DTM 2007 ? Press Release No. 36
Second pole in 2007 for Mika H?kkinen
Brands Hatch. In qualifying for the fourth round of the DTM at Brands Hatch, Mika H?kkinen claimed his second pole position of the season. Driving his AMG Mercedes C-Class, the two times? Formula 1 world champion set a fastest lap time of 42.660 seconds at the 1.929 kilometres long circuit. Bruno Spengler secured himself second place on the grid for tomorrow?s race. He was 0.032 seconds down on H?kkinen?s fastest time. Best-placed Audi driver was Alexandre Pr?mat with the 2006-spec A4 DTM in third place. His fellow Audi driver Mattias Ekstr?m is completing the second row of the grid.
Qualifying in detail
Air temperature: 23.4 ?C
Track temperature: 28.5 ?C
12.28 hrs. Winkelhock first car on the track
12.30 hrs. Winkelhock sets the first fastest time in 43.218 seconds
12.31 hrs. Lucas Luhr takes the lead with 42.8600 seconds
12.32 hrs. Spengler now first: 42.802 seconds
12.34 hrs. Ekstr?m takes second place with 42.816 seconds
12.36 hrs. At the moment, Carroll, Stoddart, Lauda, la Rosa, Pr?mat and Ickx don't make it into the next heat
12.38 hrs. Lauda is now seventh with 43.005, pushes di Resta out of the top 14
12.39 hrs. Alexandre Pr?mat takes fourth place with a lap time of 42.912 seconds
12.40 hrs. Jamie Green claims the top position with 42.730 seconds
12.41 hrs. Points leader di Resta has not made it into the top 14, just like Carroll, Margaritis, Stoddart, la Rosa and Ickx
12.42 hrs. End of the session. Green is fastest from Spengler, Ekstr?m, Luhr, Pr?mat, Schneider, Tomczyk, Paffett, Lauda, Winkelhock, Rockenfeller, Scheider, H??kkinen and Abt
12.49 hrs. Start of the next heat, Winkelhock is the first driver out on the track
12.50 hrs. Premat is topping the time sheets with 42.760
12.52 hrs. Tomczyk is now fastest with 42.720
12.54 hrs. At the moment, the drivers not in the top eight are Luhr, Paffett, Rockenfeller, Winkelhock, Abt and Schneider. Eksr?m is now fastest with 42.597
12.56 hrs. H?kkinen takes second place behind Ekstr?m with a lap time of 42.603
12.58 hrs. End of the session. Not qualified for the final heat are Winkelhock, Lauda, Luhr, Scheider, Paffett and Rockenfeller.
12.59 hrs. Ekstr?m remains fastest from H?kkinen, Schneider, Tomczyk, Green, Spengler, Abt and Pr?mat
13.06 hrs. Start of the third and final qualifying heat. Bernd Schneider is first on the track
13.09 hrs. Mika H?kkinen is fastest with 42.660. Martin Tomczyk straight on into the barrier at Druids, session stopped with red lag. 5.30 minutes remaining
13.12 hrs. Session will be continued at 13.17
13.17 hrs. Session restarts with 5.30 minutes remaining, Ekstr?m is the first driver out on the track
13.19 hrs. Green still has no lap time, just like Tomczyk. Abt and Premat out on the track
13.21 hrs. Spengler into second place with 42.692, H?kkinen remains fastest
13.23 hrs. End of the session, H?kkinen remains fastest, taking his second pole of the season from Spengler, Pr?mat, Ekstr?m, Abt, Schneider and Green