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Robert Wickens led from pole to the flag at the Norisring on Sunday (June 29) to win the fourth DTM race of the 2014 season.
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Marco Wittman led the standings going into Round 4 of the DTM championships.
The track in Nuremberg a sea of umbrellas before the race.
The weather forced the safety car to start off the race.
And Britain's Paul di Resta found the conditions difficult to deal with, here cutting up Jamie Green - the man second in the standings.
Mattias Ekstrom went into the race outside the top 10 in the standings, yet he was pushing for a big points haul. Here moving into 5th.
Winner of race 2 - Christian Vietroris - was forced to retire when nearly losing his wheel.
Yet the man of the day was someone who had won no points so far in the Championship.
Robert Wickens crossed the line in first to take the 25 points, while Green of Australia took second and Ekstrom took third.
Wittman finished in sixth, giving him a 19 point lead over nearest rival Edoardo Mortara.
Round 5 takes the Championship east to Moscow.
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Robert Wickens wins weather affected DTM Norisring
Monday, June 30 2014Category:Racing