First 2010 pole for Scheider
Timo Scheider took his first DTM pole position of the season in commanding fashion at Zandvoort on Saturday
The reigning champion's lap in the Q4 pole shootout was nearly seven tenths of a second clear of Gary Paffett, who will join Scheider on the front row.
Paffett lost time when he locked up at the first corner on his hot lap and last year's winner was unable to claw it back over the rest of the lap.
Paul di Resta took third in his Mercedes. The Scot had completed a one-two with Paffett in Q3, but both were unable to maintain their advantage over Scheider in the final segment.
The Q4 line-up was completed by the 2008-spec Audi of rookie Miguel Molina, who shone in every segment of qualifying.
Molina's place in Q4 came at the expense of some high profile names. Mattias Ekstrom, who had topped the last free practice session on Saturday by a big margin, could only manage fifth fastest. Championship leader Bruno Spengler suffered as well, and he will line up seventh, just behind last year's polesitter Oliver Jarvis.
Ralf Schumacher completed the top eight, as Mercedes allayed fears that Audi would dominate this weekend by getting all four of its 2009-spec cars onto the first four rows of the grid.
Pos Driver Car Time Session 1. Timo Scheider Audi 1m31.590s Q4 2. Gary Paffett Mercedes 1m32.286s Q4 3. Paul di Resta Mercedes 1m32.363s Q4 4. Miguel Molina Audi 1m33.203s Q4 5. Mattias Ekstrom Audi 1m31.464s Q3 6. Oliver Jarvis Audi 1m31.503s Q3 7. Bruno Spengler Mercedes 1m31.710s Q3 8. Ralf Schumacher Mercedes 1m32.106s Q3 9. Mike Rockenfeller Audi 1m31.495s Q2 10. Martin Tomczyk Audi 1m31.629s Q2 11. Jamie Green Mercedes 1m31.783s Q2 12. Markus Winkelhock Audi 1m31.836s Q2 13. Alexandre Premat Audi 1m32.065s Q2 14. Maro Engel Mercedes 1m32.112s Q2 15. Susie Stoddart Mercedes 1m32.571s Q1 16. Katherine Legge Audi 1m33.046s Q1 17. David Coulthard Mercedes 1m33.065s Q1 18. Cong Fu Cheng Mercedes 1m33.850s Q1
Winning MSR Acura "super lucky" with Daytona 24 gearbox scare
The Meyer Shank Racing Acura team was "super lucky" to win the Daytona 24 Hours despite its malfunctioning gearbox for most of the race, according to team boss Michael Shank.
Bourdais “surprised” Cadillac was beaten on pace in Daytona 24 Hours
Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac driver Sebastien Bourdais said he was surprised that the victorious Acura ARX-06 outperformed his new V-LMDh in the Daytona 24 Hours IMSA SportsCar Championship season opener.
Daytona 24: MSR Acura opens GTP era with win, Proton snatches LMP2 by 0.016s
Meyer Shank Racing scored its second consecutive victory in the Daytona 24 Hours in the first race for the IMSA SportsCar Championship's new GTP regulations, leading an Acura 1-2 finish.
Daytona 24, Hour 21: MSR Acura back in front with three hours left
The Meyer Shank Racing Acura was back in front with three hours remaining in the Daytona 24 Hours that opens the IMSA SportsCar season.
Autosport writers' most memorable moments of 2022
The season just gone was a memorable one for many of our staff writers, who are fortunate enough to cover motorsport around the world. Here are our picks of the best (and in some cases, most eventful) from 2022
The plug in and play stand-ins who got their timing just right
Nyck de Vries’s Italian GP exploits weren’t the first post-eleventh-hour call-up in motorsport history, and won’t be the last either. Here are some offbeat tales from the past
The longest-serving Red Bull driver revealing F1’s true brutality
His day of days in Formula 1 came at Indianapolis in 2005, a day grand prix racing strives to forget. But Patrick Friesacher, the long-serving Red Bull lieutenant, remains active today driving a two-seater that provides ordinary people with a glimpse of an F1 car’s savage potential, including this writer...
How the DTM has come back stronger from its Norisring nadir
OPINION: Questionable driving standards and farcical team orders meant the DTM's first season under GT3 regulations ended under a cloud. But the organisation has responded firmly by banning team orders and welcomed new manufacturers, making for an intriguing season ahead as new and returning names prepare for battle
The remarkable career of a 'classy' champion who rejected politics
Over two decades as a factory driver with Audi and BMW, Martin Tomczyk earned the respect of team-mates and rivals as a hard but fair racer. After calling time on his racing career, the 2011 DTM champion sat down with Autosport to look back
The other Hamilton conqueror seeking career revival
On his rise through the ranks before reaching Formula 1, Lewis Hamilton was usually a cut above the rest. But he never truly asserted himself over a Mercedes-backed fellow Briton who traded single-seaters for touring cars and is now seeking new opportunities after a year largely spent on the sidelines
How the DTM's shambolic finale poses awkward future questions
OPINION: The scenes at the Norisring as Mercedes used blatant team orders to secure the first DTM title of the new GT3 era totally undermined the credibility of the championship. But as well as overshadowing the season, it also presents uncomfortable questions to series bosses about the direction it is headed in
How Audi's new DTM star is channeling Rast to achieve his "childhood dream"
Having learned the ropes in GT3 alongside Rene Rast, Kelvin van der Linde is in line to take up the three-time champion's baton as Audi's new DTM king. From humble origins in South Africa, it's been a remarkable journey so far for the current series leader, but he knows that the 2021 title is a long way from settled just yet
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.