Spengler and Green claim front row of the starting grid at Lausitzring

Mercedes-Benz drivers lock out the front row on the starting grid for the fourth round of the DTM season at the Lausitzring: with a lap time of 1:19.119 minutes in qualifying for the race on Sunday, Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz) claimed the best starting grid position. His team-mate Jamie Green (Mercedes-Benz) will be lining up alongside him on the front row of the grid. The Brit came 0.405 seconds short of Spengler’s fastest time.

With Mattias EkstrÃ¶m and Martin Tomczyk, two Audi drivers are on the second row. Swedish driver EkstrÃ¶m was classified third in qualifying. Tomczyk, who won the race at Spielberg in Austria a fortnight ago, claimed fourth place on the grid.

Results

Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap
1. Bruno Spengler HWA Mercedes 1m19.119s
2. Jamie Green HWA Mercedes 1m19.524s + 0.405s
3. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi 1m19.591s + 0.472s
4. Martin Tomczyk Phoenix Audi 1m19.622s + 0.503s
5. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes 1m19.151s (Q3)
6. Oliver Jarvis Abt Audi 1m19.233s (Q3)
7. Tom Kristensen Abt Audi 1m19.406s (Q3)
8. Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi 1m19.545s (Q3)
9. Timo Scheidler Abt Audi 1m19.219s (Q2)
10. Christian Vietoris Persson Mercedes 1m19.234s (Q2)
11. Miguel Molina Abt Audi 1m19.258s (Q2)
12. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi 1m19.367s (Q2)
13. Renger van der Zande Persson Mercedes 1m19.502s (Q2)
14. Susie Stoddart Persson Mercedes 1m19.577s (Q2)
15. David Coulthard Mucke Mercedes 1m19.737s (Q1)
16. Maro Engel Mucke Mercedes 1m19.785s (Q1)
17. Ralf Schumacher HWA Mercedes 1m19.818s (Q1)
18. Rahel Frey Phoenix Audi 1m20.370s (Q1)