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Qualifying report

Hungaroring DTM: Mortara beats Green, Audi locks out top eight

Audi's title contender Edoardo Mortara was quickest in the Saturday DTM qualifying at the Hungaroring, which was dominated by Audi.

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

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

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The team's drivers had already locked out the top six after their first run, with Mortara leading the pack.

Although Jamie Green demoted him to second with the first flyer of his second stint, Mortara set a time of 1m35.282s after the chequered flag, which was enough to take pole.

Green, the marque's second highest-ranked driver in the standings, will take join Mortara on the front row, ahead of Miguel Molina and Mike Rockenfeller.

Early leader Nico Muller ended up fifth just ahead of Adrien Tambay.

Veterans Timo Scheider and Mattias Ekstrom were the slowest Audis in seventh and eighth.

Mercedes' Felix Rosenqvist became the fastest non-Audi driver in ninth, narrowly edging out championship leader Marco Wittmann of BMW.

Robert Wickens, third in the standings, only qualified 18th as the fourth-fastest Mercedes.

Qualifying results

ClaDriverCarTimeGap
1  Edoardo Mortara  Audi RS5 DTM 1'35.282  
2  Jamie Green  Audi RS5 DTM 1'35.364 0.082
3  Miguel Molina  Audi RS5 DTM 1'35.449 0.167
4  Mike Rockenfeller  Audi RS5 DTM 1'35.498 0.216
5  Nico Müller  Audi RS5 DTM 1'35.525 0.243
6  Adrien Tambay  Audi RS5 DTM 1'35.589 0.307
7  Timo Scheider  Audi RS5 DTM 1'35.753 0.471
8  Mattias Ekström  Audi RS5 DTM 1'35.810 0.528
9  Felix Rosenqvist  Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 1'35.870 0.588
10  Marco Wittmann  BMW M4 DTM 1'35.893 0.611
11  Tom Blomqvist  BMW M4 DTM 1'35.923 0.641
12  Martin Tomczyk  BMW M4 DTM 1'35.926 0.644
13  Timo Glock  BMW M4 DTM 1'35.951 0.669
14  Maxime Martin  BMW M4 DTM 1'35.986 0.704
15  Antonio Felix da Costa  BMW M4 DTM 1'35.992 0.710
16  Daniel Juncadella  Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 1'36.023 0.741
17  Christian Vietoris  Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 1'36.045 0.763
18  Robert Wickens  Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 1'36.081 0.799
19  Gary Paffett  Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 1'36.218 0.936
20  Augusto Farfus  BMW M4 DTM 1'36.234 0.952
21  Bruno Spengler  BMW M4 DTM 1'36.389 1.107
22  Paul di Resta  Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 1'36.408 1.126
23  Lucas Auer  Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 1'36.528 1.246
24  Maximilian Götz  Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM 1'36.637 1.355

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