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july 15, 2018 - Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

DTM - Race 2 - Gary Paffett and Paul Di Resta take podiums in second race at Zandvoort

At the half-way point in the season, Mercedes-AMG Motorsport have just secured five out of the six podium finishes possible in the two #DTM races at #Zandvoort.

  • Gary Paffett (Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS) in second place took his second podium finish of the weekend – his sixth at #Zandvoort and the 44th of his #DTM career
  • Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-AMG Motorsport REMUS) also claimed a podium for the second time this weekend – his third of the season and the 34th of his #DTM career
  • Five Mercedes-AMG C 63 #DTM in the Top Ten: Pascal Wehrlein (Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS) finishes sixth, Edoardo Mortara (SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport) is eighth and Lucas Auer (SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport) ninth
  • Gary Paffett (148 points) leads the drivers' standings from #pauldiresta (121 points) after the five race weekends held so far. Mercedes-AMG Motosport head both the team (213 points) and the constructors' standings (547 points).
  • Gary Paffett: “I’m really happy – that was an almost perfect weekend for me. Two pole positions, a win and a second place – you can hardly ask for more.“
  • Ulrich Fritz: “All in all, the #Zandvoort weekend has been fantastic for us. Yesterday, we monopolised the Top Four, and today we had a double podium. What’s more, we’ve been able to consolidate our lead in all three championships at this halfway point in the season.”

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport head home from #Zandvoort after having taken five out of six possible podium finishes from the weekend that marks the mid-point in the 2018 #DTM season. Following the success in locking out the podium and securing the top four positions on Saturday, the team achieved two podiums in Sunday’s tenth race of the season. British driver #garypaffett (Mercedes-AMG Motorsport PETRONAS) followed up his 23rd #DTM victory on Saturday with a P2 finish today. This is the sixth time that he’s claimed a podium at #Zandvoort and brings his total haul of finishes in the Top Three in the #DTM to 44. He took pole position for the second time this weekend, increasing his number of pole positions in the #DTM to 15. As a result, a Mercedes-AMG C 63 #DTM was on pole for the start of the tenth race of the season for the eighth time this year. Also, the team have won at least one race at all five race weekends held so far this year.

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