After his maiden DTM pole position on the previous day, Rene Rast again was the benchmark on Sunday as the fastest of all 18 DTM drivers.

With his Audi RS 5 DTM, he posted the fastest time of 1m34.740s in qualifying and thus secured his second pole position in the DTM. Marco Wittmann was only 0.063 seconds slower with his BMW M4 DTM, breaking Audi’s phalanx of drivers by ending up second.

Four drivers with the four rings followed in the next positions: Mattias Ekstrom, Nico Muller, Mike Rockenfeller and Jamie Green were classified in third to sixth place. 

Lucas Auer was the fastest driver with a Mercedes-AMG C 63 DTM in seventh place. In a closed performance, Timo Glock, Augusto Farfus and Tom Blomqvist took eighth to tenth place in the BMW colours.

How close it was in qualifying at the 4.381 kilometres long Hungaroring becomes clear when looking at the times: 17 drivers posted lap times within one second.

That promises excitement for the sixth race of the season that will start at 15.18 hrs. German TV channel ARD will be broadcasting the race live from the Hungaroring from 15.00 hrs onwards.