DTM: Molina leads Audi front row at Lausitz

Miguel Molina secured pole for Saturday's first DTM race at the Lausitzring from fellow Audi driver Jamie Green.

Abt man Molina set his best lap on his first set of runs in the 20-minute session and was the first driver to register a time under the 1m17s barrier, posting a 1m16.619s. Green jumped up to second late on, just 0.077 seconds back, but had set the fastest first sector before dropping time midway through his fastest lap.

Marco Wittmann was the best-placed of the BMW drivers, dragging his Team RMG M4 to third with a 1m16.771s.

Robert Wickens was the first driver to make a significant improvement on the second set of runs and wound up fourth, ahead of fellow Mercedes drivers Lucas Auer and his Mucke team-mate Lucas Auer.

Mattias Ekstrom was seventh ahead of Maxime Martin, who is the only driver to have scored points in all four races so far this season.

Adrien Tambay was ninth, while Molina's Abt team-mate and practice two pacesetter Nico Muller completed the top 10 in his Audi RS5.

Championship leader Paul di Resta could only manage 21st, 0.721s away from Molina's best effort.

Originally on Autosport.com