Red Bull Ring DTM: Juncadella tops red-flagged wet qualifying

Mercedes' Daniel Juncadella took his third pole position of the DTM season at a drenched Red Bull Ring as title rivals Gary Paffett and Paul di Resta both had tricky sessions.

Qualifying started with heavy rain falling on track and the red flags were shown after just five minutes due to poor conditions, as Audi's Nico Muller led the way on a 1m43.892s.

Following a 10-minute break, the session was restarted and first place was consistently traded among drivers.

Championship contender di Resta took the lead with five minutes remaining only for his laptime to be cancelled due to track limits.

BMW man Timo Glock inherited the lead as a result but Mercedes driver Juncadella demoted him soon afterwards, lowering the benchmark by nearly four tenths with a 1m36.071s.

Glock could improve one more time but his effort fell 0.071s short, leaving Juncadella to take pole position for the third time this year.

Mike Rockenfeller led Audi's efforts in third, as di Resta had to settle for fourth in his Mercedes.

However his points-leading teammate Paffett could only take 10th, as he went off-track twice during the session.

Marco Wittmann (BMW) was fifth followed by Lucas Auer (Mercedes), Augusto Farfus (BMW) and Audi drivers Robin Frijns and Rene Rast.

Nico Muller, who took 12th, is under investigation for rejoining the track in an unsafe manner.

Mercedes wildcard Sebastien Ogier rounded out the order in 19th, 2.8s slower than Juncadella.

Qualifying results

Cla	Driver	Car	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	11	1'36.071
2	Timo Glock	BMW M4 DTM	12	1'36.142	0.071
3	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi RS5 DTM	12	1'36.300	0.229
4	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	12	1'36.534	0.463
5	Marco Wittmann	BMW M4 DTM	12	1'36.636	0.565
6	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	12	1'36.841	0.770
7	Augusto Farfus	BMW M4 DTM	12	1'36.881	0.810
8	Robin Frijns	Audi RS5 DTM	12	1'36.947	0.876
9	René Rast	Audi RS5 DTM	12	1'37.077	1.006
10	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	12	1'37.123	1.052
11	Loic Duval	Audi RS5 DTM	13	1'37.234	1.163
12	Nico Müller	Audi RS5 DTM	11	1'37.243	1.172
13	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	12	1'37.249	1.178
14	Philipp Eng	BMW M4 DTM	12	1'37.259	1.188
15	Jamie Green	Audi RS5 DTM	12	1'37.581	1.510
16	Bruno Spengler	BMW M4 DTM	12	1'37.589	1.518
17	Joel Eriksson	BMW M4 DTM	13	1'37.924	1.853
18	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	10	1'38.355	2.284
19	Sébastien Ogier	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	10	1'38.960	2.889