Nurburgring DTM: Molina takes Sunday pole for Audi

Audi driver Miguel Molina took pole position for the second DTM race of the weekend at the Nurburgring.

The Spaniard lapped the 3.6-kilometer German track in 1m21.732 and beat BMW’s DTM rookie Tom Blomqvist to first place on the grid.

“I have always liked this track,” Molina said. “Today I really have a good car. And it’s always good to start from pole position. However, there’s still a long way to go. I have to be focused on my race.”

Molina has four previous pole starts in the DTM to his name, but is yet to claim a victory in the championship.

Another Audi driver Jamie Green finished the session in third in front of the best-placed Mercedes driver, Paul di Resta, in fourth.

Championship leader Pascal Wehrlein will line up ninth on the grid with his main title rivals Mattias Ekstrom and Edoardo Mortara only starting from 17th and 20th respectively.

“My car felt good,” Wehrlein said. “I only had one fresh set of tires left and because of that ninth was my maximum in qualifying. But I’m looking forward to the race.”

Former DTM champion Gary Paffett didn’t take part in the session, having required an engine change technical problems in today’s warm-up session.

Qualifying results:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time	Gap
1	Miguel Molina	Audi	1'21.732
2	Tom Blomqvist	BMW	1'21.939	0.207
3	Jamie Green	Audi	1'22.021	0.289
4	Paul Di Resta	Mercedes	1'22.046	0.314
5	Bruno Spengler	BMW	1'22.049	0.317
6	Augusto Farfus	BMW	1'22.086	0.354
7	Robert Wickens	Mercedes	1'22.096	0.364
8	Maximilian Gotz	Mercedes	1'22.217	0.485
9	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes	1'22.219	0.487
10	Marco Wittmann	BMW	1'22.239	0.507
11	Timo Glock	BMW	1'22.295	0.563
12	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi	1'22.301	0.569
13	Timo Scheider	Audi	1'22.310	0.578
14	Dani Juncadella	Mercedes	1'22.312	0.580
15	Lucas Auer	Mercedes	1'22.317	0.585
16	Maxime Martin	BMW	1'22.344	0.612
17	Mattias Ekstrom	Audi	1'22.405	0.673
18	Antonio Felix da Costa	BMW	1'22.410	0.678
19	Christian Vietoris	Mercedes	1'22.417	0.685
20	Edoardo Mortara	Audi	1'22.474	0.742
21	Nico Muller	Audi	1'22.514	0.782
22	Adrien Tambay	Audi	1'22.667	0.935
23	Martin Tomczyk	BMW	1'23.820	2.088