Blomqvist disqualified, Spengler inherits Moscow DTM pole

Blomqvist had beaten Spengler by 0.061s in the Sunday pole shootout, moving up from the outside of the top 10 to first place at the chequered flag.

But the Anglo-Swede, who sits 15th in the championship standings, will now be denied the chance to line up on pole for what would've been the second time in 2017.

A decision from the stewards of the meeting has seen Blomqvist moved to the back of the grid, as their findings read: “After qualifying for race 2, it was not possible to get the required 1.0kg of residual fuel out of car #31.”

In a social media post, Blomqvist said the reason for his disqualification was a “fuel miscalculation”.

The sanction means BMW has lost a 1-2 on the grid for the race, with new pole-sitter Spengler joined on the front row by Audi's Mattias Ekstrom.

Audi's championship leader Rene Rast will move up to third, with Mercedes' top driver in qualifying, Paul di Resta, making up row two.

Amended Race 2 grid

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time	Gap
1	Bruno Spengler	BMW M4 DTM	1'26.579	0.061
2	Mattias Ekström	Audi RS5 DTM	1'26.582	0.064
3	René Rast	Audi RS5 DTM	1'26.735	0.217
4	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	1'26.887	0.369
5	Timo Glock	BMW M4 DTM	1'26.902	0.384
6	Marco Wittmann	BMW M4 DTM	1'26.910	0.392
7	Maxime Martin	BMW M4 DTM	1'26.937	0.419
8	Loic Duval	Audi RS5 DTM	1'26.946	0.428
9	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	1'27.113	0.595
10	Robert Wickens	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	1'27.230	0.712
11	Augusto Farfus	BMW M4 DTM	1'27.230	0.712
12	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	1'27.230	0.712
13	Nico Müller	Audi RS5 DTM	1'27.258	0.740
14	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi RS5 DTM	1'27.303	0.785
15	Jamie Green	Audi RS5 DTM	1'27.168	0.650
16	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	1'27.332	0.814
17	Maro Engel	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	1'27.477	0.959
18	Tom Blomqvist	BMW M4 DTM