Farfus wins at Zandvoort – Rockenfeller is the new DTM champion
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| Farfus jumps to an early lead |
The battle has been decided: in the ninth round of the 2013 DTM season at Zandvoort in The Netherlands, Mike Rockenfeller claimed an early championship title. In the penultimate round of the season at the dune circuit on the North Sea coast, second place for the 29-year old was enough.
Thus, prior to the DTM finale at Hockenheim, he is leading the drivers’ standings beyond reach for Augusto Farfus (BMW), for whom even victory at Zandvoort wasn’t enough. For the Brazilian, it was his third win of the year. Timo Scheider (Audi) scored his best result of the season in third place. In ninth position, Gary Paffett was the best-placed Mercedes-Benz driver.
Rockenfeller said afterwards, "I need a few minutes to myself now in order to realize the success. It was a long race, and it had a bit of spice due to the start. After overtaking Marco Wittmann, I briefly dreamed of victory when I closed the gap to Augusto (Farfus). But I was having difficulties on the standard tire. I was happy that Timo (Scheider) was behind me and covered the rear for me."
Results – 44 laps:
| Pos | Driver | Team/Car | Time/Behind |
| 1. | Augusto Farfus (BR) | RBM BMW | 1h13m26.294s |
| 2. | Mike Rockenfeller (D) | Phoenix Audi | +1.603s |
| 3. | Timo Scheider (D) | Abt Audi | +2.149s |
| 4. | Mattias Ekstrom (S) | Abt Audi | +3.383s |
| 5. | Marco Wittmann (D) | MTEK BMW | +3.652s |
| 6. | Adrien Tambay (F) | Abt Audi | +3.834s |
| 7. | Joey Hand (USA) | RBM BMW | +4.444s |
| 8. | Filipe Albuquerque (P) | Rosberg Audi | +5.060s |
| 9. | Gary Paffett (GB) | HWA Mercedes | +6.795s |
| 10. | Miguel Molina (E) | Phoenix Audi | +7.023s |
| 11. | Martin Tomczyk (D) | RMG BMW | +7.397s |
| 12. | Pascal Wehrlein (D) | Mucke Mercedes | +7.415s |
| 13. | Jamie Green (GB) | Abt Audi | +8.068s |
| 14. | Edoardo Mortara (I) | Rosberg Audi | +9.992s |
| 15. | Christian Vietoris (D) | HWA Mercedes | +10.596s |
| 16. | Robert Wickens (CDN) | HWA Mercedes | +11.117s |
| 17. | Daniel Juncadella (E) | Mucke Mercedes | +11.558s |
| 18. | Timo Glock (D) | MTEK BMW | +12.043s |
| 19. | Andy Priaulx (GB) | RMG BMW | +12.890s |
| 20. | Bruno Spengler (CDN) | Schnitzer BMW | +21.301s |
| DNF | Dirk Werner (D) | Schnitzer BMW | 37 laps |
| DNF | Roberto Merhi (E) | HWA Mercedes | 1 lap |
Points: 1. Rockenfeller 142 – 2. Farfus 116 – 3. Vietoris 71 – 4. Wickens 70 – 5. Spengler 67 – 6. Paffett 67
Pieter Slinger reporting from Zandvoort