Kent’s Gary Paffett will have to wait to try and win the DTM title after failing to finish this weekend in Spain.

The Championship will be decided in the season finale at Hockenheim after Bromley’s Paffett failed to register any points after he was involved in a collision on the opening lap at Valencia, incurred a time penalty later on and finally parked his car in the pits on lap 27.

Despite failing to finish this weekend, Paffett still remains competitive: “We are still in the lead of the championship. Here, we had a bad weekend, but at Hockenheim, we will be quick and fight for victory.”

Prior to the Hockenheim season finale, Paffett is leading with 127 points from Bruno Spengler (124) and Jamie Green (109).

Norbert Haug, head of motorsport Mercedes-Benz: “Gary had a good start and already had made up several places. In the collision, his car was significantly damaged and there was no point in carrying on.”

“It is the first time this season that Gary hasn’t scored any points. The finale at Hockenheim in three weeks’ time will be thrilling and Gary still has all the chances.”

Augusto Farfus had his name written in the DTM history books by becoming the first Brazilian race winner with his BMW M3 DTM. He finished ahead of Adrien Tambay and Mattias Ekström (both Audi), who ended up second and third.

The DTM finale takes place at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg from October 19th till 21st.