Hockenheim DTM: Glock beats Rast to Race 2 pole

Audi continued to struggle at Hockenheim, which it has put down to a combination of oversteer and the loss of downforce caused by the new rule packages.

That made Rast’s lap of 1m32.587s in the first flying runs all the more impressive, with Mercedes’ Dani Juncadella almost three tenths back in second.

But when the final attempts at pole took place in the final minutes, it was Glock who stormed to the top with a lap of 1m32.379s.

The former Formula 1 driver’s pole lap was over two tenths slower than Paffet’s benchmark in first qualifying on Saturday.

Rast had to settle for second, one of only two Audis in the top 10, but his front row spot came under threat from rookie Joel Eriksson.

The 2017 European Formula 3 championship runner-up set his best lap in the final seconds to go third with a time just 0.026s slower than Rast.

Mercedes locked out positions four to seventh, with Edoardo Mortara’s late lap enough to depose stablemate Lucas Auer to fifth.

Paul di Resta also improved late on and took sixth ahead of Juncadella. BMW’s Marco Wittmann was eighth ahead of the second-best Audi of Mike Rockenfeller.

Saturday’s race winner Paffett qualified 10th ahead of Pascal Wehrlein.

Audi took four of the bottom five positions with Robin Frijns in 15th ahead of Nico Muller, having taken a trip through the gravel in the third practice session.

Jamie Green was second in that session but could only secure 17th after another difficult qualifying.

Mattias Ekstrom qualified last and 19th for his final DTM race this afternoon after he was unable to start the second flying run due to a problem fitting tyres to the right-hand side of his Audi.

Qualifying results:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time	Gap
1	Timo Glock	BMW M4 DTM	1'32.379
2	René Rast	Audi RS5 DTM	1'32.587	0.208
3	Joel Eriksson	BMW M4 DTM	1'32.613	0.234
4	Edoardo Mortara	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	1'32.623	0.244
5	Lucas Auer	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	1'32.632	0.253
6	Paul di Resta	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	1'32.657	0.278
7	Daniel Juncadella	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	1'32.717	0.338
8	Marco Wittmann	BMW M4 DTM	1'32.756	0.377
9	Mike Rockenfeller	Audi RS5 DTM	1'32.762	0.383
10	Gary Paffett	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	1'32.881	0.502
11	Pascal Wehrlein	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	1'32.885	0.506
12	Loic Duval	Audi RS5 DTM	1'32.887	0.508
13	Augusto Farfus	BMW M4 DTM	1'32.973	0.594
14	Bruno Spengler	BMW M4 DTM	1'33.003	0.624
15	Robin Frijns	Audi RS5 DTM	1'33.045	0.666
16	Nico Müller	Audi RS5 DTM	1'33.061	0.682
17	Jamie Green	Audi RS5 DTM	1'33.109	0.730
18	Philipp Eng	BMW M4 DTM	1'33.116	0.737
19	Mattias Ekström	Audi RS5 DTM	1'34.043	1.664