Martin Tomczyk has been stripped of the pole position which he had earlier gained in qualifying for the DTM at Brands Hatch, due to the German’s car being underweight.
BMW’s Tomczyk had earlier scored the first-ever pole in the series for his BMW team RMG outfit and the ninth of his DTM career. However during post-qualifying scrutineering the former champion’s car was found to be underweight and he was thrown out of qualifying.
The decision means that Audi’s Mike Rockenfeller is elevated to pole position, with BMW driver Augusto Farfus joining him on the front row.
“Of course I prefer beating my rivals on track but it’s nice to start from the pole position,” said Rockenfeller after the news. “After we had a very good race performance at Hockenheim I’m confident for tomorrow.”
Revised grid:
1- Mike Rockenfeller
2- Augusto Farfus
3 – Joey Hand
4- Bruno Spengler
5- Timo Scheider
6- Marco Wittmann
7- Andy Priaulx
8- Edoardo Mortara
9- Miguel Molina
10- Timo Glock
11- Gary Paffett
12- Mattias Ekström
13- Robert Wickens
14- Dirk Werner
15- Adrien Tambay
16- Christian Vietoris
17- Jamie Green
18- Filipe Albuquerque
19- Roberto Merhi
20- Pascal Wehrlein
21- Daniel Juncadella
22- Martin Tomczyk