Red Bull Ring DTM: Green leads Audi-dominated qualifying
Jamie Green scored his first pole position of the season in the Saturday DTM qualifying at the Red Bull Ring, as Audi brought five cars into the top six.
The qualifying was the first competitive session since DTM's decision to scrap performance weights, and the best positions for BMW and Mercedes were only fourth and seventh respectively.
While BMW's Marco Wittmann was the first to set a competitive time, Mattias Ekstrom and then Green soon took over.
The Briton ended the first half of the session in the lead with a 1m22.198s, followed by four of his Audi teammates.
The session continued to be controlled by the Ingolstadt marque after the halfway point, with Nico Muller taking the lead in the final two minutes.
Green fell 0.004s short with his first improvement but managed to set a time of 1m21.973s just as the chequered flag fell, beating Muller by 0.021s.
Ekstrom took third with Marco Wittmann breaking up the Audi hegemony by grabbing fourth, just 0.081s off the pace.
Mike Rockenfeller and Rene Rast brought five Audis into the top six, as Robert Wickens was seventh as the top Mercedes.
BMW trio Maxime Martin, Timo Glock and Augusto Farfus completed the top 10.
By qualifying third, Ekstrom scored a point and extended his advantage over Mercedes driver Lucas Auer, only 12th, to 10 points.
Qualifying results
| Cla | Driver | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jamie Green |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'21.973 | |
| 2 |  Nico Müller |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'21.994 | 0.021 |
| 3 |  Mattias Ekström |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'22.046 | 0.073 |
| 4 |  Marco Wittmann |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'22.054 | 0.081 |
| 5 | Mike Rockenfeller |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'22.095 | 0.122 |
| 6 | René Rast |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'22.246 | 0.273 |
| 7 |  Robert Wickens |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'22.292 | 0.319 |
| 8 |  Maxime Martin |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'22.392 | 0.419 |
| 9 | Timo Glock |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'22.441 | 0.468 |
| 10 |  Augusto Farfus |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'22.442 | 0.469 |
| 11 | Paul di Resta |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'22.502 | 0.529 |
| 12 |  Lucas Auer |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'22.531 | 0.558 |
| 13 | Bruno Spengler |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'22.532 | 0.559 |
| 14 |  Edoardo Mortara |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'22.554 | 0.581 |
| 15 | Gary Paffett |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'22.598 | 0.625 |
| 16 | Tom Blomqvist |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'22.638 | 0.665 |
| 17 |  Loic Duval |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'22.711 | 0.738 |
| 18 | Maro Engel |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'22.905 | 0.932 |
Be part of Motorsport community
Join the conversationShare Or Save This Story
Top Comments
Honda reveals 2020 World Superbike challenger
Redding: Bautista cost himself 2019 WSBK crown
Espargaro: Aprilia showed podium pace at Sepang
Jamie Green: The other Hamilton conqueror seeking career revival
Green seeking new factory deal after end of Audi contract
Muller slams Green's "over the border" defending at Zolder
Audi's Muller explains factors that helped end DTM win drought
Audi's Muller not expecting many more DTM win chances in 2022
Why Rast is the best driver outside F1
Hendrick Motorsports will not appeal Bowman DQ
Hailie Deegan shifting to Indy NXT for 2025 with HMD Motorsports
How F1’s most famous engine unlocked the potential of Brabham's forgotten gem
How a faulty steering wheel created a tense IMSA title showdown
Motorsport.com writers' most memorable moments of 2022
The plug in and play stand-ins who got their timing just right
The longest-serving Red Bull driver revealing F1’s true brutality
How the DTM has come back stronger from its Norisring nadir
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
