Miguel Molina in the Teufel Audi RS 5 DTM of Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline secured grid position five for the second of the two DTM races at Zandvoort (the Netherlands) with a strong lap.
On his second set of tires, the Spaniard managed a ‘nearly perfect lap.’ “More wasn’t possible with the high additional weight. My car feels very good. I’m already looking forward to the race,” said the Audi driver. In an extremely close second qualifying, Molina, behind the four clearly lighter BMW cars, was the only Audi driver in the top ten.
The Audi drivers leading the championship, Jamie Green (Hoffmann Group Audi RS 5 DTM) and Mattias Ekström (Red Bull Audi RS 5 DTM), had to settle for positions 18 (Green) and 16 (Ekström). Due to a defect on the cable harness of his RS 5 DTM Ekström was unable to drive a lap in the warm-up session. Following his first trial, Green was in the group of the front runners in qualifying. “But on my second set of tires, I already got caught in traffic on my outlap,” said the Briton. “That was a shame because my car felt very good – better than yesterday and better than in the warm-up.”
