Green snatches pole from Schneider
Britain's Jamie Green will start on pole position for the first round of this year's DTM at Hockenheim tomorrow
Green edged out DTM legend and circuit specialist Bernd Schneider by one tenth of a second as the new Formula One-syle qualifying format got its first airing.
Canadian Bruno Spengler made it a Mercedes 1-2-3 as the marque aims to keep up its Hockenheim winning streak tomorrow.
The new format had its casualties, with Jean Alesi falling out after the first round. Mika Hakkinen came close to missing the cut in both of the first two rounds, eventually setting seventh-fastest time, some way off the pace.
Audi's best performer was Martin Tomczyk in fourth, with 2004 champion Mattias Ekstrom sixth.
Audi's other star, Tom Kristensen, was knocked out in the middle session after a controversial brush with fellow Audi man Heinz Harald Frentzen on his fastest lap.
Pos Driver Make Time 1. Jamie Green AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 1:33.473 2. Bernd Schneider AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 1:33.557 + 0.084 3. Bruno Spengler AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 1:33.650 + 0.177 4. Martin Tomczyk Audi A4 DTM 1:33.757 + 0.284 5. Stefan Mucke AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 1:33.765 + 0.292 6. Mattias Ekstrom Audi A4 DTM 1:33.969 + 0.496 7. Mika Hakkinen AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 1:34.558 + 1.085 8. H.H. Frentzen Audi A4 DTM 6:32.580 + 4:59.107 9. Tom Kristensen Audi A4 DTM 1:34.036 + 0.563 10. Daniel la Rosa AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 1:34.321 + 0.848 11. Frank Stippler Audi A4 DTM 1:34.360 + 0.887 12. A. Margaritis AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 1:34.401 + 0.928 13. Timo Scheider Audi A4 DTM 1:34.412 + 0.939 14. Pierre Kaffer Audi A4 DTM 1:34.482 + 1.009 15. Christian Abt Audi A4 DTM 1:34.746 + 1.273 16. Jean Alesi AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 1:34.759 + 1.286 17. Susie Stoddart AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 1:35.938 + 2.465 18. Mathias Lauda AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 1:35.963 + 2.490 19. Olivier Tielemans Audi A4 DTM 1:36.000 + 2.527 20. Vanina Ickx Audi A4 DTM 1:36.318 + 2.845
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