The top 10 DTM drivers of 2012
A nail-biting finish to the 2012 DTM season culminated with a sensational fight for the title between Gary Paffett and Bruno Spengler. Jamie O'Leary rates this year's field
The top 10 DTM drivers of 2012
Championship position: 2nd
Team: HWA
Starts: 10
Wins: 2
Poles: 2
Fastest laps: 2
Deserved to be champion as much as Spengler, but fell short at the final hurdle, making his only two mistakes of the year at the Hockenheim finale (starting badly and missing his markings in the pits at his second stop). To focus on the errors would be to miss the point, though. Paffett was terrific, ending up as the year's best qualifier and finishing on the podium in each of the first four races as Mercedes hit the ground running with its new C-coupe.
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