Ralf Schumacher had a decent premiere in the DTM: he ended 14h in his maiden DTM race.
Ralf Schumacher (Trilux AMG Mercedes C-Class 2007), 14th: “My start could have been better, but then I had a reasonable first DTM race. Our strategy was good and our team did a great job. I enjoyed my first DTM weekend a lot and I am quite happy with my premiere. Now we will see what will happen in Oschersleben next weekend. I look forward to it.”
Mercedes-Benz motorsport director Norbert Haug: Ralf Schumacher has done well in his first race. He wasn’t the slowest driver with a year-old car by far and his performance is decent. I am especially happy with the fact that we have seen a new Ralf here at Hockenheim.”
| Pos. |
Nr. |
Driver |
Team |
Auto |
Car year |
Gap |
Laps |
| 1 |
1 |
M. Ekström |
Abt |
Audi |
2008 |
- |
2 |
| 2 |
10 |
T. Scheider |
Abt |
Audi |
2008 |
0.824 |
2 |
| 3 |
9 |
T. Kristensen |
Abt |
Audi |
2008 |
19.604 |
2 |
| 4 |
3 |
B. Spengler |
HWA |
Mercedes |
2008 |
20.872 |
2 |
| 5 |
2 |
M. Tomczyk |
Abt |
Audi |
2008 |
21.269 |
2 |
| 6 |
5 |
J. Green |
HWA |
Mercedes |
2008 |
33.019 |
2 |
| 7 |
7 |
G. Paffett |
Persson |
Mercedes |
2007 |
33.956 |
2 |
| 8 |
6 |
B. Schneider |
HWA |
Mercedes |
2008 |
34.726 |
2 |
| 9 |
15 |
O. Jarvis |
Phoenix |
Audi |
2007 |
40.270 |
2 |
| 10 |
18 |
M. Rockenfeller |
Rosberg |
Audi |
2007 |
41.798 |
2 |
| 11 |
14 |
A. Prémat |
Phoenix |
Audi |
2007 |
46.339 |
2 |
| 12 |
19 |
M. Winkelhock |
Rosberg |
Audi |
2007 |
46.950 |
2 |
| 13 |
4 |
P. di Resta |
HWA |
Mercedes |
2008 |
47.867 |
2 |
| 14 |
11 |
R. Schumacher |
Mücke |
Mercedes |
2007 |
49.873 |
2 |
| 15 |
8 |
M. Lauda |
Persson |
Mercedes |
2007 |
56.308 |
2 |
| 16 |
16 |
S. Stoddart |
Persson |
Mercedes |
2007 |
1:03.824 |
2 |
| 17 |
12 |
M. Engel |
Mücke |
Mercedes |
2007 |
1:05.161 |
2 |
| 18 |
20 |
K. Legge |
TME |
Audi |
2006 |
1:33.669 |
2 |
| 19 |
21 |
C. Albers |
TME |
Audi |
2006 |
|
2 |
