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From press release
At the start of the DTM season, Adrien Tambay has secured the first pole position of the year. In qualifying at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg, the Frenchman was fastest with his Audi RS 5 DTM and will be starting from first place on the grid for the first time in his DTM career on Sunday.
The 23-year old completed the 4.574 kilometres long lap in 1:32.272 minutes and thus ended up ahead of BMW drivers Marco Wittmann and Bruno Spengler, who were second and third respectively.
“I finally made it,” Tambay said after his pole-winning drive.
“As always in the DTM, it was incredibly close. It was almost over for me after the first qualifying heat and eventually, I got pole position - incredible. I am really happy that it finally worked out. The mechanics have been working really hard. There wouldn't have been a better way for me to thank them than by claiming pole position. I am overjoyed.”
Rookie driver António Félix da Costa (BMW) showed an impressive performance. The best of the four novices in the field, the 22-year old Portuguese made it into the third qualifying heat and will be starting the first race of the season from fourth place.
“I don't know whether I had expected this,” the BMW driver said.
“From the very moment I put my helmet on, I always want to give my best. The fast that it was enough for fourth place is just great.” Initially, Félix da Costa was even in third place. Then, however, the race director declared the BMW driver's best lap void, because the latter had exceeded the track limits during this lap.
Qualifying results* - Hockenheim (round 1 of 10)
1.Adrien Tambay (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'32"272 - Q3
2.Marco Wittmann (BMW M4) - RMG - 1'32"419 - Q3
3.Bruno Spengler (BMW M4) - Schnitzer - 1'32"600 - Q3
4.Antonio Felix da Costa (BMW M4) - MTEK - 1'32"608 - Q3
5.Mattias Ekstrom (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'32"624 - Q3
6.Miguel Molina (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'32"787 - Q3
7.Edoardo Mortara (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'32"898 - Q3
8.Martin Tomczyk (BMW M4) - Schnitzer - 1'33"113 - Q3
9.Timo Glock (BMW M4) - MTEK - 1'32"603 - Q2
10.Timo Scheider (Audi RS5) - Phoenix - 1'32"706 - Q2
11.Mike Rockenfeller (Audi RS5) - Phoenix - 1'32"717 - Q2
12.Augusto Farfus (BMW M4) - RBM - 1'32"739 - Q2
13.Nico Muller (Audi RS5) - Rosberg - 1'32"756 - Q2
14.Maxime Martin (BMW M4) - RMG - 1'32"792 - Q2
15.Gary Paffett (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'32"834 - Q2
16.Pascal Wehrlein (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'32"840 - Q2
17.Joey Hand (BMW M4) - RBM - 1'32"885 - Q2
18.Jamie Green (Audi RS5) - Rosberg - 1'32"986 - Q2
19.Paul Di Resta (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'33"639 - Q1
20.Daniel Juncadella (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'33"746 - Q
21.Robert Wickens (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'33"875 - Q1
22.Christian Vietoris (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'34"242 - Q
23.Vitaly Petrov (Mercedes C-Coupe) - Mucke - 1'34"367 - Q1
*Unofficial results
At the start of the DTM season, Adrien Tambay has secured the first pole position of the year. In qualifying at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg, the Frenchman was fastest with his Audi RS 5 DTM and will be starting from first place on the grid for the first time in his DTM career on Sunday.
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| Marco Wittmann, Adrien Tambay, Antonio Felix da Costa (Photo: DTM.com) |
The 23-year old completed the 4.574 kilometres long lap in 1:32.272 minutes and thus ended up ahead of BMW drivers Marco Wittmann and Bruno Spengler, who were second and third respectively.
“I finally made it,” Tambay said after his pole-winning drive.
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| Marco Wittmann, BMW M4 DTM (Photo: DTM.com) |
“As always in the DTM, it was incredibly close. It was almost over for me after the first qualifying heat and eventually, I got pole position - incredible. I am really happy that it finally worked out. The mechanics have been working really hard. There wouldn't have been a better way for me to thank them than by claiming pole position. I am overjoyed.”
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| Bruno Spengler, BMW M4 DTM (Photo: DTM.com) |
Rookie driver António Félix da Costa (BMW) showed an impressive performance. The best of the four novices in the field, the 22-year old Portuguese made it into the third qualifying heat and will be starting the first race of the season from fourth place.
“I don't know whether I had expected this,” the BMW driver said.
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| Antonio Felix da Costa, BMW M4 DTM (Photo: DTM.com) |
“From the very moment I put my helmet on, I always want to give my best. The fast that it was enough for fourth place is just great.” Initially, Félix da Costa was even in third place. Then, however, the race director declared the BMW driver's best lap void, because the latter had exceeded the track limits during this lap.
Qualifying results* - Hockenheim (round 1 of 10)
1.Adrien Tambay (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'32"272 - Q3
2.Marco Wittmann (BMW M4) - RMG - 1'32"419 - Q3
3.Bruno Spengler (BMW M4) - Schnitzer - 1'32"600 - Q3
4.Antonio Felix da Costa (BMW M4) - MTEK - 1'32"608 - Q3
5.Mattias Ekstrom (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'32"624 - Q3
6.Miguel Molina (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'32"787 - Q3
7.Edoardo Mortara (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'32"898 - Q3
8.Martin Tomczyk (BMW M4) - Schnitzer - 1'33"113 - Q3
9.Timo Glock (BMW M4) - MTEK - 1'32"603 - Q2
10.Timo Scheider (Audi RS5) - Phoenix - 1'32"706 - Q2
11.Mike Rockenfeller (Audi RS5) - Phoenix - 1'32"717 - Q2
12.Augusto Farfus (BMW M4) - RBM - 1'32"739 - Q2
13.Nico Muller (Audi RS5) - Rosberg - 1'32"756 - Q2
14.Maxime Martin (BMW M4) - RMG - 1'32"792 - Q2
15.Gary Paffett (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'32"834 - Q2
16.Pascal Wehrlein (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'32"840 - Q2
17.Joey Hand (BMW M4) - RBM - 1'32"885 - Q2
18.Jamie Green (Audi RS5) - Rosberg - 1'32"986 - Q2
19.Paul Di Resta (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'33"639 - Q1
20.Daniel Juncadella (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'33"746 - Q
21.Robert Wickens (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'33"875 - Q1
22.Christian Vietoris (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'34"242 - Q
23.Vitaly Petrov (Mercedes C-Coupe) - Mucke - 1'34"367 - Q1
*Unofficial results
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| Pascal Wehrlein, Mercedes C-Coupe (Photo: DTM.com) |