18th September, 2010
Paul Di Resta on pole at Oschersleben
DTM
Oschersleben. For the third time this season, Paul Di Resta (Mercedes-Benz) will be on pole position. In qualifying for the eighth DTM season round at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, he claimed the best grid position with a lap time of 1:21.394 minutes. His fellow Mercedes-Benz driver Bruno Spengler will be lining up alongside him on the front row. Audi locked out the second row: with his 2008-spec Audi A4 DTM, Mike Rockenfeller qualified third and thus ranks ahead of two times’ champion Timo Scheider (Audi), who will be starting fourth into Sunday’s race. The third and fourth row are also exclusively in the hands of Audi drivers. Martin Tomczyk and Mattias Ekström will be starting fifth and sixth, Oliver Jarvis and Miguel Molina from seventh and eighth place. Jamie Green and Gary Paffett (both Mercedes-Benz) are completing the top ten. A full press release with quotes will follow shortly.
Qualifying in detail
Air temperature: 15.1 °C
Asphalt temperature: 19.5 °C
13.45 hrs Start of the session. Mike Rockenfeller is the first driver on the track.
13.49 hrs The first lap times: Molina 1:22.552, Green 1:22,681, Di Resta 1:22.368. A slight drizzle is expected.
13.50 hrs Bruno Spengler is on top with 1:21.468.
13.51 hrs Molina is second with 1:21.748, then Paffett, Scheider, Tomczyk, Green, Di Resta, Winkelhock, Jarvis and Rockenfeller.
13.55 hrs Susie Stoddart sets the third fastest time: 1:21.949, but then Engel takes over third place with 1:21.880.
13.56 hrs Winkelhock is second fastest: 1:21.513, Rockenfeller moves up into third with 1:21.544.
13.57 hrs Ekström moves up from 15th to fourth: 1:21.561.
13.58 hrs End of the session. Schumacher, Coulthard, Cheng and Legge aren't qualified for the second heat. Spengler remains fastest from Winkelhock, Rockenfeller, Ekström, Molina, Engel, Stoddart, Paffett, Di Resta and Jarvis.
14.04 hrs Start of the next heat. Rockenfeller again is the first driver to go on the track.
14.07 hrs First lap times: Rockenfeller 1:21.257, Di Resta 1:21.666, Paffett 1:21.707.
14.08 hrs Timo Scheider moves up into second with 1:21.491, Rockenfeller is still in front.
14.12 hrs Bruno Spengler is now second: 1:21.286. Tomczyk claims first place: 1:21.234, then Timo Scheider is fastest with 1:21.206.
14.13 hrs End of the session. Scheider remains fastest from Scheider, Tomczyk, Rockenfeller, Spengler, Jarvis, Molina and Ekström. Not qualified for the third heat are Green, Paffett, Engel, Prémat, Winkelhock and Stoddart.
14.20 hrs Rain sets in. Wet tyres are admitted. Start of the third heat. Di Resta is the first driver to leave the pitlane.
14.22 hrs First times: Rockenfeller 1:21.243, Spengler 1:21,219, Scheider 1:21.200.
14.24 hrs Di Resta is now fastest: 1:20.992, followed by Scheider, Spengler, Rockenfeller.
14:26 hrs End of the session. Di Resta remains fastest from Scheider, Spengler and Rockenfeller. Tomczyk, Ekström, Jarvis and Molina haven't made it into the top four.
14.36 hrs Mike Rockenfeller: 1:21.836.
14.38 hrs Bruno Spengler: 1:21.655.
14.40 hrs Timo Scheider: 1:22.067.
14:42 hrs Paul Di Resta: 1:21.394.
