Ralf Schumacher (Mercedes-Benz) was very happy with his second outing in the DTM. During the season opener, he missed out on making into the second qualifying heat by 88 thousandths of a second. Today, things were getting better. With a tiny margin of 48 thousandths of a second over his fellow Mercedes-Benz driver Maro Engel, he moved up into the second heat and eventually came out 13th. “I am satisfied, I have reached my personal goal”, Schumacher said.
Ralf Schumacher (Trilux AMG Mercedes C-Class 2007), 13th (1:23.166): “My second DTM race and I made it to the second round of qualifying - so I am really happy. It’s a pity that I had used all my new tyres in the end; otherwise a better result would have been possible. After today’s qualifying I can hardly await the race.”
For the second season round of the DTM at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Timo Scheider is on pole once again. In cool temperatures just below ten degrees, he was the fastest driver to lap the 3.696 kilometres long track. With his Audi A4 DTM, he set a fastest lap time of 1.21.146 minutes. Dane, Tom Kristensen, was second fastest in qualifying, 0.132 seconds
down. German driver Martin Tomczyk in third place was followed by
Oliver Jarvis who showed a surprising performance again, becoming
fastest driver with a year-old car in fourth place.
Qualifying
| Pos. |
Nr. |
Driver |
Team |
Auto |
Car year |
Time |
Gap |
Laps |
| 1 |
10 |
T. Scheider |
Abt |
Audi |
2008 |
1:21.146 |
|
6 |
| 2 |
9 |
T. Kristensen |
Abt |
Audi |
2008 |
1:21.278 |
0.132 |
5 |
| 3 |
2 |
M. Tomczyk |
Abt |
Audi |
2008 |
1:21.598 |
0.452 |
6 |
| 4 |
15 |
O. Jarvis |
Phoenix |
Audi |
2007 |
1:21.714 |
0.568 |
7 |
| 5 |
3 |
B. Spengler |
HWA |
Mercedes |
2008 |
1:21.718 |
0.572 |
6 |
| 6 |
4 |
P. di Resta |
HWA |
Mercedes |
2008 |
1:21.740 |
0.594 |
6 |
| 7 |
5 |
J. Green |
HWA |
Mercedes |
2008 |
1:21.757 |
0.611 |
6 |
| 8 |
1 |
M. Ekström |
Abt |
Audi |
2008 |
1:21.772 |
0.626 |
6 |
| 9 |
19 |
M. Winkelhock |
Rosberg |
Audi |
2007 |
1:21.970 |
0.824 |
7 |
| 10 |
6 |
B. Schneider |
HWA |
Mercedes |
2008 |
1:22.025 |
0.879 |
6 |
| 11 |
18 |
M. Rockenfeller |
Rosberg |
Audi |
2007 |
1:22.255 |
1.109 |
7 |
| 12 |
7 |
G. Paffett |
Persson |
Mercedes |
2007 |
1:22.692 |
1.546 |
6 |
| 13 |
11 |
R. Schumacher |
Mücke |
Mercedes |
2007 |
1:23.166 |
2.020 |
6 |
| 14 |
14 |
A. Prémat |
Phoenix |
Audi |
2007 |
1:21.966 |
0.820 |
4 |
| 15 |
12 |
M. Engel |
Mücke |
Mercedes |
2007 |
1:22.666 |
1.520 |
9 |
| 16 |
8 |
M. Lauda |
Persson |
Mercedes |
2007 |
1:22.913 |
1.767 |
10 |
| 17 |
21 |
C. Albers |
TME |
Audi |
2006 |
1:23.001 |
1.855 |
9 |
| 18 |
16 |
S. Stoddart |
Persson |
Mercedes |
2007 |
1:23.087 |
1.941 |
10 |
| 19 |
20 |
K. Legge |
TME |
Audi |
2006 |
1:23.300 |
2.154 |
9 |
Free practise
| Pos. |
Nr. |
Driver |
Team |
Auto |
Car year |
Time |
Gap |
Laps |
| 1 |
10 |
T. Scheider |
Abt |
Audi |
2008 |
1:21.591 |
|
15 |
| 2 |
1 |
M. Ekström |
Abt |
Audi |
2008 |
1:21.798 |
0.207 |
15 |
| 3 |
4 |
P. di Resta |
HWA |
Mercedes |
2008 |
1:21.871 |
0.280 |
19 |
| 4 |
3 |
B. Spengler |
HWA |
Mercedes |
2008 |
1:21.916 |
0.325 |
16 |
| 5 |
5 |
J. Green |
HWA |
Mercedes |
2008 |
1:22.030 |
0.439 |
17 |
| 6 |
2 |
M. Tomczyk |
Abt |
Audi |
2008 |
1:22.145 |
0.554 |
18 |
| 7 |
15 |
O. Jarvis |
Phoenix |
Audi |
2007 |
1:22.171 |
0.580 |
19 |
| 8 |
19 |
M. Winkelhock |
Rosberg |
Audi |
2007 |
1:22.187 |
0.596 |
18 |
| 9 |
18 |
M. Rockenfeller |
Rosberg |
Audi |
2007 |
1:22.200 |
0.609 |
21 |
| 10 |
9 |
T. Kristensen |
Abt |
Audi |
2008 |
1:22.239 |
0.648 |
15 |
| 11 |
14 |
A. Prémat |
Phoenix |
Audi |
2007 |
1:22.425 |
0.834 |
19 |
| 12 |
6 |
B. Schneider |
HWA |
Mercedes |
2008 |
1:22.703 |
1.112 |
20 |
| 13 |
12 |
M. Engel |
Mücke |
Mercedes |
2007 |
1:22.815 |
1.224 |
19 |
| 14 |
11 |
R. Schumacher |
Mücke |
Mercedes |
2007 |
1:22.937 |
1.346 |
16 |
| 15 |
7 |
G. Paffett |
Persson |
Mercedes |
2007 |
1:23.152 |
1.561 |
22 |
| 16 |
21 |
C. Albers |
TME |
Audi |
2006 |
1:23.161 |
1.570 |
15 |
| 17 |
16 |
S. Stoddart |
Persson |
Mercedes |
2007 |
1:23.755 |
2.164 |
16 |
| 18 |
20 |
K. Legge |
TME |
Audi |
2006 |
1:23.785 |
2.194 |
24 |
| 19 |
8 |
M. Lauda |
Persson |
Mercedes |
2007 |
1:24.128 |
2.537 |
18 |
