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Harald Proczyk claims his first TCR Germany pole of 2017

Harald Proczyk claimed his first TCR Germany pole position since the Sachsenring last year, as the SEAT driver beat Wolf-Power Racing’s Mike Halder to the top time in qualifying at Zandvoort.

Austrian racer Proczyk had been fourth fastest in his Group A draw of the qualifying session, but the SEAT driver pulled out all of the stops in Q2 to beat Halder to the top time by less than a tenth of a second.

“It was a great start yesterday,” said Proczyk, who had also been the pace-setter in Friday’s free practice sessions. “We’ve got pole position, but now we have to make sure that we carry forward the pace from pole position into the race to get a good start.”

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Fellow SEAT racer Halder had to settle for second – his best qualifying result of the season – ahead of TCR Germany newcomer Jaap van Lagen, this weekend racing an Audi RS3 for Bas Koeten Racing.

Van Lagen was, however, later excluded from the qualifying results and sent to the back of the grid for both races.

Finnish racer Antti Buri, returning to the series after msising the previous round to test Hyundai’s new TCR car, was fourth fastest, ahead of Honda Sachsen’s Steve Kirsch in fifth.

Engstler Motorsport duo Luca Engstler and Jason Wolfe occupied sixth and seventh respectively as the leading Volkswagen drivers in the field, ahead of runaway championship leader Josh Files in eighth, who was the best of the Target Competition entrants.

Aust Motorsport’s Sandro Kaibach and Prosport Performance’s Sheldon van der Linde completed the top ten, although the latter will have to start the first race from the back of the grid due to an engine change in his Audi.

The reverse-grid second race will see Van der Linde able to assume his front-row starting position, with Kaibach alongside.

Files’ nearest championship challenger, Honda driver Moritz Oestreich, could only manage 28th in a red-flag interrupted Group A qualifying session.

Q2 results

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP
1 22 Harald PROCZYK HP Racing SEAT León TCR 5 1:46.644 0.000
2 7 Mike HALDER Wolf-Power Racing 2 SEAT León TCR 5 1:46.677 0.033
3 56 Jaap VAN LAGEN Bas Koeten Racing 1 Audi RS3 LMS TCR 5 1:46.747 0.103
4 10 Antti BURI LMS Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 5 1:46.880 0.236
5 41 Steve KIRSCH Team Honda ADAC Sachsen Honda Civic Type R TCR 5 1:47.063 0.419
6 8 Luca ENGSTLER Junior Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR 6 1:47.119 0.475
7 38 Jason WOLFE Team Engstler USA Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR 5 1:47.125 0.481
8 1 Josh FILES Target Competition UK-SUI Honda Civic Type R TCR 6 1:47.319 0.675
9 44 Sandro KAIBACH Aust Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS TCR 5 1:47.452 0.808
10 18 Sheldon VAN DER LINDE AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC Audi RS3 LMS TCR 5 1:47.798 1.154
11 14 Niels LANGEVELD Racing One Audi RS3 LMS TCR 6 1:48.126 1.482
12 28 Pascal EBERLE Steibel Motorsport SEAT León TCR 0 No time N/A

