Target Competition’s Jürgen Schmarl claimed his first pole position in TCR Germany at the Nürburgring; the event is valid as the fifth meeting of the series and the fourth round of TCR Trophy Europe.
In Q2 Schmarl drove his Honda Civic car around the 3.6-km track in 1:36.285 and beat Jordi Oriola (1:36.394) by a bit more than one tenth. The young Spaniard is making a guest appearance at the wheel of one of the three Opel Astra cars run by the Belgian team DG Sport.
Current championship leader and Schmarl teammate Josh Files set the third fastest lap (1:36.438) ahead of another guest competitor, Portugal’s Francisco Mora (1:36.442) who was at the wheel of a SEAT León also run by Target Competition.
ADAC Honda Team’s Steve Kirsch – the winner of the previous race at Red Bull Ring – qualified in fifth (1:36.532) followed by Mario Dablander (Wolf-Power Racing SEAT – 1:36.539) and Benjamin Leuchter of Racing One (1:36.562) in the first of the Volkswagen Golf cars.
Mike Halder (Liqui Moly Team Engstler SEAT) ranked tenth and won pole position on the reverse grid for Sunday’s Race 2, with Antti Buri (LMS Racing SEAT) alongside him.
The first race will start on Saturday at 12:00, noon.