastest lap Martin Tomczyk: 1:34.291.

Lap 7     Ekström puts Green under pressure for third place. Fastest lap Martin Tomczyk: 1:34.123.

Lap 8     Race order before the pit stop window opens: Tomczyk is leading from Paffett, Green, Ekström, Prémat, Spengler, Di Resta, Scheider, Rockenfeller and Schumacher. Fastest lap Tomczyk: 1:34.000.

Lap 9     Ekström and Winkelhock are the first driver to come in for the mandatory pit stop.

Lap 10     Spengler, Scheider, Coulthard into the pits.

Lap 11     Tomczyk spins in the first corner as a flap breaks off the left rear wheel arch of his car. Engel, Tomczyk into the pits.

Lap 12     Paffett, Molina into the pits.

Lap 13     Battle between Ekström and Stoddart. The Swede gets past at the Sachskurve. Engel into the pits - he is the first driver to come in for his second stop.

Lap 14     Prémat's car is very unstable - the left rear wheel arch is loose. Di Resta, Prémat, Legge into the pits.

Lap 15     Rockenfeller and Stoddart into the pits.

Lap 16     Schumacher, Cheng into the pits.

Lap 17     Green, who still has to come in, is leading Paffett by 16.7 seconds.

Lap 19     Prémat overtakes Coulthard for 12th.

Lap 20     Green comes in for his first pit stop.

Lap 21     Green rejoins just behind Paffett and Ekström, who take over first and second place respectively. Coulthard into the pits.

Lap 22     All drivers having completed at least one stop, Paffett is leading from Ekström, Green, Spengler, Di Resta, Scheider, Rockenfeller, Schumacher, Winkelhock and Molina.

Lap 23     Prémat attacks Stoddart for 11th place and gets past. Ekström, Stoddart into the pits.

Lap 24     Paffett, Scheider, Schumacher and Winkelhock into the pits.

Lap 25     Spengler, Cheng, Legge into the pits.

Lap 26     Di Resta, Rockenfeller, Molina into the pits.

Lap 27     Rockenfeller overtakes Scheider.

Lap 28     The pit stops of Ekström and Winkelhock at the end of lap 9 were too early and aren't being considered as mandatory pit stops. Green, Ekström, Prémat into the pits.

Lap 30     Pit stop window closed. Winkelhock hasn't come in. Ekström and Scheider side-by-side in the battle for sixth, Ekström gets past under braing for the hairpin. Tomczyk into the pits.

Lap 31     Paffett is leading from Green, Spengler, Di Resta, Rockenfeller, Ekström, Scheider, Molina, Schumacher and Winkelhock.

Lap 32     Spengler attacks Green for second and gets past.

Lap 33     The left front door of Coulthard's car is bent at the top. Tomczyk into the pits - retires.

Lap 34     Winkelhock attacks Schumacher for ninth and gets past.

Lap 35     Time penalty for Markus Winkelhock for failing to come in for his pit stop: 60 seconds.

Lap 36     Paffett's margin over Spengler is 2.2 seconds. Green is another 0.7 seconds behind, followed by Di Resta, Rockenfeller, Ekström and Scheider.

Finish     Paffett wins from Spengler, Green, Di Resta, Rockenfeller, Ekström, Scheider, Molina, Winkelhock and Schumacher.



- ITR e.V. Güray Okutan-