DTM Norisring: Blomqvist gets race two pole after Ekstrom penalty
BMW RBM driver Tom Blomqvist will start the second DTM race at the Norisring from pole position after fastest qualifier Mattias Ekstrom's three-place grid penalty was applied
Ekstrom collided with Christian Vietoris and Robert Wickens while battling for the lead of Saturday's opening race of the weekend, with the Audi Abt Sportsline handed a penalty by the stewards for race two.
While Ekstrom pulled out his best and was unbeatable in the session, Blomqvist was able to crack the rest of the Mercedes and Audi dominance in the closely contested 20-minute session at the Norisring to become the eighth different polesitter of the season.
His lap of 47.820 seconds was good enough for second before the application of Ekstrom's penalty, with Paul di Resta joining Blomqvist on the front row after qualifying in third.
Ekstrom will start the second race from fourth place, one spot fellow Audi driver Nico Muller.
Lausitzring race two winner Lucas Auer was fifth-fastest in qualifying and will share row three with BMW driver Maxime Martin.
Wickens and Adrien Tambay were next up, with race one winner Edoardo Mortara and Marco Wittmann rounding out the top 10.
Gary Paffett was 18th, although the Briton's session was brought to an early end after contact with the Turn 5 wall.
His time was later excluded for a violation of parc ferme rules, dropping to the back of the field as a result.
STARTING GRID:
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tom Blomqvist | RBM | BMW | 47.820s |
2 | Paul Di Resta | HWA | Mercedes | 47.877s |
3 | Nico Muller | Abt | Audi | 47.889s |
4 | Mattias Ekstrom | Abt | Audi | 47.804s |
5 | Lucas Auer | Mucke | Mercedes | 47.891s |
6 | Maxime Martin | RBM | BMW | 47.895s |
7 | Robert Wickens | HWA | Mercedes | 47.902s |
8 | Adrien Tambay | Rosberg | Audi | 47.947s |
9 | Edoardo Mortara | Abt | Audi | 47.953s |
10 | Marco Wittmann | RMG | BMW | 47.967s |
11 | Antonio Felix da Costa | Schnitzer | BMW | 47.996s |
12 | Maximilian Gotz | HWA | Mercedes | 48.029s |
13 | Timo Scheider | Phoenix | Audi | 48.032s |
14 | Bruno Spengler | MTEK | BMW | 48.044s |
15 | Christian Vietoris | Mucke | Mercedes | 48.046s |
16 | Jamie Green | Rosberg | Audi | 48.050s |
17 | Mike Rockenfeller | Phoenix | Audi | 48.083s |
18 | Esteban Ocon | ART | Mercedes | 48.101s |
19 | Daniel Juncadella | HWA | Mercedes | 48.110s |
20 | Timo Glock | RMG | BMW | 48.119s |
21 | Augusto Farfus | MTEK | BMW | 48.129s |
22 | Miguel Molina | Abt | Audi | 48.139s |
23 | Martin Tomczyk | Schnitzer | BMW | 48.249s |
24 | Gary Paffett | ART | Mercedes | - |
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