‘Magic’ Molina immediately put himself at the front of the field at the beginning of the qualifying session and on his second fresh set of tires clearly improved once more. Posting a time of 1m 21.732s, he outperformed BMW driver Tom Blomqvist by more than two tenths of a second, relegating him to second place. “This was a perfect lap,” Molina said following the fifth pole position in total in his DTM career. “I didn’t make a single mistake which in view of the close competition in the DTM is crucial. My car was superb – the mechanics did a fantastic job following my accident yesterday.”
The same is true for the squad of Jamie Green whose Hoffmann Group Audi RS 5 DTM of Audi Sport Team Rosberg was heavily damaged on Saturday as well. In the repaired car, the Briton secured grid position three.