Timo Glock takes maiden DTM pole at Oschersleben

Timo Glock secured his maiden Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) career pole position, as the German led another strong showing by BMW Motorsport at Oschersleben, with seven M4 DTMs in the top ten for race one of the weekend.

The Team MTEK driver posted the fastest time of the 20-minute session with a 1:19.821, with the Team RBM duo of Augusto Farfus and DTM rookie Tom Blomqvist completing the top three.

António Félix da Costa and Bruno Spengler were in contention around the 3.696km track, with the pair having to settle for fourth and fifth, in what was a very competitive qualifying. The 24-strong field was split by just 0.989 seconds.

Marco Wittmann and Martin Tomczyk would end up seventh and eighth, as Mercedes was only represented by Pascal Wehrlein, who posted the sixth fastest time.

Miguel Molina was the fastest of the Audis in ninth, but the Spaniard hit the barriers in the dying seconds of the session, with the front end of his RS5 heavily damaged.

Along with Lucas Auer, Molina will have to speak to the stewards, as both drivers were “blocking” other cars out on track.

Edoardo Mortara was tenth, in what was another torrid session for Dieter Gass and his squad.

Points leader Mattias Ekström will have to fight from the back of the grid, as the Swede suffered gear selection issues in his first run of the session just after the halfway point.

Gary Paffett was up at the top of the times in the early stages of the 20-minute session, but the Briton finished in 11th place, ahead of Maxime Martin, who was the sole BMW driver to not make it into the top ten.

Jamie Green, who is still in with a chance for the drivers’ title, will start from 13th on the grid for the first race.

Race 13 of the 2015 DTM season starts at 1455 CEST (1355 BST)

Session results

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	16	Timo GLOCK		BMW Team MTEK	BMW M4 DTM	8	1:19.821	0.000
2	18	Augusto FARFUS		BMW Team RBM	BMW M4 DTM	7	1:19.877	0.056
3	31	Tom BLOMQVIST		BMW Team RBM	BMW M4 DTM	7	1:19.893	0.072
4	13	António Félix da COSTA		BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M4 DTM	11	1:19.907	0.086
5	7	Bruno SPENGLER		BMW Team MTEK	BMW M4 DTM	9	1:19.927	0.106
6	94	Pascal WEHRLEIN		gooix / Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	9	1:19.935	0.114
7	1	Marco WITTMANN		BMW Team RMG	BMW M4 DTM	7	1:19.992	0.171
8	77	Martin TOMCZYK		BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M4 DTM	9	1:20.019	0.198
9	17	Miguel MOLINA		Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi RS5 DTM	6	1:20.019	0.198
10	48	Edoardo MORTARA		Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi RS5 DTM	7	1:20.076	0.255
11	2	Gary PAFFETT		EURONICS / BWT Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	8	1:20.136	0.315
12	36	Maxime MARTIN		BMW Team RMG	BMW M4 DTM	9	1:20.175	0.354
13	53	Jamie GREEN		Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi RS5 DTM	9	1:20.206	0.385
14	12	Daniel JUNCADELLA		PETRONAS Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	8	1:20.223	0.402
15	3	Paul di RESTA		SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	9	1:20.232	0.411
16	51	Nico MÜLLER		Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi RS5 DTM	8	1:20.380	0.559
17	99	Mike ROCKENFELLER		Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	9	1:20.444	0.623
18	8	Christian VIETORIS		gooix / Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	9	1:20.452	0.631
19	10	Timo SCHEIDER		Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	9	1:20.464	0.643
20	6	Robert WICKENS		SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	8	1:20.479	0.658
21	84	Maximilian GÖTZ		PETRONAS Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	9	1:20.505	0.684
22	27	Adrien TAMBAY		Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi RS5 DTM	10	1:20.659	0.838
23	22	Lucas AUER		EURONICS / BWT Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	8	1:20.702	0.881
24	5	Mattias EKSTRÖM		Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi RS5 DTM	3	1:20.810	0.989

Complete session results