Harald Proczyk secures Most pole from Mike Halder

Reigning TCR Germany champion Harald Proczyk secured pole position ahead of title rival Mike Halder by just under a tenth at Most.

It marked Proczyk’s second consecutive pole position, as the only driver to breach under the 1:40s mark with his benchmark of 1:39.969, which championship leader Mike Halder sat 0.080s adrift of.

Heading the second row was fellow Hyundai runner Max Hesse with an impressive performance from Julien Apotheloz’s to place his CUPRA fourth.

Next was Dominik Fugel’s Honda, which nearly topped Q1, heading the three Hyundais of Theo Coicaud, Jessica Bäckman and Lucas Niederscheider in sixth, seventh and eighth respectively.

Notably, Bäckman makes a one-off outing in the series this weekend, while Niederscheider will be disappointed with eighth after topping Q1.

Antti Buri’s LMS Racing Audi was ninth, while Bradley Burns’ Team Pyro Motorsport Honda completed the top ten.

The opening race of the weekend at Most is scheduled to get underway at 11:45 CEST (10:45 BST) tomorrow [18 May.]

Q2 results

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	1	Harald PROCZYK		HP Racing International	Hyundai i30 N TCR	5	1:39.969	0.000
2	7	Mike HALDER		Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	4	1:40.049	0.080
3	19	Max HESSE		Hyundai Team Engstler	Hyundai i30 N TCR	4	1:40.345	0.376
4	22	Julien APOTHÉLOZ		TOPCAR Sport	CUPRA TCR	4	1:40.448	0.479
5	88	Dominik FUGEL		Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	5	1:40.516	0.547
6	27	Theo COICAUD		Hyundai Team Engstler	Hyundai i30 N TCR	6	1:40.580	0.611
7	101	Jessica BÄCKMAN		Hyundai Team Engstler 2	Hyundai i30 N TCR	5	1:40.682	0.713
8	42	Lukas NIEDERTSCHEIDER		HP Racing International	Hyundai i30 N TCR	5	1:40.734	0.765
9	13	Antti BURI		LMS Racing	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	5	1:40.772	0.803
10	6	Bradley BURNS		Team Pyro Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	6	1:40.887	0.918
11	41	Steve KIRSCH		IMC Motorsport	Opel Astra TCR	4	1:41.098	1.129
12	53	Michelle HALDER		Profi-Car Team Halder	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	6	1:41.250	1.281

Q1 results

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME	GAP
1	42	Lukas NIEDERTSCHEIDER		HP Racing International	Hyundai i30 N TCR	4	1:40.306	0.000
2	88	Dominik FUGEL		Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	11	1:40.310	0.004
3	19	Max HESSE		Hyundai Team Engstler	Hyundai i30 N TCR	7	1:40.369	0.063
4	1	Harald PROCZYK		HP Racing International	Hyundai i30 N TCR	7	1:40.489	0.183
5	13	Antti BURI		LMS Racing	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	10	1:40.568	0.262
6	7	Mike HALDER		Profi-Car Team Honda ADAC Sachsen	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	4	1:40.605	0.299
7	101	Jessica BÄCKMAN		Hyundai Team Engstler 2	Hyundai i30 N TCR	11	1:40.747	0.441
8	27	Theo COICAUD		Hyundai Team Engstler	Hyundai i30 N TCR	12	1:40.783	0.477
9	22	Julien APOTHÉLOZ		TOPCAR Sport	CUPRA TCR	10	1:40.966	0.660
10	6	Bradley BURNS		Team Pyro Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	12	1:40.988	0.682
11	41	Steve KIRSCH		IMC Motorsport	Opel Astra TCR	10	1:41.010	0.704
12	53	Michelle HALDER		Profi-Car Team Halder	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	11	1:41.199	0.893
13	29	Mitchell CHEAH Min Jie		VW Team Oettinger	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	10	1:41.355	1.049
14	55	Marcel FUGEL		Profi-Car Team Halder	Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR	11	1:41.370	1.064
15	98	Jan SEYFFERT		Lubner Motorsport	Opel Astra TCR	10	1:41.494	1.188
16	99	Maurits SANDBERG		VW Team Oettinger	Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR	11	1:41.707	1.401
17	8	René KIRCHER		racing one	Audi RS3 LMS TCR	9	1:42.280	1.974
18	34	Patrick SING		RaceSing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	10	1:42.698	2.392
19	33	Joshua Corren REYNOLDS		TOPCAR Sport	CUPRA TCR	13	1:42.915	2.609