Bruno Spengler on pole position at Norisring

For the fourth time this season, Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz) will be starting from pole position into a DTM race: in qualifying for the fifth season round at the Norisring, the Canadian set the fastest lap time in the fourth heart: 48.222 seconds.

Teammate Gary Paffett was 0.196 seconds down, only just missing out on first place, but will be lining up second on the front row alongside Spengler. Jamie Green (Mercedes-Benz) and Mattias Ekström (Audi) qualified on the second row of the starting grid. Points’ leader Martin Tomczyk (Audi), will be starting from tenth place into the race at the only street circuit on the DTM calendar.

Results

Pos

Driver Team/Car Time Behind
1. Bruno Spengler HWA Mercedes 48.222s +0.000s
2. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes 48.418s +0.196s
3. Jamie Green HWA Mercedes 48.532s +0.310s
4. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi 48.593s +0.371s
5. Ralf Schumacher HWA Mercedes 48.124s Q3
6. Maro Engel Mucke Mercedes 48.189s Q3
7. Timo Scheider Abt Audi 48.214s Q3
8. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi 48.257s Q3
9. Miguel Molina Abt Audi 48.332s Q2
10. Martin Tomczyk Phoenix Audi 48.353s Q2
11. Oliver Jarvis Abt Audi 48.398s Q2
12. Christian Vietoris Persson Mercedes 48.415s Q2
13. David Coulthard Mucke Mercedes 48.527s Q2
14. Renger van der Zande Persson Mercedes 48.575s Q2
15. Susie Stoddart Persson Mercedes 48.552s Q1
16. Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi 48.600s Q1
17. Mike Rockenfeller Abt Audi 48.617s Q1
18. Rahel Frey Phoenix Audi 48.907s Q1