Paul di Resta took his first DTM victory of the season on home soil at Brands Hatch on Sunday.

The Mercedes driver led throughout the race, but he did have to survive two late restarts, which wiped out his lead of more than six seconds back to Timo Scheider.

While Katherine Legge was between the top two on the first restart, Scheider had a clear run at the Scot on the second, which came with just two laps to go. Despite the pressure, di Resta kept his cool to take the victory, while Scheider extended his championship lead over Mattias Ekstrom and Gary Paffett with second place.

Martin Tomczyk took third after showing impressive pace throughout the afternoon. He had been ahead of Scheider after the pit stops, but allowed his team-mate through into Graham Hill bend, and then protected him from Paffett to the flag.

Paffett finished fourth despite a couple of late challenges from Ekstrom, who was a distant fifth prior to the first safety car period, having lost ground during the pit stops.

Bruno Spengler ran as high as third in the early stages, but he had a scrappy race and lost a lot of time during the pit stops, which eventually dropped him down to sixth place. The Canadian's finishing position may be in doubt, though, as he was placed under investigation in the closing stages regarding Tom Kristensen's accident that triggered the second safety car, and cost the Dane a points finish.

Kristensen had struggled in the race, losing ground to the leaders early on before dropping back to sixth during the pit stops, and his race eventually ended with a heavy impact into the tyre wall at Clearways.

Mike Rockenfeller stayed out of trouble to get into the points in seventh, while Oliver Jarvis recovered from a spin caused by Jamie Green to take the final point.

The Briton's cause was helped in the closing stages when Ralf Schumacher clattered into Markus Winkelhock and Maro Engel at Druids, which allowed Jarvis back into the points.

RESULTS:

Pos  Driver            Make       Time
 1.  Paul Di Resta     Mercedes   1h10:31.345
 2.  Timo Scheider     Audi       +     0.896
 3.  Martin Tomczyk    Audi       +     1.422
 4.  Gary Paffett      Mercedes   +     1.880
 5.  Mattias Ekstrom   Audi       +     2.264
 6.  Bruno Spengler    Mercedes   +     5.048
 7.  M.Rockenfeller    Audi       +     6.646
 8.  Oliver Jarvis     Audi       +     7.197
 9.  Ralf Schumacher   Mercedes   +     7.733
10.  Maro Engel        Mercedes   +    10.622
11.  Alexandre Premat  Audi       +    1 Lap
12.  Jamie Green       Mercedes   +    1 Lap
13.  Susie Stoddart    Mercedes   +    1 Lap
14.  Tomas Kostka      Audi       +    1 Lap
15.  Katherine Legge   Audi       +    1 Lap
16.  C.Bakkerud        Audi       +    2 Laps
17.  J.Seidlitz        Audi       +    4 Laps
18.  M.Winkelhock      Audi       +    9 Laps
19.  Tom Kristensen    Audi       +   10 Laps
20.  Mathias Lauda     Mercedes   +   18 Laps

Fastest lap: Di Resta, 42.387 on lap 3