Qualifying Group A and B results combined

POS NO DRIVER NAT ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME (A/B) GAP
1 7 Mike HALDER Wolf-Power Racing 2 SEAT León TCR 4 1:46.142 (A) 0.000
2 8 Luca ENGSTLER Junior Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR 4 1:46.385 (A) 0.243
3 44 Sandro KAIBACH Aust Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS TCR 10 1:46.397 (A) 0.255
4 56 Jaap VAN LAGEN Bas Koeten Racing 1 Audi RS3 LMS TCR 11 1:46.664 (B) 0.522
5 22 Harald PROCZYK HP Racing SEAT León TCR 9 1:46.759 (A) 0.617
6 18 Sheldon VAN DER LINDE AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC Audi RS3 LMS TCR 7 1:46.792 (B) 0.650
7 14 Niels LANGEVELD Racing One Audi RS3 LMS TCR 9 1:46.800 (B) 0.658
8 38 Jason WOLFE Team Engstler USA Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR 10 1:46.846 (A) 0.704
9 10 Antti BURI LMS Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 10 1:46.919 (B) 0.777
10 1 Josh FILES Target Competition UK-SUI Honda Civic Type R TCR 10 1:46.924 (A) 0.782
11 41 Steve KIRSCH Team Honda ADAC Sachsen Honda Civic Type R TCR 11 1:46.967 (B) 0.825
12 28 Pascal EBERLE Steibel Motorsport SEAT León TCR 10 1:47.056 (B) 0.914
13 36 Dino CALCUM Lubner Motorsport Opel Astra TCR 10 1:47.112 (B) 0.970
14 19 Max HOFER AC 1927 Mayen e.V. im ADAC Audi RS3 LMS TCR 9 1:47.122 (B) 0.980
15 13 Kai JORDAN Racing One Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR 11 1:47.241 (A) 1.099
16 42 Lukas NIEDERTSCHEIDER Niedertscheider MSP SEAT León TCR 5 1:47.258 (A) 1.116
17 2 Alex MORGAN Wolf-Power Racing 2 SEAT León TCR 10 1:47.262 (B) 1.120
18 94 Kris RICHARD Target Competition UK-SUI Honda Civic Type R TCR 11 1:47.303 (B) 1.161
19 58 Rik BREUKERS Bas Koeten Racing 2 SEAT León TCR 10 1:47.533 (A) 1.391
20 98 Tom LAUTENSCHLAGER Target Competition GER Audi RS3 LMS TCR 10 1:47.672 (A) 1.530
21 39 Florian THOMA Junior Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR 9 1:47.729 (A) 1.587
22 78 Fabian DANZ Schläppi Race-Tec SEAT León Cup Racer 11 1:47.741 (B) 1.599
23 82 Thomas KRAMWINKEL GermanFLAVOURS Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 9 1:47.790 (A) 1.648
24 17 Jasmin PREISIG Lubner Motorsport Opel Astra TCR 12 1:47.810 (A) 1.668
25 25 Loris HEZEMANS Aust Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS TCR 10 1:47.850 (A) 1.708
26 35 Rudolf RHYN TOPCAR Sport SEAT León TCR 10 1:47.860 (B) 1.718
27 12 Simon LARSSON Target Competition SWE-POL Audi RS3 LMS TCR 11 1:48.041 (B) 1.899
28 88 Moritz OESTREICH Team Honda ADAC Sachsen Honda Civic Type R TCR 9 1:48.066 (A) 1.924
29 54 Simon REICHER Certainty Racing Team Audi RS3 LMS TCR 10 1:48.363 (B) 2.221
30 57 Michael VERHAGEN Bas Koeten Racing 1 Audi RS3 LMS TCR 10 1:48.403 (A) 2.261
31 9 Stefan GOEDE Team Engstler USA Volkswagen Golf Gti TCR 10 1:48.511 (A) 2.369
32 66 Ronny JOST TOPCAR Sport SEAT León TCR 10 1:48.602 (A) 2.460
33 3 Gosia RDEST Target Competition SWE-POL Audi RS3 LMS TCR 12 1:48.645 (B) 2.503
34 11 Jürgen SCHMARL Target Competition AUT-POR Honda Civic Type R TCR 10 1:48.755 (A) 2.613
35 20 Niko KANKKUNEN LMS Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 5 1:48.825 (B) 2.683
36 40 Dillon KOSTER Certainty Racing Team Audi RS3 LMS TCR 10 1:49.417 (B) 3.275
37 84 Maurits SANDBERG Racing One 2 Audi RS3 LMS TCR 10 1:49.565 (B) 3.423
38 64 Sven MARKERT GermanFLAVOURS Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 10 1:50.740 (A) 4.598
39 27 José RODRIGUES Target Competition AUT-POR Honda Civic Type R TCR 1 2:28.445 (B) 42.303
40 99 Tim ZIMMERMANN Target Competition GER Audi RS3 LMS TCR 1 3:26.919 (B) 40.777
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