Martin Tomczyk delivered a fine performance at a rain-soaked Brands Hatch to win the race and retake the standings lead.
Polesitter Mike Rockenfeller made a decent start to retain the lead, while Mattias Ekstrom flew from fifth on the grid around the outside of Paddock Hill Bend to take second place from Gary Paffett.
Tomczyk had fallen from third on the grid to fifth at the start, but when Edoardo Mortara passed Paffett ahead of him, Tomczyk followed the Italian through into fourth and then passed Mortara for third.
Tomczyk went on to take second from Ekstrom at Clearways before passing Rockenfeller at the same point to take the lead on lap ten. Ekstrom passed Rockenfeller for second a few laps later and chased after Tomczyk but the German held on to win when the race hit its time limit after 88 laps of the Indy circuit.
Mortara followed Ekstrom passed Rockenfeller to take third place and he held on to take his maiden podium finish in the DTM, completing a 1-2-3 finish for Audi.
Rockenfeller continued to fall backwards and was spun around by Ralf Schumacher at Surtees. As Paffett and Schumacher took fourth and fifth places as the top Mercedes drivers, Rockenfeller held onto sixth place under pressure from Bruno Spengler.
Jamie Green recovered to finish eighth after a couple of dramas. He fell back from fourth on the grid with a poor start and then ran wide through the gravel at Paddock Hill before spinning at Clearways and slipping back to 12th. He claimed the final point though after taking eighth from Oliver Jarvis at the end.
Tomczyk's victory moves him one point ahead of Spengler, while a non-score for Timo Scheider leaves the two-time champion 21 points adrift in third place. Three rounds remain, with the next race being at Oschersleben in two weeks' time.
Race results – 88 laps:
| Pos. | Driver / Entrant / Car | Time/Gap |
| 1. | Martin Tomczyk Audi Sport Team Phoenix Schaeffler Audi A4 DTM |
1:15:37.956 |
| 2. | Mattias Ekström Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Red Bull Audi A4 DTM |
02.023 |
| 3. | Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Rosberg Playboy Audi A4 DTM |
11.723 |
| 4. | Gary Paffett Thomas Sabo AMG Mercedes Thomas Sabo AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
14.136 |
| 5. | Ralf Schumacher Salzgitter AMG Mercedes Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
20.395 |
| 6. | Mike Rockenfeller Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline E-POSTBRIEF Audi A4 DTM |
36.087 |
| 7. | Bruno Spengler Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG C-Klasse |
38.586 |
| 8. | Jamie Green AMG Mercedes AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
42.698 |
| 9. | Oliver Jarvis Audi Sport Team Abt Audi Sport performance cars A4 DTM |
46.941 |
| 10. | Maro Engel GQ AMG Mercedes GQ AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
48.473 |
| 11. | Filipe Albuquerque Audi Sport Team Rosberg TV Movie Audi A4 DTM |
+1 lap |
| 12. | David Coulthard Deutsche Post AMG Mercedes Deutsche Post AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
+1 lap |
| 13. | Christian Vietoris Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
+1 lap |
| 14. | Susie Stoddart TV Spielfilm AMG Mercedes TV Spielfilm AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
+1 lap |
| 15. | Renger van der Zande stern AMG Mercedes stern AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
+1 lap |
| 16. | Timo Scheider Audi Sport Team Abt AUTO TEST Audi A4 DTM |
+3 laps |
| 17. | Rahel Frey Audi Sport Team Phoenix Glamour Audi A4 DTM |
+20 laps |
| Ret | Miguel Molina Audi Sport Team Abt Junior Red Bull Audi A4 DTM |
8 laps |
Drivers' standings after 7 of 10 rounds:
1. Martin Tomczyk, 50pts
2. Bruno Spengler, 49
3. Timo Scheider, 29
4. Mattias Ekstrom, 29
5. Jamie Green, 25
6. Mike Rockenfeller, 23
