First 2010 pole for Scheider

Date published : 21 Aug 2010 - 13:00:16

Timo Scheider took his first DTM pole position of the season in commanding fashion at Zandvoort on Saturday.The reigning champion's lap in the Q4 pole shootout was nearly seven tenths of a second clear of Gary Paffett, who will join Scheider on the front row.Paffett lost time when he locked up at the first corner on his hot lap and last year's winner was unable to claw it back over the rest of the lap.Paul di Resta took third in his Mercedes. The Scot had completed a one-two with Paffett in Q3, but both were unable to maintain their advantage over Scheider in the final segment.The Q4 line-up was completed by the 2008-spec Audi of rookie Miguel Molina, who shone in every segment of qualifying.Molina's place in Q4 came at the expense of some high profile names. Mattias Ekstrom, who had topped the last free practice session on Saturday by a big margin, could only manage fifth fastest. Championship leader Bruno Spengler suffered as well, and he will line up seventh, just behind last year’s polesitter Oliver Jarvis.Ralf Schumacher completed the top eight, as Mercedes allayed fears that Audi would dominate this weekend by getting all four of its 2009-spec cars onto the first four rows of the grid.Pos Driver Car Time Session 1. Timo Scheider Audi 1m31.590s Q4 2. Gary Paffett Mercedes 1m32.286s Q4 3. Paul di Resta Mercedes 1m32.363s Q4 4. Miguel Molina Audi 1m33.203s Q4 5. Mattias Ekstrom Audi 1m31.464s Q3 6. Oliver Jarvis Audi 1m31.503s Q3 7. Bruno Spengler Mercedes 1m31.710s Q3 8. Ralf Schumacher Mercedes 1m32.106s Q3 9. Mike Rockenfeller Audi 1m31.495s Q210. Martin Tomczyk Audi 1m31.629s Q211. Jamie Green Mercedes 1m31.783s Q212. Markus Winkelhock Audi 1m31.836s Q213. Alexandre Premat Audi 1m32.065s Q214. Maro Engel Mercedes 1m32.112s Q215. Susie Stoddart Mercedes 1m32.571s Q116. Katherine Legge Audi 1m33.046s Q117. David Coulthard Mercedes 1m33.065s Q118. Cong Fu Cheng Mercedes 1m33.850s Q1