Audi driver Mattias Ekström has lost his victory in the fifth DTM round at the Norisring. After the Swede illegitimately had water poured into the pockets of his race suit in parc fermé in Nuremberg on his 35th birthday, he was excluded from the race by the stewards because of an infringement of the parc fermé rules. As a result, victory went to Mercedes-Benz driver Robert Wickens from Canada, who scored his maiden DTM race win and brought the brand from Stuttgart its eleventh consecutive success at the Norisring.

Christian Vietoris and Daniel Juncadella (both Mercedes-Benz) were promoted to second and third place respectively. Points’ leader Mike Rockenfeller (Audi) was classified fifth and now has a margin of two points from Bruno Spengler (BMW), who finished fifth in Nuremberg.

Ekström’s Team Audi Sport Abt Sportsline has announced its intention to appeal and has two days to back this up in writing. The amended result remains provisional until the appeal has been decided upon. Moreover, Ekström was given a 1,000 euros fine because he failed to attach the steering wheel properly after getting out of his car in parc fermé.

Amended Results - 83 laps:

1. Driver                           Team/Car                 Time/Gap
    1.  Robert Wickens      HWA Mercedes        1h12m17.344s
    2.  Christian Vietoris    HWA Mercedes         +3.636s
    3.  Daniel Juncadella    Mucke Mercedes       +4.393s
    4.  Mike Rockenfeller   Phoenix Audi             +5.765s
    5.  Bruno Spengler      Schnitzer BMW          +14.437s
    6.  Roberto Merhi        HWA Mercedes         +15.948s
    7.  Joey Hand              RBM BMW                +28.552s
    8.  Andy Priaulx           RMG BMW               +32.263s
    9.  Marco Wittmann     MTEK BMW             +32.949s
   10.  Dirk Werner          Schnitzer BMW         +37.780s
   11.  Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi           +40.029s
   12.  Timo Glock            MTEK BMW            +40.221s
   13.  Miguel Molina        Phoenix Audi           +41.922s
   14.  Adrien Tambay      Abt Audi                  +51.445s
   15.  Augusto Farfus      RBM BMW              +1 lap
   16.  Edoardo Mortara    Rosberg Audi          +2 laps
   17.  Gary Paffett           HWA Mercedes       +2 laps
   18.  Jamie Green          Abt Audi                  +18 laps
   19.  Pascal Wehrlein     Mucke Mercedes     +18 laps

Retirements:
Mattias Ekstrom     Abt Audi              DQ
Martin Tomczyk     RMG BMW           11 laps
Timo Scheider       Abt Audi              0 laps

Photos: DTM