Hungaroring DTM: Audi dominates qualifying with Rast on pole
Rene Rast claimed his first DTM pole position for the Saturday Hungaroring race, as Audi dominated by claiming the top five spots
Jamie Green was the pacesetter early in the session, but Rast lowered the Briton's benchmark by a tenth with his late time of 1m34.742s.
Green lost the top spot but secured a front row start, before he was then reported tot he stewards for taking the chequered flag twice.
Fellow Audi drivers Mattias Ekstrom, Nico Muller and Mike Rockenfeller were separated by only half a tenth, but were nearly half a second off the pace.
BMW's Augusto Farfus, who is yet to score a point this year, was best of the rest, followed bythe Audi of Loic Duval.
Points leader Lucas Auer was the quickest Mercedes in eighth, followed by Gary Paffett and Tom Blomqvist.
Audi has form at the Hungaroring, having swept the top seven in Saturday's qualifying last year and then claimed a 1-2 on Sunday.
RACE ONE QUALIFYING RESULTS:
| Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rene Rast | Rosberg | Audi | 1m34.742s | - |
| 2 | Jamie Green | Rosberg | Audi | 1m34.818s | 0.076s |
| 3 | Mattias Ekstrom | Abt | Audi | 1m35.192s | 0.450s |
| 4 | Nico Muller | Abt | Audi | 1m35.226s | 0.484s |
| 5 | Mike Rockenfeller | Phoenix | Audi | 1m35.244s | 0.502s |
| 6 | Augusto Farfus | RMG | BMW | 1m35.275s | 0.533s |
| 7 | Loic Duval | Phoenix | Audi | 1m35.378s | 0.636s |
| 8 | Lucas Auer | HWA | Mercedes | 1m35.454s | 0.712s |
| 9 | Gary Paffett | HWA | Mercedes | 1m35.457s | 0.715s |
| 10 | Tom Blomqvist | RMR | BMW | 1m35.466s | 0.724s |
| 11 | Robert Wickens | HWA | Mercedes | 1m35.506s | 0.764s |
| 12 | Maxime Martin | RBM | BMW | 1m35.539s | 0.797s |
| 13 | Paul Di Resta | HWA | Mercedes | 1m35.575s | 0.833s |
| 14 | Timo Glock | RMR | BMW | 1m35.577s | 0.835s |
| 15 | Marco Wittmann | RMG | BMW | 1m35.815s | 1.073s |
| 16 | Edoardo Mortara | HWA | Mercedes | 1m36.039s | 1.297s |
| 17 | Bruno Spengler | RBM | BMW | 1m36.154s | 1.412s |
| 18 | Maro Engel | HWA | Mercedes | 1m36.484s | 1.742s |
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