By alley - Jun 26, 2016, 9:01 AM ET

DTM: Muller beats Blomqvist to secure first win

Abt Audi driver Nico Muller held off BMW's Tom Blomqvist to win the second DTM race of the weekend at the Norisring street circuit.

Having started from third on the grid, Muller passed former Formula 1 driver Paul di Resta on the opening lap and kept within a second of polesitter Blomqvist through the opening part of the race.

Muller stayed out until the end of the pitstop window before changing tires, with some quick in-laps helping him return to the track ahead of Blomqvist and into the net lead of the race.

Once the final drivers to pit had done so, Muller soon established a comfortable advantage over the chasing BMW, only for it to be wiped out by a late safety car for debris following several on-track incidents.

Muller got a good jump on Blomqvist and crossed the line to claim his first win in the DTM and become the seventh different winner of 2016, as well as giving Audi its second victory of the weekend at the Norisring.

Maxime Martin came from sixth to third after a feisty performance, completing the podium. Di Resta took the checkered flag fourth, ahead of Lucas Auer and Marco Wittmann.

Bruno Spengler and race one winner Edoardo Morta were next up, with Timo Glock and Martin Tomczyk coming from the back of the grid and benefiting from incidents up ahead to finish ninth and 10th.

Robert Wickens bounced back from a puncture to finish 11th, with Maximilian Gotz and Esteban Ocon next up.

Christian Vietoris dropped back to 15th thanks to a drive-through penalty for contact with Antonio Felix da Costa, while Timo Scheider and Mike Rockenfeller lost ground following contact late in the race and trailed the field home.

Da Costa and Daniel Juncadella collided at Turn 2 in the closing stages, with both drivers retiring due to damage, as did Adrien Tambay, Gary Paffett and Jamie Green.

Mattias Ekstrom was quickest in qualifying but a three-place grid penalty for a crash in race one meant he lined up fourth. His race only lasted one lap before he retired following contact with di Resta.

RESULTS - 72 LAPS:

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Gap
1	Nico Muller	Abt	Audi	1h01m03.139s
2	Tom Blomqvist	RBM	BMW	0.670s
3	Maxime Martin	RBM	BMW	1.543s
4	Paul Di Resta	HWA	Mercedes	4.701s
5	Lucas Auer	Mucke	Mercedes	4.950s
6	Marco Wittmann	RMG	BMW	5.197s
7	Bruno Spengler	MTEK	BMW	5.907s
8	Edoardo Mortara	Abt	Audi	6.228s
9	Timo Glock	RMG	BMW	6.981s
10	Martin Tomczyk	Schnitzer	BMW	7.224s
11	Robert Wickens	HWA	Mercedes	10.510s
12	Maximilian Gotz	HWA	Mercedes	10.906s
13	Esteban Ocon	ART	Mercedes	11.543s
14	Miguel Molina	Abt	Audi	13.013s
15	Christian Vietoris	Mucke	Mercedes	14.094s
16	Timo Scheider	Phoenix	Audi	20.885s
17	Mike Rockenfeller	Phoenix	Audi	2 Laps
18	Adrien Tambay	Rosberg	Audi	4 Laps
19	Daniel Juncadella	HWA	Mercedes	9 Laps
20	Antonio Felix da Costa	Schnitzer	BMW	9 Laps
21	Gary Paffett	ART	Mercedes	13 Laps
22	Jamie Green	Rosberg	Audi	14 Laps
-	Mattias Ekstrom	Abt	Audi	Retirement
-	Augusto Farfus	MTEK	BMW	Retirement

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Marco Wittmann	0.075
2	Edoardo Mortara	0.073
3	Paul Di Resta	0.07
4	Jamie Green	0.063
5	Maxime Martin	0.062
6	Robert Wickens	0.058
7	Nico Muller	0.052
8	Tom Blomqvist	0.052
9	Mattias Ekstrom	0.046
10	Lucas Auer	0.041
11	Timo Glock	0.04
12	Augusto Farfus	0.032
13	Bruno Spengler	0.028
14	Christian Vietoris	0.027
15	Miguel Molina	0.026
16	Gary Paffett	0.022
17	Martin Tomczyk	0.013
18	Adrien Tambay	0.01
19	Antonio Felix da Costa	0.008
20	Mike Rockenfeller	0.005
21	Maximilian Gotz	0.004
22	Timo Scheider	0.001
23	Daniel Juncadella	0
24	Esteban Ocon	0