Bromley’s Gary Paffett came home in an impressive fourth place in Sunday’s DTM in Norisring to retain his Championship lead.

On the opening lap, the weather conditions caused a mass collision, in which several cars were turned around, including the Paffett’s car.

The 31-year old dropped back to 20th place, but with strategically well-planned pit stops and a faultless race, he was able to make his way back up to finish fourth.

Paffett remains in the lead of the drivers’ standings with 95 points from James Green (69) and Bruno Spengler (58).

Green crowned a great recovery with his first season win and mastered the constantly changing weather conditions.

With three laps remaining, the 30-year old was still in third place. After that, he first overtook Canadian BMW driver Bruno Spengler and then caught reigning DTM champion Martin Tomczyk (BMW) to claim his fourth race win in Nuremberg in five years

For his employer Mercedes-Benz, it was the tenth consecutive victory at Norisring. “I am so proud of my success. The race was hard, but I felt really well in the car. On the last ten laps, my tyres built up an immense amount of grip and that enabled me to win”, said an overjoyed Green.

Tomczyk, who took the chequered flag in second place only 0.687 seconds behind Green, said after the race: “It is quite annoying when you are leading the race for 75 laps, but still don’t win. But with Bruno and myself, there were two BMW drivers on the podium, which is a great performance.” His fellow BMW driver Spengler rounded out the podium after finishing third.