Mercedes driver, Christian Vietoris, will start from pole position on the first DTM race in Norisring. Second best time was for Gary Paffett and third best time was for the championship leader, Jamie Green.


 

Qualifying in Norisring are allways exciting. The track is short, and today with wet track was a big challenge for the drivers. 39 thousandths of a second was the difference between the poleman, Vietoris and the second, Paffett.

The track was drying during the qualifying and the times were better lap after lap.

After Vietoris, Paffett and Green, in fourth position, finished Paul Di Resta, followed by other Mercedes driver, Pascal Wehrlein. In sixth position we have Augusto Farfus, the first BMW.

Miguel Molina, after a good qualifying, finished ninth, but he is the second Audi on the grid. The other Spanish driver, Dani Juncadella, finished eleventh.

The first race will be today at 16:45 local time.