Miguel Molina - Photo Credit: DTM.com
Miguel Molina took a shock first pole position in the DTM by beating championship contender Bruno Spengler by just one thousandth of a second in qualifying at Oschersleben.
The Spaniard, who is yet to score a point in this his sophomore year in the series, was second fastest in Q3 behind Spengler and ahead of Abt Audi teammates Oliver Jarvis and Mattias Ekstrom.
Running in reverse order in the one-lap Q4, Ekstrom was beaten by Jarvis who was in turn bettered by Molina. Spengler ran last but missed out on Molina's time by just 0.001 seconds.
Timo Scheider and Jamie Green will share the third row after failing to make it through to Q4, ahead of Ralf Schumacher and Edoardo Mortara.
Maro Engel took ninth as the quickest man to be knocked out in Q2. He was just ahead of Mike Rockenfeller and Filipe Albuquerque, who had been quickest in both free practice sessions. Mercedes trio David Coulthard, Christian Vietoris and Renger van der Zande filled positions 12 to 14.
Championship leader Martin Tomczyk had a disaster of a session and failed to make it out of Q1 in 15th. He was joined on the sidelines early on by Gary Paffett, who failed to complete a flying lap due to engine problems in his Mercedes.
Qualifying times:
| Pos. | Driver / Entrant / Car | Time | Session |
| 1. | Miguel Molina Audi Sport Team Abt Junior Red Bull Audi A4 DTM |
1:22.371 | Q4 |
| 2. | Bruno Spengler Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG Mercedes-Benz Bank AMG C-Klasse |
1:22.372 | Q4 |
| 3. | Oliver Jarvis Audi Sport Team Abt Audi Sport performance cars A4 DTM |
1:22.517 | Q4 |
| 4. | Mattias Ekström Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Red Bull Audi A4 DTM |
1:22.687 | Q4 |
| 5. | Timo Scheider Audi Sport Team Abt AUTO TEST Audi A4 DTM |
1:22.090 | Q3 |
| 6. | Jamie Green AMG Mercedes AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
1:22.111 | Q3 |
| 7. | Ralf Schumacher Salzgitter AMG Mercedes Salzgitter AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
1:22.149 | Q3 |
| 8. | Edoardo Mortara Audi Sport Team Rosberg Playboy Audi A4 DTM |
1:22.818 | Q3 |
| 9. | Maro Engel GQ AMG Mercedes GQ AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
1:22.333 | Q2 |
| 10. | Mike Rockenfeller Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline E-POSTBRIEF Audi A4 DTM |
1:22.339 | Q2 |
| 11. | Filipe Albuquerque Audi Sport Team Rosberg TV Movie Audi A4 DTM |
1:22.348 | Q2 |
| 12. | David Coulthard Deutsche Post AMG Mercedes Deutsche Post AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
1:22.426 | Q2 |
| 13. | Christian Vietoris Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes Junge Sterne AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
1:22.507 | Q2 |
| 14. | Renger van der Zande stern AMG Mercedes stern AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
1:22.518 | Q2 |
| 15. | Martin Tomczyk Audi Sport Team Phoenix Schaeffler Audi A4 DTM |
1:22.978 | Q1 |
| 16. | Susie Stoddart TV Spielfilm AMG Mercedes TV Spielfilm AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
1:23.275 | Q1 |
| 17. | Rahel Frey Audi Sport Team Phoenix Glamour Audi A4 DTM |
1:23.314 | Q1 |
| 18 | Gary Paffett Thomas Sabo AMG Mercedes Thomas Sabo AMG Mercedes C-Klasse |
No time | Q1 |
