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Hungaroring DTM: Mortara scores another pole, Wittmann third

Edoardo Mortara continued to sweep the Hungaroring DTM round by topping Sunday qualifying ahead of Audi teammate Mattias Ekstrom and title rival Marco Wittmann.

David Gruz

Edited: Sep 25, 2016, 12:41 PM

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Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline, Audi RS 5 DTM

The Italian set his time of 1m34.984s after the chequered flag fell, becoming the only driver to dip below the 1m35s barrier.

His teammate Jamie Green was leader for most of the session, with both Wittmann's and Ekstrom's initial times falling a tenth short.

However, Wittmann went quickest by six thousandths late on - only for the championship leader to be passed by Mortara and narrowly edged out of second as Ekstrom went 0.001s quicker.

Unable to improve, Green took fourth, with Miguel Molina bringing a fourth Audi into the top five.

BMW duo Maxime Martin and Tom Blomqvist took sixth and seventh respectively followed by top Mercedes driver Robert Wickens.

The top 10 was completed by two more Audis in the form of Nico Muller and Adrien Tambay.

Mercedes once again struggled, its drivers filling out six of the back seven grid spots.

Qualifying results:

PosDriverCarTimeGap 1 Edoardo Mortara Audi 1'34.984 2 Mattias Ekström Audi 1'35.138 0.154 3 Marco Wittmann BMW 1'35.139 0.155 4 Jamie Green Audi 1'35.145 0.161 5 Miguel Molina Audi 1'35.191 0.207 6 Maxime Martin BMW 1'35.303 0.319 7 Tom Blomqvist BMW 1'35.373 0.389 8 Robert Wickens Mercedes 1'35.388 0.404 9 Nico Müller Audi 1'35.460 0.476 10 Adrien Tambay Audi 1'35.476 0.492 11 Daniel Juncadella Mercedes 1'35.534 0.550 12 Antonio Felix da Costa BMW 1'35.537 0.553 13 Timo Scheider Audi 1'35.562 0.578 14 Augusto Farfus BMW 1'35.563 0.579 15 Timo Glock BMW 1'35.567 0.583 16 Mike Rockenfeller Audi 1'35.651 0.667 17 Martin Tomczyk BMW 1'35.723 0.739 18 Christian Vietoris Mercedes 1'35.767 0.783 19 Bruno Spengler BMW 1'35.835 0.851 20 Lucas Auer Mercedes 1'35.849 0.865 21 Paul di Resta Mercedes 1'35.859 0.875 22 Gary Paffett Mercedes 1'35.913 0.929 23 Maximilian Götz Mercedes 1'35.961 0.977 24 Felix Rosenqvist Mercedes 1'36.062 1.078

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