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From press release
In a thrilling qualifying session for the sixth round of the DTM season at Red Bull Ring, Canadian Robert Wickens proved to have strong nerves.
In spite of having spun, the Mercedes-Benz driver kept his cool and claimed pole position with a time of 1:25.175 minutes just before the end of the session.
“I knew that we had made a step ahead, but I had never expected to be on pole position. I did my utmost, which is also why I made a mistake. Now, I am looking forward to the race”, the Canadian said.
Until a few seconds before the end, everything looked set for Tim Glock's maiden DTM pole position, but then, he was toppled by Wickens.
“That hurts,” the BMW driver said. “On my cooling down lap, I saw on the video walls that I was first and I was really happy. The fact that Robert (Wickens) still took pole position away from me in the final moment is sad.”
Only 0.006 seconds separated the 32-year old from the pole sitter with the DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé.
Qualifying results* - Spielberg
1.Robert Wickens (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'25"175 - Q3
2.Timo Glock (BMW M4) - MTEK - 1'25"181 - Q3
3.Marco Wittmann (BMW M4) - RMG - 1'25"228 - Q3
4.Augusto Farfus (BMW M4) - RBM - 1'25"237 - Q3
5.Pascal Wehrlein (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'25"246 - Q3
6.Jamie Green (Audi RS5) - Rosberg - 1'25"266 - Q3
7.Christian Vietoris (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'25"362 - Q3
8.Maxime Martin (BMW M4) - RMG - 1'25"424 - Q3
9.Joey Hand (BMW M4) - RBM - 1'25"259 - Q2
10.Bruno Spengler (BMW M4) - Schnitzer - 1'25"309 - Q2
11.Martin Tomczyk (BMW M4) - Schnitzer - 1'25"323 - Q2
12.Daniel Juncadella (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'25"335 - Q2
13.Antonio Felix Da Costa (BMW M4) - MTEK - 1'25"343 - Q2
14.Mike Rockenfeller (Audi RS5) - Phoenix - 1'25"385 - Q2
15.Timo Scheider (Audi RS5) - Phoenix - 1'25"400 - Q2
16.Mattias Ekstrom (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'25"423 - Q2
17.Miguel Molina (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'25"708 - Q2
18.Nico Muller (Audi RS5) - Rosberg - 1'25"526 - Q2
19.Gary Paffett (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'25"577 - Q1
20.Adrien Tambay (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'25"599 - Q1
21.Edoardo Mortara (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'25"666 - Q1
22.Vitaly Petrov (Mercedes C-Coupe) - Mucke - 1'25"856 - Q1
23.Paul Di Resta (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'25"932 - Q1
*Unofficial results
In a thrilling qualifying session for the sixth round of the DTM season at Red Bull Ring, Canadian Robert Wickens proved to have strong nerves.
In spite of having spun, the Mercedes-Benz driver kept his cool and claimed pole position with a time of 1:25.175 minutes just before the end of the session.
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| Timo Glock, Robert Wickens, Marco Wittmann (Photo: DTM.com) |
“I knew that we had made a step ahead, but I had never expected to be on pole position. I did my utmost, which is also why I made a mistake. Now, I am looking forward to the race”, the Canadian said.
Until a few seconds before the end, everything looked set for Tim Glock's maiden DTM pole position, but then, he was toppled by Wickens.
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| Timo Glock, BMW M4 DTM (Photo: DTM.com) |
“That hurts,” the BMW driver said. “On my cooling down lap, I saw on the video walls that I was first and I was really happy. The fact that Robert (Wickens) still took pole position away from me in the final moment is sad.”
Only 0.006 seconds separated the 32-year old from the pole sitter with the DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé.
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| (Photo: DTM.com) |
Qualifying results* - Spielberg
1.Robert Wickens (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'25"175 - Q3
2.Timo Glock (BMW M4) - MTEK - 1'25"181 - Q3
3.Marco Wittmann (BMW M4) - RMG - 1'25"228 - Q3
4.Augusto Farfus (BMW M4) - RBM - 1'25"237 - Q3
5.Pascal Wehrlein (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'25"246 - Q3
6.Jamie Green (Audi RS5) - Rosberg - 1'25"266 - Q3
7.Christian Vietoris (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'25"362 - Q3
8.Maxime Martin (BMW M4) - RMG - 1'25"424 - Q3
9.Joey Hand (BMW M4) - RBM - 1'25"259 - Q2
10.Bruno Spengler (BMW M4) - Schnitzer - 1'25"309 - Q2
11.Martin Tomczyk (BMW M4) - Schnitzer - 1'25"323 - Q2
12.Daniel Juncadella (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'25"335 - Q2
13.Antonio Felix Da Costa (BMW M4) - MTEK - 1'25"343 - Q2
14.Mike Rockenfeller (Audi RS5) - Phoenix - 1'25"385 - Q2
15.Timo Scheider (Audi RS5) - Phoenix - 1'25"400 - Q2
16.Mattias Ekstrom (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'25"423 - Q2
17.Miguel Molina (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'25"708 - Q2
18.Nico Muller (Audi RS5) - Rosberg - 1'25"526 - Q2
19.Gary Paffett (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'25"577 - Q1
20.Adrien Tambay (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'25"599 - Q1
21.Edoardo Mortara (Audi RS5) - Abt - 1'25"666 - Q1
22.Vitaly Petrov (Mercedes C-Coupe) - Mucke - 1'25"856 - Q1
23.Paul Di Resta (Mercedes C-Coupe) - HWA - 1'25"932 - Q1
*Unofficial results
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| (Photo: DTM.com) |