16th October, 2010
Timo Scheider claims pole position for German finale
DTM
Hockenheim. Timo Scheider (Audi) will be on pole position for the German finale of the DTM. In qualifying for the ninth DTM season round at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg, the German secured himself the best starting grid position for the race on Sunday with a lap time of 1:37.399 minutes. For Scheider, it is the second pole position of the season. He had already been first on the grid for the race at Zandvoort in The Netherlands. His fellow Audi driver Mike Rockenfeller will be lining up alongside Scheider on the front row of the grid. Behind the two Audi drivers, Gary Paffett (Mercedes-Benz) will be starting from third place. His team-mate Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-Benz) will be fifth on the grid behind Alexandre Prémat (Audi). A full press release with quotes will follow shortly.
Qualifying in detail
Air temperature: 11.1 °C
Asphalt temperature: 9.8 °C
13.45 hrs Start of qualifying. All drivers waiting at the end of the pit lane, eager to get at least one fast lap time in before the rain sets in.
13.48 hrs First lap times: Rockenfeller 1:39.490, Prémat 1:40.047, Di Resta 1:40.916.
13.51 hrs Jarvis improves from fifth to fourth.
13.52 hrs With four minutes remaining, Stoddart, Coulthard, Ekström and Cheng are outside the top 14.
13.53 hrs Paffett improves from fourth to second: 1:39.675.
13.55 hrs Molina off the track in the Motodrom section, continues.
13.56 hrs Ekström improves from 17th to 14th, Legge now outside the top 14.
13.58 hrs Coulthard improves from 16th to 14th, toppling Ekström.
13.59 hrs End of the session. Ekström, Legge, Stoddart and Cheng not qualified for Q2. Rockenfeller remains fastest from Paffett, Scheider, Di Resta, Prémat, Winkelhock, Tomczyk, Green, Molina and Spengler.
14.04 hrs Start of Q2, Winkelhock is the first driver on the track.
14.07 hrs Winkelhock off the track into the run-off area, continues. Rockenfeller sets the first lap time: 1:39.062.
14.09 hrs Schumacher improves from eleventh to seventh. Rockenfeller improves his own fastest lap time to 1:38.806.
14.10 hrs Paffett into second place: 1:38.932, Winkelhock is now third with 1:39.302.
14.13 hrs Tomczyk improves from 14th to seventh. End of the session.
14.14 hrs Timo Scheider sets the fastest lap time: 1:38.686. Green improves to seventh, topples Di Resta. Molina from tenth to second. Di Resta improves from eleventh to sixth.
14.15 hrs Scheider remains fastest from Molina, Rockenfeller, Paffett, Prémat, Di Resta, Winkelhock, Tomczyk. Not qualified for Q3 are Jarvis, Green, Spengler, Engel, Schumacher, Coulthard.
14.20 hrs Start of the next heat. Mike Rockenfeller is the first driver on the track.
14.23 hrs Rockenfeller sets a lap time of 1:38.005.
14.25 hrs Prémat is second, followed by Scheider, Di Resta.
14.26 hrs Paffett moves up into third.
14.27 hrs End of the session. Rockenfeller remains fastest from Prémat, Paffett and Scheider. Not qualified for Q4 are Di Resta, Tomczyk, Winkelhock and Molina. Molina is off the track coming into the Motodrom, stuck in the gravel trap.
14.37 hrs Timo Scheider: 1:37.399
14.39 hrs Gary Paffett: 1:37.982
14.41 hrs Alexandre Prémat: 1:40.202
14.43 hrs Mike Rockenfeller: 1:37,856
