Jorg Muller Takes Magny-Cours Pole
The BMW Team Deutschland grabbed today their second consecutive WTCC pole position, this time with Jorg Muller taking the top spot at Magny Cours, for the second event - and third round - of the 2005 season
Muller, setting a time of one minute and 49.486 seconds, will start alongside SEAT's Rickard Rydell. Augusto Farfus claimed third position for Alfa Romeo, after beating by only one thousandth of a second Briton BMW UK's Andy Priaulx.
The qualifying session ended with debutant Frank Diefenbacher crashing heavily into the barriers of the French track, substantially damaging his Ford Focus. He was taken to a Nevers hospital for a precautionary check-up.
Alex Zanardi, for BMW Italy, was unable to set a time better than fourteenth, after his car stopped on track with gearbox problems, just minutes before the qualifying session was over.
WTCC Round 3: Magny-Cours Qualifying Results
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Jorg Muller BMW Team Deutschland 1:49.486 2. Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport 1:49.824 + 0.338 3. Augusto Farfus jr. Alfa Romeo Racing Team 1:49.864 + 0.378 4. Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK 1:49.865 + 0.379 5. Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team 1:49.985 + 0.499 6. Antonio GarcÃa BMW Team Italy-Spain 1:50.048 + 0.562 7. Peter Terting SEAT Sport 1:50.114 + 0.628 8. Jordi Gene SEAT Sport 1:50.132 + 0.646 9. Dirk Muller BMW Team Deutschland 1:50.205 + 0.719 10. James Thompson Alfa Romeo Racing Team 1:50.530 + 1.044 11. Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team 1:50.539 + 1.053 12. Valle Makela GR Asia 1:51.250 + 1.764 13. Roberto Colciago JAS Motorsport 1:51.292 + 1.806 14. Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain 1:51.311 + 1.825 15. Alain Menu Chevrolet 1:51.395 + 1.909 16. Carl Rosenblad Crawford Racing 1:51.449 + 1.963 17. Alessandro Balzan Alessandro Balzan 1:51.719 + 2.233 18. Nicola Larini Chevrolet 1:51.846 + 2.360 19. Salvatore Tavano DB Motorsport 1:51.868 + 2.382 20. Marc Hennerici Wiechers-Sport 1:51.938 + 2.452 21. Andrea Larini DB Motorsport 1:52.053 + 2.567 22. Adam Lacko IEP Team 1:52.091 + 2.605 23. Tom Coronel GR Asia 1:52.120 + 2.634 24. Giuseppe Ciro Proteam Motorsport 1:52.173 + 2.687 25. Thomas Klenke Ford Hotfiel Sport 1:52.378 + 2.892 26. Stefano D'Aste Proteam Motorsport 1:52.388 + 2.902 27. Gianluca De Lorenzi Gianluca De Lorenzi 1:52.653 + 3.167 28. Adriano De Micheli JAS Motorsport 1:52.861 + 3.375 29. Thomas Jager Ford Hotfiel Sport 1:52.898 + 3.412 30. Robert Huff Chevrolet 1:52.972 + 3.486 31. Frank Diefenbacher RS-Line IPZ Racing 1:53.436 + 3.950 32. Stefano Valli Zerocinque Motorsport 1:54.405 + 4.919 33. Sascha Ploderl RS-Line IPZ Racing 1:55.157 + 5.671
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