Kent’s Gary Paffett got his DTM season off to just the right start by taking a win at Hockenheim on Sunday.

Over 142,000 spectators were at the track over the course of the weekend as the 31 year old from Bromley took the honours following a three way battle between Audi, BMW and Mercedes Benz.

Paffett battled hard to secure his 18th race win in DTM, beating fellow English driver Jamie Green by almost five seconds and following the race he was ecstatic with his victory:

“Last year was really bad for me. Nevertheless, I didn’t lose my self-confidence. Great, the way it has started now. At the start, I managed to stay out of traffic and the duel with Jamie was really fair.”

Mattias Ekström (Audi) completed the podium in third place. Behind Christian Vietoris (Mercedes-Benz) and Mike Rockenfeller (Audi) in fourth and fifth place, Andy Priaulx ended up sixth as the best-placed BMW driver in the DTM comeback.