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Audi Sport’s Jamie Green continued his impressive form for this afternoon’s Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) race at the Eurospeedway Lausitz, taking a dominant pole position by over half a second.
The Brit set a time of 1:17.386 around the 3.478km track, leading another Audi 1-2-3-4. Mattias Ekström will line up on the front row alongside Green, with Timo Scheider and yesterday’s pole sitter Miguel Molina making up the second row.
“My car is simply perfect this weekend,” explained Green, who is currently leading the standings by a mere two points. “Yesterday, I could have not only clinched victory but the top spot on the grid as well. I didn’t quite manage that because the first lap wasn’t clear yesterday. The lap today was near-perfect. Still, it’s going to be a long and tough race this afternoon.”
BMW’s fastest driver of the session was Team RMG’s Maxime Martin, who was fifth fastest, with Edoardo Mortara just 0.070 seconds behind the Belgian.
Team RBM’s Augusto Farfus took seventh, with the Audi pair of Nico Müller and Mike Rockenfeller making it seven RS5 DTMs in the top ten, placing eighth and ninth. Daniel Juncadella was the fastest of the Mercedes drivers, completing the top ten.
Gary Paffett was also a fraction outside the top ten, as the 2005 champion was just 0.012 seconds behind the Spaniard, but 0.020 seconds ahead of the next best placed BMW drivers, Tom Blomqvist and Bruno Spengler.
Defending champion Marco Wittmann seems to not have the best of luck at the moment, as the 25-year-old placed 17th for the race this afternoon behind the Mercedes trio of Pascal Wehrlein, Christian Vietoris and Robert Wickens.
Team Schnitzer’s António Félix da Costa will start 18th, ahead of Mercedes rookie, ART Grand Prix’s Lucas Auer. Adrien Tambay was able to set a timed lap today, posting the 20th fastest time, unlike Maximilian Götz, who starts from last.
Timo Glock will start 21st on the grid, ahead of Paul Di Resta and BMW’s Martin Tomczyk.
Race two starts at 1423 CEST (1323 BST).
Session results
| POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 53 | Jamie GREEN |  |
Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | 7 | 1:17.386 | 0.000 |
| 2 | 5 | Mattias EKSTRÖM |  |
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | 10 | 1:17.906 | 0.520 |
| 3 | 10 | Timo SCHEIDER |  |
Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | 11 | 1:17.931 | 0.545 |
| 4 | 17 | Miguel MOLINA |  |
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | 11 | 1:17.940 | 0.554 |
| 5 | 36 | Maxime MARTIN |  |
BMW Team RMG | BMW M4 DTM | 11 | 1:17.954 | 0.568 |
| 6 | 48 | Edoardo MORTARA |  |
Audi Sport Team Abt | Audi RS5 DTM | 10 | 1:18.024 | 0.638 |
| 7 | 18 | Augusto FARFUS |  |
BMW Team RBM | BMW M4 DTM | 10 | 1:18.042 | 0.656 |
| 8 | 51 | Nico MÜLLER |  |
Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | 11 | 1:18.049 | 0.663 |
| 9 | 99 | Mike ROCKENFELLER | |
Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | 12 | 1:18.053 | 0.667 |
| 10 | 12 | Daniel JUNCADELLA | |
PETRONAS Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 10 | 1:18.056 | 0.670 |
| 11 | 2 | Gary PAFFETT | |
EURONICS / BWT Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 10 | 1:18.068 | 0.682 |
| 12 | 31 | Tom BLOMQVIST | |
BMW Team RBM | BMW M4 DTM | 9 | 1:18.088 | 0.702 |
| 13 | 7 | Bruno SPENGLER |  |
BMW Team MTEK | BMW M4 DTM | 12 | 1:18.121 | 0.735 |
| 14 | 94 | Pascal WEHRLEIN | |
gooix / Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 9 | 1:18.151 | 0.765 |
| 15 | 8 | Christian VIETORIS | |
gooix / Original-Teile Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 8 | 1:18.205 | 0.819 |
| 16 | 6 | Robert WICKENS | |
SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 8 | 1:18.216 | 0.830 |
| 17 | 1 | Marco WITTMANN | |
BMW Team RMG | BMW M4 DTM | 12 | 1:18.241 | 0.855 |
| 18 | 13 | António Félix da COSTA |  |
BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M4 DTM | 11 | 1:18.256 | 0.870 |
| 19 | 22 | Lucas AUER |  |
EURONICS / BWT Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 12 | 1:18.276 | 0.890 |
| 20 | 27 | Adrien TAMBAY |  |
Audi Sport Team Abt | Audi RS5 DTM | 10 | 1:18.334 | 0.948 |
| 21 | 16 | Timo GLOCK | |
BMW Team MTEK | BMW M4 DTM | 11 | 1:18.346 | 0.960 |
| 22 | 3 | Paul di RESTA | |
SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 8 | 1:18.449 | 1.063 |
| 23 | 77 | Martin TOMCZYK | |
BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M4 DTM | 9 | 1:18.484 | 1.098 |
| 24 | 84 | Maximilian GÖTZ | |
PETRONAS Mercedes-AMG | Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM | 2 | No time | N/A |