Norisring DTM: Blomqvist edges Wickens for Sunday pole
BMW driver Tom Blomqvist grabbed pole position for the second DTM race of the weekend at the Norisring.
Tom Blomqvist, BMW Team RBM, BMW M4 DTM
Alexander Trienitz
The Anglo-Swede, who lies down in 15th place in the standings after a dismal start to the season, emerged on top in his RMR BMW after pole position had changed hands three times within a matter of a seconds in the closing stages of the session.
Blomqvist did enough to pip Mercedes’ Robert Wickens by just 0.004 seconds, with Audi’s Nico Muller ensuring that all three of the DTM’s manufacturers are represented in the leading trio.
Mattias Ekstrom headed the field after the first runs in his Audi from the Mercedes of free-practice pacesetter Lucas Auer.
But neither Ekstrom nor Auer was able to improve after their teams had bolted on their second sets of Hankook tyres.
First it was Saturday winner Bruno Spengler who lowered Ekstrom’s pole time, followed in rapid succession by Wickens and Blomqvist, while Muller subsequently also beat Spengler’s time.
Spengler will therefore line his BMW up in fourth position, followed by Ekstrom and Auer.
Maxime Martin, second in Saturday’s race for BMW, will start from seventh on the grid, with the Audi of Mike Rockenfeller sharing the fourth row.
The top 10 was completed by Timo Glock’s BMW and the Audi of Rene Rast.
Qualifying results
Pos. | # | Driver | Car | Laps | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 31 | Tom Blomqvist | BMW M4 DTM | 20 | 47.252 | |
2 | 6 | Robert Wickens | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 20 | 47.256 | 0.004 |
3 | 51 | Nico Müller | Audi RS5 DTM | 21 | 47.289 | 0.037 |
4 | 7 | Bruno Spengler | BMW M4 DTM | 20 | 47.305 | 0.053 |
5 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | Audi RS5 DTM | 20 | 47.329 | 0.077 |
6 | 22 | Lucas Auer | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 22 | 47.344 | 0.092 |
7 | 36 | Maxime Martin | BMW M4 DTM | 22 | 47.355 | 0.103 |
8 | 99 | Mike Rockenfeller | Audi RS5 DTM | 21 | 47.395 | 0.143 |
9 | 16 | Timo Glock | BMW M4 DTM | 19 | 47.400 | 0.148 |
10 | 33 | René Rast | Audi RS5 DTM | 20 | 47.414 | 0.162 |
11 | 2 | Gary Paffett | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 21 | 47.495 | 0.243 |
12 | 11 | Marco Wittmann | BMW M4 DTM | 20 | 47.503 | 0.251 |
13 | 3 | Paul di Resta | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 23 | 47.510 | 0.258 |
14 | 53 | Jamie Green | Audi RS5 DTM | 23 | 47.526 | 0.274 |
15 | 15 | Augusto Farfus | BMW M4 DTM | 21 | 47.534 | 0.282 |
16 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 23 | 47.612 | 0.360 |
17 | 77 | Loic Duval | Audi RS5 DTM | 22 | 47.814 | 0.562 |
18 | 63 | Maro Engel | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 23 | 47.890 | 0.638 |
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