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Hakkinen takes fortunate win

By Glenn Freeman Sunday, July 15th 2007, 16:54 GMT


Mika Hakkinen has taken a shock win from 15th on the grid in the DTM race at Mugello.

The Finn took advantage of some good fortune with the safety car to take the lead, as he was the only driver to make his second pit stop before the safety car was deployed.

Hakkinen has had good results ruined by the safety car twice this year, but for once it worked in his favour.

The former Formula One world champion then had to withstand significant pressure from pole-sitter Mattias Ekstrom for the final 15 laps, as the Audi driver ran within half a second of the leader all the way to the flag.

Ekstrom had led the race early on, and were it not for Hakkinen's good fortune he would have taken a comfortable victory.

Paul di Resta had showed good pace in the early stages of the race to work his way up the order, and he even passed the 2007-specification Mercedes of reigning champion Bernd Schneider as he moved into the points.

The Persson Motorsport driver then took advantage of problems for several other frontrunners to emerge in third position after the second pit stop, but he was not quite able to keep up with the top two.

Di Resta was under no pressure from behind though, as Bruno Spengler held up a train of cars all the way to the finish.

Daniel la Rosa never mounted a serious challenge, while Mike Rockenfeller put a late move on Alexandre Premat to snatch sixth place at the end.

Tom Kristensen recovered from a disastrous pit stop to score the final point, although the Dane had run in third position in the early laps.

Of the other Audis that started at the front of the grid, Martin Tomczyk had a pit stop problem and then spun shortly after the restart, while Timo Scheider was punted off on the first lap after making a poor start.

The results move Ekstrom into a clear championship lead ahead of Bernd Schneider who failed to score, while Spengler and di Resta are now tied for third ahead of Hakkinen.

Classified:

Pos Driver Car Time
1. Mika Hakkinen Mercedes 1h03:10.117
2. Mattias Ekstrom Audi + 0.371
3. Paul Di Resta Mercedes + 3.198
4. Bruno Spengler Mercedes + 8.722
5. Daniel La Rosa Mercedes + 9.420
6. Mike Rockenfeller Audi + 10.073
7. Alexandre Premat Audi + 11.975
8. Tom Kristensen Audi + 12.251
9. Markus Winkelhock Audi + 16.558
10. Susie Stoddart Mercedes + 22.144
11. Bernd Schneider Mercedes + 26.877
12. Mathias Lauda Mercedes + 7 laps

Not classified:

Driver Car Laps
Martin Tomczyk Audi 16
Gary Paffett Mercedes 16
Christian Abt Audi 16
Alex Margaritis Mercedes 12
Vanina Ickx Audi 4
Jamie Green Mercedes 3
Lucas Luhr Audi 1
Timo Scheider Audi 0

[frentzen]

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Saludos a todo el foro

Edited by - frentzen on 09/07/2007 15:20:05