Nurburgring DTM: Auer quickest, Wittmann inherits Saturday pole
Mercedes driver Lucas Auer was quickest in the first DTM qualifying at the Nurburgring but a grid penalty carried over from Moscow gave pole to Marco Wittmann.
Photo by: Alexander Trienitz
Auer was second behind Audi's Jamie Green after the first half of the session but improved by three tenths in the second stint.
The Briton, on the other hand, was unable to improve and was demoted by championship leader Marco Wittmann and BMW stablemate Tom Blomqvist as well.
However, a five-place grid penalty for Auer means the Austrian will only start sixth, allowing Wittmann and Blomqvist to take an all-BMW front row.
Edoardo Mortara - Audi's other title contender - was just 0.006s slower than Green in fourth, followed by Daniel Juncadella.
Felix Rosenqvist, took his second top-10 qualifying result in three attempts ahead of BMW duo Timo Glock and Bruno Spengler.
Mercedes' Paul di Resta completed the top 10 as Robert Wickens, who is second in the standings, will line up only 13th.
Qualifying results
| Pos. | # | Driver | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |  Marco Wittmann |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'23.028 | 0.128 |
| 2 | 31 |  Tom Blomqvist |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'23.149 | 0.249 |
| 3 | 53 | Jamie Green |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'23.161 | 0.261 |
| 4 | 48 |  Edoardo Mortara |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'23.167 | 0.267 |
| 5 | 12 |  Daniel Juncadella |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'23.232 | 0.332 |
| 6 | 22 |  Lucas Auer |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'22.900 | |
| 7 | 88 |  Felix Rosenqvist |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'23.245 | 0.345 |
| 8 | 16 | Timo Glock |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'23.278 | 0.378 |
| 9 | 7 |  Bruno Spengler |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'23.284 | 0.384 |
| 10 | 3 | Paul di Resta |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'23.304 | 0.404 |
| 11 | 36 |  Maxime Martin |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'23.330 | 0.430 |
| 12 | 84 | Maximilian Götz |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'23.335 | 0.435 |
| 13 | 6 | Robert Wickens |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'23.388 | 0.488 |
| 14 | 2 | Gary Paffett |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'23.398 | 0.498 |
| 15 | 10 | Timo Scheider |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'23.424 | 0.524 |
| 16 | 8 | Christian Vietoris |
Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 1'23.441 | 0.541 |
| 17 | 100 | Martin Tomczyk |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'23.497 | 0.597 |
| 18 | 17 | Miguel Molina |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'23.523 | 0.623 |
| 19 | 5 | Mattias Ekström |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'23.544 | 0.644 |
| 20 | 51 |  Nico Müller |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'23.667 | 0.767 |
| 21 | 13 |  Antonio Felix da Costa |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'23.696 | 0.796 |
| 22 | 99 | Mike Rockenfeller |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'23.701 | 0.801 |
| 23 | 27 |  Adrien Tambay |
Audi RS5 DTM | 1'23.760 | 0.860 |
| 24 | 18 |  Augusto Farfus |
BMW M4 DTM | 1'23.834 | 0.934 |
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