Augusto Farfus claims pole position for Zandvoort race two

BMW once again claimed top honours in DTM qualifying at Zandvoort, as Augusto Farfus took pole position for race two ahead of Marco Wittmann and Maxime Martin.

Farfus, whose last win in the DTM came at the Dutch circuit almost four years ago, put in the top time after eight minutes in the session when his lap of 1 minute 27.475 seconds sent him to the top.

In fact, almost all of the top times came in the first part of the 20-minute qualifying session, as drivers hit the circuit with fresh rubber and in the optimum dry and sunny conditions.

BMW once again dominated, with Wittmann improving slightly on his Saturday qualifying to go second and make it a Team RMG 1-2, ahead of Team RBM’s Martin in third.

Jamie Green prevented a top four BMW lock-out by going fourth in his Audi, just under two tenths off the pace, ahead of BMW Team RMR’s Timo Glock in fifth.

Glock, who took pole and won race one on Saturday, turned out to be the talking point of the session. The German had been on a second flying lap with three minutes to go when he was blocked by Mercedes’ Edoardo Mortara on an out lap, infuriating the BMW driver. The result saw Glock then pointedly block Mortara, almost coming to a standstill on the circuit.

Both drivers are to be investigated by the Stewards for the incident, potentially resulting in grid penalties ahead of race two.

Update: Glock was dropped to the back of the grid for race two as a result of the incident, whilst Mortara received a five-second pit-stop penalty in the race. Gary Paffett was also dropped to the back of the grid for using a tyre that was not in his qualifying allocation.

Championship leader René Rast was sixth, ahead of early session pace-setter Mike Rockenfeller in seventh.

Mercedes’ continued to struggle for pace, with eighth-placed Gary Paffett comfortably the best of the three-pointed stars drivers.

BMW’s Bruno Spengler and Mercedes’ Maro Engel completed the top ten, the latter being oe of only a handful of drivers to improve in the closing seconds of the session.

Title contenders Mattias Ekström and Lucas Auer struggled for pace in their Audi and Mercedes respectively, ending up down in 12^th and 13^th position. It marks a continuation of a poor weekend for Auer, who has lacked pace since turning up in The Netherlands.

Paul di Resta didn’t take to the circuit at all during the session as his Mercedes team worked furiously to try to fix a technical problem which developed during the earlier third practice session.

Race two takes place at 15:18 CEST (14:18 BST).

Watch: Timo Glock blocked by Edoardo Mortara in qualifying

Qualifying result

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	15	Augusto FARFUS		BMW Team RMG	BMW M4 DTM	9	1:27.475	0.000
2	11	Marco WITTMANN		BMW Team RMG	BMW M4 DTM	9	1:27.616	0.141
3	36	Maxime MARTIN		BMW Team RBM	BMW M4 DTM	9	1:27.642	0.167
4	53	Jamie GREEN		Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi RS5 DTM	9	1:27.673	0.198
5	16	Timo GLOCK		BMW Team RMR	BMW M4 DTM	8	1:27.690	0.215
6	33	René RAST		Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi RS5 DTM	8	1:27.832	0.357
7	99	Mike ROCKENFELLER		Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	9	1:27.892	0.417
8	2	Gary PAFFETT		Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Mercedes me	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	8	1:27.926	0.451
9	7	Bruno SPENGLER		BMW Team RBM	BMW M4 DTM	9	1:27.991	0.516
10	63	Maro ENGEL		Mercedes-AMG Motorsport SILBERPFEIL Energy	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	9	1:28.004	0.529
11	6	Robert WICKENS		Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Mercedes me	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	9	1:28.037	0.562
12	5	Mattias EKSTRÖM		Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi RS5 DTM	8	1:28.089	0.614
13	22	Lucas AUER		Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	9	1:28.260	0.785
14	31	Tom BLOMQVIST		BMW Team RMR	BMW M4 DTM	9	1:28.292	0.817
15	77	Loïc DUVAL		Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	8	1:28.302	0.827
16	51	Nico MÜLLER		Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi RS5 DTM	9	1:28.439	0.964
17	48	Edoardo MORTARA		Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	10	1:28.775	1.300