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Bruno Spengler leads all-Mercedes top three in Norisring qualifying

Bruno Spengler led a Mercedes top three lockout as he took pole position for the DTM race at the Norisring

The Canadian overcame a small lock-up into Turn 2 on his Q4 flying lap to beat Gary Paffett, who was first of the top four to run.

Jamie Green and Mattias Ekstrom ran after Spengler, but neither was able to trouble the top two as both locked up on the brakes into the first corner. Green's effort was marginally better than Q3 pacesetter Ekstrom's though, leaving the top Audi fourth on the grid.

The third segment of qualifying, which decides the four cars that go through to the pole shoot-out, was effectively ended early when a rain shower hit halfway through.

That left Ralf Schumacher, Maro Engel, Timo Scheider and Edoardo Mortara unable to challenge the top four in the final few minutes, so they had to settle for positions five to eight.

Championship leader Martin Tomczyk could only manage 10th in his 2008-spec Audi, while the marque's DTM returnee Mike Rockenfeller was eliminated in Q1, and will start from the back row of the grid.

Pos  Driver                Team/Car          Time     Gap
 1.  Bruno Spengler        HWA Mercedes      48.222s
 2.  Gary Paffett          HWA Mercedes      48.418s  + 0.196s
 3.  Jamie Green           HWA Mercedes      48.532s  + 0.310s
 4.  Mattias Ekstrom       Abt Audi          48.593s  + 0.371s
 5.  Ralf Schumacher       HWA Mercedes      48.124s  Q3
 6.  Maro Engel            Mucke Mercedes    48.189s  Q3
 7.  Timo Scheider         Abt Audi          48.214s  Q3
 8.  Edoardo Mortara       Rosberg Audi      48.257s  Q3
 9.  Miguel Molina         Abt Audi          48.332s  Q2
10.  Martin Tomczyk        Phoenix Audi      48.353s  Q2
11.  Oliver Jarvis         Abt Audi          48.398s  Q2
12.  Christian Vietoris    Persson Mercedes  48.415s  Q2
13.  David Coulthard       Mucke Mercedes    48.527s  Q2
14.  Renger van der Zande  Persson Mercedes  48.575s  Q2
15.  Susie Stoddart        Persson Mercedes  48.552s  Q1
16.  Filipe Albuquerque    Rosberg Audi      48.600s  Q1
17.  Mike Rockenfeller     Abt Audi          48.617s  Q1
18.  Rahel Frey            Phoenix Audi      48.907s  Q1

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