Paul di Resta's 2018 championship campaign ended in disappointꦆment after the Mercedes driver missed out on the DTM title by 22-points to his team 💞mate Gary Paffett at the Hockenheimring.

The former F1-star arrived into final weekend of the year with a four-point ad𒀰vantage ♌as the championship leader ahead of team mate Paffett.

However, while Paffett took the title after finishing no lower than fourth during the two ra😼ces over the weekend, Di Resta ultimately slipped ꧑to third in the standings behind Audi's Rene Rast after registering just four-points to his name.

Nevertheless, despite his disappointm💙ent, Di Resta was magnanimous in defeat and congratulated Paffett over his ꧙title success.

“Unfortunately, that was a disappointing end to the season for me. When you’re in the lead overall ahead of the final round, then you also obviously want♚ to finish the season as champion," said Di Restꦏa.

"It was not meant to be, unfortunately. It was simply not my weekend. Many congratulations to G꧑ary on winning his secoಞnd DTM title."

Di Resta's third place finish in the drivers' standings still helped Mercedes end their final year in the DTM ༺in perfect fashion💧 after the Stuttgart manufacturer wrapped up all three titles on offer.

"At least we achieved our goal as a team, the champion is a Mer꧙cedes driver. Many thanks to the guys for all their hard work t🤪his season. They absolutely deserved to win the treble.”