Marco Wittmann the DTM pole-sitter in Hungary
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| L to R: Timo Glock – Marco Wittmann – Miguel Molina |
In DTM’s comeback at the Hungaroring located not far from Budapest, BMW driver Marco Wittmann secured the pole position. In the qualifying session, the German set the fastest lap time by crossing the line in 1:36.518 minutes, thus outqualifying second-placed fellow BMW driver Timo Glock by 0.213 seconds.
Miguel Molina (Audi) and Maxime Martin (BMW) share row two on the grid, with Antonio Felix da Costa, Augusto Farfus (both BMW), Adrien Tambay, Nico Muller (both Audi), Bruno Spengler (BMW) and Jamie Green (Audi) completing the top 10.
The fastest of the DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé drivers, Pascal Wehrlein, finished 16th.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team/Car | Time | Gap |
| 1. | Marco Wittmann | RMG BMW | 1m36.518s | +0.000s |
| 2. | Timo Glock | MTEK BMW | 1m36.731s | +0.213s |
| 3. | Miguel Molina | Abt Audi | 1m36.757s | +0.239s |
| 4. | Maxime Martin | RMG BMW | 1m36.777s | +0.259s |
| 5. | Antonio Felix da Costa | MTEK BMW | 1m36.896s | +0.378s |
| 6. | Augusto Farfus | RBM BMW | 1m37.061s | +0.543s |
| 7. | Adrien Tambay | Abt Audi | 1m37.134s | +0.616s |
| 8. | Nico Muller | Rosberg Audi | 1m37.174s | +0.656s |
| 9. | Bruno Spengler | Schnitzer BMW | 1m37.257s | Q2 |
| 10. | Jamie Green | Rosberg Audi | 1m37.259s | Q2 |
| 11. | Mattias Ekstrom | Abt Audi | 1m37.301s | Q2 |
| 12. | Edoardo Mortara | Abt Audi | 1m37.352s | Q2 |
| 13. | Mike Rockenfeller | Phoenix Audi | 1m37.611s | Q2 |
| 14. | Joey Hand | RBM BMW | 1m37.644s | Q2 |
| 15. | Timo Scheider | Phoenix Audi | 1m37.766s | Q2 |
| 16. | Pascal Wehrlein | HWA Mercedes | 1m37.846s | Q2 |
| 17. | Robert Wickens | HWA Mercedes | 1m37.857s | Q2 |
| 18. | Martin Tomczyk | Schnitzer BMW | 1m37.945s | Q2 |
| 19. | Paul di Resta | HWA Mercedes | 1m38.133s | Q1 |
| 20. | Daniel Juncadella | Mucke Mercedes | 1m38.216s | Q1 |
| 21. | Gary Paffett | HWA Mercedes | 1m38.384s | Q1 |
| 22. | Vitaly Petrov | Mucke Mercedes | 1m38.960s | Q1 |
| 23. | Christian Vietoris | HWA Mercedes | 1m39.022s | Q1 |